Stark (surname)

Stark and Starke are German and English surnames; in the German language stark means "strong" or "powerful".^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

People

Stark

Andrew Stark (born 1964), Australian street photographer
Anthony Stark (1961–2011), American Film director and screenwriter
Arthur C. Stark (1846–1899), British medical doctor and naturalist
Arthur James Stark (1831–1902), English painter
Benjamin Stark (1820–1898), American merchant, politician; U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator (D-OR)
Chris Stark (born 1987), British radio personality
Christine Stark (born 1970), Canadian volleyball player
David Stark (disambiguation), several people
Dolly Stark (1885–1924), American baseball coach and player
Edward W. Stark (1869–1935), American politician
Ethel Stark (1916–2012), Canadian violinist and conductor
Etilmon J. Stark (1868–1962), American composer and arranger
Dame Freya Stark (1893–1993), English writer about the Middle East
Grace Stark (born 2001), American hurdler
Graham Stark (1922–2013), English comedian, actor, writer and director
Hans Stark (1911–1988), German SS officer and concentration camp overseer at Auschwitz concentration camp
Harold Stark (born 1939), American mathematician
Harold Rainsford Stark (1880–1972), U.S. Navy admiral during WWII
Helen Stark, one of the Perth Martyrs
Henry Powning Stark (1827-1870), New Zealand politician
Ian Stark (born 1954), Australian equestrian, Olympic medalist in eventing
James Stark (disambiguation), several people
Janne Stark (contemporary), Swedish music writer, author and musician
Jayson Stark (born 1951), American sportswriter
Johannes Stark (1874–1957), German physicist; Nobel Prize laureate
John Stark (1728–1822), American Revolutionary War general
Johnny Stark (talent manager) (1922-1989), French talent manager
John Stillwell Stark (1841–1927), American music publisher
Jürgen Stark (born 1948), German banker
Kirsty Stark, Australian film producer, chair of Mercury CX in Adelaide
Lars Johan Stark (1826-1910), American politician
Leonid Stark (1889-1937), Russian and Soviet revolutionary, diplomat and editor
Koo Stark (born 1956), American actress, model, and photographer
Leonard P. Stark (born 1969), American judge
Lisa K. Stark (born 1959), American judge
Lloyd C. Stark (1886–1972), United States former governor of Missouri
Mabel Stark (1889–1968), American circus performer
Melissa Stark (born 1973), American television personality
Menachem Stark (1974–2014), American businessman who was kidnapped and murdered in an intended robbery
Mike Stark, American author, activist, blogger and commentator
Oskar Victorovich Stark (1846–1928), Russian vice-admiral
Pesach Stark (1905–1996), birth name of Julian Stryjkowski, Polish journalist and writer
Pete Stark (1931–2020), American politician; U.S. Representative (D-CA)
Péter Stark (born 1978), Hungarian footballer
Ray Stark (1915–2004), American film producer
Richard Stark (1933–2008), pseudonym of American writer Donald E. Westlake
Richard Stark (born 1960), American fashion designer
Robert L. Stark (1951), American real estate developer
Rodney Stark (1934–2022), American sociologist of religion
Rudolf Stark (1897-?), German flying ace
Sandra Stark (born 1951), American photographer
Tibor Stark (born 1972), Hungarian weightlifter
Wilbur Stark (1912–1995), American film producer
William Henry Stark (1851-1936), American businessman
Wolfgang Stark (born 1969), German football referee

Starke

Annie Starke (born 1988), American actress
George Starke (born 1948), American football player
Hayden Erskine Starke (1871–1958), Australian judge
Mariana Starke (1762-1838), English traveller and author
Peter Burwell Starke (1815-1888), Confederate general
Tom Starke (born 1981), German football goalkeeper
William E. Starke (1814-1862), Confederate general

Fictional characters surnamed Stark

Albert Stark, the main character of the 2014 A Million Ways to Die in the West, played by Seth MacFarlane
Coyote Starrk (Bleach), in the Bleach manga/anime universe
Dieter Stark, a character 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, the main character of Rebel Without A Cause
Paul Stark, the main character played by Jeffrey Tambor on the 1986 TV series Mr. Sunshine
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.
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
Lizzie Stark, a character from the British TV series Peaky Blinders
Nathan Stark, in the Eureka universe
Deputy District Attorney Sebastian Stark, the main character in the TV series Shark
Stark, in the Australian-American TV series Farscape
Stark, a character from the anime/manga Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Tandy Stark, a gamer played by Tandy Tatter in the British web series Corner Shop Show
title character of Willie Stark, a 1981 opera by Carlisle Floyd
Willie Stark (character), in the novel All the King's Men and its film adaptations

References

^ Oxford Dictionaries: Translation of "Stark"

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[1] Oxford Dictionaries: Translation of "Stark"

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