Ephraim "Frank" Sternlicht
1862-1950
Born: Kiev, Ukraine, Russia,
Died: Chicago, IL,
The family's name in Russia was Sternlicht, or "Starlight". When Frank came over to America he tried to Americanize his name as "Starlight", but found that people kept mistaking him for an American Indian, so eventually he settled on Stearn as a compromise.