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Stevens as an English-language surname was brought to England after the
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and means 'son of Steven'. This surname may refer to:


Arts and entertainment


Literature

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Barry Stevens (therapist) Barry Stevens (1902–1985) was a writer and Gestalt therapist. She developed her own form of Gestalt therapy body work, based on the awareness of body processes. For the Human Potential Movement of the 1970s, she became a kind of "star", but she ...
(1902–1985), writer, Gestalt therapist * Benjamin Franklin Stevens (1833–1902), U.S. bibliographer *
Emily Pitts Stevens Emily Pitts Stevens (, Pitts; 1841/44 – September 13, 1906) was an American educator, temperance activist, and early San Francisco suffragist. She was the editor and publisher of ''The Pioneer'', the first women’s suffrage journal in the West C ...
(1841–1906), American educator, activist, suffragist, newspaper editor and publisher * Helen Norton Stevens (1869 - 1943), U.S. magazine editor *
Henry Stevens (bibliographer) Henry Stevens (August 24, 1819 – February 28, 1886) was a renowned American bibliographer. Biography Stevens was born in Barnet, Vermont. He studied at Middlebury College, Vermont, in 1838–1839, graduated at Yale in 1843, where he was a ...
(1819–1886), U.S. bibliographer *
K. J. Stevens K. J. Stevens (born June 4, 1973) is an American novelist and short story writer. His writing has appeared in ''The Adirondack Review'', ''Fluid Magazine'', ''Me Three'', ''Circle Magazine'', ''Cellar Door'', ''Prose Ax'', ''Temenos'', and ''Bloo ...
(born 1973), U.S. writer * Robin Stevens (born 1988), English writer *
Shane Stevens (author) Shane Craig Stevens (October 8, 1941 – 2007) was an American author of crime fiction, crime novels. His parents are John and Caroline (Royale) Stevens. His novels include ''Go Down Dead'' (1966), ''Way Uptown in Another World'' (1971), ''Dead ...
(born 1941), U.S. crime writer *
Wallace Stevens Wallace Stevens (October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955) was an American modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, educated at Harvard and then New York Law School, and spent most of his life working as an executive for an insurance compa ...
(1879–1955), U.S. poet


Visual arts

* Alfred Stevens (sculptor) (1817–1875), British sculptor *
Alfred Stevens (painter) Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens (11 May 182324 August 1906) was a Belgian painter, known for his paintings of elegant modern women. In their realistic style and careful finish, his works reveal the influence of 17th-century Dutch genre painting. ...
(1823–1906), Belgian painter * Elsie Stevens (born 1907), British artist * Henry Isaac Stevens (1806–1873), English 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 *
Noreen Stevens Noreen Stevens (born 1962) is a Canadian cartoonist, who illustrated and wrote the lesbian comic strip ''The Chosen Family''. Her work in the field of comics began in 1984. ''The Chosen Family'' is featured in the ensemble comic book ''Dyke Stripp ...
(born 1962), Canadian cartoonist


