Star (family name)
Stern is a family name .
origin
The surname Stern is of polygenetic origin . Firstly, it can be traced back to the name of the house, the star (s) , popular in the Middle Ages . Second, it can be an origin name for the place name star . Thirdly, there is occasionally a mixture with Steer from Middle High German ster (re) "Widder" or from Low German Steer "Stier". Fourth, there is a reference to the star “heavenly body” in Jewish families . Fifthly, it is derived in the English-speaking world - unless it goes back to the German or the Jewish name - via Old English styrne and Middle English stars from a nickname that referred to someone who appeared serious or strict in his demeanor or character.
Name bearer
A.
- Abraham Stern (inventor) (* between 1762 and 1769; † 1842), Polish inventor
- Abraham Stern (1907–1942), Zionist underground fighter of Polish origin, see Avraham Stern
- Adolf Stern (writer) (1835–1907), German historian and poet
- Adolf Stern (chess player) (1849–1907), German chess player
- Adolf Stern (architect) (1873– ??), German architect
- Adrian Stern (* 1975), Swiss singer and songwriter
- Adriana Stern (* 1960), German writer
- Aemil Friedrich Stern (1843–1929), Prussian general of the artillery
- Albert Stern (1826–1888), Austro-Hungarian rabbi
- Alexander Stern (journalist) (1886–1949), Austrian journalist
- Alexander Stern (1892 – after 1945), Austrian writer and journalist, see Alexander Szana
- Alexander Stern (photographer) (1894–1970), Austrian photographer
- Alexander Stern (artist) (* 1976), German sculptor, painter and installation artist
- Alfred Stern (lawyer) (1831–1918), Austrian lawyer and local politician
- Alfred Stern (historian) (1846–1936), German historian
- Alfred Stern (musician) (1901–1982), Swiss musician
- Alfred Stern (philosopher) (1899–1980), Austrian-American philosopher and writer
- Alfred Stern (producer) , German film producer
- Alfred Kaufman Stern (1897–1986), American investment banker and KGB spy
- Anna Stern , pseudonym of Vera Bischitzky (* 1950), German translator
- Anna Stern (author) , bourgeois Anna Bischofberger , (* 1990), Swiss author
- Anna Stern (curler) , Swiss curler
- Anne-Lise Stern (1921–2013), French psychoanalyst
- Anschel Stern (1820–1888), German teacher and rabbi
- Armin Stern (1883–1944), Austrian-German painter and graphic artist
- Arno Stern (* 1924), French educator
- Arthur Stern (1874–1942), Austrian film distributor and manager
- August Stern (1837–1914), German pedagogue, choir director and composer
- Aurelia Stern (* 2000), German actress
- Avraham Stern (1907–1942), Polish poet and underground fighter
B.
- Bernhard Stern (politician) (1848–1920), Polish-Austrian entrepreneur and politician
- Bernhard Stern-Szana (1867–1927), Austrian writer, historian and editor
- Bernhard Joseph Stern (1894–1956), American sociologist and anthropologist
- Bert Stern (1929–2013), American photographer
- Bertrand Stern (* 1948), German philosopher and child rights activist
- Bezalel Stern (pedagogue) (1798-1853), Russian pedagogue
- Bezalel Stern (writer) (* 1980), American writer
- Bobby Stern (* 1952), American jazz musician
C.
- Carl Stern (theologian) (1819–1875), German theologian and university professor
- Carl Stern (writer) (1918–1985), German-Israeli photographer and writer
- Carl Stern (journalist) (* 1937), American journalist and university professor
- Carl Friedrich von Stern (1859–1944), German historian, librarian and journalist
- Carl W. Stern (* 1947), American bank manager and entrepreneur
- Carl Walfried von Stern (1819–1874), Baltic German farmer and poet
- Carola Stern (1925–2006), German publicist and journalist
- Christoph Stern (1951–2015), Swiss volleyball official
- Clara Stern (1877–1948), German developmental psychologist
- Claudia Stern (* 1962), German pop singer
- Claudio Stern (* 1954), British biologist
- Cori Shepherd Stern (* 1968), American film producer
- Curt Stern (1902–1981), German-American geneticist
D.
