Sterk is a Dutch descriptive surname meaning "strong". A variant form is Sterck. The Hungarian surname Sterk and the Slavic surname Šterk may have independent origins. It may refer to:Claire E. Sterk, Dutch anthropologist, provost of Emory University Jane Sterk, Canadian psychologist, businesswoman, academic, and politician Károly Sterk (1881–1946), Hungarian chess master Katalin Sterk, Hungarian high jumper Maria Sterk, Dutch marathon speed skater Marijn Sterk, Dutch football defender Mieke Sterk, Dutch pentathlete and Labour Party politician Mirjam Sterk, Dutch politician, civil servant, RTV editor and educator Rafael Sterk, Australian water polo player Stewart Sterk, American legal scholar Valerie Sterk, American volleyball player Wilhelm Sterk (1880–1944), Hungarian-born Austrian librettist Yuri Sterk, Bulgarian diplomat, Ambassador in UzbekistanSterckJoachim Sterck van Ringelbergh (c.1499–c.1531), Flemish humanist, mathematician and astrologer Marita de Sterck, Flemish writer Thomas Sterck (1900–1970), American football playerStêrkNisti Stêrk, Swedish-Kurdish actress and comedianŠterkJure Šterk (1937–2009), Slovenian long-distance sailor and author Vladimir Šterk (1891–1941), Croatian architect
