Stjepan is a Croatian masculine

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Stephen 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; ...

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ijekavian Shtokavian or Štokavian (; sh-Latn, štokavski / sh-Cyrl, italics=no, штокавски, ) is the prestige dialect of the pluricentric Serbo-Croatian language and the basis of its Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin standards. ...

speakers. In

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...

, the name Stjepan was among the top ten most common masculine given names in the decades up to 1969. Notable people with the name include: * Stjepan Držislav of Croatia, Croatian monarch * Stjepan II of Croatia, Croatian monarch * Stjepan Svetoslavić, Croatian nobleman * Stjepan Andrijašević, Croatian footballer * Stjepan Babić, Croatian linguist * Stjepan Babić (footballer), Croatian footballer * Stjepan Bobek, Croatian footballer * Stjepan Božić, Croatian boxer *

Stjepan Brodarić Stephanus Brodericus ( hr, Stjepan Brodarić; hu, Brodarics István; c. 1480 – 17 November 1539) was a Croatian– Hungarian bishop, diplomat, chancellor and humanist writer. He started his studies in Pécs and continued at the universities of ...

, Croatian cleric *

Stjepan Deverić Stjepan Deverić (born 20 August 1961) is a Yugoslav and later Croatian retired professional footballer and former football manager. Club career Deverić began his career with Dinamo Zagreb in the Yugoslav First League in 1979. He stayed at the ...

, Croatian footballer * Stjepan Damjanović, Croatian linguist * Stjepan Đureković, Croatian businessman * Stjepan Filipović, Croatian partisan *

Stjepan Gomboš Stjepan Gomboš (1895–1975) was a Croatian Jewish Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hrvatskoj); Aleksander Laslo, Nataša Maksimović Subašić; Graditelji novog Zagreba; stranica 22; broj 108, siječanj / veljača 2009. architect responsib ...

, Croatian architect * Stjepan Gradić, Croatian polymath * Stjepan Hauser, Croatian cellist * Stjepan Horvat, Croatian geodesist *

Stjepan Ivšić Stjepan Ivšić (; 13 August 1884 – 14 January 1962) was a Croatian linguist, Slavic specialist, and accentologist. Biography After finishing primary school in Orahovica, he attended secondary school in Osijek and Požega. At the Faculty of Ph ...

, Croatian linguist *

Stjepan Janić Stjepan Janić ( sr, Стјепан Јанић; born 24 November 1980 in Bačka Palanka, Serbia), is a Serbian and Croatian sprint canoer. In 1998, he won his first silver medal as a member of the Serbia and Montenegro (then under Yug ...

, Croatian canoer *

Stjepan Jukić Stjepan Jukić (; born 10 December 1979) is a Croatian retired football player. Club career Jukić has previously played for NK Osijek, HNK Šibenik and Inter Zapresic in the Croatian First League. In 2008, he played for Sanfrecce Hiroshima ...

, Croatian footballer *

Stjepan Kljuić Stjepan Kljuić (born 19 December 1939) is a Bosnian Croat former politician who was the Croat Member of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina before and during the Bosnian War. Kljuić was also the President of the Croatian D ...

, Bosnian Croat politician *

Stjepan Kovačević Stjepan Kovačević ( Hungarian: ''István Kovacsevics''; 1841 – 25 April 1913) was a Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = " Lijepa naša do ...

, Croatian politician *

Stjepan Lamza Stjepan Lamza (23 January 1940 – 12 January 2022) was a Croatian footballer who played as a midfielder. He is considered one of the greatest Croatian players of all time and played for much of his career for Dinamo Zagreb, whom he helped in win ...

, Croatian footballer *

Stjepan Mesić Stjepan "Stipe" Mesić (; born 24 December 1934) is a Croatian lawyer and politician who served as President of Croatia from 2000 to 2010. Before serving two five-year terms as president, he was prime minister of SR Croatia (1990) after the fir ...

, Croatian politician *

Stjepan Meštrović Stjepan Gabriel Meštrović (born 1955) is an American sociologist. He is professor of sociology at Texas A&M University. Meštrović has served as an expert witness in war crimes trials, including at the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse case. ...

, Croatian-American sociologist *

Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša Stjepan (modernist: Stefan) Mitrov Ljubiša ( sr-cyr, Стјепан Митров Љубиша; 29 February 1824 – 11 November 1878), was a Serbian and Montenegrin writer and politician. He is famous for his unique short stories, generally ra ...

, Serbian-Montenegrin politician *

Stjepan Mohorovičić Stjepan Mohorovičić (August 20, 1890 – February 13, 1980) was a Croatian physicist, geophysicist and meteorologist. Biography Mohorovičić was born in the town of Bakar. His father is the world-famous geophysicist Andrija Mohorovičić. He ...

, Croatian physicist * Stjepan Musulin, Croatian linguist * Stjepan Perestegi, Croatian canoer *

Stjepan Planić Stjepan Planić (27 December 1900 – 26 December 1980) was a Croatian architect. His style can be described as a synthesis of functionalist and organic architecture. Biography From 1920 to 1922 he worked for the architect Rudolf Lubinsky and, ...

, Croatian architect *

Stjepan Poljak Stjepan Poljak (born 17 November 1983 in Zabok, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian football midfielder, who plays for NK Zagorec Krapina. Career Poljak signed a three-year contract with Turkish Super League club Eskişehirspor in July 2008 ...

, Croatian footballer * Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician *

Stjepan Sarkotić Stjepan Freiherr Sarkotić von Lovćen (also ''Stefan Sarkotić'', ''Stjepan Sarkotić'', or ''Stephan Sarkotić''; 4 October 1858 – 16 October 1939) was an Austro-Hungarian Army generaloberst of Croatian descent who served as Governor of Bosni ...

, Croatian soldier * Stjepan Spevec, Croatian educator * Stjepan Šejić, Croatian comic book artist *

Stjepan Šiber Stjepan Šiber (20 August 1938, Gradačac – 25 August 2016, Sarajevo) was a wartime general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After finishing high school in Gradačac, he went to Ljubljana, where he finished schooling at the m ...

Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, Armija Republike Bosne i Hercegovine or ARBiH), often referred to as Bosnian Army, was the military force of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was established by the government of ...

of Croat origin *

Stjepan Šulek Stjepan Šulek (5 August 1914 in Zagreb, Austria-Hungary – 16 January 1986 in Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) was a Croatian composer, conductor, violinist and music teacher. Biography Born in Zagreb in 1914, Šulek began his music stu ...

, Croatian composer * Stjepan Tomas, Croatian footballer * Stjepan Vrbančić, Croatian footballer * Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, Bosnian nobleman

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