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with different origins. It is a common

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name (; also Steen) is a form of the name

Steven Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; ...

. Notable people with the surname include:

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Aaron Marc Stein Aaron Marc Stein (November 15 1906 – August 29, 1985), who used the pen name George Bagby, was an American novelist who specialized in mystery fiction. Bagby's focus was on police investigators, especially the fictional Inspector Schmidt, C ...

(1906–1985), nom-de-plume of American novelist George Bagby *

Abby Stein Abby Chava Stein (born October 1, 1991) is an American transgender author, activist, blogger, model, speaker, and rabbi. She is the first openly transgender woman raised in a Hasidic community, and is a direct descendant of Hasidic Judaism's fo ...

(born 1991), transgender activist, writer, and public speaker *

Allan Stein ''Allan Stein'' is a 1999 novel by Matthew Stadler. Its epigraph is a quotation from writer Gertrude Stein: ''"What is the use of being a boy if you grow up to become a man, what is the use?"'' The novel won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men' ...

, nephew of Gertrude Stein and the title of a novel by Matthew Stadler *

Alon Stein Alon Stein ( he, אלון שטיין; born January 4, 1978) is an Israeli-German professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently working as assistant coach for Maccabi Rishon Lezion of the Israeli Premier League. Biography Alon ...

(born 1991), Israeli basketball player *

Andrew Stein Andrew Stein (born Andrew J. Finkelstein; March 4, 1945) is an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician who served on the New York City Council and was its last president, and as Manhattan Borough President. Early life St ...

(born 1945), American politician *

Andy Stein Andy Stein is an American saxophone and violin player. He is a member of The Guys All-Star Shoe Band on the radio show ''A Prairie Home Companion'' and the movie. He was a founding member of the country rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Plan ...

, American saxophone and violin player *

Arthur Stein Arthur Stein may refer to: * Arthur Stein (political scientist) * Arthur Stein (historian) Arthur Stein (10 June 1871, in Vienna – 15 November 1950, in Prague) was an Austrian-Czech historian and epigrapher. From 1892 to 1897 he studied hist ...

(born 1950), American professor of political science *

Aurel Stein Sir Marc Aurel Stein, ( hu, Stein Márk Aurél; 26 November 1862 – 26 October 1943) was a Hungarian-born British archaeologist, primarily known for his explorations and archaeological discoveries in Central Asia. He was also a professor at ...

(1862–1943), Hungarian-British archaeologist

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Ben Stein Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25, 1944) is an American writer, lawyer, actor, comedian, and commentator on political and economic issues. He began his career as a speechwriter for U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford before ente ...

(born 1944), American actor, writer, and attorney *

Blake Stein William Blake Stein (born August 3, 1973) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics and Kansas City Royals from -. Career On June 2, 1994, he was drafted by the St. Lou ...

(born 1973), American baseball pitcher *

Boris Shtein Boris Yefimovich Shtein (russian: Бори́с Ефи́мович Штейн 1892 – 14 March 1961) was a Soviet diplomat. He was a member of many Soviet delegations in the 1920s and 1930s and served as a diplomat at the United Nations in the 1940 ...

(or Stein) (1892–1961), Soviet diplomat *

Brian Stein Brian Stein (born 19 October 1957) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. Stein played in the Football League for Luton Town and Barnet as well as spells in France with Caen and Annecy, before finishing his caree ...

(born 1957), English association football player *

Burton Stein Burton Stein (1926 – April 26, 1996) was an American historian, whose area of specialization was India. Life and career Stein was born and grew up in Chicago, Illinois and served in the Second World War, before commencing tertiary study at the n ...

(1926–1996), American historian

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* Charles Stein (disambiguation), several people *

Charlotte von Stein Charlotte Albertine Ernestine von Stein (also mentioned as ''Charlotta Ernestina Bernadina von Stein'' ), born von Schardt; 25 December 1742, Eisenach – 6 January 1827, Weimar, was a lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar and a close friend to ...

