List of people with given name Stephen
This is a list of people with the given name Stephen or Steven:
Saints
- Saint Stephen, with the title of Protomartyr 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, Byzantine iconodule martyr
- Stephen I of Hungary, canonized in 1083
- Stephen of Obazine, Cistercian, first Abbot of Obazine Abbey, France
- Stephen Harding, English, one of the founders of the Cistercian Order; Catholic saint
- Stephen III of Moldavia or Stephen the Great and Holy
Royalty
- Stephen, Prefect of Amalfi
- Stephen of Armenia, 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, grandson of William the Conqueror
- Stephen I of Hungary, Grand Prince of the Magyars, first king of Hungary
- Stephen II of Hungary, elder son of King Coloman
- Stephen III of Hungary, eldest son of King Geza II
- Stephen IV of Hungary, third son of King Béla II
- Stephen V of Hungary, elder son of King Béla IV
- Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, son of King Rupert of Germany
- Stephen I of Moldavia, son of Costea
- Stephen II of Moldavia, prince, son of Alexandru cel Bun
- Stephen III of Moldavia or Stephen the Great and Holy, son of Bogdan II
- Stephen Báthory of Poland, prince of Transylvania, king consort of Poland, grand duke consort of Lithuania
- Stephen Uroš I of Serbia, son of Stefan Nemanjić
- Stjepan Držislav of Croatia, king 969–997
- Stjepan I of Croatia, king 1030–1058
- Stjepan II of Croatia, king 1089–1091, last member of the Trpimirović dynasty
- Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria, tsar 1330–1331
- Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, last sovereign from the Bosnian Kotromanić dynasty
Church figures (Stephen or Stephanus)
- Pope Stephen I, Bishop of Rome 254–257
- Pope-elect Stephen, elected Pope but died before being ordained
- Pope Stephen II, pope 752–757
- Pope Stephen III, pope 768–772
- Pope Stephen IV, pope 816–817
- Pope Stephen V, pope 885–891
- Pope Stephen VI, pope 896–897
- Pope Stephen VII, pope 929–931
- Pope Stephen VIII, German, pope 939–942
- Pope Stephen IX, pope 1057–1058
- Esteban, bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zaragoza, Spain, 1128 to 1130
- Ecumenical Patriarch Stephen I of Constantinople, 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 , a relative of Empress Theodora and a high-ranking courtier in the Byzantine court
- Stephen, pen name of Dom Orejudos, American erotic artist, dancer, and choreographer
- Stephanus of Byzantium, 6th century author of Ethnica, a geographical dictionary
- Stephanus, a pupil of Pasiteles, sculptor in the time of Caesar Augustus
A
- Stephen Adekolu, Canadian football player
- Stephen Amell, Canadian actor
- Steven "Steve" Angello, Greek-Swedish DJ, record producer, remixer and record label owner, also a member of electronic music band Swedish House Mafia
- Steven "Steve" Aoki, Japanese musician, DJ, remixer and record producer
- Stephen Arigbabu, German basketball coach and former player
- Stephen F. Austin, American impresario
B
- Stephen Baldwin, American actor
- Steven Beitashour, Iranian footballer
- Stephen Vincent Benét, American author
- Steven Best, American activist and presenter
- Steven Berk, American physician and author
- Steven Blane, American rabbi
- Stephen Bowen, United States Navy submariner and a NASA astronaut, second submariner to travel into space
- Stephen Breyer,, Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States
- Steven Butler, American comic book artist
- Stephen Byers, English Labour Party politician, Secretary of State for Transport
C
- Stephen Carlson, American football player
- Steven Chambers, Australian baseball player
- Stephen Chow, Hong Kong actor, comedian and director
- Stephen Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States
- Stephen Cochran, American country music singer-songwriter
- Stephen Colbert, American comedian, television host, actor, and writer
- Stephen Corry, Malaysian-British anthropologist and indigenous rights activist
- Stephen Costello, American opera singer
- Stephen Crane, American novelist and journalist
- Stephen Curry, American basketball player
D
- Steven L. Danver, American historian
- Steven Dehler, American model
- Stephen Denmark, American football player
- Steven Drizin, American lawyer and professor
- Stephen Dorff, American actor
- Steven Dunbar Jr., American football player
- Steven Duren, American singer-songwriter
E
- Steven Elder, English actor and screenwriter
F
