John Stevens may refer to:

Architecture and engineering

John Stevens (inventor, born 1749) Col. John Stevens, III (June 26, 1749 – March 6, 1838) was an American lawyer, engineer, and inventor who constructed the first U.S. steam locomotive, first steam-powered ferry, and first U.S. commercial ferry service from his estate in Hobo ...

(1749–1838), American engineer who developed the multitubular boiler engine and the screw propeller *

John Stevens (architect) John Stevens (1824-1881) was an American architect who practiced in Boston, Massachusetts. He was known for ecclesiastical design, and designed churches and other buildings across New England. Life and career John Stevens was born in 1824.Reed, ...

(1824–1881), American architect *

John Calvin Stevens John Calvin Stevens (October 8, 1855 – January 25, 1940) was an American architect who worked in the Shingle Style, in which he was a major innovator, and the Colonial Revival style. He designed more than 1,000 buildings in the state of Maine ...

(1855–1940), American architect *

John Frank Stevens John Frank Stevens (April 25, 1853 – June 2, 1943) was an American civil engineer who built the Great Northern Railway in the United States and was chief engineer on the Panama Canal between 1905 and 1907. Biography Stevens was born in ...

(1853–1943), builder of the Great Northern Railway in the U.S., chief engineer on the Panama Canal *

John H. Stevens John Harrington Stevens (June 13, 1820 – May 28, 1900) was the first authorized colonial resident on the west bank of the Mississippi River in what would become Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was granted permission to occupy the site, then part ...

(1820–1900), built the first house west of the Mississippi in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota

Business

John Austin Stevens (banker) John Austin Stevens, Sr. (January 22, 1795 – October 19, 1874) was a prominent American banker who was the son of Revolutionary War General Ebenezer Stevens and father of Sons of the Revolution founder John Austin Stevens. Early life Stevens wa ...

(1795–1874), American * John J. Stevens (1852–1928), American businessman * John Peters Stevens (1868–1929), CEO of the J.P. Stevens Textile Corporation

Entertainment

John A. Stevens John A. Stevens (c. 1844 – June 2, 1916) was an American playwright, actor, and theatre manager, best known for playing the title part in ''The Unknown''.(18 June 1916)JOhn A. Stevens Dead; Once Prominent Actor and Playwright Had a Long Stage Ca ...

(1844–1916), American playwright and actor *

John Stevens (drummer) John William Stevens (10 June 1940 – 13 September 1994) was an English drummer, and a founding member of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble. Biography Stevens was born in Brentford, Middlesex, England, the son of a tap dancer. He listened to j ...

(1940–1994), English drummer and founding member of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble *

John D. Stevens John D. Stevens (born 1951) is an American composer/arranger, tubist, and brass pedagogue. He performs with the Wisconsin Brass Quintet, the brass chamber ensemble in residence at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Stevens' compositions include ...

(born 1951), American composer and tuba player *

John Stevens (singer) John Bassat Stevens IV (born July 28, 1987) is an American classic pop singer and was the sixth-place finalist on the third season of the television series ''American Idol''. Biography Stevens was born in Buffalo, New York and his permanent ...

(born 1987), ''American Idol'' contestant *

Steve Brodie (actor) Steve Brodie (born John Daugherty Stephens; November 21, 1919 – January 9, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor from El Dorado in Butler County in south central Kansas. He reportedly adopted his screen name in memory ...

(1919–1992), American actor, born John Stevens, or John Stevenson

Law

* John Sanborn Stevens (1838–1912), Illinois lawyer *

John Paul Stevens John Paul Stevens (April 20, 1920 – July 16, 2019) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1975 to 2010. At the time of his retirement, he was the second-oldes ...

(1920–2019), U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice *

John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington John Arthur Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, (born 21 October 1942) was Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (head of the Metropolitan Police Service) from 2000 until 2005. From 1991 to 1996, he was Chief Constable of Northum ...

(born 1942), former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police * John Morgan Stevens (1876–1951), justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi

Military

* John Harvey Stevens (died 1866), Royal Marines officer *

John Stevens (Royal Navy officer) Vice Admiral Sir John Felgate Stevens KBE CB (1 June 1900 – 10 December 1989) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station. Naval career Stevens joined the Royal Navy in 1918 and served in t ...

(1900–1989), British admiral * John Stevens (admiral) (born 1927), Australian Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1979–1981)

Politics

John Stevens (New Jersey politician) John Stevens Jr. (c. 1715 – May 10, 1792) was a prominent colonial American landowner, merchant, and politician. Early life Stevens was born in 1715 at Perth Amboy in the Province of New Jersey in what was then British America. He was the s ...

(c. 1716–1792), delegate to the Continental Congress *

John Stevens (English politician) John Christopher Courtenay Stevens (born 23 May 1955) is a British politician. A Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1989 to 1999, he contested the Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency), Buckingh ...

