Stjepan is a Croatian masculine

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, variant 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 ...

. Historically it was found among

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

South Slavs, and it was also used as a honorific. In

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

, 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 Stjepan is a Croatian masculine given name, variant of Stephen. Historically it was found among ijekavian South Slavs, and it was also used as a honorific. In Croatia, the name Stjepan was among the top ten most common masculine given names in th ...

(died c. 997), Croatian monarch *

Stjepan II of Croatia Stephen II () was the last member of the Trpimirović dynasty and last native king of Croatia to rule the entire medieval Kingdom of Croatia (medieval), Croatian Kingdom.

(died c. 1090), Croatian monarch * Stjepan Svetoslavić (), Croatian nobleman *

Stjepan Andrijašević Stjepan "Stipe" Andrijašević (born 7 February 1967) is a Croatian former professional footballer played as a midfielder. Club career Andrijašević made his debut for local club Hajduk Split in 1983 and played in the 1994–95 UEFA Champions ...

(born 1967), Croatian footballer *

Stjepan Andrašić Stjepan Andrašić (17 August 1941 – 30 May 2025) was a Croatian journalist and publisher. He was the editor-in-chief of '' Vecernji list'' from 1983 to 1990. He also founded the publishing company ''Masmedia'' in 1990 and bought the newspaper ' ...

(1941–2025), Croatian journalist *

Stjepan Babić Stjepan Babić (29 November 1925 – 27 August 2021) was a Croatian linguist and academic. Biography Babić was born in the small town of Oriovac in Brod-Posavina County, even though his biological parents are from Hrvatsko Zagorje. He attende ...

(1925–2021), Croatian linguist * Stjepan Babić (footballer) (born 1988), Croatian footballer *

Stjepan Bobek Stjepan Bobek (; 3 December 1923 – 22 August 2010) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional football striker and later football manager. Usually a forward or attacking midfielder, Bobek was renowned for his technique, vision and goalscoring ...

(1923–2010), Croatian footballer *

Stjepan Božić Stjepan Božić (born October 23, 1974) is a Croatian super middleweight Super middleweight, or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing In professional boxing, super middleweight is contested between the middleweight and ...

(born 1974), Croatian boxer * Stjepan Brodarić (c. 1480–1539), Croatian cleric *

Stjepan Deverić Stjepan Deverić (born 20 August 1961) is a 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 club until 1984, p ...

(born 1961), Croatian footballer * Stjepan Damjanović (born 1946), Croatian linguist *

Stjepan Đureković Stjepan Đureković (8 August 1926 – 28 July 1983) was a Croatian political dissident and businessman who was assassinated by the Yugoslavian State Security Administration (UDBA) in West Germany in 1983. He was previously the CEO of the state- ...

(1926–1983), Croatian businessman *

Stjepan Filipović Stjepan Filipović (27 January 1916 – 22 May 1942) was a Yugoslav communist who led the Kolubara Company of the Valjevo Partisan Detachment during the 1941 Partisan uprising. He was captured and executed in 1942 in Valjevo. A photo of him ...

(1916–1942), Croatian partisan * Stjepan Gomboš (1895–1975), Croatian architect *

Stjepan Gradić Stjepan Gradić, also known as Stefano Gradi (Latin: Stephanus Gradius; 6 March 1613 – 2 May 1683) was a polymath, philosopher, scientist and a patrician of the Republic of Ragusa. Biography Stijepo's parents were Miho Gradi (Gradić) and Ma ...

(1613–1683), Croatian polymath *

Stjepan Hauser Stjepan Hauser (; born 15 June 1986), known professionally as HAUSER, is a Croatian cellist. He was a member of 2Cellos, 2CELLOS, along with Luka Šulić, and continues to perform solo. Early life and musical training Hauser was born in Pula, ...

(born 1986), Croatian cellist *

Stjepan Horvat Stjepan Horvat (November 29, 1895 – March 12, 1985) was a Croatian geodesist and professor, dean of the Technical Faculty in Zagreb, head of the University of Zagreb, editor of the journals ''Geodetski list'' and ''Hrvatska državna izmje ...

