Sterling is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sterling (baseball), American baseball player
Andrew B. Sterling (1874–1955), American songwriter
Anne Fausto-Sterling (born 1944), American academic
Antoinette Sterling (1850–1904), Anglo-American vocalist
Barry Sterling (1943–2014), American businessman and politician
Brett Sterling (born 1984), American ice hockey player
Bruce Sterling (born 1954), American science fiction writer
Christopher H. Sterling (born 1943), American professor of media and public affairs
Claire Sterling (1919-1995), American author and journalist
Dana Sterling, fictional character from American TV series RoboTech
Debbie Sterling, founder and CEO of American toy company Goldieblox
Donald Sterling (born Donald Tokowitz, 1934), American businessman, attorney and basketball team owner
Donnie Sterling, American bassist
Edward Sterling (1773–1847), British journalist
Edward Boker Sterling (1851-1925), philatelist of Trenton, New Jersey
Ford Sterling (1883–1939), American actor
Fred E. Sterling (1869-1934), American politician
George Sterling (1869–1926), American poet
Georgie Sterling, Australian actress
Jan Sterling (1921–2004), American actress
Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow (born 1934), British peer and former chairman of P&O
Jim Sterling (born 1984), English video game journalist and reviewer
John Sterling (author) (1806–1844), British author
John William Sterling (1844–1918), American philanthropist, corporate attorney, and benefactor to Yale University
John Sterling (sportscaster) (born 1938), American radio broadcaster
Leon Sterling, Australian computer scientist
Lester Sterling (born 1936), Jamaican musician
Linder Sterling (born 1954), British artist
Mindy Sterling (born 1953), American actress
Nici Sterling (born 1968), British porn star
Norm Sterling (born 1942), Canadian politician
Peter Sterling (born 1960), Australian rugby league player
Raheem Sterling (born 1994), English-Jamaican footballer
Robert Sterling (1917-2006), American actor
Ross S. Sterling (1875–1949), American politician
Thomas Sterling (1851–1930), American politician
Thomas Sterling (computing), American computer scientist
Tisha Sterling (born 1944), American actress, daughter of Robert Sterling and Ann Sothern
Wallace Sterling (1906–1985), Canadian-born American university president
William T. Sterling (1808–1903), American politician