Music

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Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later in ...
(born 1948), British musician *
Connie Stevens Connie Stevens (born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia; August 8, 1938) is an American actress and singer. Born in Brooklyn, New York City to musician parents, Stevens was raised there until age 12, when she was sent to live with family friends in r ...
(born 1938), U.S. singer and actress *
Denis Stevens Denis William Stevens CBE (2 March 1922 – 1 April 2004) was a British musicologist specialising in early music, conductor, professor of music and radio producer. Early years He was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire and attended the Royal ...
(1922-2004), British musicologist * Earl Tywone Stevens Sr. (born 1967), American rapper who records under the name "E-40" * Herbert Stevens IV (born 1987), American hip-hop recording artist who records under the name "Ab-Soul" *
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), British drummer in Spontaneous Music Ensemble *
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), U.S. singer and ''American Idol'' contestant *
Leigh Howard Stevens Leigh Howard Stevens (born March 9, 1953 in Orange, New Jersey) is a marimba artist best known for developing, codifying, and promoting the Stevens technique or Musser-Stevens grip, a method of independent four-mallet marimba performance based on ...
(born 1953), marimba artist *
Matthew Stevens Matthew Stevens (born 11 September 1977) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He has won two of the game's Triple Crown events, the Masters in 2000 and the UK Championship in 2003. He has also been a two-time runner-up in the other triple ...
(born 1982) Canadian jazz guitarist and composer * Mike Stevens, Canadian harmonica player *
R. J. S. Stevens Richard John Samuel Stevens (27 March 1757 – 23 September 1837) was an English composer and organist. Biography Stevens was born in London, where, in 1801, he was appointed Gresham Professor of Music.. In 1808 he received yet another appointm ...
(Richard John Samuel) (1757–1837), English composer and organist *
Rachel Stevens Rachel Lauren Stevens (born 9 April 1978) is an English singer, television personality, actress and businesswoman. She was a member of the pop group S Club 7 between 1999 and 2003. She released her solo debut studio album '' Funky Dory'' in Se ...
(born 1978), British singer and actress *
Ray Stevens Harold Ray Ragsdale (born January 24, 1939), known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian, known for his Grammy-winning recordings "Everything Is Beautiful" and "Misty", as well as novelty ...
(born 1939), U.S. country music singer and songwriter *
Risë Stevens Risë Stevens (; June 11, 1913 – March 20, 2013) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano and actress. Beginning in 1938, she sang for the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for more than two decades during the 1940s and 1950s. She was most ...
(1913–2013), American mezzo-soprano *
Rogers Stevens Thomas Rogers Stevens (born 31 October 1970) is an American guitarist, best known for being a founding member of the alternative rock band Blind Melon. He has also been a member of the bands Extra Virgin and The Tender Trio, and is an attorney. ...
(born 1970), pop guitarist *
Roy Stevens Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman ''roy'', meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, ''rey'' or ''roy'' (modern ''roi''), likewise gave rise to ...
(1916–1989), co-author of ''Stevens-Costello Triple C Embouchure Technique'' (1971) *
Shakin' Stevens Michael Barratt (born 4 March 1948), known professionally as Shakin' Stevens, is a Welsh singer and songwriter. He was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s. His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, althoug ...
(born 1948), Welsh rock and roll singer *
Steve Stevens Steve Stevens (born Steven Bruce Schneider; May 5, 1959) is an American guitarist. He is best known as Billy Idol's guitarist and songwriting collaborator, and for his lead guitar work on the theme to ''Top Gun'' – "Top Gun Anthem" – for w ...
(born 1959), U.S. rock guitarist *
Sufjan Stevens Sufjan Stevens ( ; born July 1, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has released nine solo studio albums and multiple collaborative albums with other artists. Stevens has received Grammy and Academy Award nomi ...
(born 1975), U.S. musician and songwriter


