Sterling may refer to:

Currency

* The English

penny A penny is a coin (: pennies) or a unit of currency (: pence) in various countries. Borrowed from the Carolingian denarius (hence its former abbreviation d.), it is usually the smallest denomination within a currency system. At present, it is ...

, historically known as the ''sterling'' *

Pound sterling Sterling (symbol: £; currency code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories. The pound is the main unit of sterling, and the word '' pound'' is also used to refer to the British currency general ...

, the currency of the United Kingdom *

Sterling silver Sterling silver is an alloy composed mass fraction (chemistry), by weight of 92.5% silver and 7.5% other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver silver standards, standard has a minimum millesimal fineness of 925. ''Fineness, Fine silver'' ...

, a grade of silver

Places

United Kingdom

Stirling Stirling (; ; ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in Central Belt, central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town#Scotland, market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the roya ...

, a Scottish city whose alternative historical spelling is ''Sterling''

United States

* Sterling, Alaska *

Sterling, Colorado Sterling is a home rule municipality and the county seat and most populous municipality of Logan County, Colorado, United States. Sterling is the principal city of the Sterling, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city population was 13,735 ...

* Sterling Micropolitan Statistical Area, Colorado *

Sterling, Connecticut Sterling is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 3,578 at the 2020 census. The rural town is home to two villages: Oneco (named for Oneco, Sa ...

* Sterling, Georgia * Sterling, in

Bingham County, Idaho Bingham County is a county in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,992. The county seat and largest city is Blackfoot. Bingham County comprises the Blackfoot, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is inclu ...

* Sterling Wildlife Management Area, Idaho *

Sterling, Illinois Sterling is a city in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States, along the Rock River. The population was 14,782 at the 2020 census, down from 15,370 in 2010. Formerly nicknamed "Hardware Capital of the World", the city has long been associate ...

* Sterling, a ghost town in

Jackson County, Iowa Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,485. The county seat is Maquoketa. History The county was formed on December 21, 1837, and named after US President Andrew Jackson. I ...

Sterling, Kansas Sterling is a city in Rice County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,248. Sterling is home to Sterling College. History For millennia, the land now known as Kansas was inhabited by Native Ame ...

Sterling, Massachusetts Sterling is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 7,985 at the 2020 census. History Previous to its incorporation, it was "the Second Parish of Lancaster." It was commonly called by a portion of its In ...

Sterling, Michigan Sterling is a village in Arenac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 474 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Deep River Township. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a tota ...

Sterling Heights, Michigan Sterling Heights is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northern suburb of Detroit, Sterling Heights is located roughly north of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 134,346, placing Sterl ...

Sterling State Park William C. Sterling State Park is a public recreation area located in Frenchtown Charter Township with a small portion lying within the city limits of Monroe, Michigan. It is the only Michigan state park located on Lake Erie. The park encomp ...

, Michigan * Sterling Center, Minnesota * Sterling, Missouri * Sterling, in

Madison County, Montana Madison County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,623. Its county seat is Virginia City. The county was founded in 1865; at the time it was part of the Montana Territory. Geography According ...

Sterling, Nebraska Sterling is a village in Johnson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 482 at the 2020 census. History Sterling was platted in 1870 when the Atchison and Nebraska Railroad was extended to that point. The village was named after ...

Sterling, New York Sterling is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Cayuga County, New York, Cayuga County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 3,040 at the 2010 census. Located on the shore of Lake Ontario, the town is nam ...

* Sterling, in

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Mecklenburg County () is a County (United States), county located in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 1,115,482, making it th ...

Mount Sterling (Great Smoky Mountains) Mount Sterling is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains of Haywood County, North Carolina and Cocke County, Tennessee, located in the southeastern United States. It reaches an elevation of above sea level. The summit is topped by an abandone ...

