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
• Wilhelm Sterk (1880–1944), Hungarian-born Austrian librettist
• Yuri Sterk (born 1962), Bulgarian diplomat, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to UN Office in Geneva

Sterck

• Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh (c.1499–c.1531), Flemish humanist, mathematician and astrologer
• Marita de Sterck (born 1955), Flemish writer
• Thomas Sterck (1900–1970), American football player

Stêrk

• Nisti Stêrk (born 1977), Swedish-Kurdish actress and comedian

Šterk

• Jure Šterk (1937–2009), Slovenian long-distance sailor and author
• Vladimir Šterk (1891–1941), Croatian architect

See also

• Stark (surname), equivalent German surname
• Sterk Door Combinatie Putten, known as SDC Putten, is a football club from Putten, the Netherlands
• Door Oefening Sterk or VV DOS, football club from Utrecht, Netherlands
• Door Wilskracht Sterk or AFC DWS, a Dutch football club from Amsterdam
• Jeanette Sterke (born 1933), Czech-born British actress
• Sterkh
• Sterkia
• Sterksel
• Sterky
• Sterków