Theatre, film, and television

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Amber Stevens Amber Dawn Stevens West is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Ashleigh Howard in the ABC Family series ''Greek'' (2007–2011)'','' Maxine in the NBC sitcom ''The Carmichael Show'' (2015–2017), and Claire Davis in the CBS ...
(born 1986), American actress * Andrew Stevens (born 1955), American actor and film producer *
Angela Stevens Angela Stevens (born Ann Evelyn Allen, May 8, 1925 – March 17, 2016) was an American film actress and singer. Biography Stevens was born in Eagle Rock, California. She appeared in several Three Stooges films, such as '' He Cooked His Goose'', ...
(1925–2016), American actress * Ashton Stevens (1872–1951), American drama critic *
Brody Stevens Steven James Brody (May 22, 1970 – February 22, 2019), known professionally as Brody Stevens, was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He starred in the Comedy Central reality series '' Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!'', and was known for appeara ...
(1970–2019), American comedian and actor *
Carrie Stevens Carrie Stevens (born May 1, 1969) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy's'' Playmate of the Month for June 1997. Early life Carrie Stevens was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Hardwick, Massachusetts. Later she studied jour ...
(born 1969), American model and actress *
Craig Stevens (actor) Craig Stevens (born Gail Shikles Jr.; July 8, 1918 – May 10, 2000) was an American film and television actor, best known for his starring role on television as private detective ''Peter Gunn'' from 1958 to 1961. Early life Stevens was born i ...
(1918–2000), American actor * D Stevens, American broadcast journalist, photojournalist, photographer and filmmaker *
Fisher Stevens Fisher Stevens (born Steven Fisher; November 27, 1963) is an American actor, director, producer and writer. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Ben in ''Short Circuit'' and '' Short Circuit 2'', Chuck Fishman on the 1990s televi ...
(born 1963), American actor *
George Stevens George Cooper Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, film producer, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.Obituary ''Variety Obituaries, Variety'', March 12, 1975, page 79. Films he produced were nomi ...
(1904–1975), American film director *
Inger Stevens Inger Stevens (born Ingrid Stensland; October 18, 1934 – April 30, 1970) was a Swedish-American film, stage and Golden Globe-winning television actress. Early life Inger Stevens was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the eldest child of Per ...
(1934–1970), American actress * K. T. Stevens (1919–1994), American actress *
Landers Stevens John Landers Stevens (1877–1940) was an American stage and film actor. A character actor he appeared in prominent screen roles in the early 1920s before switching to smaller supporting parts, often authority figures, in the following decade. ...
(1877–1940), American actor *
Leslie Stevens Leslie Clark Stevens IV (February 3, 1924 – April 24, 1998) was an American producer, writer, and director. He created two television series for the ABC network, '' The Outer Limits'' (1963–1965) and '' Stoney Burke'' (1962–63), and ''Se ...
(1924–1998), American television writer * Louis Stevens (1896–1963), American screenwriter *
Michael Fenton Stevens Michael Fenton Stevens (born 12 February 1958) is an English actor and comedian. He is best known for being a founder member of The Hee Bee Gee Bees and the voice behind the ''Spitting Image'' 1986 number 1 hit "The Chicken Song". He also starred ...
(born 1958), British actor and comedian * Morgan Stevens (1951-2022), American actor *
Onslow Stevens Onslow Stevens (born Onslow Ford Stevenson; March 29, 1902 – January 5, 1977) was an American stage, television and film actor. Early years Born in Los Angeles, California, Stevens was the son of British-born character actor Houseley St ...
(1902–1977), American actor *
Robert Stevens (director) Robert Stevens (December 2, 1920 – August 7, 1989) was an American director and producer of television shows and movies during a career of nearly 4 decades. He was most active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. His most famous and notable works i ...
(1920–1989), American film director *
Ruth Stevens Ruth Stevens (born Ruth Astrid Frideborg Nilsson; 21 March 1903 – 27 March 1989) was a Swedish stage and film actress. She was generally cast playing degenerate young woman. Nordic National Cinemas p.168 She was married to the film director Gö ...
(1903–1989), Swedish actress *
Shadoe Stevens Shadoe Stevens (; ) is an American radio host, voiceover actor, and television personality. He was the host of '' American Top 40'' from 1988 to 1995. He currently hosts the internationally syndicated radio show ''Top of the World,'' and co-host ...
(born 1947), American radio host, voice actor, and television personality *
Stella Stevens Stella Stevens (born Estelle Eggleston; October 1, 1938) is a American former actress. She began her acting career in 1959 and starred in such popular films as '' Girls! Girls! Girls!'' (1962), '' The Nutty Professor'' (1963), ''The Courtship of ...
(born 1938), American actress


Religion

* Abel Stevens (1815–1897), American editor, author and Methodist minister *
Thomas Stevens (bishop) Thomas Stevens Society of Antiquaries of London, FSA (19 September 1841''Wiltshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1916'' – 22 August 1920) was an Anglican bishop, the first Bishop of Barking. Stevens was born in Salisb ...
, first Bishop of Barking


