Starks is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Argalus Starks (1804–1870), American politician
- Carol Starks, British actress
- Duane Starks (born 1974), American football player
- Edwin Chapin Starks (1867–1932), American ichthyologist
- Jabo Starks
- James Starks
- John Starks (basketball) (born 1965), American basketball player
- John Starks (drummer) (1937–2018), American musician
- Katherine Laverne Starks
- Llewellyn Starks (born 1967), American long jumper
- Mack Starks, nickname for American musician Mack Linebaugh
- Max Starks (born 1982), American football player
- P. J. Starks (born 1982), American filmmaker
- Ricky Starks (born 1994), American wrestler
- Scott Starks (born 1983), American football player
- Tony Starks (born 1970), the pseudonym of American rapper Ghostface Killah
- Tricia Starks, A merican historian