(born 1955), founder of the Pro-Euro Conservative Party * John Stevens (Tennessee politician) (born 1973), Tennessee State Senator * John Stevens (New Hampshire politician) (1783–1848), New Hampshire politician *

John Stevens (New Zealand politician) John Stevens (1845 – 31 July 1916) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Biography Early life Stevens was born in Wellington in 1845. Stevens moved north and resided in first the Rangitikei then Manawatu districts from ...

(1845–1916), politician *

J. Christopher Stevens John Christopher Stevens (April 18, 1960 – September 11, 2012) was an American career diplomat and lawyer who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Libya from May 22, 2012, to September 11, 2012. Stevens was killed when the U.S. Special Missio ...

(1960–2012), American diplomat, U.S. ambassador to Libya *

John L. Stevens John Leavitt Stevens (August 1, 1820 – February 8, 1895) was the United States Minister to the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893 when he was accused of conspiring to overthrow Queen Liliuokalani in association with the Committee of Safety, led by ...

(1820–1895), U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Hawai'i * John Shorter Stevens (1933–2019), American lawyer and politician *

John Valentine Stevens John Valentine Stevens (13 March 1852 – 14 August 1925) was a British trade unionist and Lib-Lab politician. Born in Bristol, Stevens completed an apprenticeship as a tinplate worker before moving to Birmingham. In 1874, he joined the Amalgama ...

(1852–1925), British trade unionist and politician

Sports

Cricket

* John Stevens (cricketer, born 1769) (1769–1863), English cricketer, mostly played for Essex * John Stevens (cricketer, born 1854) (1854–?), English cricketer * John Stevens (cricketer, born 1875) (1875–1923), English cricketer * John Stevens (New Zealand cricketer) (1828-1873), New Zealand cricketer *

John Stevens (Victoria cricketer) John Whitehall Stevens (c. 1811 – 30 March 1891) was an Indian-born Australian cricketer who played for Victoria. He was born in Bombay and died in Marylebone. Stevens made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1851–52 se ...

(1811–1891), Indian-born Australian cricketer *

John Stevens (New South Wales cricketer) John Stevens (born 22 February 1948) is an Australian former cricketer. He played two first-class matches for New South Wales in 1970/71. See also * List of New South Wales representative cricketers This is a list of male cricketers who ha ...

(born 1948), Australian cricketer

Other sports

* John Stevens (footballer) (born 1971), Australian rules footballer *

John Stevens (ice hockey) John A. Stevens (born May 4, 1966) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is an assistant coach of the Vegas Golden Knights. He is the former head coach of the Los Angeles Kings and the Philadelphia Flyers of the Nation ...

(born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player and coach *

John Cox Stevens John Cox Stevens (September 24, 1785 – June 13, 1857) is best known for founding and serving as the first Commodore of the New York Yacht Club as well as being a member of the ''America'' syndicate which, in 1851, won the trophy that would beco ...

(1785–1857), American yachtsman *

Johnny Stevens John William Stevens (May 14, 1912 – September 9, 1981) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1948 to 1971. He umpired in four World Series and five All-Star Games. Stevens also refereed college ...

(1912–1981), American baseball umpire

Other people

John Stevens (translator) John Stevens (c. 1662 – 1726) was an English captain, Hispanist and translator. He is known for his translation of ''Don Quixote'' in 1700. Life Stevens was born in London, where his father was a page to Catherine of Braganza, and was educated ...

(died 1726), Hispanist and translator *

John Austin Stevens John Austin Stevens Jr. (January 21, 1827 – June 10, 1910) was a leader of business, an adviser of government and a student of the American Revolution. While he was born to a prominent banking family with political connections, it was his intere ...

(1827–1910), founder of the Sons of the Revolution * John Stevens (Wisconsin inventor) (1840–1920), of the flour roller mill *

John Robert Stevens John Robert Stevens (August 7, 1919 – June 4, 1983) founded The Living Word Fellowship in the 1950s and was the leader of the organization until his death. Stevens was born in Story County, Iowa. His parents, Eva Katherine and William J. St ...

(1919–1983), American Christian preacher *

John Stevens (academic) John Edgar Stevens, (8 October 1921 – 14 February 2002) was an English musicologist, literary scholar and historian, whose research focused on the words of medieval and Renaissance music. He was the Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Engl ...

(1921–2002), English musicologist, literary scholar and historian * John Stevens (crime reporter) (1929–2016), for the ''London Evening Standard'' *

John Stevens (scholar) John Stevens (born 1947) is a Buddhist priest, teacher of Buddhist studies and Aikido teacher. Stevens formerly taught Eastern philosophy at Tohoku Fukushi University in Japan. His Aikido rank is 7th dan Aikikai. He lived in Sendai from 1973 to 2 ...

(born 1947), aikido teacher, Buddhist priest and teacher