Sports

* Aaron Stevens (wrestler) (born 1982), a ring name of American professional wrestler Aaron Haddad (now better known as Damien Sandow) * Amin Stevens (born 1990), American professional basketball player for
Elitzur Kiryat Ata Ironi Kiryat Ata is an Israeli professional basketball club based in Kiryat Ata, a city in the Haifa District of Israel, which currently competes in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. The team was founded in 1980, and was promoted to the top ...
in Israel * Asa Stevens (born 2000), American boxer *
Brad Stevens Bradley Kent Stevens (born October 22, 1976) is an American basketball executive and former coach who is currently the president of basketball operations for the Boston Celtics. Born and raised in Zionsville, Indiana, Stevens starred on the Zio ...
(born 1976), American basketball coach *
Chase Stevens Chase Bradley Stevens (born January 17, 1979) is an American professional wrestler, best known under the ring name of "The Natural" Chase Stevens. He is known primarily for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he was a member ...
(born 1979), American professional wrestler *
Dennis Stevens Dennis Stevens (30 November 1933 – 20 December 2012) was an English footballer, born in Dudley, Worcestershire who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers, Everton, Oldham Athletic and Tranmere Rovers. Stevens began his career wi ...
(1933–2012), English footballer for Bolton Wanderers, Everton, Oldham Athletic and Tranmere Rovers *
Félix Stevens Félix Stevens (born March 8, 1964) is a retired male sprinter from Cuba, who competed in the 1980s and the early 1990s for his native country. He set his personal best in the men's 200 metres event (20.24) on July 7, 1989, at a meet in Sofia, Bul ...
(born 1964), Cuban sprinter *
Gary Stevens (footballer, born 1954) Gary Stevens may refer to: * Gary Stevens (American football) (born 1943), former American football coach * Gary Stevens (Australian rules footballer) (born 1972), former Sydney Swans player * Gary Stevens (footballer, born 1954) English football ...
, English footballer * Gary Stevens (rugby league) (''fl.'' 2013), Australian rugby league player * Gary A. Stevens (born 1962), another English footballer *
Gary Stevens (jockey) Gary Lynn Stevens (born March 6, 1963) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey, actor, and sports analyst. He became a professional jockey in 1979 and rode his first of three Kentucky Derby winners in 1988. He had nine wins in Triple ...
(born 1963), American jockey *
Gary M. Stevens Gary Michael Stevens (born 27 March 1963) is an English physiotherapist and retired footballer who played as a right-back. Debuting in 1981, he played in the successful Everton side of the 1980s, where he won the English League Championship ...
(born 1963), the best known of several English footballers with this name *
Gina Stevens Georgina (Gina) Stevens (born 4 July 1975) is a retired Australian women's basketball player, who represented the country at both junior and senior levels. Biography Stevens played in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) between 199 ...
, retired Australian basketball player *
Greer Stevens Greer Stevens (born 15 February 1957) is a retired professional tennis player from South Africa. Career Stevens in 1980 reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 7 and the Wimbledon quarterfinals in both singles and doubles]. With ...
(born 1957), South African tennis player *
Greville Stevens Greville Thomas Scott Stevens (7 January 1901 – 19 September 1970) was an English amateur cricketer who played for Middlesex, the University of Oxford and England. A leg-spin and googly bowler and attacking batsman, he captained England in o ...