(1742–1827), lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar *

Clarence Stein Clarence Samuel Stein (June 19, 1882 – February 7, 1975) was an American urban planner, architect, and writer, a major proponent of the garden city movement in the United States. Biography Stein was born in Rochester, New York into an upwardly ...

(1882–1975), American urban planner, architect, and writer *

Colin Stein Colin Anderson Stein (born 10 May 1947) is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Hibernian, Rangers (two spells), Coventry City and Kilmarnock. Stein was part of the Rangers team that won the 1971–72 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and he sco ...

(born 1947), Scottish footballer *

Chris Stein Christopher Stein (born January 5, 1950) is an American musician known as the co-founder and guitarist of the new wave band Blondie. He is also a producer and performer for the classic soundtrack of the hip hop film '' Wild Style'', and write ...

(born 1950), American guitarist

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* Daniel Stein (disambiguation), several people * David Stein (disambiguation), several people *

Dieter Stein Dieter Stein (born 1967 in Ingolstadt) is a German journalist, publisher, editor-in-chief and founder of the right wing newspaper ''Junge Freiheit''. He is associated with the German New Right. Stein grew up in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg an ...

(born 1967), German journalist

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Edith Stein Edith Stein (religious name Saint Teresia Benedicta a Cruce ; also known as Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross or Saint Edith Stein; 12 October 1891 – 9 August 1942) was a German Jewish philosopher who converted to Christianity and became a ...

(1891–1942), German philosopher, Catholic saint *

Eduardo Stein Dr. Eduardo Stein Barillas (born 20 October 1946) is a Guatemalan diplomat who served as the Vice President of Guatemala from 14 January 2004 to 14 January 2008, serving a concurrent four-year mandate with President Óscar Berger. He is curre ...

(born 1945), Guatemalan diplomat and politician *

Elias M. Stein Elias Menachem Stein (January 13, 1931 – December 23, 2018) was an American mathematician who was a leading figure in the field of harmonic analysis. He was the Albert Baldwin Dod Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, at Princeton University, wh ...

(1931–2018), American mathematician *

Ernst Stein Ernst Edward Aurel Stein (19 September 1891, in Jaworzno – 25 February 1945, in Fribourg) was an Austrian-Jewish Byzantinist and a historian of Late Antiquity. Ernst was the son of Ernst Eduard Stein and Henrietta Rosalie (née Hein) and the ...

(1891–1945), Austrian Byzantinist *

Erwin Stein Erwin Stein (7 November 188519 July 1958) was an Austrian musician and writer, prominent as a pupil and friend of Schoenberg, with whom he studied between 1906 and 1910.

(1885–1958), Austrian musician and writer *

Evaleen Stein Evaleen Stein (October 12, 1863 – December 11, 1923) was an American writer and poet as well as a limner. She was the author of eleven volumes of stories and three books of verse. In addition, she translated two volumes of poetry, one from the ...

(1863-1923), American author, limner

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Freimut Stein Freimut Stein (June 16, 1924 – September 15, 1986) was a German figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic ...

(1924–1986), German figure skater *

Fritz Stein Friedrich Wilhelm Stein (17 December 1879 – 14 November 1961) was a German theologian, conductor, musicologist and church musician. He found in an archive in Jena the score of the so-called '' Jena Symphony'', which he published as possibly a wo ...

(1879–1961), German theologian, conductor, musicologist and church musician

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Garth Stein Garth Stein is an American author and film producer from Seattle, Washington. Widely known as the author of the novel '' The Art of Racing in the Rain,'' Stein is also a documentary film maker, playwright, teacher, and amateur racer. Early life ...

(born 1964), American author, film producer, playwright, and teacher * Georg Stein (1909–1980s), German chess master *

Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny West neighborhood and raised in Oakland, California, Stein moved to Paris ...

(1874–1947), American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector * Gladys Marie Stein (1900-1989) American author and composer *

Gordon Stein Gordon Stein (April 30, 1941 – August 27, 1996) was an American author, physiologist, and activist for atheism and religious skepticism. Biography Stein was born in New York to Jewish parents, and from an early age took an interest in science. ...

