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''stark'' means "strong" or "powerful".Oxford Dictionaries: Translation of "Stark"
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* 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 Benjamin Stark (June 26, 1820October 10, 1898) was an American merchant and politician in Oregon. A native of Louisiana, he purchased some of the original tracts of land for the city of Portland. He later served in the Oregon House of Representat ...

(1820–1898), American merchant, politician; U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator (D-OR) *

Chris Stark Christopher Francis Stark (born 12 March 1987) is a British radio personality known for his work most recently as a co-host on the ''Scott Mills'' show on BBC Radio 1 until he departed in 2022. He currently works on Capital FM's Breakfast Show ...

(born 1987), British radio personality *

Christine Stark Christine Stark (born May 8, 1970 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a retired female volleyball player from Canada. Stark competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital city, capital and ...

(born 1970), Canadian volleyball player * David Stark (disambiguation), several people *

Dolly Stark Monroe Randolph Stark (January 19, 1885 – December 1, 1924) was a college baseball coach and professional baseball player who coached the Mississippi A&M Aggies, now known as the Mississippi State Bulldogs to a 22–4 record in 1909. He the ...

(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 Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 18939 May 1993), was a British-Italian explorer and travel writer. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the Middle East and Afghanistan as well as several autobiographical works and essays ...

(1893–1993), English writer about the Middle East *

Graham Stark Graham William Stark (20 January 1922 – 29 October 2013) was an English comedian, actor, writer and director. Early life The son of a purser on transatlantic liners,

(1922–2013), English comedian, actor, writer and director *

Hans Stark Hans Stark (14 June 1921 – 29 March 1991) was an SS-''Untersturmführer'' and head of the admissions detail at Auschwitz-II Birkenau of Auschwitz concentration camp. Life and SS career Stark attended the Volksschule in Darmstadt from 1927 unt ...

(1911–1988), German SS officer and concentration camp overseer at Auschwitz concentration camp *

Harold Stark Harold Mead Stark (born August 6, 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is an American mathematician, specializing in number theory. He is best known for his solution of the Gauss class number 1 problem, in effect correcting and completing the earli ...

(born 1939), American mathematician *

Harold Rainsford Stark Harold Rainsford Stark (November 12, 1880 – August 20, 1972) was an officer in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II, who served as the 8th Chief of Naval Operations from August 1, 1939 to March 26, 1942. Early life an ...

(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 Ian David Stark, OBE (born 22 February 1954) is a retired Scottish equestrian who competed in the sport of eventing. Stark was born in Galashiels in the Borders in 1954 and began riding horses at the age of 10. ...

(born 1954), Australian equestrian, Olympic medalist in eventing * James Stark (disambiguation), several people *

Janne Stark Janne Stark (born 1963 in Karlshamn) is a Swedish guitarist and author. Biography Stark recorded his first 7" single with the band Paradize in 1979, then formed the band Overdrive in 1980. He released the 12" MLP ''Reflexions'' in 1981, aft ...

(contemporary), Swedish music writer, author and musician *

Jayson Stark Jayson Stark (born July 19, 1951) is an American sportswriter and author who covers baseball for ''The Athletic''. He is most known for his time with ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' and ESPN. Biography Stark grew up in Northeast Philadelphia and ...

(born 1951), American sportswriter *

Johannes Stark Johannes Stark (, 15 April 1874 – 21 June 1957) was a German physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1919 "for his discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields". This phen ...

(1874–1957), German physicist; Nobel Prize laureate *

John Stark Major-General John Stark (August 28, 1728 – May 8, 1822) was an American military officer who served during the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. He became known as the "Hero of Bennington" for his exemplary service at the Batt ...

(1728–1822), American Revolutionary War general * Johnny Stark (talent manager) (1922-1989), French talent manager *

John Stillwell Stark John Stillwell Stark (April 11, 1841October 21, 1927) was an American publisher of ragtime music, best known for publishing and promoting the music of Scott Joplin. Early life and education Stark was the eleventh of 12 children born to Adin S ...

