Sterling is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sterling (baseball), American baseball playerAndrew B. Sterling (1874–1955), American songwriterAnne Fausto-Sterling (born 1944), American academicAntoinette Sterling (1850–1904), Anglo-American vocalistBarry Sterling (1943–2014), American businessman and politicianBrett Sterling (born 1984), American ice hockey playerBruce Sterling (born 1954), American science fiction writerChristopher H. Sterling (born 1943), American professor of media and public affairsClaire Sterling (1919-1995), American author and journalistDana Sterling, fictional character from American TV series RoboTechDebbie Sterling, founder and CEO of American toy company GoldiebloxDonald Sterling (born Donald Tokowitz, 1934), American businessman, attorney and basketball team ownerDonnie Sterling, American bassistEdward Sterling (1773–1847), British journalistEdward Boker Sterling (1851-1925), philatelist of Trenton, New JerseyFord Sterling (1883–1939), American actorFred E. Sterling (1869-1934), American politicianGeorge Sterling (1869–1926), American poetGeorgie Sterling, Australian actressJan Sterling (1921–2004), American actressJeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow (born 1934), British peer and former chairman of P&OJim Sterling (born 1984), English video game journalist and reviewerJohn Sterling (author) (1806–1844), British authorJohn William Sterling (1844–1918), American philanthropist, corporate attorney, and benefactor to Yale UniversityJohn Sterling (sportscaster) (born 1938), American radio broadcasterLeon Sterling, Australian computer scientistLester Sterling (born 1936), Jamaican musicianLinder Sterling (born 1954), British artistMindy Sterling (born 1953), American actressNici Sterling (born 1968), British porn starNorm Sterling (born 1942), Canadian politicianPeter Sterling (born 1960), Australian rugby league playerRaheem Sterling (born 1994), English-Jamaican footballerRobert Sterling (1917-2006), American actorRoss S. Sterling (1875–1949), American politicianThomas Sterling (1851–1930), American politicianThomas Sterling (computing), American computer scientistTisha Sterling (born 1944), American actress, daughter of Robert Sterling and Ann SothernWallace Sterling (1906–1985), Canadian-born American university presidentWilliam T. Sterling (1808–1903), American politician