# 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 (born 1964), Australian street photographer
* Anthony Stark (1961–2011), American Film director and screenwriter
* Arthur C. Stark (1846–1899), British medical doctor and naturalist
* Arthur James Stark (1831–1902), English painter
* Benjamin Stark (1820–1898), American merchant, politician; U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator (D-OR)
* Chris Stark (born 1987), British radio personality
* Christine Stark (born 1970), Canadian volleyball player
* David Stark (disambiguation), several people
* Dolly Stark (1885–1924), American baseball coach and player
* Edward W. Stark (1869–1935), American politician
* 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
* Grace Stark (born 2001), American hurdler
* 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
* Henry Powning Stark (1827-1870), New Zealand politician
* Ian Stark (born 1954), Australian equestrian, Olympic medalist in eventing
* James Stark (disambiguation), several people
* Janne Stark (contemporary), Swedish music writer, author and musician
* Jayson Stark (born 1951), American sportswriter
* 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
* Jürgen Stark (born 1948), German banker
* Kirsty Stark, Australian film producer, chair of Mercury CX in Adelaide
* Lars Johan Stark (1826-1910), American politician
* Leonid Stark (1889-1937), Russian and Soviet revolutionary, diplomat and editor
* Koo Stark (born 1956), American actress, model, and photographer
* Leonard P. Stark (born 1969), American judge
* Lisa K. Stark (born 1959), 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
* Menachem Stark (1974–2014), American businessman who was kidnapped and murdered in an intended robbery
* Mike Stark, American author, activist, blogger and commentator
* Oliver Stark, British actor
* Oskar Victorovich Stark (1846–1928), Russian vice-admiral
* Pesach Stark (1905–1996), birth name of Julian Stryjkowski, Polish journalist and writer
* Pete Stark (1931–2020), American politician; U.S. Representative (D-CA)
* Péter Stark (born 1978), Hungarian footballer
* Ray Stark (1915–2004), American film producer
* Richard Stark (1933–2008), pseudonym of American writer Donald E. Westlake
* Richard Stark (born 1960), American fashion designer
* Robert L. Stark (1951), American real estate developer
* Rodney Stark (1934–2022), American sociologist of religion
* Rudolf Stark (1897-?), German flying ace
* Sandra Stark (born 1951), American photographer
* Tibor Stark (born 1972), Hungarian weightlifter
* Wilbur Stark (1912–1995), American film producer
* William Henry Stark (1851-1936), American businessman
* Wolfgang Stark (born 1969), German football referee

### Starke

* Annie Starke (born 1988), American actress
* George Starke (born 1948), American football player
* Hayden Erskine Starke (1871–1958), Australian judge
* Mariana Starke (1762-1838), English traveller and author
* Peter Burwell Starke (1815-1888), Confederate general
* Tom Starke (born 1981), German football goalkeeper
* William E. Starke (1814-1862), 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 (Bleach), in the Bleach manga/anime universe
* Dieter Stark, a character in The Lost World: Jurassic Park
* 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
* Hayley Stark, the main protagonist in Hard Candy (film)
* Jim Stark, the main character of Rebel Without A Cause
* Paul Stark, the main character played by Jeffrey Tambor on the 1986 TV series Mr. Sunshine
* 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
** Rickon Stark
* Stark family in Marvel Comics
** Howard Stark, father of Tony Stark
** Maria Stark, mother of Tony Stark
** Tony Stark, superhero Iron Man
*** Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), the 21st-century film version of this superhero
** Morgan Stark, Tony Stark and Pepper Potts's daughter
* Lizzie Stark, a character from the British TV series Peaky Blinders
* Nathan Stark, in the Eureka universe
* Deputy District Attorney Sebastian Stark, the main character in the TV series Shark
* Stark, in the Australian-American TV series Farscape
* Stark, a character from the anime/manga Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
* 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 (character), in the novel All the King's Men and its film adaptations