Stig or STIG may refer to:
People
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Stig (given name)
Stig (also spelled Stieg) is a common masculine Scandinavian given name. The name has origins in Old West Norse ''Stígr'', and derives from the word ''stiga'', meaning "''wanderer"''. Originally a nickname, it later became a given name.
The nickn ...
* Nickname of
Robert Stigwood
Robert Colin Stigwood (16 April 1934 – 4 January 2016) was an Australian-born British-resident music entrepreneur, film producer and impresario, best known for managing Cream, Andy Gibb and the Bee Gees, theatrical productions like ''Hair'' ...
(1934–2016), musical act manager
Arts and entertainment
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The Stig
The Stig is a character from the British motoring television show ''Top Gear''. Created by former ''Top Gear'' presenter Jeremy Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman, the character is a play on the anonymity of racing drivers' full-face helmets, wit ...
, a masked racing driver on the UK television show ''Top Gear''
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Stig (singer)
Pasi Siitonen (born 22 August 1978, in Finland), better known by his stage name Stig or Stig Dogg, is a Finnish hip hop, R&B and country music singer. He has also played in jazz/funk bands like G-Litter, Kuja Orchestra and Raisin Team. He is ...
, Finnish performer Pasi Siitonen
* Stig, the title character of ''
Stig of the Dump
''Stig of the Dump'' is a children's novel by Clive King which was first published in the United Kingdom in 1963. It is regarded as a modern children's classic and is often read in schools. It was illustrated by Edward Ardizzone and has been ...
'', a children's book and two TV series
* Stig, the title character of ''Stig's Inferno'', a comic by
Ty Templeton
Tyrone Templeton is a Canadian comic book artist and writer who has drawn a number of mainstream titles, TV-associated titles, and his own series.
Career
Templeton first received attention for ''Stig's Inferno'' (Vortex Comics), now a cult fav ...
* Stig, a "member" of the fictional (later real) band
the Rutles
The Rutles () were a rock band that performed visual and aural pastiches and parodies of the Beatles. This originally fictional band, created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes for a sketch in Idle's mid-1970s BBC television comedy series ''Rutland We ...
, a parody of the Beatles
Technology
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Security Technical Implementation Guide
A Security Technical Implementation Guide or STIG is a configuration standard consisting of cybersecurity requirements for a specific product. The use of STIGs enables a methodology for securing protocols within networks, servers, computers, and lo ...
, a computing security methodology
* Steam-injected gas turbine, an energy production technology; See
Cheng cycle
The Cheng cycle is a thermodynamic cycle which uses a combination of two working fluids, one gas and one steam. It can therefore be considered a combination of the Brayton cycle and the Rankine cycle. It was named for Dr. Dah Yu Cheng.
The compan ...
Other uses
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Stig (Serbia)
Stig is a plain in eastern Serbia, in the southern part of the Pannonian Plain, in the lower course of the Mlava River, from its inflow into the Danube (or rather its small arm, Dunavac) to Homolje Mountains. It includes the larger settlements of ...
, a region in eastern Serbia
See also
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Stian
Stian ronounce: Steejjańis a given name for males, originating from Norway. It is the modern form of the Old Norse name ''Stígandr'', which means "wanderer". Another translation given is "swift on his feet".
Another modern derivation of the Ol ...
, a related Scandinavian name
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Stigg of the Dump
Stigg of the Dump is an underground hip hop producer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
History
Stigg of the Dump released the debut EP, ''Still Alive at the Veglia Lounge'', on Endemik Music in 2002.
He is one half of the instrumental hip hop gro ...
, an underground hip hop producer in Canada
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Stigler Stigler is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Franz Stigler (1915–2008), Luftwaffe pilot who escorted an American bomber back to safety in 1943
* George Stigler (1911–1991), Nobel Prize–winning U.S. economist, associated w ...
, a surname
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