(1901–1970), English cricketer * Huub Stevens (born 1953), Dutch footballer and coach * JaCoby Stevens (born 1998), American football player *
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 yacht sailor *
Kevin Stevens Kevin Stevens (born April 15, 1965) is an American former ice hockey player and current scout in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played left wing on a line with Mario Lemieux during the Pittsburgh Penguins' Stanley Cup championships in ...
(born 1965), American ice hockey player *
Kia Stevens Kia Stevens (born September 4, 1977) is an American actress and retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)/Impact Wrestling under the ring name Awesome Kong. She also worked with Ring ...
(born 1977), American women's professional wrestler *
Kirk Stevens Kirk Stevens (born August 17, 1958) is a Canadian former professional snooker player. Career Stevens started playing young, achieving his first aged just 12. He turned professional aged 20, and reached the semi-finals of the World Championship ...
(born 1958), Canadian professional snooker player * Lamar Stevens (born 1997), American basketball player *
Matthew Stevens Matthew Stevens (born 11 September 1977) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He has won two of the game's Triple Crown events, the Masters in 2000 and the UK Championship in 2003. He has also been a two-time runner-up in the other triple ...
(born 1977), Welsh professional snooker player *
Patrick Stevens Patrick Stevens (born 31 January 1968 in Leut) is a retired sprinter from Belgium. He won the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki and a silver medal in the 200 m at the 2000 European Indoor Champions ...
(born 1968), Belgian sprinter *
Paul Stevens (baseball) Paul Stevens (born November 26, 1953) is an American college baseball coach who has been as an assistant coach for the University of Chicago Maroons baseball team since 2016. Before coming to Chicago, he was the head coach of the Northwestern Wi ...
(born 1953), American college baseball coach * R. C. Stevens (born 1934), Major League Baseball first baseman *
Ray Stevens (wrestler) Carl Raymond Stevens (September 5, 1935 – May 3, 1996), better known as Ray "The Crippler" Stevens or Ray "Blond Bomber" Stevens, was an American professional wrestler. Stevens was a wrestling superstar since the early years of the television e ...
(1935–1996), American professional wrestler *
Raymond Stevens (judoka) Raymond Stevens (born 26 July 1963 in Camberley, Surrey) is a male retired judoka from the United Kingdom. Judo career Stevens started learning Judo at the age of ten and gained a black belt in Judo at the age of 16. He was twice a champion o ...
(born 1963), English judoka *
Robyn Stevens Robyn Stevens (born April 24, 1983) is an American Olympic race walker. She competed for Vacaville High School, then went on to San José State University. Stevens suffered from an eating disorder and body dysmorphia while attending, which force ...
(born 1983), American race walker *
Scott Stevens Ronald Scott Stevens (born April 1, 1964) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. As a defenseman, Stevens played 22 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Washington Capitals, St. Louis Blues and New Jers ...
(born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player *
Thomas Stevens (cyclist) Thomas Stevens (24 December 1854
– 24 January 1935) was the first person to Tommy Stevens Thomas Mason Stevens (born December 15, 1996) is a professional gridiron football quarterback for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Mississippi State and was drafted by the New Orleans ...
(born 1996), American football player