- Daniel Stern , pseudonym of Marie d'Agoult (1805–1876), French writer
- Daniel Stern (Author) (1928–2007), American author
- Daniel Stern (psychoanalyst) (1934–2012), American psychoanalyst
- Daniel Stern (actor) (born 1957), American actor
- David Stern (Screenwriter) (1909-2003), American screenwriter
- David Stern (politician) (1910-2003), Israeli politician (Likud)
- David Stern (basketball official) (1942-2020), American basketball official
- David Stern (conductor) (born 1963), American conductor
- David A. Stern (* 1958), American author
- David D. Stern (born 1956), American artist
- Dawn Stern (born 1966), American actress
- Desider Stern (1907–2000), Austrian bibliographer
- Dieter Stern (1934–2011), German correspondence chess player
- Dorothea Stern (1878–1949), German art historian
E.
- Edgar Stern (1882–1972), German journalist and publicist, see Edgar Stern-Rubarth
- Edna Stern (* 1977), Belgian-Israeli pianist
- Édouard Stern (1954–2005), French banker
- Elsbeth Stern (* 1957), German psychologist
- Emil Stern (General) (1843–1929), German general of the artillery
- Emil Stern (composer, 1887) (1887–1925), Austrian composer and conductor
- Emil Stern (composer, 1913) (actually Émile Stern ; 1913–1997), French pianist, composer and band leader
- Emil Stern (screenwriter) , screenwriter
- Émile Stern (1913–1997), French composer, pianist and conductor
- Erich Stern (1889–1959), German doctor and psychologist
- Erich von Stern (1899 – after 1959), German newspaper publisher
- Ernst von Stern (1859–1924), German-Russian ancient historian and classical philology
- Ernst Stern (1876–1954), German stage designer
F.
- Felix Stern (1855–1933), Slovak-Austrian journalist and publisher, see Felix Sterne
- Felix Stern (neurologist) (1884–1942), German neurologist and university professor
- Frank Stern (physicist) (* 1928), American physicist
- Frank Stern (historian) (* 1944), German historian
- Franz Alice Stern (* 1990), Italian music producer, composer and DJ
- Frederick Claude Stern (1884–1967), British garden writer
- Friedel Stern (1917–2006), Israeli cartoonist
- Fried Stern (* 1875), German landscape painter, graphic artist, writer and radio author
- Friedrich von Stern (publisher) (1726–1784), German bookseller, printer and publisher
- Friedrich Stern (journalist) (1848–1921), Moravian-Austrian journalist and art critic
- Friedrich Sigismund Stern (1812–1889), Baltic German painter and graphic artist
- Fritz Stern (lawyer) (1888–1955), German lawyer
- Fritz Stern (1926–2016), American historian
G
- Gabriel Stern (1913–1983), German writer and journalist
- Georg Stern (master builder) († 1565), German master builder
- Georg Stern (architect, 1820) (1820–1876), German architect, lecturer and librarian in Schwerin
- Georg Stern (engineer) (1867–1934), German engineer
- Georg Stern (architect, Hanover) (? -?), German architect, civil engineer and appraiser in Hanover
- Georg Stern (singer) (1921–1980), German opera singer (bass)
- Gerald Stern (* 1925), American poet
- Gerda Stern (1903–1992), German editor and party official (KPD)
- Gerson Stern (1874–1956), German writer
- Gerta Stern (1915–2018), Austrian actress and beautician
- Grete Stern (1904–1999), German photographer and designer
- Günter Stern , maiden name of Joe Stirling (* 1924), German-British entrepreneur and politician (Labor Party)
- Günther Stern (* 1922), German-American literary scholar, see Guy Stern
- Günther Siegmund Stern (1902–1992), Swiss social philosopher and author, see Günther Anders
H
- Hans Stern (sculptor) (1872–1952), Austrian sculptor
- Hans Stern (jeweler) (1922–2007), German-Brazilian jeweler
- Hans-Günter Stern (* 1913), German politician (NPD)
- Heidi Stern , known as Jennifer Rush (* 1960), American singer
- Heinemann Stern (1878–1957), German educator
- Heinrich von Stern (1592–1665), German printer and publisher
- Heinrich Stern (medic) (1868-1918), American medic