(1895–1985), Croatian geodesist *

Stjepan Ivšić Stjepan Ivšić (; 13 August 1884 – 14 January 1962) was a Croatian linguist, Slavicist, and accentologist. Biography Ivšić was born on 13 August 1884 in Orahovica. After finishing primary school in Orahovica, he attended secondary schoo ...

(1884–1962), Croatian linguist *

Stjepan Janić Stjepan Janić (; 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 Yugoslavia) crew which took the ...

(born 1980), 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 Hiroshim ...

(born 1979), Croatian footballer *

Stjepan Kljuić Stjepan Kljuić (born 19 December 1939) is a Bosnian Croat former politician who served as the Croat member of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1996, most of it during the Bosnian War. He was the first presi ...

(born 1939), Bosnian Croat politician *

Stjepan Kovačević Stjepan Kovačević ( Hungarian: ''István Kovacsevics''; 1841 – 25 April 1913) was a Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. I ...

(1841–1913), 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 wi ...

(1940–2022), Croatian footballer *

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

(born 1934), Croatian politician *

Stjepan Meštrović Stjepan Gabriel Meštrović (born 1955) is a Croatian 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 ab ...

(born 1955), Croatian-American sociologist *

Stjepan Miletić Stjepan Miletić (; 24 March 1868 8 September 1908) was a Croatian playwright, director, critic, and writer. Biography Stjepan Miletić Jr. was born in Zagreb in 1868 to the noble Miletić family. He studied philosophy in Vienna, later achi ...

(1868–1908), Croatian playwright, director, critic, and writer *

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

(1824–1878), 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 was the world-famous geophysicist Andrija Mohorovičić. ...

(1890–1980), Croatian physicist *

Stjepan Musulin Stjepan Musulin (1885 in Sremska Mitrovica, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary – 1969) was a Yugoslav linguist, comparative Slavicist, philologist, lexicographer and translator. Life Musulin translated from the Polish and Czech ...

(1885–1969), Croatian linguist * Stjepan Perestegi (born 1973), Croatian canoer * Stjepan Planić (1900–1980), Croatian architect *

Stjepan Poljak Stjepan is a Croatian masculine given name, variant of Stephen. Historically it was found among ijekavian South Slavs, and it was also used as a honorific. In Croatia, the name Stjepan was among the top ten most common masculine given names in the ...

(born 1983), Croatian footballer *

Stjepan Radić Stjepan Radić (11 June 1871 – 8 August 1928) was a Croat politician and the co-founder of the Croatian People's Peasant Party (HPSS), active in Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He is credited with galvanizin ...

(1871–1928), 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 Bosn ...

(1858–1939), Croatian soldier * Stjepan Spevec (1858–1939), Croatian educator *

Stjepan Šejić Stjepan Šejić (born 27 November 1981) is a Croatian comic book writer and artist, known for his work on the series '' Witchblade'', '' Aphrodite IX'', ''Sunstone'', and '' The Darkness'' among others. Career Šejić was born in Vinkovci and re ...

(born 1981), Croatian comic book artist *

Stjepan Šiber Stjepan Šiber (20 August 1938 – 25 August 2016) was a Croat Bosnian brigadier general and politician who. After finishing high school in Gradačac, he went to Ljubljana, where he finished schooling at the military academy. Afterward, he bec ...

(1938–2016),

Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (; ; 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 the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina i ...

of Croat origin * Stjepan Šulek (1914–1986), Croatian composer *

Stjepan Tomas Stjepan Tomas (born 6 March 1976) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. His previous clubs include Dinamo Zagreb, Vicenza, Como, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Rubin Kazan. He played as centre-back, and at one point o ...

(born 1976), Croatian footballer *

Stjepan Vrbančić Stjepan Vrbančić (29 November 1900 – 12 December 1988) was a Croatian footballer. He played with Zagreb's top football clubs: with HAŠK from 1918 to 1926 and HŠK Concordia Zagreb from 1926 to 1935. International career Vrbančić made hi ...

(1900–1988), Croatian footballer *

Stjepan Vukčić Kosača Stjepan Vukčić Kosača (1404–1466) was a powerful Bosnian Nobility, nobleman who was politically active from 1435 to 1466; the last three decades of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Middle Ages, Bosnian medieval history. During this period, ...

(1404–1466), Bosnian nobleman

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