Stark (surname)
Stark and Starke are German and English surnames; in the German language stark means 'strong' or 'powerful'.
People
Notable people with the surname include:Stark
- Andrew Stark (disambiguation), several people
- Anthony Stark (director), American film director and screenwriter
- Arthur Stark, British medical doctor and naturalist
- Arthur James Stark, English painter
- Benjamin Stark, American merchant, politician; U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator
- Chris Stark, British radio personality
- Christine Stark, Canadian volleyball player
- David Stark (disambiguation), several people
- Dolly Stark, American baseball coach and player
- Edward W. Stark, American politician
- Ethel Stark, Canadian violinist and conductor
- Etilmon J. Stark, American composer and arranger
- Dame Freya Stark, English writer about the Middle East
- Grace Stark, American hurdler
- Graham Stark, English comedian, actor, writer and director
- Hans Stark, German SS officer and concentration camp overseer at Auschwitz concentration camp
- Harold Stark, American mathematician
- Harold Raynsford Stark, U.S. Navy admiral during WWII
- Helen Stark or Hellen Stirk, one of the Perth Martyrs
- Henry Powning Stark, New Zealand politician
- Ian Stark, Australian equestrian, Olympic medalist in eventing
- James Stark (disambiguation), several people
- Janne Stark, Swedish music writer, author and musician
- Jayson Stark, American sportswriter
- Johannes Stark, German physicist; Nobel Prize laureate
- John Stark (disambiguation), several people
- Johnny Stark, French talent manager
- John Stillwell Stark, American music publisher
- Jürgen Stark, German banker
- Kirsty Stark, Australian film producer
- Lars Johan Stark, American politician
- Leonid Stark, Russian and Soviet revolutionary, diplomat and editor
- Linda Stark, German politician
- Koo Stark, American actress, model, and photographer
- Leonard P. Stark, American judge
- Lisa K. Stark, American judge
- Lloyd C. Stark, American businessman and politician, governor of Missouri
- Mabel Stark, American circus performer
- Melissa Stark, American television personality
- Menachem Stark, American businessman who was kidnapped and murdered in an intended robbery
- Mike Stark, American author, activist, blogger and commentator
- Oliver Stark, British actor
- Oskar Victorovich Stark, Russian vice-admiral
- Pesach Stark, birth name of Julian Stryjkowski, Polish journalist and writer
- Pete Stark, American politician; U.S. Representative
- Péter Stark, Hungarian footballer
- Ray Stark, American film producer
- Richard Stark, pseudonym of American writer Donald E. Westlake
- Richard Stark (designer), American fashion designer
- Richard Stark (politician), American Democratic politician from Florida
- Robert L. Stark, American real estate developer
- Rodney Stark, American sociologist of religion
- Rudolf Stark, German flying ace
- Sandra Stark, American photographer
- Sebastian Stark (politician), Austrian politician
- Tibor Stark, Hungarian weightlifter
- Wilbur Stark, American film producer
- William Henry Stark, American businessman
- Wolfgang Stark, German football referee
Starke
- Annie Starke, American actress
- George Starke, American football player
- Hayden Starke, Australian judge
- Mariana Starke, English traveller and author
- Peter Burwell Starke, Confederate general
- Richard Starke, Canadian politician from Alberta
- Tom Starke, German football goalkeeper
- William E. Starke, Confederate general
Fictional characters with the surname Stark
- House Stark, a fictional noble family in the fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire and its derived works, including TV series Game of Thrones and several games based on the novel series:
- * Ned Stark
- * Catelyn Stark
- * Robb Stark
- * Sansa Stark
- * Arya Stark
- * Bran Stark
- * Rickon Stark
- Stark family in Marvel Comics
- * Howard Stark, father of Tony Stark
- * Maria Stark, mother of Tony Stark
- * Tony Stark, superhero Iron Man
- ** Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), the 21st-century film version of this superhero
- * Morgan Stark, Tony Stark and Pepper Potts's daughter
- Albert Stark, in A Million Ways to Die in the West
- Dieter Stark, in The Lost World: Jurassic Park
- Eric John Stark, a character created by Leigh Brackett
- Sergeant Ethan Stark, in a novel trilogy by John G. Hemry
- George Stark, in Stephen King's novel The Dark Half
- Hayley Stark, the main protagonist in Hard Candy (film)
- Jim Stark, in Rebel Without a Cause
- Lizzie Stark, in British TV series Peaky Blinders
- Nathan Stark, in the Eureka universe
- Paul Stark, in 1986 TV series Mr. Sunshine
- Deputy District Attorney Sebastian Stark, in TV series Shark
- Stark, in Australian-American TV series Farscape
- Stark, a character in anime/manga Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
- Tandy Stark, in Corner Shop ShowWillie Stark, title character in the 1981 opera by Carlisle Floyd
- Willie Stark (character), in the novel All the King's Men and its film adaptations
- Commander Stark, in the Doctor Who episode "The Pandorica Opens"