, North Carolina *

Sterling, North Dakota Sterling is an unincorporated rural hamlet in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States at the intersection of Interstate 94 Interstate 94 (I-94) is an east–west Interstate Highway connecting the Great Lakes and northern Great ...

Sterling, Ohio Sterling is an unincorporated, census-designated place in northwestern Milton Township, Wayne County, Ohio, United States with the ZIP code of 44276. The population was 432 at the 2020 census. History Sterling was plat In the United S ...

Sterling, Oklahoma Sterling is a town in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 668 at the time of the 2020 Census. It is part of the Lawton Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Sterling is at the intersection of State Highway 17 a ...

* Sterling, in

Woodward Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania Woodward Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,108 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 22.2 square miles (57 ...

Sterling City, Texas Sterling City is the county seat of Sterling County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,121 at the 2020 census. History Sterling City was named for W.S. Sterling, a buffalo hunter and Indian fighter. Land for the new town was donated in ...

Sterling County, Texas Sterling County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,372, making it the ninth-least populous county in Texas. Its county seat is Sterling City. The county is named ...

* Sterling, Utah *

Sterling, Virginia Sterling refers most specifically to a census-designated place (CDP) in Loudoun County, Virginia. The population of the CDP as of the 2020 United States Census was 30,337 The CDP boundaries are confined to a relatively small area between Virginia ...

Sterling, Washington Sterling is an unincorporated community in Skagit County, in the U.S. state of Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacifi ...

Sterling, Polk County, Wisconsin Sterling is a town in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 724 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Cushing and Wolf Creek are located partially in the town. Geography According to the United States Census ...

* Sterling, Vernon County, Wisconsin *

Sterling Township (disambiguation) Sterling Township may refer to: * Sterling Township, Whiteside County, Illinois * Sterling Township, Crawford County, Indiana * Sterling Township, Hodgeman County, Kansas * Sterling Township, Rice County, Kansas * Sterling Township, Michigan, now S ...

Businesses

Sterling Airlines Sterling Airlines A/S was a low-cost airline with its head office at Copenhagen Airport South in Dragør, Dragør Municipality, Denmark. It was created in September 2005 through the merger of two Danish airlines — Sterling European Airli ...

, a former low-cost Danish airline *

Sterling Armaments Company The Sterling Engineering Company Ltd was an arms manufacturer based in Dagenham, famous for manufacturing the Sterling submachine gun (L2A3), ArmaLite AR-18 and Sterling SAR-87 assault rifles and parts of Jaguar cars. The company went bankrupt in 1 ...

, based near London, England * Sterling Bank (Nigeria), a national commercial bank * Sterling Bicycle Co., a 19th-century American bicycle manufacturer * Sterling (cigarette), a British cigarette brand * Sterling Commerce, a former software company *

Sterling Drug Sterling Drug was an American based global pharmaceutical company. It was also known as Sterling Winthrop, Inc., after the merger with Winthrop-Stearns Inc. which itself resulted from the merger of Winthrop Chemical Company Inc. and Frederick Ste ...

(a.k.a. Sterling Products, Inc.), a pharmaceutical company now owned by Bayer * Sterling Furniture, Scotland's largest furniture retail outlet *

Sterling Industries Sterling Industries is medical device contract manufacturer with manufacturing facilities and distribution channels in the U.S., Canada and Europe. The company, established in 1984, specializes in the manufacturing and assembly of medical devices ...

, a medical device contract manufacturer * Sterling Jewelers, the largest retail jewelry company in the United States *

Sterling (marque) Sterling was a marque, brand name of automobiles marketed in the United States and Canada by Austin Rover Cars of North America (later renamed Sterling Motor Cars), a division of the Rover Group company of the United Kingdom. It was sold in Nort ...

, a British automobile brand, sold in the U.S. from 1987 to 1991 * Sterling Optical * Sterling Plumbing, a brand of products from Kohler Co. *

Sterling Publishing Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. is a publisher of a broad range of subject areas, with multiple imprints and more than 5,000 titles in print. Founded in 1949 by David A. Boehm, Sterling also publishes books for a number of brands, including AA ...

