Stephenson is a medieval

patronymic surname A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based o ...

meaning "son of

Stephen Stephen or Steven is an English given name, first name. It is particularly significant to Christianity, Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is w ...

". The earliest public record is found in the county of

Huntingdonshire Huntingdonshire (; abbreviated Hunts) is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England, which was historically a county in its own right. It borders Peterborough to the north, Fenland to the north-east, East Cambridgeshire to the e ...

in 1279. There are variant spellings including

Stevenson Stevenson is an English language patronymic surname meaning "son of Steven". Its first historical record is from pre-10th-century England. Another origin of the name is as a toponymic surname related to the place Stevenstone in Devon, England. The ...

. People with the surname include: * Ashley Stephenson (born 1982), Canadian hockey and baseball player * Ashley Stephenson (1927–2021), British horticulturalist * Benjamin Stephenson (disambiguation), several people *

Ben Stephenson Benjamin Stephenson is a television executive, formerly controller of drama at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and currently Head of Television at Bad Robot in the United States. Education Stephenson attended The Hewett School in ...

(fl. 1990s–2020s), Anglo-American television executive *

Chandler Stephenson Chandler Stephenson (born April 22, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Washington Capitals, who had drafted him in 20 ...

(born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player * Charles Bruce Stephenson (1929–2001), American astronomer * D. C. Stephenson (1891–1966), American, Ku Klux Klan leader *

Debra Stephenson Deborah Lee Duffield (' Stephenson; born 4 June 1972), known professionally as Debra Stephenson, is an English actress, comedian, impressionist and singer, best known for her roles as Diane Powell in '' Playing the Field'' (1999–2000), Shell ...

(born 1972), British actress * Dwight Stephenson, American football player *

Earl Stephenson Chester Earl Stephenson (born July 31, 1947) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. The left-hander was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1967 amateur draft and played for the Cubs (1971), Milwaukee Brewers (1972 ...

(born 1947), American baseball pitcher * F. Richard Stephenson (born 1941), British astronomer *

Gene Stephenson Gene Stephenson (born August 31, 1945) is an American former college baseball coach, who served as the head baseball coach at Wichita State from 1978 to 2013. Career When he arrived at Wichita State, he inherited a program that had been dormant ...

, American college baseball coach *

George Stephenson George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and Mechanical engineering, mechanical engineer during the Industrial Revolution. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victoria ...

(1781–1848), British mechanical engineer who created Stephenson's Rocket * George Robert Stephenson (1819–1905), English civil engineer (nephew of George Stephenson) * George Stephenson (disambiguation), multiple other people *

Gilbert Stephenson Vice Admiral Sir Gilbert Owen Stephenson, (13 February 1878 – 27 May 1972) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy, a pioneer of anti-submarine techniques in the First World War and a distinguished naval training commandant in the Second World ...

(1878–1972), British Vice Admiral *

Gordon Stephenson Gordon Stephenson (6 June 1908 – 30 March 1997) was a British-born town planner and architect. He is best known for his role in shaping the modern growth and development of Perth, Western Australia. Biography Gordon Stephenson was born in ...

(1908–1997), Australian town planner and architect *

Helga Stephenson Helga Stephenson is a Canadian film industry executive, who was CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 2011 to 2016."Paying tribute to a true film world visionary". ''Toronto Star'', March 22, 2015. Following her departure from t ...

, Canadian media executive *

Henry Stephenson Harry Stephenson Garraway (16 April 1871 – 24 April 1956) was a British actor. He generally portrayed amiable and wise Gentleman, gentlemen in many films of the 1930s and 1940s. Among his roles were Joseph Banks, Sir Joseph Banks in ''Mutiny ...

(1871–1956), British actor *

Isaac Stephenson Isaac Stephenson (June 18, 1829March 15, 1918) was an American businessman, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He represented Wisconsin as a United States senator from 1907 to 1915, and served three terms in the U.S. House of Represe ...

(1829–1918), U.S. politician from Wisconsin *

Jim Stephenson Jim Stephenson is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He represented New Zealand at international level. Stephenson made his full All Whites debut in a 0–2 loss to New Caledonia on 10 September 1951 and ended his international p ...