- Heinrich Stern (lawyer) (1883–1951), German lawyer, businessman and association official
- Heinrich Stern (politician) (1897–1974), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
- Heinrich Stern (cook) (* 1938), German cook and restaurateur
- Heinz Stern (1921–1995), German journalist
- Hellmut Stern (1928–2020), German violinist and author
- Helmut Stern (1919–2017), American businessman, art collector and patron of German origin (emigration 1938)
- Henri Stern (1902–1988), German-French art historian and archaeologist
- Herbert Stern (1918–1998), American cell biologist
- Hermann Stern (NS victim) (1866–1933), German real estate dealer and pogrom victim
- Hermann Stern (church musician) (1912–1978), German church musician and composer
- Hermann J. Stern (* 1966), Swiss entrepreneur
- Hilde Stern , maiden name of Hilde Marchwitza (1900–1961), German translator and resistance fighter
- Hilde Stern (author) (nee Hilde Jandt ), German author
- Hilde Stern (* 1920), daughter of Käthe and Erich Stern
- Horst Stern (1922–2019), German journalist, writer and filmmaker
- Howard Stern (* 1954), American radio presenter
- Hugo Stern (1889–1958), German lawyer and district court director
I.
- Irma Stern (1894–1966), South African artist
- Isaac Stern (1920–2001), American violinist
- Isabell Stern (* 1983), German actress
- Isidor Stern (1857–1943), German entrepreneur, business manager and founder (exile in the USA)
- Itzhak Stern (1901–1969), Polish-Israeli survivor of the Shoah
J
- Jacques Stern (lawyer) (1876–1930), German lawyer, judge and author
- Jacques Stern (politician) (1882–1949), French politician
- Jacques Stern (cryptologist) (* 1949), French cryptologist
- Jakob Stern (1843–1911), German rabbi, journalist and writer
- James Stern (1904–1993), Irish-British writer and translator
- Jean Stern (fencer) (1875–1962), French fencer
- Jean Stern (singer) (1898–1974), German opera singer (bass) and singing teacher
- Jeanne Stern (1908–1998), French-German translator and screenwriter
- Jenna Stern (* 1967), American actress
- Jenny Stern , married name of Jenny Broch (around 1865 – after 1902), Austrian opera singer (soprano) and actress
- Joachim Stern (restaurateur) (* 1960), German cook and restaurateur
- Joachim R. Stern (* 1928), German actor and author, see Jochen Stern
- Joan Keller Stern (* 1944), American film producer and actress
- Joanna Stern , American journalist
- Jochen Stern (* 1928), German actor
- Johann von Stern (1582–1656), German publisher and politician, mayor of Lüneburg
- Josef Stern (journalist) (1839–1902), German journalist and politician
- Josef Stern (entrepreneur) (1849–1924), Austrian building contractor
- Josef Luitpold Stern (1886–1966), Austrian writer and union official
- Joseph Stern (producer) (born 1940), American film producer and actor
- Joseph Peter Stern (1920–1991), German-English Germanist
- Joshua Michael Stern (* 1961), American film director and screenwriter
- Julius Stern (musician) (1820–1883), German music teacher, conductor and composer
- Julius Stern (banker) (1858–1914), German banker
- Julius Stern (producer) (1886–1977), German-American film producer
- Julius Bernhard Stern (birth name Chaim Bär ; 1858–1912), Austrian conductor and composer
K
- Karl Stern (physician, 1883) (1883–1935), German physician
- Karl von Stern (1897–1944), Austrian painter and graphic artist
- Karl Stern (physician, 1906) (1906–1975), German-Canadian psychiatrist and neurologist
- Karl Ludwig Stern von Gwiazdowski (1794–1874), Prussian major general
- Karoline Stern (1800–1887), German opera singer (soprano)
- Käthe Stern (1894–1973), German-American educator
- Klaus Stern (legal scholar) (* 1932), German legal scholar
- Klaus Stern (documentary filmmaker) (* 1968), German screenwriter and director
- Kurt Stern (actor) (1871–1911), German actor and theater director
- Kurt Stern (writer) (1907–1989), German journalist, writer and translator
- Kurt Stern (physician) (1909–2003), Austrian pathologist and author
L.
