Stern

• stern: (nautical) the rear portion of a ship
  • Stern

• John Sterne: Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral before Jonathan Swift

• Laurence Sterne: Irish-born author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy → 003.04: Sir Tristram
  • Third Census of Finnegans Wake

• Sterne: (German) stars → Stella & Vanessa (Stella is Latin for star, while Vanessa suggests Venus, the morning/evening star)