Stark (surname) explained
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
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
- 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
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
- Eric John Stark, a character created by Leigh Brackett
- 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.
- Stark family in Marvel Comics
- 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 (Farscape), 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 (character), in the novel All the King's Men and its film adaptations
See also
Notes and References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130124055000/http://oxforddictionaries.com/translate/german-english/stark Oxford Dictionaries: Translation of "Stark"
