Sterk

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Sterk is a Dutch descriptive surname meaning "strong". A variant form is Sterck.[1] 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
* 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
* 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

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* 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

## References

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1. ^ Sterk at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands

Surname list

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