Stein (surname)
Stein is a surname with different origins. It is a common German-Jewish name. The name derived from German[1] ([ʃtaɪn]) means "stone" or "rock”. Additionally, the Scottish name (/stiːn/; also Steen) is a form of the name Steven.[2]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Aaron Marc Stein (1906–1985), nom-de-plume of American novelist George Bagby
- Abby Stein (born 1991), transgender activist, writer, and public speaker
- Allan Stein, nephew of Gertrude Stein and the title of a novel by Matthew Stadler
- Alon Stein (born 1991), Israeli basketball player
- Andrew Stein (born 1945), American politician
- Andy Stein, American saxophone and violin player
- Arthur Stein (born 1950), American professor of political science
- Aurel Stein (1862–1943), Hungarian-British archaeologist
- Ben Stein (born 1944), American actor, writer, and attorney
- Blake Stein (born 1973), American baseball pitcher
- Boris Shtein (or Stein) (1892–1961), Soviet diplomat
- Brian Stein (born 1957), English association football player
- Burton Stein (1926–1996), American historian
- Charles Stein (disambiguation), several people
- Charlotte von Stein (1742–1827), lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar
- Clarence Stein (1882–1975), American urban planner, architect, and writer
- Colin Stein (born 1947), Scottish footballer
- Chris Stein (born 1950), American guitarist
- Daniel Stein (disambiguation), several people
- David Stein (disambiguation), several people
- Dieter Stein (born 1967), German journalist
- Edith Stein (1891–1942), German-Jewish philosopher
- Eduardo Stein (born 1945), Guatemalan diplomat and politician
- Elias M. Stein (1931–2018), American mathematician
- Ernst Stein (1891–1945), Austrian Byzantinist
- Erwin Stein (1885–1958), Austrian musician and writer
- Freimut Stein (1924–1986), German figure skater
- Fritz Stein (1879–1961), German theologian, conductor, musicologist and church musician
- Garth Stein (born 1964), American author, film producer, playwright, and teacher
- Gertrude Stein (1874–1947), American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector
- Gordon Stein (1941–1996), American author, physiologist, and activist
- Greg Stein (born 1967), American programmer, speaker, and open-source software advocate
- Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein (1757–1831), Prussian statesman
- Herb Stein (1898–1980), American football player
- Herbert Stein (1916–1999), American economist
- Herman Stein (1915–2007), American composer
- Horst Stein (1928–2008), German conductor
- Jason Stein, American college baseball coach
- James Stein (c.1804-1877), Australian pastoralist
- Jake Stein (born 1994), Australian rules footballer
- Jimmy Stein (1907–?), Scottish association footballer
- Jill Stein (born 1950), American politician and presidential candidate
- Jock Stein (1922–1985), Scottish football manager
- Johann Andreas Stein (1728–1792), German maker of keyboard instruments
- John Stein (disambiguation)
- Joseph Allen Stein (1912–2001), American architect
- Jules C. Stein (1896–1981), American musician, physician, and business leader
- Karl Stein (mathematician) (1913–2000), German mathematician
- Konrad Stein (1892–1960), German wrestler
- Leo Stein (1872-1947), American art critic and brother of Gertrude Stein
- Leon Stein (1910–2002), American composer and music analyst
- Leonid Stein (1934–1973), Soviet chess grandmaster
- Mary Kay Stein, American mathematics educator
- Peter Stein (born 1937), German theatre and opera director
- Philip Stein (1919–2009), American painter
- Rick Stein (born 1947), English chef, restaurateur and television presenter
- Robert Stein (disambiguation), several people
- Samuel Friedrich Stein (1818–1885), Czech entomologist
- Stanley J. Stein (1920–2019), American historian
- William A. Stein (born 1974), American mathematician
- William Howard Stein (1911–1980), American biochemist
Fictional characters
- Chase Stein, a superhero in the Marvel Comics series Runaways
- Franken Stein, a mad scientist in the manga and anime series Soul Eater
- Franny K. Stein, the titular character of an ongoing children's series by Jim Benton
- Martin Stein, one half of the original incarnation of the DC comics superhero Firestorm
See also
- Stine, a surname and given name
References
- ^ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Stein
- ^ Black, George F. (1993) [1946]. The Surnames of Scotland. Edinburgh: New York Public Library/Birlinn. p. 746. ISBN 1-874744-07-6.
Syncopated form of STEVEN.
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