(1941–1996), American author, physiologist, and activist *

Greg Stein Greg Stein (born March 16, 1967 in Portland, Oregon), living in Austin, Texas, United States, is a programmer, speaker, sometime standards architect, and open-source software advocate, appearing frequently at conferences and in interviews on th ...

(born 1967), American programmer, speaker, and open-source software advocate

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Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein Heinrich Friedrich Karl Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein (25 October 1757 – 29 June 1831), commonly known as Baron vom Stein, was a Prussian statesman who introduced the Prussian reforms, which paved the way for the unification of Germany. ...

(1757–1831), Prussian statesman *

Herb Stein Herbert Alfred Stein (March 27, 1898 – October 25, 1980) was an American football player. He later made his professional debut in the National Football League in 1922 with the Buffalo All-Americans. He played for Buffalo, Toledo Maroons, F ...

(1898–1980), American football player *

Herbert Stein Herbert Stein (August 27, 1916 – September 8, 1999) was an American economist, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and a member of the board of contributors of ''The Wall Street Journal''. He was the chairman of the Council ...

(1916–1999), American economist *

Herman Stein Herman Stein (August 19, 1915 – March 15, 2007) was an American composer who wrote music for many of the 1950s science-fiction and horror films from Universal Studios. "Herman Stein was one of the architects of the sound of 1950s science-fict ...

(1915–2007), American composer *

Horst Stein Horst Walter Stein (born 2 May 1928 in Elberfeld, Germany; died 27 July 2008 in Vandœuvres, Switzerland) was a German conductor. Biography Stein's father was a mechanic. At school in Frankfurt, he studied piano, oboe, and singing. Later, h ...

(1928–2008), German conductor

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* Jason Stein, American college baseball coach *

James Stein James Stein (c.1804 – 25 October 1877) was a pioneering settler of the Mid North of South Australia and founder of the Kadlunga pastoralism estate. Early life and family James Stein was closely associated with Scottish nobility. A scion of a ...

(c.1804-1877), Australian pastoralist *

Jake Stein Jake Stein (born 17 January 1994) is an Australian rules footballer with the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL) and a former track and field athlete specialising in the decathlon. He previously played for the Greater Wester ...

(born 1994), Australian rules footballer * Jimmy Stein (1907–?), Scottish association footballer *

Jill Stein Jill Ellen Stein (born May 14, 1950) is an American physician, activist, and former political candidate. She was the Green Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 and 2016 elections and the Green-Rainbow Party's candidat ...

(born 1950), American politician and presidential candidate *

Jock Stein John "Jock" Stein (5 October 1922 – 10 September 1985) was a Scottish football player and manager. He was the first manager of a British side to win the European Cup, with Celtic in 1967. Stein also guided Celtic to nine successive Scottish ...

(1922–1985), Scottish football manager *

Johann Andreas Stein Johann (Georg) Andreas Stein (16 May 1728 in Heidelsheim – 29 February 1792 in Augsburg) was an outstanding German maker of keyboard instruments, a central figure in the history of the piano. He was primarily responsible for the design of the ...

(1728–1792), German maker of keyboard instruments * John Stein (disambiguation) *

Joseph Allen Stein Joseph Stein (10 April 1912 – 6 October 2001) was an American architect and a major figure in the establishment of a regional modern architecture in the San Francisco Bay area in the 1940s and 1950s during the early days of the environmental ...

(1912–2001), American architect *

Jules C. Stein Jules C. Stein (April 26, 1896 – April 29, 1981) was an American physician and businessman who co-founded Music Corporation of America (MCA). Early life and education Stein was born in South Bend, Indiana, to Lithuanian Jewish immigrants, one ...

(1896–1981), American musician, physician, and business leader

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Karl Stein (mathematician) Karl Stein (1 January 1913 in Hamm, Westphalia – 19 October 2000) was a German mathematician. He is well known for complex analysis and cryptography. Stein manifolds and Stein factorization are named after him. Career Karl Stein receive ...

