Sterk

Sterk is a Dutch descriptive surname meaning "strong". A variant form is Sterck. The Hungarian surname Sterk and the Slavic surname Šterk may have independent origins. It may refer to:


 * Claire E. Sterk (born 1957), Dutch anthropologist, provost of Emory University
 * Jane Sterk (born 1947), Canadian psychologist, businesswoman, academic, and politician
 * Jim Sterk (born 1956), College athletic director
 * Károly Sterk (1881–1946), Hungarian chess master
 * Katalin Sterk (born 1961), Hungarian high jumper
 * Maria Sterk (born 1979), Dutch marathon speed skater
 * Marijn Sterk (born 1987), Dutch football defender
 * Mieke Sterk (born 1946), Dutch pentathlete and Labour Party politician
 * Mirjam Sterk (born 1973), Dutch politician, civil servant, RTV editor and educator
 * Rafael Sterk (born 1978), Australian water polo player
 * Stewart Sterk (born 1952), American legal scholar
 * Valerie Sterk (born 1975), American volleyball player
 * (1880–1944), Hungarian-born Austrian librettist
 * Yuri Sterk (born 1962), Bulgarian diplomat, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to UN Office in Geneva
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 * Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh (c.1499–c.1531), Flemish humanist, mathematician and astrologer
 * (born 1955), Flemish writer
 * Thomas Sterck (1900–1970), American football player
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 * Nisti Stêrk (born 1977), Swedish-Kurdish actress and comedian
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 * Jure Šterk (1937–2009), Slovenian long-distance sailor and author
 * Vladimir Šterk (1891–1941), Croatian architect