STEARN

Stearn is a surname derived from the Anglo-Saxon Stearne, which means severe or strict. Variations include Stearns, Sterne and Stern. It may refer to the following: Christopher Stearn (born 1980), English cricketer Jess Stearn (1914–2002), Jewish-American journalist and author Thomas Stearn (1796-1862), English cricketer William T. Stearn (1911–2001), British botanist