List of people with given name Stephen

This is a list of people with the given name Stephen or Steven:

Saints

• Saint Stephen (died c. 35), with the title of Protomartyr (lit. "first martyr") due to his distinct fate among the early Christians
• Stephen, one of the pair of Christian saints and martyrs Socrates and Stephen
• Stephen the Younger (ca. 715–765), Byzantine iconodule martyr
• Stephen I of Hungary (c. 965–1038), canonized in 1083
• Stephen of Obazine (1085–1154), Cistercian, first Abbot of Obazine Abbey, France
• Stephen Harding (died 1134), English, one of the founders of the Cistercian Order; Catholic saint
• Stephen III of Moldavia or Stephen the Great and Holy (c. 1432–1504)

Royalty

• Stephen, Prefect of Amalfi (died 898)
• Stephen of Armenia (died 1165), marshal, son of Leo I
• Stephen Ákos, influential baron in the Kingdom of Hungary in the late 13th century and the early 14th century
• King Stephen of England or Stephen of Blois (c. 1096–1154), grandson of William the Conqueror
• Stephen I of Hungary (c. 965–1038), Grand Prince of the Magyars, first king of Hungary
• Stephen II of Hungary (1101–1131), elder son of King Coloman
• Stephen III of Hungary (1147–1172), eldest son of King Geza II
• Stephen IV of Hungary (c.1133–1165), third son of King Béla II
• Stephen V of Hungary (1239–1272), elder son of King Béla IV
• Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken (1385–1459), son of King Rupert of Germany
• Stephen I of Moldavia (1394–1399), son of Costea
• Stephen II of Moldavia (died 1447), prince, son of Alexandru cel Bun
• Stephen III of Moldavia or Stephen the Great and Holy (c.1432–1504), son of Bogdan II
• Stephen Báthory of Poland (1533–1586), prince of Transylvania, king consort of Poland, grand duke consort of Lithuania
• Stephen Uroš I of Serbia (died 1277), son of Stefan Nemanjić
• Stjepan Držislav of Croatia (died 997), king 969–997
• Stjepan I of Croatia (died 1058), king 1030–1058
• Stjepan II of Croatia (died 1091), king 1089–1091, last member of the Trpimirović dynasty
• Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria (died after 1343), tsar 1330–1331
• Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia (died 1463), last sovereign from the Bosnian Kotromanić dynasty

Church figures (Stephen or Stephanus)

• Pope Stephen I (died 257), Bishop of Rome 254–257
• Pope-elect Stephen (died 752), elected Pope but died before being ordained
• Pope Stephen II (died 757), pope 752–757
• Pope Stephen III (720–772), pope 768–772
• Pope Stephen IV (died 817), pope 816–817
• Pope Stephen V (died 891), pope 885–891
• Pope Stephen VI (died 897), pope 896–897
• Pope Stephen VII (died 931), pope 929–931
• Pope Stephen VIII (died 942), German, pope 939–942
• Pope Stephen IX (c. 1020–1058), pope 1057–1058
• Esteban, bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zaragoza, Spain, 1128 to 1130
• Ecumenical Patriarch Stephen I of Constantinople (867–893), patriarch 886 to 893
• Ecumenical Patriarch Stephen II of Constantinople, from Amasea, patriarch 925 to 928
• Stephanus I, Archbishop of Aquileia, Italy, c. 515
• Stephanus II, Patriarch of Grado, Italy, c. 670
• Bishop Stephanos, bishop of Malankara eparchy of USA and Canada

Others

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

• Stephen (son of Kalomaria) (fl. 886–921), a relative of Empress Theodora and a high-ranking courtier in the Byzantine court
• Stephen, pen name of Dom Orejudos (1933–1991), American erotic artist, dancer, and choreographer
• Stephanus of Byzantium, 6th century author of Ethnica, a geographical dictionary
• Stephanus, a pupil of Pasiteles (fl. 33 BCE), sculptor in the time of Caesar Augustus

A

• Stephen Adekolu (born 1989), Canadian football player
• Stephen Amell (born 1981), Canadian actor
• Steven "Steve" Angello (born 1982), Greek-Swedish DJ, record producer, remixer and record label owner, also a member of electronic music band Swedish House Mafia
• Steven "Steve" Aoki (born 1977), Japanese musician, DJ, remixer and record producer
• Stephen Arigbabu (born 1972), German basketball coach and former player
• Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), American impresario

