Sterling is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Sterling Brinkley, American businessman
Sterling Hayden, American actor and author
Sterling Hitchcock, American Major League Baseball pitcher
Sterling Holloway, American actor
Sterling Hyltin, New York City Ballet principal dancer
Sterling Knight, American actor
Sterling Marlin, NASCAR Driver, Daytona 500 Champion, Folk Hero
Sterling Morrison, guitar player with The Velvet Underground
Sterling Sharpe, former American football wide receiver
Sterling Simms, singer on Def Jam
Sterling Slaughter, American major league baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs in 1964
Sterling Van Wagenen, American film producer and co-founder of the Sundance Film Festival
Fictional characters:
Sterling Archer, eponymous protagonist of the television series Archer