(1913–2000), German mathematician *

Konrad Stein Konrad is a German (with variants ''Kunz'' and ''Kunze'') given name and surname that means "bold counselor" and may refer to: People Given name Surname *Alexander Konrad (1890–1940), Russian explorer *Antoine Konrad (born 1975), birth name o ...

(1892–1960), German wrestler

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* Lena Stein-Schneider (1874-1958) German composer *

Leo Stein Leo Stein (May 11, 1872 – July 29, 1947) was an American art collector and critic. He was born in Allegheny City (now in Pittsburgh), the older brother of Gertrude Stein. He became an influential promoter of 20th-century paintings. Education ...

(1872-1947), American art critic and brother of Gertrude Stein *

Leon Stein Leon Stein (September 18, 1910 in Chicago – May 9, 2002 in Laguna Hills, California) was an American composer and music analyst. Stein attended DePaul University, where he achieved his MM in 1935 and his Ph.D. in 1949; he studied under Leo ...

(1910–2002), American composer and music analyst *

Leonid Stein Leonid Zakharovich Stein (; November 12, 1934 – July 4, 1973) was a Soviet chess Grandmaster from Ukraine. He won three USSR Chess Championships in the 1960s (1963, 1965, and 1966), and was among the world's top ten players during that era. ...

(1934–1973), Soviet chess grandmaster

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Mary Kay Stein Mary Kay Stein is an American mathematics educator who works as a professor of learning sciences and policy and as the associate director and former director of the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Educati ...

, American mathematics educator * Mathias Stein (born 1970), German politician

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* Peter Stein (disambiguation) *

Philip Stein Philip Stein, better known as "Estaño" (February 5, 1919 – April 27, 2009 From the 1980s to 1993, he and his wife lived in Vilassar de Dalt Vilassar de Dalt () is a village in Catalonia, Spain, in the province of Barcelona and the ''comar ...

(1919–2009), American painter

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Rick Stein Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality *Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycol ...

(born 1947), English chef, restaurateur and television presenter * Robert Stein (disambiguation), several people

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Samuel Friedrich Stein Samuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein (November 3, 1818 – January 9, 1885) was a German entomologist. He was Professor at the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry in Tharandt from 1850–55; and Professor, and later Rector, at the Charles Unive ...

(1818–1885), Czech entomologist *

Stanley J. Stein Stanley J. Stein (June 8, 1920 – December 19, 2019) was an American historian of Spanish America and Iberia, with interests in colonialism and post- colonialism as well as imperial history, political economy, and social history. Until his retire ...

(1920–2019), American historian

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William A. Stein William Arthur Stein (born February 21, 1974, in Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara, California) is a software developer and previously a professor of mathematician, mathematics at the University of Washington. He is the lead developer of Sa ...

(born 1974), American mathematician *

William Howard Stein William Howard Stein (June 25, 1911 – February 2, 1980) was an American biochemist who collaborated in the determination of the ribonuclease sequence, as well as how its structure relates to catalytic activity, earning a Nobel Prize in Chem ...

(1911–1980), American biochemist

Fictional characters

Chase Stein Victor Chase Stein (also known as Talkback''Runaways'' #6) is a superhero appearing in media published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by author Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona, and debuted in '' Runaways'' #1 with most o ...

, a superhero in the Marvel Comics series ''Runaways'' * Franken Stein, a mad scientist in the manga and anime series ''Soul Eater'' *

Franny K. Stein ''Franny K. Stein'' is a Children's literature, children's book series by American author Jim Benton. The series was first published in 2003 with the entry ''Lunch Walks Among Us'' by Simon & Schuster. The titles of the series all play on book or ...

, the titular character of an ongoing children's series by Jim Benton *

Martin Stein Martin Stein is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is commonly associated with, and sometimes is, the superhero Firestorm. Stein has made several appearances in DC-related media, such as the Arrowve ...

, one half of the original incarnation of the DC comics superhero Firestorm

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