# Sterk

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'''Sterk''' is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) 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](/source/Hungarian_language) surname Sterk and the [Slavic](/source/Slavic_languages) surname Šterk may have independent origins. It may refer to:

*[Claire E. Sterk](/source/Claire_E._Sterk) (born 1957), Dutch anthropologist, provost of Emory University
*[Jane Sterk](/source/Jane_Sterk) (born 1947), Canadian psychologist, businesswoman, academic, and politician
*[Jim Sterk](/source/Jim_Sterk) (born 1956), College athletic director
*[Károly Sterk](/source/K%C3%A1roly_Sterk) (1881–1946), Hungarian chess master
*[Katalin Sterk](/source/Katalin_Sterk) (born 1961), Hungarian high jumper
*[Maria Sterk](/source/Maria_Sterk) (born 1979), Dutch marathon speed skater
*[Marijn Sterk](/source/Marijn_Sterk) (born 1987), Dutch football defender
*[Mieke Sterk](/source/Mieke_Sterk) (born 1946), Dutch pentathlete and Labour Party politician
*[Mirjam Sterk](/source/Mirjam_Sterk) (born 1973), Dutch politician, civil servant, RTV editor and educator
*[Rafael Sterk](/source/Rafael_Sterk) (born 1978), Australian water polo player
*[Stewart Sterk](/source/Stewart_Sterk) (born 1952), American legal scholar
*[Valerie Sterk](/source/Valerie_Sterk) (born 1975), American volleyball player
*{{illm|Wilhelm Sterk|de||fr|}} (1880–1944), Hungarian-born Austrian librettist
*[Yuri Sterk](/source/Yuri_Sterk) (born 1962), Bulgarian diplomat, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to UN Office in Geneva
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*[Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh](/source/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](/source/Thomas_Sterck) (1900–1970), American football player
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*[Nisti Stêrk](/source/Nisti_St%C3%AArk) (born 1977), Swedish-Kurdish actress and comedian
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*[Jure Šterk](/source/Jure_%C5%A0terk) (1937–2009), Slovenian long-distance sailor and author
*[Vladimir Šterk](/source/Vladimir_%C5%A0terk) (1891–1941), Croatian architect

==See also==
*[Stark (surname)](/source/Stark_(surname)), equivalent German surname
*[Sterk Door Combinatie Putten](/source/Sterk_Door_Combinatie_Putten), known as SDC Putten, is a football club from Putten, the Netherlands
*[Door Oefening Sterk](/source/Door_Oefening_Sterk) or VV DOS, football club from Utrecht, Netherlands
*[Door Wilskracht Sterk](/source/AFC_DWS) or AFC DWS, a Dutch football club from Amsterdam
*[Jeanette Sterke](/source/Jeanette_Sterke) (born 1933), Czech-born British actress
*[Sterkh](/source/Sterkh)
*[Sterkia](/source/Sterkia)
*[Sterksel](/source/Sterksel)
*[Sterky](/source/Sterky)
*[Sterków](/source/Sterk%C3%B3w)

==References==
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