, a publisher of nonfiction books *

Sterling Software Sterling Software was an American software company founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1981 by Sterling Williams and brothers Sam and Charles Wyly. The company was acquired by Computer Associates International in 2000 in a stock-for-stock transacti ...

, a (now defunct) company co-founded by Sterling Williams * Sterling Sports Cars, an American automobile kit company *

Sterling Trucks Sterling Trucks Corporation (commonly designated Sterling) was an American truck manufacturer. Founded in 1998, Sterling was created following the 1997 acquisition of the heavy-truck product lines of Ford Motor Company by Freightliner. Taking ...

, a former commercial truck brand in the United States * Hotel Sterling, a former hotel in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States

Schools

Sterling College (Kansas) Sterling College is a Private college, private Evangelicalism, evangelical Christian college in Sterling, Kansas, United States. It enrolled 680 students in 2023 and is Higher education accreditation in the United States, accredited by the Higher ...

, Sterling, Kansas * Sterling College (Vermont), Craftsbury Common, Vermont *

Sterling High School (disambiguation) Sterling High School may refer to: *Sterling High School (Colorado) in Sterling, Colorado *Sterling High School (Illinois) in Sterling, Illinois *Sterling High School (Kansas) in Sterling, Kansas *Sterling High School (Nebraska) in Sterling, Nebras ...

Music

Sterling Records (Sweden) Sterling Records is a classical music record label, specializing in releasing world premiere recordings of the orchestral work of romantic composers. The label was founded by Stockholm resident Bo Hyttner as a continuation of his record shop in ...

, a classical music record label *

Sterling Records (US) Sterling Records Inc. was a small New York record label active from 1945 to 1947. Sterling's first record, with number 100, was Lillette Thomas and her Boys' 78rpm "Blues for My Daddy". The record company ceased issuing in 1947, and in 1948 Al T ...

, noted for being the first to sign Hank Williams * Music Man Sterling, a bass guitar by Music Man

People

* Sterling (given name) * Sterling (surname) * Sterling Golden, early ring name of American professional wrestler

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(born 1953)

Fictional characters

Sterling Archer Sterling Malory Archer, almost exclusively referred to by his surname Archer, and sometimes referred to by his codename Duchess, is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of the American adult animated sitcom '' Archer''. Created by A ...

, eponymous protagonist of the animated TV series ''Archer'' * Bruce Sterling (''Love of Life''), American television soap opera character (1959 to 1980) * Bruce Sterling, protagonist of the 2003 TV series ''

Mister Sterling ''Mister Sterling'' is an American drama television series created by Lawrence O'Donnell for NBC. The series ran from January 10 to March 14, 2003. Starring Josh Brolin as an idealistic United States Senator, the series featured Audra McDonald, ...

'' * Roger Sterling, on the TV series ''Mad Men''

Other uses

* Sterling (horse) (1868–1891), a British racehorse and sire *

Sterling (program) Sterling is a fractal-generating computer program written in the C programming language in 1999 for Microsoft Windows by Stephen C. Ferguson. Sterling is now freeware while Sterling2 is a freeware version of Sterling with different algorithms. ...

, a program for generating fractals * Sterling Plaza, a historic building in Beverly Hills, California *

Sterling submachine gun The Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun (SMG). It was tested by the British Army in 1944–1945, but did not start to replace the Sten until 1953. A successful and reliable design, it remained standard issue in the British Army ...

, produced by the Sterling Armaments Company * a

scuppernong The scuppernong is a large variety of muscadine (''Vitis rotundifolia''), a species of grape native to the southern United States. It is usually a greenish or bronze color and is similar in appearance and texture to a white grape, but rounder a ...

(large muscadine grape, ''Vitis rotundifolia'') cultivar