- Stephen Farrelly, Irish wrestler and actor
- Stephen Foster, American songwriter
- Stephen Frick, American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions
- Stephen Fry, British actor, comedian, and television presenter
G
- Steven Gerrard, English footballer
- Stephen Glass, Disgraced journalist known for fabricating numerous stories
- Stephen Goodin, American football player
- Stephen Griffiths, British serial killer and cannibal
- Steven James Anderson, American wrestler, actor, producer
- Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science
- Stephen Victor Graham, 18th Governor of American Samoa
H
- Stephen Harper, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada and one of the leaders of War in Afghanistan
- Stephen Hawking, British theoretical physicist
- Stephen Hawkins, Australian rower
- Stephen Hendry, British snooker player
- Steven Herzberg, English-Australian cricketer
- Stephen Hillenburg, American cartoonist, animator and creator of SpongeBob SquarePants
- Steven Hoffenberg, American fraudster
- Steven Hutchinson, German basketball coach and former player
J
- Steven Jobs, American business magnate, industrial designer, investor, media proprietor, chairman, chief executive officer, 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, Kenyan runner
- Stephen King, American author
L
- Stephen Lawrence, British murder victim
- Steven Lindsey, 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, Canadian astronaut
- Stephen Maguire, British snooker player
- Stephen Malkmus, indie rock musician
- Stephen Joseph McGroarty, Irish American soldier
- Steven Marković, Australian basketball player
- Stephen Merchant, British writer, director, radio presenter, and actor
- Steven Haworth Miller, American guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Stephen Milligan, British politician and journalist
- Steven Mitchell , American football player
- Steven Mnuchin, 77th United States Secretary of the Treasury
- Stephen Campbell Moore, British actor
- Stephen Morris , British drummer and musician
- Steven Patrick Morrissey, English singer, songwriter, and author
- Steven W. Mosher, American social scientist and author
N
- Steven R. Nagel, American astronaut, aeronautical and mechanical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot
- Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player
O
- Stephen Omony, Ugandan basketball player
- Stephen S. Oswald, former NASA astronaut
P
- Stephen Paddock, American mass murderer and perpetrator of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting
- Steven Parker, multiple people
- Steven Pinker, American cognitive scientist and popular science author
- Steven "Steve" Porcaro, American keyboardist, singer and songwriter, one of the founding members of the rock band Toto
- Stephen Port, British serial killer
R
- Stephen Randolph, American baseball player
- Steven Ritch, American actor
- Stephen Roche, Irish road racing cyclist
S
- Stephen Sackur, 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, American actor
- Steven Sims, American football player
- Steven Silver , American actor
- Stephen Smale, American mathematician
- Steven Soderbergh, American film director
- Steven Solomon, Australian sprinter
- Stephen Sondheim, American theatre composer and lyricist
- Steven Spielberg, 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, Maltese military historian
- Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player, captain of Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League
- Stephen "Stepa" Stepanović, Serbian military commander during First Balkan War
- Stephen Sullivan, multiple people
- Stephen Swartz,, American electronic-music artist, known mononymously as "Stephen"
T
- Stephen Thorne, British actor
- Stephen Timms, British politician
- Stephen Trask, American composer
- Steven Tyler, American singer songwriter
W
- Stephen Wallem, American actor and singer
- Steven Weber, American actor, voice actor, comedian and singer
- Steven Winter, American law professor
- Stephen Wolfram, British-American computer scientist and businessman
- Steven Wright, American comedian, actor, writer, and film producer
Y
- Steven Yates, rugby union player from New Zealand
- Steven Yeun, Korean-American actor and singer
- Stephen Yarwood, an Australian politician and former mayor
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
- 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.
- 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