Science and technology

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Alexander Hodgdon Stevens Alexander Hodgdon Stevens (September 4, 1789 – March 30, 1869) was an American surgeon who served as the second President of the American Medical Association from 1848 to 1849. Early life Stevens was born in New York City on September 4, 178 ...
(1789–1869), U.S. physician *
Austin Stevens Austin Stevens (born 19 May 1950) is a South African-born Australian naturalist, herpetologist, wildlife photographer, documentarian, television personality, and author. He is best known as the host of the Animal Planet nature documentary seri ...
(born 1950), South African herpetologist and documentary film maker *
Brooks Stevens Clifford Brooks Stevens (June 7, 1911 – January 4, 1995) was an American industrial designer of home furnishings, appliances, automobiles, and motorcycles, as well as a graphic designer and stylist. Stevens founded Brooks Stevens, Inc., headq ...
(1911–1995), U.S. car designer * Carly Stevens UK academic ecologist and soil geochemist *
Frederick William Stevens Frederick William Stevens (11 November 1847 – 5 March 1900) was an English architectural engineer who worked for the British colonial government in India. Stevens' most notable design was the railway station Victoria Terminus in Bombay (in 199 ...
(1847-1900), English architectural engineer who worked for the British colonial government in India *
Frederick W. Stevens (physicist) Frederick Wiley Stevens (August 28, 1861, Goshen, Indiana – May 22, 1932) was an American physicist, known for his research on gaseous explosive reactions. He was elected in 1931 a fellow of the American Physical Society. Biography Stevens grad ...
(1861–1932), American physicist who did research on gaseous explosive reactions * George Phillip Stevens (1861-1941), Australian wireless experimenter and public servant *
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), U.S. inventor, recipient of the first American railroad charter *
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), U.S. engineer (Great Northern Railway, Panama Canal) *
Malcolm Stevens Malcolm Francis Graham Stevens Order of the British Empire, OBE, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (born 1938) is an English chemist and Emeritus professor of the University of Nottingham, having previously worked at Aston University where he d ...
(born 1938), English chemist and FRS * Neil Everett Stevens (1887–1949), U.S. mycologist and plant pathologist *
Nettie Stevens Nettie Maria Stevens (July 7, 1861 – May 4, 1912) was an American geneticist who discovered sex chromosomes. In 1905, soon after the rediscovery of Mendel's paper on genetics in 1900, she observed that male mealworms produced two kinds of sper ...
(1861–1912), U.S. biologist and geneticist *
Peter Stevens (car designer) Professor Peter Stevens (born 1943) is a British car designer. Stevens is one of the UK's best-known vehicle designers. He is currently a design consultant, teacher and lecturer. Stevens trained at Central St Martin's School of Art and then, t ...
(born 1945), British car designer * Stanley Smith Stevens (1906–1973), U.S. psychologist * W. Richard Stevens (1951–1999), author of UNIX and TCP/IP books


Academia

* Albert K. Stevens (1901–1984), U.S. professor and activist * Rosemary A. Stevens, American medical historian


Business

* Edwin A. Stevens (1795–1868), U.S. philanthropist and entrepreneur * Edwin Augustus Stevens Jr. (1858–1918), marine engineer and business co-founder *
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 ...
(1795–1874), American banker * Kenneth H. Stevens (1922-2005), executive of the Scouts Association * Richard Stevens (1868–1919), French-born attorney and U.S. real estate developer *
Robert L. Stevens Colonel Robert Livingston Stevens (October 18, 1787 – April 20, 1856) was an American inventor and steamship builder who served as president of the Camden and Amboy Railroad in the 1830s and 1840s. Early life Stevens was born in Hoboken, New ...
(1787–1856), U.S. railroad executive * Simon Stevens (1974-), Disability Consultant


Politics


Australia

* Bertram Stevens (1889–1973), 25th Premier of New South Wales * Ernest James Stevens (1845–1922), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and of the Queensland Legislative Council *
Henry Stevens (Australian politician) Henry Moreton Stevens (1854 - 15 November 1935) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Stevens was born at South Brisbane, Queensland, the son of Samuel Stevens, and his wife Jane (née Colton). Samuel Stevens was a co ...
(1854–1935), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly *
James Stevens (Australian politician) James William Stevens (born 27 March 1983) is the Liberal Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Sturt in South Australia. He was elected in the 2019 Australian federal election, replacing the retiring Liber ...
(born 1983), Member of the Australian House of Representatives *
Ray Stevens (politician) Raymond Alexander Stevens (born 1 February 1953) is an Australian politician who was until 2016 the Manager of Opposition Business in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. Early life Born in Townsville, he received a Bachelor of Arts in Fi ...
(born 1953), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly


Canada

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Henry Herbert Stevens Henry Herbert Stevens, (December 8, 1878 – June 14, 1973) was a Canadian politician and businessman. A member of R. B. Bennett's cabinet, he split with the Conservative Prime Minister to found the Reconstruction Party of Canada. Early ...
(1878–1973), Canadian politician and businessman *
Ron Stevens Ronald Gordon "Ron" Stevens, Q.C. (September 17, 1949 – May 13, 2014) was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Glenmore as a Progressive Conservative until ...
(born 1949), Canadian politician *
Sinclair Stevens Sinclair McKnight Stevens, (February 11, 1927 – November 30, 2016) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman and cabinet minister. Early life He was born in Esquesing Township (today part of Halton Hills, Ontario), the third child of Northern Irish ...
(1927–2016), Canadian politician


