Sternberger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Dolf Sternberger (1907–1989), German philosopher

• Estelle Sternberger (1886–1971), American activist, writer and broadcaster

• Jace Sternberger (born 1997), American football player

• Jakob Marzel Sternberger (1750–1822), Bohemian German mayor

• Jacob Sternberger, grandson of Jakob Marzel Sternberger

  Lionel Sternberger, credited by some with producing the first cheeseburger

• Marcel Sternberger (1899–1956), Hungarian-American portrait photographer

See also

• Sternberger Seenlandschaft, Amt in the district of Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

• Großer Sternberger See, lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany