Stark (surname)
Stark and Starke are German and English surnames; in the German language stark means "strong" or "powerful". Notable people with the surname include:People
Stark
- Andrew Stark, Australian street photographer
- Anthony Stark, multiple people
- Arthur C. Stark, British medical doctor and naturalist
- Arthur James Stark, English painter
- Benjamin Stark, American merchant, politician; U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator
- Chris Stark, British radio personality
- Christine Stark, Canadian volleyball player
- David Stark -- refers to several people of this name
- Dolly Stark, American baseball coach and player
- Edward W. Stark, American politician
- Ethel Stark, Canadian violinist and conductor
- Etilmon J. Stark, American composer and arranger
- Dame Freya Stark, English writer about the Middle East
- Graham Stark, English comedian, actor, writer and director
- Hans Stark, German SS officer and concentration camp overseer at Auschwitz concentration camp.
- Harold Stark, American mathematician
- Harold Rainsford Stark, U.S. Navy admiral during WWII
- Helen Stark, one of the Perth Martyrs
- Henry Powning Stark, New Zealand politician
- Ian Stark, Australian equestrian, Olympic medalist in eventing
- James Stark refers to several people of this name, including:
- *James Stark, British painter
- Janne Stark, Swedish music writer, author and musician
- Jayson Stark, American sportswriter
- Johannes Stark, German physicist; Nobel Prize laureate
- John Stark, American Revolutionary War general
- Johnny Stark , French talent manager
- John Stillwell Stark, American music publisher
- Juergen Stark, German banker
- Lars Johan Stark, American politician
- Koo Stark, American actress, model, and photographer
- Leonard P. Stark, American judge
- Lisa K. Stark, American judge
- Lloyd C. Stark, United States former governor of Missouri
- Mabel Stark, American circus performer
- Melissa Stark, American television personality
- Menachem Stark, American businessman who was kidnapped and murdered in an intended robbery
- Mike Stark, American author, activist, blogger and commentator
- Oskar Victorovich Stark, Russian vice-admiral
- Pesach Stark, birth name of Julian Stryjkowski, Polish journalist and writer
- Pete Stark, American politician; U.S. Representative
- Ray Stark, American film producer
- Richard Stark, pseudonym of American writer Donald E. Westlake
- Robert L. Stark, American real estate developer
- Rodney Stark, American sociologist of religion
- Tibor Stark, Hungarian weightlifter
- Wilbur Stark, American film producer
- William Henry Stark, American businessman
- Wolfgang Stark, German football referee
- Zoe Stark, Australian actress
Starke
- Annie Starke, American actress
- George Starke, American football player
- Mariana Starke, English traveller and author
- Peter Burwell Starke, Confederate general
- Tom Starke, German football goalkeeper
- William E. Starke, Confederate general
Fictional characters surnamed Stark
- Albert Stark, the main character of the 2014 A Million Ways to Die in the West, played by Seth MacFarlane
- Coyote Starrk, in the Bleach manga/anime universe
- Eric John Stark, a character created by Leigh Brackett
- Sergeant Ethan Stark, in a novel trilogy by John G. Hemry
- George Stark, in Stephen King's novel The Dark Half
- Jim Stark, the main character of Rebel Without A Cause
- 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.
- * Ned Stark
- * Catelyn Stark
- * Robb Stark
- * Sansa Stark
- * Arya Stark
- * Bran Stark
- Stark family in Marvel Comics
- * Howard Stark, father of Tony Stark
- * Tony Stark, superhero Iron Man
- ** Tony Stark, the 21st-century film version of this superhero
- * Morgan Stark
- Nathan Stark, in the Eureka universe
- Deputy District Attorney Sebastian Stark, the main character in the TV series Shark
- Stark, in the TV series Farscape
- Tandy Stark, a gamer played by Tandy Tatter in the British web series Corner Shop Show
- title character of Willie Stark, a 1981 opera by Carlisle Floyd
- Willie Stark, in the novel All the King's Men and its film adaptations