United States

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Ben Stevens Benjamin Aavan Stevens (March 18, 1959 – October 13, 2022) was an American politician and political advisor who served as the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Alaska, Mike Dunleavy. He previously served as the President of the Alaska State S ...
(born 1959), U.S. politician, Alaska State Senator, son of Ted Stevens *
Durham Stevens Durham White Stevens (February 1, 1851 – March 25, 1908) was an American diplomat and later an employee of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working for the Japanese colonial office in Korea, the Resident-General. He was fatally shot by K ...
(1851–1908), an American diplomat and later an employee of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs * Frederick P. Stevens (1810–1866), mayor of Buffalo, New York * Hestor L. Stevens (1803–1864), U.S. Representative from Michigan *
Isaac Stevens Isaac Ingalls Stevens (March 25, 1818 – September 1, 1862) was an American military officer and politician who served as governor of the Territory of Washington from 1853 to 1857, and later as its delegate to the United States House of Represe ...
(1818–1862), first governor of Washington Territory, brigadier general in the Union Army * J. Christopher Stevens (1960–2012), an American diplomat and lawyer who was killed during an attack on the Benghazi consulate in Libya on September 12, 2012 *
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), U.S. politician, delegate to the Continental Congress * John L. Stevens (1820–1895), U.S. diplomat * John Paul Stevens (1920–2019), U.S. Supreme Court justice * Richard Y. Stevens, U.S. politician (North Carolina) * Robert T. Stevens (1899–1983), U.S. businessman and politician * Ted Stevens (1923–2010), U.S. politician, U.S. Senator from Alaska * Thaddeus Stevens (1792–1868) US Congressman from Pennsylvania, a leader of the Radical Republicans and a fierce opponent of slavery * Stephen Stevens (1793-1870) Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, abolitionist


Other countries

*Jimmy Stevens (politician) (1910s or 1920s–1994), Ni-Vanuatu politician *Jo Stevens (born 1966), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff Central since 2015 *John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, (born 1942), former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, London *Siaka Stevens (1905–1988), former President of Sierra Leone


Military

*Ebenezer Stevens (1751–1823), American Revolutionary War figure and New York merchant *Jack Stevens (1896–1969), Australian general *Thomas Holdup Stevens (1795–1841), American naval admiral in the War of 1812 *Thomas H. Stevens, Jr. (1819–1896), American naval admiral


History

*Alzina Stevens (1849-1900), American labor leader, journalist *John Stevens (immigrant) (1682–1737), immigrant to British America, Port Collector at Perth Amboy, New Jersey *John Austin Stevens (1827–1910), U.S. historian and businessman *John H. Stevens (1820–1900), considered to be the first settler in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota *Robert Stevens (photo editor) (1938-2001), U.S. photo editor, 2001 anthrax attacks victim *Thaddeus Stevens (1792–1868), U.S. lawyer famous for defending runaway slaves


Miscellaneous

*Albert Stevens (disambiguation) *Gary Stevens (disambiguation) *Joseph Stevens (disambiguation) *Paul Stevens (disambiguation)


Fictional characters

*The Stevens family, in ''Even Stevens'', U.S. comedy television program *Stevens, the Pirates' star player, ''Galactik Football'' *Mr. Stevens, the butler in Kazuo Ishiguro's 1989 novel ''The Remains of the Day'' *Bebe Stevens, from TV series ''South Park'' *Chris Stevens (Northern Exposure), Chris Stevens (''Northern Exposure'') *Erik Stevens, a character from Black Panther (film), ''Black Panther'' (film) *Izzie Stevens, ''Grey's Anatomy'' *Niki Stevens, a character on ''The L Word'' *Serena Stevens, a fictional character in the television series ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''


See also

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