- Leni Stern (* 1952), German-American actress and musician
- Leo Stern ( Jonas Leib Stern ; 1901–1982), Romanian-Austrian historian and politician (SPÖ, KPÖ, SED)
- Leo Stern (artist) (* 1973), German painter, set designer and project artist
- Leonard N. Stern , American businessman
- Lina Solomonowna Stern (1878–1968), Latvian physiologist and biologist
- Loretta Stern (* 1974), German singer
- Louis Stern (1847–1922), American entrepreneur and politician
- Ludwig Stern (painter) ( Ludovico Stern ; 1709–1777), German-Italian painter
- Ludwig Stern (politician) (1778–1828), German politician, mayor of Kassel
- Ludwig Stern (teacher) (1824–1890), German teacher and writer
- Ludwig Stern (Egyptologist) (1846–1911), German Egyptologist and Coptologist
M.
- Madeleine Stern (1912–2007), American bookseller and author
- Manfred Stern (1896–1954), Austrian military
- Marc Stern (1956–2005), rabbi and author
- Marcel Stern (1909–1989), French composer and violinist
- Marcel Stern (sailor) (1922–2002), Swiss sailor
- Maria Stern (singer-songwriter) (* 1972), Austrian singer-songwriter and writer
- Marianne Stern-Winter (1919–1998), German survivor of the Shoah
- Marie Louise Stern-Loridan (* 1911), German, Jewish resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Mario Rigoni Stern (1921–2008), Italian writer
- Marnie Stern (* 1976), American musician
- Martin Stern (* 1930), Swiss literary scholar and university professor
- Martin Stern (sports scientist) (* 1967), German sports scientist, motologist and university professor
- Matthew Stern , American biathlete
- Maurice Stern , American singer (tenor) and sculptor
- Maurice Reinhold von Stern (1860–1938), German-Baltic writer and journalist
- Max Stern (painter) (1872–1943), German painter
- Max Stern (architect) (1878–1942), German architect, murdered in the Kulmhof extermination camp
- Max Stern (art dealer) (1904–1987), German-Canadian art historian, art dealer and patron
- Max Stern (poker player) (born 1939 or 1940), Costa Rican poker player, doctor and author
- Maximilian Stern (1878–1946), American urologist
- Meir Stern († 1680), German rabbi and Kabbalist
- Menahem Stern (1925–1989), Israeli historian
- Michael Stern (lawyer) (1897–1989), Austrian lawyer
- Michael Stern (musician) (* 1933), Austrian trombonist, trumpeter and university teacher
- Michael Stern (conductor) (* 1959), American conductor
- Mike Stern (* 1953), American guitarist
- Monika Funke-Stern (* 1943), German filmmaker and author
- Moritz Stern (1807–1894), German mathematician
- Moritz Stern (historian) (1864–1939), German historian and librarian
N
- Nicholas Stern (* 1946), British economist
- Nina Stern (* 1979), German pop singer, presenter, actress, copywriter and producer
O
- Oliver Stern (musician) (* 1953), German pop singer and producer
- Oliver Stern (actor) (1959–2011), Austrian actor
- Otto Stern , pseudonym of Louise Otto-Peters (1819–1895), German writer
- Otto Stern (physicist) (1888–1969), German-American physicist
- Otto Stern (actor) (1921–1996), Swiss actor
P
- Paul Stern (Major General) (1844–1912), German Major General
- Paul Stern (translator) (1888–1944), German philosopher and translator
- Paul Stern (bridge player) (1892–1948), Austro-British bridge player, lawyer and diplomat
- Paul Stern (soccer player) , German soccer player
- Peggy Stern (musician) (* 1948), American musician
- Peggy Stern (producer) (* 1957), American film producer and director
- Peter Stern (politician) (1852–1929), German politician, mayor of Viersen
- Peter Stern (ice hockey player, 1962) (* 1962), German ice hockey player
- Peter Stern (soccer player) , Austrian soccer player
- Peter Stern (ice hockey player, 1994) (* 1994), German ice hockey player
- Peter Stern von Labach , Austrian chronicler
- Peter August Stern (1907–1947), German journalist, publisher and resistance fighter
- Phil Stern (1919–2014), American photographer
- Philip Van Doren Stern (1900–1984), American author and historian
- Philippe Stern (art historian) (1895–1979), French art historian
- Philippe Stern (entrepreneur) (* 1938), Swiss entrepreneur
R.
