List of people with given name Stephen
Appearance
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
- 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