Sterling (given name)
Sterling is a given name from the Old English staerling, referring to the bird, starling; two variants of the name are Starling and Stirling.
Notable people with the name include:
- Sterling Archer, fictional character from Archer
- Sterling Foster Black, American lawyer
- Sterling K. Brown, American actor
- W. Sterling Cary, American Christian minister
- Sterling R. Cockrill, American politician
- Sterling R. Cockrill (judge), chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
- Sterling Hayden, American actor and author
- Sterling Hitchcock, American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Sterling Hofrichter, American football player
- Sterling Holloway, American actor
- Sterling Hyltin, American ballet dancer
- Sterling Jerins, American actress
- Sterling Knight, American actor
- Sterling Lord, American literary agent, editor, and author
- Sterling Marlin, American retired NASCAR Driver and Daytona 500 champion
- Sterling Moore, American football player
- Sterling Morrison, American guitar player with The Velvet Underground
- Sterling Sharpe, American National Football League wide receiver
- Sterling Shepard, American National Football League wide receiver
- Sterling Simms, American singer on Def Jam
- Sterling Slaughter, American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1964
- Sterling Tucker, American politician
- Sterling Van Wagenen, American film producer and co-founder of the Sundance Film Festival
- Sterling Weatherford, American football player