Sterling
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Sterling may refer to:
- Sterling silver, a grade of silver
- Pound sterling, the currency of the United Kingdom
[edit] Businesses
- Hotel Sterling, a former hotel in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
- Sterling Airlines
- Sterling Bicycle Co., 19th century American bicycle manufacturer
- Sterling (car), British automobile brand, sold in the U.S. 1987–1991
- Sterling (cigarette), British cigarette brand
- Sterling Commerce, a provider of integration and business application solutions
- Sterling Drug (a.k.a. Sterling Products, Inc.), a pharmaceutical company now owned by Bayer
- Sterling Furniture, Scotland's largest furniture retail outlet
- Sterling Jewelers, the largest retail jewelry company in the United States
- Sterling Optical
- Sterling Publishing, a publisher of nonfiction books
- Sterling Records (Sweden), a classical music record label
- Sterling Records (US), noted for being the first to sign Hank Williams
- Sterling Software, a (now defunct) company co-founded by Sterling Williams
- Sterling Sports Cars, an American automobile kit company
- Sterling Trucks
[edit] People
Sterling is a Scottish family name:
- Lord Sterling (disambiguation), several
- Surname
- Andrew B. Sterling (1874–1955), American songwriter
- Anne Fausto-Sterling (born 1944), American academic
- Antoinette Sterling (d. 1904), Anglo-American vocalist
- Brett Sterling (b. 1984), American ice hockey player
- Bruce Sterling (b. 1954), American science fiction writer
- Christopher H. Sterling, American professor of media and public affairs
- Claire Sterling, American author and journalist
- Dana Sterling, fictional character from RoboTech
- Donald Sterling, basketball team owner
- Donnie Sterling, bassist
- Edward Sterling (1773–1847), British journalist
- Edward Boker Sterling (1851-1925), philatelist of Trenton, New Jersey
- Ford Sterling (1883–1939), American actor
- George Sterling (1869–1926), American poet
- Georgie Sterling, Australian actress
- Jan Sterling (1921–2004), American actress
- Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow, British peer and former chairman of P&O
- John Sterling (author) (1806–1844), British author
- John Sterling (sportscaster) (b. 1948), American radio broadcaster
- John William Sterling (1844–1918), American philanthropist, corporate attorney, and benefactor to Yale University
- Leon Sterling, Australian computer scientist
- Lester Sterling, Jamaican musician
- Linder Sterling, British artist
- Mindy Sterling, American actress
- Nici Sterling (b. 1968), British porn star
- Norm Sterling (b. 1942), Canadian politician
- Peter Sterling (b. 1960), Australian rugby league player
- Ross S. Sterling (1875–1949), American politician
- Thomas Sterling (1851–1930), American politician
- Thomas Sterling (computing), computer scientist
- Tisha Sterling (b. 1944), American actress
- Wallace Sterling (1906–1985), Canadian-born American university president
- William T. Sterling (1808-1903) American politician
- Given name
- Sterling Brinkley, American businessman
- Sterling Harwood, American philosopher and lawyer
- Sterling Hayden, American actor and author
- Sterling Hitchcock, American major league baseball pitcher
- Sterling Holloway, American actor
- Sterling Hyltin, New York City Ballet principal dancer
- Sterling Knight, American actor
- Sterling Morrison, guitar player with The Velvet Underground
- Sterling Sharpe, former American football wide receiver
- Sterling Simms, singer on Def Jam
- Sterling Slaughter, American major league baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs in 1964
[edit] Places
[edit] Most populous US municipalities named Sterling
- Sterling, Virginia (31,353)
- Sterling, Illinois (15,500)
- Sterling, Colorado (12,589)
[edit] Other US municipalities named Sterling
- Sterling, Alaska
- Sterling, Connecticut
- Sterling, Georgia
- Sterling, Idaho
- Sterling, Illinois
- Sterling, Indiana
- Sterling, Iowa
- Sterling, Kansas
- Sterling, Massachusetts
- Sterling, Michigan
- Sterling, Missouri
- Sterling, Montana
- Sterling, Nebraska
- Sterling, New York
- Sterling, North Carolina
- Sterling, North Dakota
- Sterling, Ohio
- Sterling, Oklahoma
- Sterling, Pennsylvania (disambiguation) — two locations:
- Sterling, Texas
- Sterling, Utah
- Sterling, Washington
- Sterling, Wisconsin (disambiguation) — two locations:
[edit] US place names containing the word Sterling
- Mount Sterling, Illinois
- Mount Sterling, Iowa
- Mount Sterling, Kentucky
- Mount Sterling, Ohio
- Mount Sterling, Wisconsin
- Sterling City, Texas
- Sterling Forest, New York
- Sterling Forest State Park, New York
- Sterling Heights, Michigan
- Sterling Park, Virginia
- Sterling State Park, Michigan
[edit] Education
- Sterling College (Kansas), a college in Sterling, Kansas, USA
- Sterling College (Vermont), a small college in northern Vermont, USA
- The Sterling Foundation School, a school in Lahore, Pakistan
[edit] Legal
- Sterling v. Velsicol Chemical Corp, a 1986 environmental case
[edit] Other uses
- Sterling submachine gun
- Sterling Armaments Company - British armaments manufacturer
- Sterling (program), a program for generating fractals
- Music Man Sterling, bass guitar by Music Man
- a scuppernong (large muscadine Vitis rotundifolia) cultivar
- Sterling (band)
[edit] See also
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