Carl Sternberg (November 20, 1872 – August 15, 1935) was an Austrian pathologist.
The Reed–Sternberg cell is named after him and American physician Dorothy Reed Mendenhall.
Sternberg studied medicine at the Medical faculty of the University of Vienna where he received his doctorate in 1896.
During World War I, he served as a military physician for the Austrian army where he earned a reputation for advocating for the well-being of the soldiers.
Uber eine eigenartige unter dem Bilde der Pseudoleukamie verlaufende Tuberculose des lymphatischen Apparates.