- Rainer Stern (* 1955), Austrian painter
- Ray Stern ( Walter Bookbinder; 1933-2007), American wrestler
- Reinhard August Heinrich Stern (1804–1863), German classical philologist
- René Stern (* 1972), German chess player
- Richard Stern (physician, 1865) (1865–1911), German internist, neurologist and university professor
- Richard Stern (physician, 1878) (1878–1942), Austrian neurologist, pathologist and university professor
- Richard Stern (entrepreneur) (1899–1967), German entrepreneur
- Richard Stern (soccer player) (* 1986), Czech-Austrian soccer player
- Richard G. Stern ( Richard Gustave Stern ; 1928–2013), American literary scholar and writer
- Richard Martin Stern (1915-2001), American writer
- Robert Stern (economist) (1855–1930), Austrian economist
- Robert Stern (architect, 1885) (1885–1964), German-American architect
- Robert Stern (composer) (1934–2018), American composer and music teacher
- Robert AM Stern (* 1939), American architect
- Robert L. Stern (* 1932), American clergyman
- Roger Stern (* 1950), American writer and comic book author
- Ronald J. Stern (* 1947), American mathematician
- Ronnie Stern (* 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
- Rudolf Stern (manufacturer) († 1927), German company founder
- Rudolf Stern (medic) (1895–1962), German physician
S.
- Sabrina Stern (* 1982), German pop singer
- Samuel Stern (1830–1915), Austro-Hungarian doctor
- Selma Stern (1890–1981), German-Jewish historian
- Shoshannah Stern (* 1980), American actress
- Sigismund Stern (1812–1867), German educator and writer
- Simon Stern (1856–1930), Austro-Hungarian rabbi, editor and writer
- Stefanie Stern (1901–1996), German fencer
- Steven Hilliard Stern (1937–2018), Canadian-American film director and screenwriter
- Stewart Stern (1922-2015), American screenwriter
T
- Tania Stern (1904–1995), German-British translator
- Tanja Stern (* 1952), German writer
- Theodor Stern (1837–1900), German banker and politician
- Theodor Stern (bookseller) (1868–1931), German bookseller
- Thomas Stern (* 1960), German painter and sculptor
- Todd Stern (* 1951), American politician
- Tom Stern (* 1946), American cameraman
V
- Vera Stern (1927–2015), American patron
- Victor Stern (1885–1958), Austro-Czech philosopher and politician (SPÖ, USPD, KPD, KPÖ, SED)
- Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern (* 1941), British politician
W.
- Walter Stern (trade unionist) (* 1924), Austrian trade unionist
- Walter Stern (skeleton pilot) (* 1972), Austrian skeleton pilot
- Walter H. Stern (1924–2013), American journalist and publicist
- Werner Stern (1932–2018), German correspondence chess player
- Wilhelm Stern (pedagogue) (1792–1873), German pedagogue
- Wilhelm Stern (medic) (1844–1918), German medic and philosopher
- Willem B. Stern (* 1938), professor at the University of Basel
- William Stern (born Wilhelm Louis Stern ; 1871–1938), German psychologist
- Wolf Stern (1897–1961), German-Soviet agent and military
- Wolfgang Stern (* 1947), Austrian music teacher
Y
- Yuri Stern (1949–2007), Israeli politician
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Explanations 1 to 4 according to Duden. Surnames. Origin and meaning. Edited by Rosa and Volker Kohlheim. Dudenverlag Mannheim / Leipzig / Vienna / Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-411-70852-2 , p. 646.
- ↑ Star on surnames.behindthename.com (Engl.)