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The
surname Stearns is derived from theAnglo-Saxon "Stierne", which meant severe or strict. Variations includeSterne and Stern. It may refer to the following.People
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Asahel Stearns (1774-1839), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
*Bill Stearns (1853-1898), professional baseball pitcher.
*Carl Leo Stearns (1892-1972), American astronomer
*Charles Thomas Stearns , American politician
*Charlotte Champe Stearns (1843–1929), social worker, poet and mother of T. S. Eliot
*Cheryl Stearns , an American skydiver
*Cliff Stearns (born 1941), U.S. Representative from Florida
*Foster Waterman Stearns (1881-1956), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
*Frank Stearns , close friend of Calvin Coolidge
*Frank Preston Stearns (1846-1917), writer and abolitionist from Massachusetts
*George Luther Stearns (1809–1867), American industrialist and merchant
*Guy Beckley Stearns (1870-1947), American physician specializing in homeopathy
*Howard Stearns , football coach for Eastern New Mexico University
*Jeff Stearns (born 1977), American actor
*Jeff Chiba Stearns , Canadian independent animation filmmaker
*John Stearns (born 1951), former baseball player
*John Goddard Stearns, Jr. (1843-1917), Boston architect and co-founder of the firmPeabody & Stearns
*Katee Stearns , beauty queen from Orono, Maine
*Marcellus Stearns (1839-1891), the 11th governor of Florida
*Marshall Stearns (1908-1966), American jazz critic and musicologist
*Martha Stearns Marshall , eighteenth-century Separate Baptist preacher
*Michael Stearns (born 1948), American ambient musician
*Onslow Stearns , American railroad builder and executive
*Ozora P. Stearns (1831–1896), American politician
*Peter Stearns , professor of history at George Mason University
*R. H. Stearns , a wealthy tradesman from Massachusetts
*Richard Stearns (disambiguation page)
*Shubal Stearns (1706-1771), American evangelist and preacherFictional
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Becky Stearns , a character in the alternate-history series "1632"
*Mike Stearns , a fictional character in "1632"Place names
In the United States:
*Stearns, Kentucky
*Stearns County, Minnesota
*Stearns Wharf , Santa Barbara, CaliforniaOther
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2035 Stearns , an asteroid named after Carl Leo Stearns
*Stearns (crater) , a lunar crater named after Carl Leo Stearns
*Stearns (automobile)
*The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.
*Stearns Scout Camp; see:Northern Star Council
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