John Sterling may refer to:
- John Sterling (author) (1806–1844), British author, subject of a life by Thomas Carlyle
- Major-General John Barton Sterling (1840–1926), his son and commander of the Coldstream Guards
- John Sterling, character in Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Rolling Stones
- John Sterling, player on 1890 Philadelphia Athletics baseball team, see 1890 Philadelphia Athletics season
- John Sterling (sportscaster) (born 1948), radio announcer for the New York Yankees
- John Sterling (American football) (born 1964), American football player
- John Allen Sterling (1857–1918), American politician from Illinois
- John Whelan Sterling (1816–1885), see List of Presidents and Chancellors of the University of Wisconsin–Madison
- John William Sterling (1844–1918), philanthropist, major benefactor to Yale University
- John Sterling Rockefeller (1904–1988), businessman, member of Rockefeller family
- John T. Sterling (1841–1920), Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or sterling:
“The person who designed a robot that could act and think as well as your four-year-old would deserve a Nobel Prize. But there is no public recognition for bringing up several truly human beings.”
—C. John Sommerville (20th century)
“[Research has found that] ... parents whose children were “baby altruists” by two years firmly prohibited any child aggression against others. Adults not only restated their rule against hitting, for example, but they let the little one know that they would not tolerate the child hurting another.”
—Alice Sterling Honig (20th century)