Sturgeon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Barbara Sturgeon, British broadcaster
Bobby Sturgeon (1919–2007), American Major League Baseball player
Cecil Sturgeon (1919–1972), American football offensive tackle
Daniel Sturgeon (1789–1878), American physician, banker and Democratic Party politician
Fábio Sturgeon (born 1994), Portuguese footballer
Henry Sturgeon (died 1814), British Army officer of the Napoleonic Wars
Lyle Sturgeon (1914–1958), Canadian National Football League player
Michael Sturgeon (born 1958), English cricketer
Nicola Sturgeon (born 1970), Scottish politician, Scottish National Party MSP for Glasgow Govan and First Minister of Scotland
Peter Sturgeon (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
Peter A. Sturgeon (1916-2005), American scholar
Rollin S. Sturgeon (1877–1961), American silent film director
Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985), American science fiction author
William Sturgeon (1783–1850), English physicist and inventor who made the first electromagnets
