Sterling (surname)
Sterling is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Sterling (baseball), American baseball player
- Andrew B. Sterling (1874–1955), American songwriter
- Anne Fausto-Sterling (born 1944), American academic
- 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 science fiction writer
- Christopher H. Sterling (born 1943), American professor of media and public affairs
- Claire Sterling (1919-1995), American author and journalist
- Dana Sterling, fictional character from American TV series RoboTech
- Debbie Sterling, founder and CEO of American toy company Goldieblox
- Donald Sterling (born Donald Tokowitz, 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
- Ford Sterling (1883–1939), American actor
- Fred E. Sterling (1869-1934), American politician
- George Sterling (1869–1926), American poet
- Georgie Sterling, Australian actress
- Jan Sterling (1921–2004), American actress
- Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow (born 1934), British peer and former chairman of P&O
- Jim Sterling (born 1984), English video game journalist and reviewer
- John Sterling (author) (1806–1844), British author
- John William Sterling (1844–1918), American philanthropist, corporate attorney, and benefactor to Yale University
- John Sterling (sportscaster) (born 1938), American radio broadcaster
- Leon Sterling, Australian computer scientist
- Lester Sterling (born 1936), 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 1960), Australian rugby league player
- Raheem Sterling (born 1994), English-Jamaican footballer
- 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
- Wallace Sterling (1906–1985), Canadian-born American university president
- William T. Sterling (1808–1903), American politician