B

• Stephen Baldwin (born 1966), American actor
• Steven Beitashour (born 1987), Iranian footballer
• Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943), American author
• Steven Best (born 1955), American activist and presenter
• Steven Berk (born 1949), American physician and author
• Steven Blane, American rabbi
• Stephen Bowen (born 1964), United States Navy submariner and a NASA astronaut, second submariner to travel into space
• Stephen Breyer, (born 1938), Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States
• Steven Butler, American comic book artist
• Stephen Byers (born 1953), English Labour Party politician, Secretary of State for Transport

C

• Stephen Carlson (born 1996), American football player
• Steven Chambers (born 1990), Australian baseball player
• Stephen Chow (born 1962), Hong Kong actor, comedian and director
• Stephen Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), 22nd and 24th President of the United States
• Stephen Cochran (born 1979), American country music singer-songwriter
• Stephen Colbert (born 1964), American comedian, television host, actor, and writer
• Stephen Corry (born 1951), Malaysian-British anthropologist and indigenous rights activist
• Stephen Costello (born 1981), American opera singer
• Stephen Crane (1871–1900), American novelist and journalist
• Stephen Curry (born 1988), American basketball player

D

• Steven L. Danver, American historian
• Steven Dehler (born 1987), American model
• Stephen Denmark (born 1996), American football player
• Steven Drizin, American lawyer and professor
• Stephen Dorff (born 1973), American actor
• Steven Dunbar Jr. (born 1995), American football player
• Steven Duren (born 1956), American singer-songwriter

E

• Steven Elder, English actor and screenwriter

F

• Stephen Farrelly (born 1978), Irish wrestler and actor
• Stephen Foster (1826–1864), American songwriter
• Stephen Frick (born 1964), American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions
• Stephen Fry (born 1957), British actor, comedian, and television presenter

G

• Steven Gerrard (born 1980), English footballer
• Stephen Glass (born 1972), Disgraced journalist known for fabricating numerous stories
• Stephen Goodin (born 1988), American football player
• Stephen Griffiths (born 1969), British serial killer and cannibal
• Steven James Anderson (born 1964), American wrestler, actor, producer
• Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002), American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science
• Stephen Victor Graham (1874-1955), 18th Governor of American Samoa

H

• Stephen Harper (born 1959), 22nd Prime Minister of Canada and one of the leaders of War in Afghanistan
• Stephen Hawking (1942–2018), British theoretical physicist
• Stephen Hawkins (born 1971), Australian rower
• Stephen Hendry (born 1969), British snooker player
• Steven Herzberg (born 1957), English-Australian cricketer
• Stephen Hillenburg (1961–2018), American cartoonist, animator and creator of SpongeBob SquarePants
• Steven Hoffenberg, American fraudster
• Steven Hutchinson (born 1968), German basketball coach and former player

J

• Steven Jobs (1955-2011), American business magnate, industrial designer, investor, media proprietor, chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and co-founder of Apple Inc. and CEO of NeXT, widely recognized as a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s

K

• Stephen Kosgei Kibet (born 1986), Kenyan runner
• Stephen King (born 1947), American author

L

• Stephen Lawrence (1974-1993), British murder victim
• Steven Lindsey (born 1960), retired U.S. Air Force officer and NASA astronaut, Chief of the NASA Astronaut Office
• Steven Lukather, American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer

M

• Steven "Steve" MacLean (born 1954), Canadian astronaut
• Stephen Maguire (born 1981), British snooker player
• Stephen Malkmus (born 1966), indie rock musician
• Stephen Joseph McGroarty (1830–1870), Irish American soldier
• Steven Marković (born 1985), Australian basketball player
• Stephen Merchant (born 1974), British writer, director, radio presenter, and actor
• Steven Haworth Miller (born 1943), American guitarist, singer and songwriter
• Stephen Milligan (1948–1994), British politician and journalist
• Steven Mitchell (American football) (born 1994), American football player
• Steven Mnuchin (born 1962), 77th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• Stephen Campbell Moore (born 1979), British actor
• Stephen Morris (musician) (born 1957), British drummer and musician
• Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 1959), English singer, songwriter, and author
• Steven W. Mosher (born 1948), American social scientist and author