(1841–1927), American music publisher *

Jürgen Stark Jürgen Stark (born 31 May 1948 in Gau-Odernheim, Germany) is a German economist who served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2006 to 2011 and concurrently as ECB chief economist. Within the Executive Board, he w ...

(born 1948), German banker * Lars Johan Stark (1826-1910), American politician *

Leonid Stark Leonid Nikolaevich Stark (Russian: Леонид Николаевич Старк; pseudonyms: Afghani, L. Manucharov, P. Ryabovsky,1889 – November, 1937) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet diplomat and editor. Biography Leonid Stark w ...

(1889-1937), Russian and Soviet revolutionary, diplomat and editor *

Koo Stark Kathleen Norris Stark (born April 26, 1956), better known as Koo Stark, is an American photographer and actress, known for her relationship with Prince Andrew. She is a patron of the Julia Margaret Cameron Trust, which runs the museum of the Vic ...

(born 1956), American actress, model, and photographer * Leonard P. Stark (born 1969), American judge * Lisa K. Stark (born 1959), American judge *

Lloyd C. Stark Lloyd Crow Stark (November 23, 1886September 17, 1972) was an American businessman and politician who served as the List of governors of Missouri, 39th Governor of the U.S. state of Missouri. He was a member of the Democratic Party (United State ...

(1886–1972), United States former governor of Missouri *

Mabel Stark Mabel Stark (December 10, 1889 – April 20, 1968), whose real name was Mary Ann Haynie, was a renowned tiger trainer of the 1920s. She was referred to as one of the world's first women tiger trainers/tamers. In its belated obituary, ''The Ne ...

(1889–1968), American circus performer *

Melissa Stark Melissa Stark is an American television personality and sportscaster, best known as the current sideline reporter for '' NBC Sunday Night Football'' and the former sideline reporter for ''Monday Night Football''. Currently a reporter for the NFL ...

(born 1973), American television personality *

Menachem Stark Menachem ("Max") Stark (July 15, 1974 – January 3, 2014) was an American real estate developer whose badly burned body was found smoldering in a dumpster outside a gas station in Great Neck, New York. The cousins Erskine Felix, Kendel Felix, ...

(1974–2014), American businessman who was kidnapped and murdered in an intended robbery *

Mike Stark Mike Stark is an American reporter, blogger, political activist, computer programmer/developer, and graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law. His work often appears at StarkReports.com, ''The Huffington Post'', ''Daily Kos'' and sever ...

, 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 Fortney Hillman Stark Jr. (November 11, 1931 – January 24, 2020), known as Pete Stark, was an American businessman and politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 2013. A Democrat from California, St ...

(1931–2020), American politician; U.S. Representative (D-CA) *

Ray Stark Raymond Otto Stark (October 3, 1915 – January 17, 2004) was one of the most successful and prolific independent film producers in postwar Hollywood. Stark's background as a literary and theatrical agent prepared him to produce some of the most ...

(1915–2004), American film producer *

Richard Stark Donald Edwin Westlake (July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008) was an American writer, with more than a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into ...

, (1933–2008), pseudonym of American writer Donald E. Westlake *

Robert L. Stark Robert L. Stark (born 1951) is an American real estate developer and founder and chief executive officer of Stark Enterprises. Biography Born to a Jewish family

(1951), American real estate developer *

Rodney Stark Rodney William Stark (July 8, 1934 — July 21, 2022) was an American sociologist of religion who was a longtime professor of sociology and of comparative religion at the University of Washington. At the time of his death he was the Distinguished ...

(1934–2022), American sociologist of religion *

Rudolf Stark Lieutenant Rudolf Stark (11 February 1897 – after 1933) was a World War I flying ace credited with eleven confirmed and five unconfirmed aerial victories. World War I military service Stark originally served heroically in the 2nd Royal Bavaria ...

(1897-?), German flying ace * Sandra Stark (born 1951), American photographer *

Tibor Stark Tibor Stark (born 14 February 1972 in Tata, Komárom-Esztergom) is a retired male weightlifter from Hungary. He competed for his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 (Barcelona, Spain Barcelona ( , , ) is ...

