{{wiktionary|sterk}} '''Sterk''' is a Dutch descriptive surname meaning "strong". A variant form is ''Sterck''.<ref>[http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=sterk&gba_naam=Sterk&nfd_naam=Sterk&operator=eq&taal= Sterk] at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands</ref> The Hungarian surname Sterk and the Slavic surname Šterk may have independent origins. It may refer to:
*Claire E. Sterk (born 1957), Dutch anthropologist, provost of Emory University *Jane Sterk (born 1947), Canadian psychologist, businesswoman, academic, and politician *Jim Sterk (born 1956), College athletic director *Károly Sterk (1881–1946), Hungarian chess master *Katalin Sterk (born 1961), Hungarian high jumper *Maria Sterk (born 1979), Dutch marathon speed skater *Marijn Sterk (born 1987), Dutch football defender *Mieke Sterk (born 1946), Dutch pentathlete and Labour Party politician *Mirjam Sterk (born 1973), Dutch politician, civil servant, RTV editor and educator *Rafael Sterk (born 1978), Australian water polo player *Stewart Sterk (born 1952), American legal scholar *Valerie Sterk (born 1975), American volleyball player *{{illm|Wilhelm Sterk|de||fr|}} (1880–1944), Hungarian-born Austrian librettist *Yuri Sterk (born 1962), Bulgarian diplomat, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to UN Office in Geneva ;Sterck *Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh (c.1499–c.1531), Flemish humanist, mathematician and astrologer *{{illm|Marita de Sterck|de||nl|}} (born 1955), Flemish writer *Thomas Sterck (1900–1970), American football player ;Stêrk *Nisti Stêrk (born 1977), Swedish-Kurdish actress and comedian ;Šterk *Jure Šterk (1937–2009), Slovenian long-distance sailor and author *Vladimir Šterk (1891–1941), Croatian architect
==See also== *Stark (surname), equivalent German surname *Sterk Door Combinatie Putten, known as SDC Putten, is a football club from Putten, the Netherlands *Door Oefening Sterk or VV DOS, football club from Utrecht, Netherlands *Door Wilskracht Sterk or AFC DWS, a Dutch football club from Amsterdam *Jeanette Sterke (born 1933), Czech-born British actress *Sterkh *Sterkia *Sterksel *Sterky *Sterków
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Category:Dutch-language surnames