, New Zealand international football (soccer) goalkeeper *

John Stephenson (disambiguation) John Stephenson may refer to: Politicians * John Stephenson (MP died 1794) (c. 1709–1794), British merchant and politician * John Gould Stephenson (1828–1883), American politician and Librarian of Congress * John Bernard Stephenson (1938– ...

, people named John Stephenson *

June Ethel Stephenson June Ethel Stephenson (3 June 1914 – 1999) was an Australian visual artist, specifically a painter and print-maker. She was born in Melbourne and went to school at the National Gallery and George Bell schools in Melbourne and overseas. Biogra ...

(1914–1999), Australian artist *

Lance Stephenson Lance Stephenson Jr. (born September 5, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League. He attended Lincoln High School in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, where he was named Mr ...

(born 1990), American professional basketball player * M. F. Stephenson (1801 – after 1878), U.S. assayer of the Dahlonega, Georgia Mint *

Neal Stephenson Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, and baroque. Stephenson's work explores mathemati ...

(born 1959), U.S. author *

Nicola Stephenson Nicola Stephenson (born 5 July 1971) is an English actress. She played the roles of Margaret Clemence in '' Brookside'', Julie Fitzjohn in '' Holby City'', Sarah Williams in '' The Chase'', Allie Westbrook in '' Waterloo Road'', and Tess Harr ...

(born 1971), British actress *

Pamela Stephenson Pamela Stephenson, Lady Connolly (born 4 December 1949) is a New Zealand-born psychologist, writer, actress and comedian. She moved with her family to Australia in 1953 and studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). After playi ...

(born 1949), New Zealand-Australian comedian, actress and psychologist, also known as Pamela Connolly *

Paul Stephenson (footballer) Paul Stephenson (born 2 January 1968) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger or a central midfielder for Newcastle United, Millwall, Gillingham, Brentford and York City before he ended his career with Hartlepool Un ...

(born 1968), former British footballer *

Paul Stephenson (civil rights campaigner) Paul Stephenson (6 May 1937 – 2 November 2024) was a British community worker, activist and long-time campaigner for civil rights for the British African-Caribbean community in Bristol, England. As a young social worker, in 1963 Stephens ...

(born 1937), British civil rights campaigner * Sir Paul Stephenson (born 1983), former

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

Metropolitan Police Commissioner *

Paul Stephenson (rugby league) Paul Stephenson (born 22 September 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL. Background Stephenson was born in Newc ...

, Australian professional rugby league footballer * Riggs Stephenson (1898–1985), U.S. baseball player *

Robert Stephenson Robert Stephenson , (honoris causa, Hon. causa) (16 October 1803 – 12 October 1859) was an English civil engineer and designer of locomotives. The only son of George Stephenson, the "Father of Railways", he built on the achievements of hi ...

(1803–1859), British civil and railway engineer (son of George Stephenson) * Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (born 1953), U.S. Wikipedia editor * Roy Laverne Stephenson (1917–1982), judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit * Samuel M. Stephenson (1803–1859), U.S. politician from Michigan *

Sean Stephenson Sean Clinch Stephenson (May 5, 1979 – August 28, 2019) was an American therapist, self-help author and motivational speaker. Because he was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, Stephenson stood three feet tall, had fragile bones, and used a wheel ...

(1979–2019), American therapist, writer, and speaker *

Shay Stephenson Shay Stephenson (born September 13, 1983) is a Canadian former professional hockey player. He played in 2 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings during the 2006–07 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 200 ...

(born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player *

Thomas Alan Stephenson Thomas Alan Stephenson Royal Society, FRS (19 January 1898 – 3 April 1961) was a British naturalist and marine biology, marine biologist who specialised in sea anemones. Early life Thomas Alan Stephenson, who went by his middle name, was bor ...

(1898–1961), British zoologist * Thomas Frederick Stephenson (1894–1917), British World War I flying ace * Tyler Stephenson (born 1996), American baseball player *

William Stephenson Sir William Samuel Stephenson (born William Samuel Clouston Stanger, 23 January 1897 – 31 January 1989) was a Canadian soldier, fighter pilot, businessman and spymaster who served as the senior representative of the British Security Coord ...

(1897–1989), Canadian soldier, airman, businessman, inventor, and spymaster * William Stephenson (psychologist) (1902–1989), psychologist and physicist * William Haswell Stephenson (1836–1918), English industrialist and philanthropist in Newcastle upon Tyne

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