(born 1972), Hungarian weightlifter *

Wilbur Stark Wilbur Stark (August 10, 1912 – August 11, 1995) was an American writer and film, television, and radio producer and director. Life Stark was born in Brooklyn and was the brother of Douglas Stark, an actor, Sheldon Stark, a writer, and Midge ...

(1912–1995), American film producer *

William Henry Stark William Henry Stark (March 19, 1851 – October 8, 1936) was an industrial leader whose contributions helped the city of Orange, Texas develop financially. Stark was the president of the Lutcher Moore Cypress Lumber Company of Lutcher, Louisiana ...

(1851-1936), American businessman *

Wolfgang Stark Wolfgang Stark (born 20 November 1969) is a German former football referee who is based in Ergolding. He refereed for DJK Altdorf of the Bavarian Football Association. Refereeing career In addition to German domestic competitions, Stark officiat ...

(born 1969), German football referee *Zoe Stark (contemporary), Australian actress

Starke

Annie Starke Annie Maude Starke Albu (born April 26, 1988) is an American actress who has appeared on film and Broadway. Early years The daughter of actress Glenn Close and businessman John Starke, she was raised in Bedford, New York. Starke attended Hamilto ...

(born 1988), American actress *

George Starke George Lawrence Starke (born July 18, 1948) is a former American football offensive tackle who played for the Washington Redskins in the National Football League (NFL) from 1972-84. After graduating from Columbia College, Starke was drafted by ...

(born 1948), American football player * Hayden Erskine Starke (1871–1958), Australian judge *

Mariana Starke Mariana Starke (1761/2–1838) was an English author. She is best known for her travel guide to France and Italy which served as a popular companion for British travellers to the Continent in the early nineteenth century. She also wrote plays and ...

(1762-1838), English traveller and author *

Peter Burwell Starke Peter Burwell Starke (1813 – July 13, 1888) was an American politician who served as a Brigadier-General in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States.Warner, 1997, pp. 288–89 Early life and career Peter Starke, a brother of Brigad ...

(1815-1888), Confederate general *

Tom Starke Tom Peter Starke (born 18 March 1981) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for six German Bundesliga clubs throughout his career that lasted for 18 seasons. Starke is currently working as a goalkeeper co ...

(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 ''A Million Ways to Die in the West'' is a 2014 American Western dark comedy film directed by Seth MacFarlane and written by MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. The film features an ensemble cast including MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Am ...

'', 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 Eric John Stark is a character created by the science fiction author Leigh Brackett. Stark is the hero of a series of pulp adventures set in a time when the Solar System has been colonized. His origin-story shares some characteristics with feral ...

, a character created by

Leigh Brackett Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 18, 1978) was an American science fiction writer known as "the Queen of Space Opera." She was also a screenwriter, known for ''The Big Sleep'' (1946), '' Rio Bravo'' (1959), and '' The Long Goo ...

*Sergeant Ethan Stark, in a novel trilogy by

John G. Hemry John G. Hemry (Lieutenant commander, LCDR, USN ret.; born April 14, 1956), is an American literature, American author of military science fiction novels. Drawing on his experience as a retired United States Navy officer, he has written the ''Sta ...

*George Stark, in Stephen King's novel ''

The Dark Half ''The Dark Half'' is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1989. ''Publishers Weekly'' listed ''The Dark Half'' as the second best-selling book of 1989 behind Tom Clancy's ''Clear and Present Danger''. The novel was adapt ...

'' *Jim Stark, the main character of ''

Rebel Without A Cause ''Rebel Without a Cause'' is a 1955 American coming-of-age drama film about emotionally confused suburban, middle-class teenagers. Filmed in the then recently introduced CinemaScope format and directed by Nicholas Ray, it offered both social co ...

