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Stefan (surname) (born 1969), U.S. poet
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Stefan is a surname of German or Austrian origin, and may refer to: * Gary Stefan (born 1959), Canadian ice hockey player * Greg Stefan (born 1961), Canadian ice hockey player * Joseph Stefan (1835-1893), Austrian physicist * Karl Stefan (1884-1951), American politician * Oleg Stefan (born 1959), American actor * Verena Stefan (1947–2017), Swiss-born feminist and writer See also * Stefan (given name), a masculine given name * Brian Kim Stefans Brian Kim Stefans (born 1969) is an American poet. Biography He was born in Rutherford, New Jersey and, earned a bachelor's degree from Bard College and was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree from Brown University after studies at the Graduate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Stefan
Gary Stefan (born June 23, 1959) is a retired ice hockey player and coach. He played for Richmond Flyers in 1980–1981 and Streatham Redskins between 1981 and 1987 before joining Slough Jets, whom he played for until he retired at the end of the 1998–99 season. He also played for the Great Britain national ice hockey team at three world championships in 1990, 1991 and 1992. He was inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000. Born in Brantford, Ontario, he is the older brother of ex-Detroit Red Wings goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as the goalie) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender mostly plays in or near t ... Greg Stefan and Joe Stefan, who also played in the UK. External links *British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame entry 1959 births Living people British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame inductees British ice hockey players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Stefan
Gregory Steven Stefan (born February 11, 1961, in Brantford, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League and currently serves as the goaltending coach for the Flint Firebirds in the Ontario Hockey League. Biography As a youth, Stefan played in the 1974 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Brantford which included Wayne Gretzky and Len Hachborn. Drafted in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft by the Detroit Red Wings, Stefan became known for using his stick to clear skaters in front of the net, many times receiving penalties, and sometimes suspensions. He is also known for having played Pee Wee level hockey on the same team as Wayne Gretzky. He played in 299 games, winning 115 of them, before suffering an eventual career-ending knee injury in a game against the Edmonton Oilers. Stefan began his coaching career in 1993 with the Detroit Jr. Red Wings of the Ontario Hockey League in 1993, and contributed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Stefan
Josef Stefan ( sl, Jožef Štefan; 24 March 1835 – 7 January 1893) was an ethnic Carinthian Slovene physicist, mathematician, and poet of the Austrian Empire. Life and work Stefan was born in an outskirt village of St. Peter (Slovene: ; today a district of Klagenfurt) in the Austrian Empire (now in Austria) to father Aleš (Aleksander) Stefan, born in 1805, and mother Marija Startinik, born 1815. His parents, both ethnic Slovenes, married when Josef was eleven. The Stefans were a modest family. His father was a milling assistant and his mother served as a maidservant. Stefan's mother died in 1863 and his father in 1872. Josef was their only child. Stefan attended elementary school in Klagenfurt, where he showed his talent. They recommended to him to continue his schooling, so in 1845, he went to . As a thirteen-year-old boy, he experienced the revolutionary year of 1848, which inspired him to be sympathetic toward Slovene literary production. After having graduated top o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Stefan
Karl Stefan (March 1, 1884 – October 2, 1951) was a Czech-American politician, newspaper editor, publisher, and radio commentator from Nebraska. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Nebraska's 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1935 to 1951. Early life He was born on a farm in Žebrákov, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic), on March 1, 1884. In 1885 he moved with his parents to Omaha, Nebraska. He was taught in the public schools and later a YMCA night school. He joined the United States National Guard, being first a private in the Illinois National Guard and then a lieutenant in the Nebraska National Guard. He was an inspector of telegraphs in the Philippine Constabulary from 1904 to 1906. He moved to Norfolk, Nebraska, in 1909 to serve as a telegrapher. He became an editor of the '' Norfolk Daily News'' until 1924 and a radio commentator and contributor to newspapers and magazines until 1934. He was president of the Stefan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleg Stefan
Oleg Stefan ''né'' Oleg Stepanovich Shtefanko (russian: Олег Степанович Штефанко; born September 7, 1959) is a Soviet and Russian actor who became popular in Russia after moving there to study acting. He later became an American film actor after emigrating to the United States. Biography He studied acting in Moscow, graduated in 1980, then became a member of Moscow Maly Theater. He starred in several Soviet movies until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. In 1992, Oleg Stefan emigrated to the United States. There he has appeared in a number of popular television series, including ''Frasier'' and '' JAG''. He also had a role in Robert De Niro's '' The Good Shepherd'' opposite Matt Damon Matthew Paige Damon (; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. Ranked among ''Forbes'' most bankable stars, the films in which he has appeared have collectively earned over $3.88 billion at the North Ameri .... After 2003, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verena Stefan
Verena Stefan (3 October 1947 – 29 November 2017) was a Swiss-born feminist and writer living in Germany, later in Canada. She was born in Bern and moved to Berlin in 1968 to become a physical therapist and study sociology at the Free University of Berlin. Her first book ''Häutungen'' (Shedding) (1975) was based on her experiences living in Berlin. In 1980, she published a book of poems ''Mit Füßen, mit Flügeln'' (With feet, with wings). With Gabriele Meixner, she has published German translations of ''Dream of a Common Language'' by Adrienne Rich and ''Lesbian Peoples'' by Monique Wittig. Stefan has also published essays on writing for ''Die Zeit'' and ''Frauenoffensive''. She lived together with Lise Moisan and died in Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan (given Name)
Stefan or Stephan is a masculine given name, a form of the English language, English name Stephen. People Medieval period :''Ordered chronologically'' * Stefan Vojislav (died 1043), Serbian Byzantine governor and Prince of Duklja * Stefan (archbishop of Uppsala), Sweden, (before 1150–1185), first archbishop from 1164 to 1185 * Stefan Nemanja or Stefan I, Nemanja (c. 1109–1199), grand prince of the Serb state of Raška * Stefan Nemanjić or Stefan II, Nemanja (1176–1228), proclaimed King of Serbia in 1217 * Stefan Radoslav of Serbia (c. 1192 – c. 1235), King of Serbia, son of Nemanjić * Stefan Vladislav I of Serbia (died after 1264), son of Stefan Nemanjić * Stefan Dragutin (died 1316), King of Serbia, son of Stefan Uroš I * Stefan Uroš II Milutin of Serbia (1282–1321) * Stefan Vladislav II of Syrmia (1321 – c. 1325) * Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia (1321–1331) * Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia (Dušan the Mighty) (1331–1355), king 1331–1346; tsar 1346– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
