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Sterling Allen Brown
Sterling Allen Brown (1901-1989), American poet, Howard University professor, folklorist, and critic; author of Southern Road (1932) and The Negro Caravan (1941); Lenore Marshall Prize 1982, D.C. poet laureate 1984.
Sterling Archer
Sterling Archer is the fictional superspy protagonist of the FX adult animated comedy Archer (2009–2023), voiced by H. Jon Benjamin, created by Adam Reed, and known as code name Duchess at his mother's agency ISIS.
Sterling area
The sterling area was a group of countries, mostly in the British Commonwealth, that pegged their currencies to the pound sterling and held reserves in London, from 1931 to 1979.
Sterling B. Hendricks
Sterling B. Hendricks (1902–1981) was an American USDA chemist who helped identify phytochrome, the pigment regulating plant growth, and won the 1975 National Medal of Science.
Sterling Brown (basketball)
Sterling Brown, born 1995, is an American guard-forward from SMU drafted 46th overall in 2017; he played for the Bucks, Rockets, and Mavericks and later Alba Berlin and Partizan.
Sterling C. Johnson
Sterling C. Johnson is an American clinical neuropsychologist and Alzheimer's researcher at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, known for early detection work and validating the plasma p-tau217 blood test.
Sterling Emerson
Sterling Emerson was an American geneticist at Caltech known for his quantitative model of gene conversion; he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1970.
Sterling Group Foundation Fund
The Sterling Group Foundation Fund, L.P. is a 2022-vintage private equity fund of The Sterling Group, a Houston, Texas firm that buys lower middle market industrial companies.
Sterling Hayden
Sterling Hayden, also Sterling Walter Hayden, born Sterling Relyea Walter: American actor, sailor, OSS agent and author, star of The Asphalt Jungle, Dr. Strangelove and The Godfather, who named names before HUAC.
Sterling Heights
Sterling Heights, Michigan: fourth-largest Michigan city (134,346 in 2020), in Macomb County near Detroit. Incorporated July 1, 1968 from Sterling Township; council-manager government; notable for Holcombe Beach Paleo-Indian site and 28% foreign-born residents.
Sterling Infrastructure
Sterling Infrastructure, formerly Sterling Construction Company, is an American construction and infrastructure services company headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, operating in e-infrastructure, transportation, and building solutions.
Sterling Investment Partners
Sterling Investment Partners is a Greenwich, Connecticut private equity firm making control investments in middle-market business services and distribution companies, whose fifth fund closed at $1.6 billion in 2025.
Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown (Sterling Kelby Brown), American actor born 1976 in St. Louis; Emmy winner for American Crime Story and This Is Us, Golden Globe first for Black actors in TV drama, Oscar nominee for American Fiction, star of Hulu's Paradise.
Sterling Knight
Sterling Knight (Sterling Sandmann Knight, born 1989, Houston, Texas) is an American actor and musician known for Chad Dylan Cooper in Sonny with a Chance, Christopher Wilde in StarStruck (2010), and Alex in 17 Again.
Sterling Marlin
Sterling Marlin, American NASCAR Cup Series driver (1976-2009), son of Coo Coo Marlin; won back-to-back Daytona 500s in 1994-95, 10 Cup wins, third in 2001 standings.
Sterling Mets / New York Mets
Sterling Mets, L.P. is the partnership that owned and operated the New York Mets baseball team under the Wilpon and Katz families from 2002 to 2020.
Sterling Morrison
Sterling Morrison (Holmes Sterling Morrison Jr., 1942-1995) was a founding guitarist of the Velvet Underground, later earning a medieval studies doctorate and working as a Houston tugboat captain; distinct from other people named Morrison.
Sterling Point
Sterling Point is a 2026 Prime Video coming-of-age drama created by Megan Park, starring Ella Rubin as Annie Jacobson, a New York teen who inherits a mysterious Canadian island; renewed for season 2 in August 2026.
Sterling Price
Sterling Price (1809–1867), Missouri governor 1853–1857 and major general of the Missouri State Guard and Confederate Army, won Wilson's Creek and Lexington in 1861, lost Pea Ridge, Iuka, Corinth, and the 1864 Missouri raid at Westport, then exiled to Mexico rather than surrender.
Sterling Sharpe
Sterling Sharpe (born 1965) is a former Green Bay Packers wide receiver (1988-94), 595 catches, 8,134 yards, 65 TDs, 1992 receiving triple crown; retired at 29 with a neck injury; Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025, first brother duo with Shannon Sharpe.
Sterling Shepard
Sterling Shepard, born 1993 in Oklahoma City, NFL wide receiver; Oklahoma All-American, Giants second-round pick (40th, 2016), fifth in Giants receptions, later Buccaneers and Jets.
Sterling silver
Sterling silver is a silver alloy containing 92.5% pure silver, with copper usually making up the rest, and has been the standard for silverware since the 14th century.
Sterling St. Jacques
Sterling St. Jacques (Sterling Saint Jacques, reportedly Sterling Colter) was an American model, dancer, singer, and actor, regarded as the first Black male supermodel; he walked at Versailles 1973, modeled for Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, and Halston, and was a Studio 54 fixture.
Sterling submachine gun
The Sterling submachine gun, also called the Patchett gun, is a British 9 mm submachine gun designed in 1944 and adopted by the British Army in 1955.
Sterling, Virginia
Sterling, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place in Loudoun County near Dulles Airport; once the railroad village of Guilford (renamed Sterling in 1887), it grew after 1959 with Sterling Park, Loudoun's first planned community, and had 30,337 residents in 2020.
Sterlitamak
Sterlitamak (Bashkir: Стәрлетамаҡ), founded in 1766, is the second most populous city of Bashkortostan, Russia, after Ufa, known for its chemical industry and machine building.
Sterlite Technologies
Sterlite Technologies Limited, also known as Sterlite Tech, is an Indian optical networking company headquartered in Pune, founded in 1988, that makes optical fiber, cable, and connectivity products.
Stern
The stern, also known as the ship's stern, is the after end of a ship or boat, farthest from the bow, housing the rudder and propeller shaft; common forms include cruiser and transom sterns.
Stern (game company)
Stern (game company): Stern Electronics (1977-1985), founded by Sam Stern via Chicago Coin, and successor Stern Pinball, Inc. of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, the world's largest pinball maker under Gary Stern, known for Pro/Premium/LE editions, SPIKE electronics, and licensed titles.
Stern Grove Festival
Stern Grove Festival is an admission-free summer concert series held Sundays at Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove in San Francisco, founded by Rosalie M. Stern in 1938.