N

• Steven R. Nagel (1946-2014), American astronaut, aeronautical and mechanical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot
• Steve Nash (born 1974), Canadian basketball player

O

• Stephen Omony (born 1980), Ugandan basketball player
• Stephen S. Oswald (born 1951), former NASA astronaut

P

• Stephen Paddock (1953-2017), American mass murderer and perpetrator of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting
• Steven Parker (disambiguation), multiple people
• Steven Pinker (born 1954), American cognitive scientist and popular science author
• Steven "Steve" Porcaro (born 1957), American keyboardist, singer and songwriter, one of the founding members of the rock band Toto
• Stephen Port (born 1975), British serial killer

R

• Stephen Randolph (born 1974), American baseball player
• Steven Ritch (1921-1995), American actor
• Stephen Roche (born 1959), Irish road racing cyclist

S

• Stephen Sackur (born 1964), British journalist
• Stephen Seche, US ambassador to Yemen
• Stephen Széchenyi, Hungarian politician, political theorist, and writer, widely considered one of the greatest statesmen in his nation's history, within Hungary still known to many as "the Greatest Hungarian"
• Steven Seagal (born 1952), American actor
• Steven Sims (born 1997), American football player
• Steven Silver (actor) (born 1989), American actor
• Stephen Smale (born 1930), American mathematician
• Steven Soderbergh (born 1963), American film director
• Steven Solomon (born 1993), Australian sprinter
• Stephen Sondheim (born 1930), American theatre composer and lyricist
• Steven Spielberg (born 1946), American film director, considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era and one of the most popular directors and producers in film history
• Stephen C. Spiteri (born 1963), Maltese military historian
• Steven Stamkos (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player, captain of Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL)
• Stephen "Stepa" Stepanović, Serbian military commander during First Balkan War
• Stephen Sullivan (disambiguation), multiple people
• Stephen Swartz, (born 1991), American electronic-music artist, known mononymously as "Stephen"
• Stevan Šupljikac, voivode (military commander) and the first Voivode of the Serbian Vojvodina in 1848

T

• Stephen Thorne (1935–2019), British actor
• Stephen Timms (born 1955), British politician
• Stephen Trask, American composer
• Steven Tyler (born 1948), American singer songwriter

W

• Stephen Wallem (born 1968), American actor and singer
• Steven Weber (born 1961), American actor, voice actor, comedian and singer
• Steven Winter, American law professor
• Stephen Wolfram (born 1959), British-American computer scientist and businessman
• Steven Wright (born 1955), American comedian, actor, writer, and film producer

Y

• Stephen Yagman (born 1944), American lawyer
• Stephen Yarwood (born 1971), Australian urban futurist
• Steven Yates (born 1983), New Zealand rugby union player
• Steven Yawson (born 1999), English football player
• Steven Yeun (born 1983), South Korean-American actor
• Steven Youngbauer (born 1950), American lawyer

Fictional characters

• Stephen, an engine based on Stephenson's Rocket in the TV series Thomas & Friends.
• Stephen, a house slave in the film Django Unchained played by Samuel L. Jackson.
• Steven Crain, a character in the Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House (TV series)
• Stephen Dedalus, a character in the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses by James Joyce
• Stephen Falken, a character in the film WarGames
• Steven Fraser, a character in the film Cyberbully
• Stephen Hull, a character in the Stephen King story The Doctor's Case
• Steven Hyde, a character in the TV series That '70s Show
• Stephen Maturin, one of the two main characters in the homonymous Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian
• Steven Quartz Universe, title character in the animated series Steven Universe
• Steven "Steve" Rogers, also known as Captain America, character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
• Steven Spence, character from Gossip Girl
• Stephen Strange, also known as Doctor Strange, the Sorcerer Supreme in the Marvel Universe
• Steven Stone, champion and final boss from the Pokémon games Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald and their 3D remakes Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
• Steven "Steve" Trevor, character in the DC Comics and 1970s television series Wonder Woman
• Stephen Wilkins, a character in the film Trick 'r Treat