Sterling (family name)
Sterling is the family name of the following people:
- Alexandre Sterling (born 1966), French actor
- Anne Fausto-Sterling (* 1944), American life scientist
- Ansel Sterling (1782-1853), American politician
- Brett Sterling (* 1984), American ice hockey player
- Bruce Sterling (born 1954), American science fiction writer
- Bruce Foster Sterling (1870–1945), American politician
- Donald Sterling (* 1934), American billionaire and owner of the Los Angeles Clippers
- Dorothy Sterling (1913–2008), American author
- Eleonore Sterling (1925–1968), German political scientist
- Ford Sterling (1883–1939), American actor and film director
- Fred Sterling (1869–1934), American politician
- George Sterling (1869–1926), American poet and playwright
- Jan Sterling (1921–2004), American theater and film actress
- Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow (* 1934), British economic manager, entrepreneur and Conservative Party politician
- John Allen Sterling (1857–1918), American politician
- John William Sterling (1844–1918), American lawyer and patron of Yale University
- Justin Sterling (* 1968), American porn actor, director and producer
- Manuel Márquez Sterling (1872-1934), Cuban journalist, writer, diplomat, President of Cuba (1934-1935)
- Matt Sterling (1942–2006), American film director
- Maury Sterling (* 1971), American actor
- Micah Sterling (1784–1844), American politician
- Mindy Sterling (born 1953), American actress
- Molly Sterling (* 1998), Irish singer-songwriter
- Nici Sterling (* 1968), British porn actress
- Peter Sterling (neuroscientist) (* 1940), American physiologist
- Peter Sterling (rugby player) (born 1960), Australian rugby player
- Philip Sterling (1922–1998), American actor and jazz pianist
- Rachel Sterling (* 1979), American actress, dancer and model
- Raheem Sterling (* 1994), British-Jamaican soccer player
- Robert Sterling (1917–2006), American actor and entrepreneur
- Ross S. Sterling (1875–1949), American politician
- Tisha Sterling (born 1944), American actress
- Thomas Sterling (1851–1930), American politician
- Wallace Sterling (1906–1985), American historian