'' *Paul Stark, the main character played by

Jeffrey Tambor Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles such as Jeffrey Brookes, the uptight neighbor of Stanley and Helen Roper in the television sitcom ''The Ropers'' (1979–1980), as Hank Kings ...

on the 1986 TV series '' Mr. Sunshine'' *

House Stark George R. R. Martin's ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' saga features a large cast of characters. The series follows three interwoven plotlines: a dynastic war for control of Westeros by several families; the rising threat of the superhuman Others beyon ...

, a fictional noble family in the fantasy novel series ''

A Song of Ice and Fire ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' is a series of epic fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. He began the first volume of the series, ''A Game of Thrones'', in 1991, and it was published in 1996. Martin, who init ...

'' and its derived works, including TV series ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...

'' and several games based on the novel series. **

Ned Stark Eddard "Ned" Stark is a fictional character in the 1996 fantasy novel ''A Game of Thrones'' by George R. R. Martin, and '' Game of Thrones'', HBO's adaptation of Martin's '' A Song of Ice and Fire'' series. In the storyline, Ned is the lord of W ...

Catelyn Stark Catelyn Stark (née Tully), later known as Lady Stoneheart, is a fictional character in the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation ''Game of Thrones''. She is a pro ...

Robb Stark Robert Stark is a fictional character in the '' A Song of Ice and Fire'' series of epic fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation '' Game of Thrones'', where he is portrayed by Scottish actor Richard Mad ...

Sansa Stark Sansa Stark, later Alayne Stone, is a fictional character in the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series of epic fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin. Introduced in ''A Game of Thrones'' (1996), Sansa is the eldest daughter and second c ...

Arya Stark Arya Stark is a fictional character in American author George R. R. Martin's ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' epic fantasy novel series, and its television adaptation ''Game of Thrones'', where she is portrayed by English actress Maisie Williams. She ...

Bran Stark Brandon Stark, known as Bran, is a fictional character in the '' A Song of Ice and Fire'' series of epic fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation '' Game of Thrones'', where he is portrayed by English ...

Rickon Stark Rickon Stark is a fictional character in the '' A Song of Ice and Fire'' series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation '' Game of Thrones''. Introduced in 1996's ''A Game of Thrones'', Rickon is the ...

* Stark family in Marvel Comics **

Howard Stark Howard Stark is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as a background character in stories featuring Iron Man and stories featuring Captain America. He is the fou ...

, father of Tony Stark ** Maria Stark, mother of Tony Stark **

Tony Stark Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The charac ...

, superhero Iron Man ***

Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Anthony Edward Stark, more commonly known as Tony Stark, is a fictional character primarily portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise—based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name—common ...

, the 21st-century film version of this superhero **

Morgan Stark Morgan Stark is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and a relative of Tony Stark. Lexi Rabe and Katherine Langford portrayed an adapted depiction in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film '' Avengers: E ...

, Tony Stark and Pepper Potts's daughter * Lizzie Stark, a character from the British TV series ''

Peaky Blinders The Peaky Blinders were a street gang based in Birmingham, England, which operated from the 1880s until the 1910s. The group consisted largely of young criminals from lower- to middle-class backgrounds. They engaged in robbery, violence, racke ...

'' *

Nathan Stark This is a list of Character (arts), characters from the Syfy original series ''Eureka (American TV series), Eureka''. Overview Main characters Supporting characters Guest stars * Ming-Na Wen as U.S. Senator Michaela Wen (7 episodes, 2011-2 ...

, in the ''Eureka'' universe *Deputy District Attorney Sebastian Stark, the main character in the TV series ''

Shark Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimo ...

'' * Stark (''Farscape''), in the TV series ''Farscape'' * Tandy Stark, a gamer played by Tandy Tatter in the British web series ''

Corner Shop Show ''Corner Shop Show'' is a British comedy drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a gen ...

'' *title character of ''

Willie Stark ''Willie Stark'' is an opera in three acts and nine scenes by Carlisle Floyd to his own libretto, after the 1946 novel ''All the King's Men'' by Robert Penn Warren, which in turn was inspired by the life of the Louisiana governor Huey Long. The o ...

'', a 1981 opera by Carlisle Floyd * Willie Stark (character), in the novel ''All the King's Men'' and its film adaptations

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