Stark (surname)
Stark and Starke are German and English surnames; in the German language stark means "strong" or "powerful".[1] Notable people with the surname include:
People with the surname Stark
- Andrew Stark (born 1964), Australian street photographer
- Anthony Stark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Arthur C. Stark (1846-1899), British medical doctor and naturalist
- Benjamin Stark (1820-1898), American merchant, politician; U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator (D-OR)
- Christine Stark (born 1970), Canadian volleyball player
- David Stark (disambiguation) -- refers to several people of this name
- Dolly Stark (1885–1924), American baseball coach and player
- Ethel Stark (1916–2012), Canadian violinist and conductor
- Etilmon J. Stark (1868–1962), American composer and arranger
- Dame Freya Stark (1893–1993), English writer about the Middle East
- Graham Stark (1922-2013), English comedian, actor, writer and director
- Hans Stark (1911-1988), German SS officer and concentration camp overseer at Auschwitz concentration camp.
- Harold Stark (born 1939), American mathematician
- Harold Rainsford Stark (1880–1972), U.S. Navy admiral during WWII
- Helen Stark, one of the Perth Martyrs
- Ian Stark (contemporary), Australian equestrian, Olympic medalist in eventing
- James Stark (disambiguation) refers to several people of this name, including:
- James Stark (painter) (1794–1859), British painter
- Janne Stark (contemporary), Swedish music writer, author and musician
- Johannes Stark (1874–1957), German physicist; Nobel Prize laureate
- John Stark (1728–1822), American Revolutionary War general
- Johnny Stark (talent manager) (1922-1989), French talent manager
- John Stillwell Stark (1841–1927), American music publisher
- Juergen Stark (born 1948), German banker
- Julian Stryjkowski, Polish journalist and writer (born as Pesach Stark)
- Louis Stark (Born 1956), Inventor of Non Pneumatic tire
- Koo Stark (born 1956), American actress, model, and photographer
- Leonard P. Stark (born 1969), American judge
- Lisa K. Stark, American judge
- Lloyd C. Stark (1886–1972), United States former governor of Missouri
- Mabel Stark (1889–1968), American circus performer
- Melissa Stark (born 1973), American television personality
- Mike Stark, American author, activist, blogger and commentator
- Oskar Victorovich Stark (1846–1928), Russian vice-admiral
- Pete Stark (born 1931), American politician; U.S. Representative (D-CA)
- Ray Stark (1915–2004), American film producer
- Richard Stark, pseudonym of American writer Donald E. Westlake (born 1933)
- Robert L. Stark (1951), American real estate developer
- Rodney Stark, American sociologist of religion
- Tibor Stark (born 1972), Hungarian weightlifter
- William Henry Stark (1851-1936), American businessman
- Wolfgang Stark (born 1969), German football referee
- Zoe Stark (contemporary), Australian actress
Fictional people surnamed Stark
- Albert Stark, the main character of A Million Ways to Die in the West
- Coyote Stark (Bleach), a character in Bleach media
- Eric John Stark, a character by Leigh Brackett
- Sergeant Ethan Stark, a character in a trilogy by John G. Hemry
- George Stark, a character in The Dark Half
- House Stark, a fictional noble family in the fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire and its derived works, including TV series Game of Thrones and several games based on the novel series.
- Howard Stark, a character in "Captain America", premiered in 2011; father of Tony Stark
- Nathan Stark, a character in the Eureka universe
- Deputy District Attorney Sebastian Stark, the main character in Shark
- Stark (Farscape), a character in Farscape
- Tony Stark, the secret identity of the Marvel Comic's superhero Iron Man
- Willie Stark, an opera by Carlisle Floyd to his own libretto premiered in 1981
- Willie Stark (character), a character in All the King's Men
People with the surname Starke
- George Starke (born 1948), American football player
- Mariana Starke (born ?1762), English traveller and author
- Peter Burwell Starke (1815-1888), Confederate general in the Civil War
- Robert Starke, Australian ice hockey player
- Tom Starke (born 1981), German football goalkeeper
- William E. Starke (1814-1862), Confederate general in the Civil War
- Edgar A. Starke (born 1936), PhD, former Dean, UVa School of Engineering
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