Sterne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adolphus Sterne (1801 1852), American politician
Bobbie L. Sterne, the Mayor of Cincinnati from 1975–1976 and 1978–1979
Carus Sterne (pen-name), see Ernst Krause
David Sterne, British actor
Emma Gelders Sterne (1894–1971), American writer
Hedda Sterne (1910–2011), Romanian painter
Laurence Sterne (1713–1768), an Irish-born English novelist and an Anglican clergyman
Maurice Sterne (1877/78–1957), American sculptor and painter
Richard Sterne (bishop) (c.1596–1683), a Church of England priest and Archbishop of York
Richard Sterne (golfer)
Robert Sterne Thomas The Scout Association Scouting notable, awardee of the Bronze Wolf in 1965
Simon Sterne (1839–1901), American lawyer and economist
Stuart Sterne (pen-name), see Gertrude Bloede (1845–1905)
Fictional characters:
Silas Sterne, children's book character in The Day My Bum Went Psycho (2001)
