Sterling is an English surname. One source attributes this surname to a contraction of Easterling, "a name given to Hanse merchants" and nothing more than a compass point-associated name. A second source suggests that this was a nickname from a Middle English term for coin: sterling.
Notable people with the surname include:
Aljamain Sterling (born 1989), American mixed martial arts fighter Alton Sterling (1979–2016), African-American man fatally shot by police Andrew B. Sterling (1874–1955), American lyricist Anne Fausto-Sterling (born 1944), American sexologist Antoinette Sterling (1850–1904), Anglo-American vocalist Barry Sterling (1943–2014), American businessman and politician Brett Sterling (born 1984), American ice hockey player Bruce Sterling (born 1954), American author, speaker and futurist Bruce Foster Sterling (1870–1945), American politician Christopher H. Sterling (1943–2023), American professor of media and public affairs Claire Sterling (1919-1995), American author and journalist Debbie Sterling, founder and CEO of American toy company Goldieblox Donald Sterling (born 1934), American businessman, attorney and basketball team owner Donnie Sterling, American bassist Edward Sterling (1773–1847), British journalist Edward Boker Sterling (1851-1925), philatelist of Trenton, New Jersey Elizabeth Sterling Haynes (1897–1957), Canadian theatre activist, née Sterling Ford Sterling (1883–1939), American actor Fred E. Sterling (1869-1934), American politician George Sterling (1869–1926), American poet Georgie Sterling, Australian actress H. J. Sterling (1882–1959), Canadian ice hockey administrator James Stephanie Sterling (born 1984), English video game journalist and reviewer Jan Sterling (1921–2004), American actress Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow (born 1934), British peer and former chairman of P&O John Sterling (author) (1806–1844), British author John Sterling (pitcher) (1865–1908), American baseball player John Sterling (sportscaster) (1938–2026), American radio broadcaster John William Sterling (1844–1918), American philanthropist, corporate attorney, and benefactor to Yale University Leon Sterling, Australian computer scientist Lester Sterling (1936–2023), Jamaican musician Linder Sterling (born 1954), British artist Mindy Sterling (born 1953), American actress Nici Sterling (born 1968), British porn star Norm Sterling (born 1942), Canadian politician Peter Sterling (born 1940), American neuroscientist Peter Sterling (born 1960), Australian rugby league player Raheem Sterling (born 1994), English footballer Robert Sterling (1917-2006), American actor Ross S. Sterling (1875–1949), American politician Thomas Sterling (1851–1930), American politician Thomas Sterling (computing), American computer scientist Tisha Sterling (born 1944), American actress, daughter of Robert Sterling and Ann Sothern Wallace Sterling (1906–1985), Canadian-born American university president William T. Sterling (1808–1903), American politician
Fictional Sterlings
Bruce Sterling (Love of Life), American television soap opera character (1959 to 1980) Jim Sterling, character on the American TV series Leverage Scott Sterling (fictional), soccer/volleyball player from a pair of online viral videos by Studio C. Roger Sterling from Mad Men. Dana Sterling, fictional character from American TV series RoboTech
See also Stirling (surname) Starling (name)
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