Stef is a given name or nickname, and a surname. Notable people and characters with the name include:

People with the name

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Stef Bos Steven "Stef" Bos (born 12 July 1961 in Veenendaal) is a Dutch singer who lives in Cape Town, South Africa. He sings in Dutch, and occasionally in Afrikaans, and has been successful in Belgium, the Netherlands and South Africa since his breakthrou ...

(born 1961), Dutch singer * Stef Blok (born 1964), Dutch politician, Minister for Housing and the Central Government Sector * Stef Kamil Carlens (born 1970), Belgian singer for Zita Swoon *

Stephen Carpenter Stephen Carpenter ( /ˈstɛfən/ ''STEF-ən''; born August 3, 1970) is an American musician, known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the alternative metal band Deftones. His guitar technique makes use of both ringing open strings and ...

(born 1970), American guitarist for Deftones *

Steph Carse Stephen Carse (born May 22, 1965), credited as Steph Carse is a Canadian pop singer. Career Originally from Montreal, Quebec,"Steph Carse showcases his songwriting". '' The Gazette'', December 8, 1994. Carse began his career in the 1990s. His fi ...

(born 1966), French-Canadian pop singer formerly credited as Stef Carse * Stef Chura (born 1988), American indie rocker *

Stef Clement Stef Clement (born 24 September 1982 in Tilburg) is a Dutch former professional cyclist, who competed between 2003 and 2018 for the Van Hemert Groep CT, , , and squads. He specialized in the time trial discipline, winning the Dutch National T ...

(born 1982), Dutch road bicycle racer * Stef Curtis (born 1983), English footballer *

Stef Doedée Stef Doedée (born 17 February 1987) is a Dutch football coach and former professional player who is a goalkeeping coach at ASWH. Doedée played as a goalkeeper for Feyenoord, RKC Waalwijk, FC Dordrecht, Inter Turku, ASWH and VV Smitshoek. P ...

(born 1987), Dutch football goalkeeper * Stef Driesen (born 1966), Belgian artist *

Stef Dusseldorp Stef Dusseldorp (born 27 September 1989 in Winterswijk, Gelderland) is a Dutch racing driver. He started a career in formula cars in 2007, having competed in series such as Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (5th in 2008) and the German F ...

(born 1989), Dutch racing driver * Stef Nijland (born 1988), Dutch footballer * Stef Peeters (born 1992), Belgian footballer *

Stef Penney Stef Penney (born 1965 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish filmmaker and novelist. She grew up in the Scottish capital and turned to film-making after a degree in Philosophy and Theology from Bristol University. She made three short films before studyin ...

(born 1969), Scottish novelist and short-film director *

Stef Wertheimer Stef Wertheimer (; 16 July 1926 – 26 March 2025) was an Israeli billionaire industrialist, investor, philanthropist and politician. He was a member of the Knesset, and was known for founding industrial parks in Israel and neighboring countries ...

(1926–2025), Israeli entrepreneur, industrialist and politician * Stef Wijlaars (born 1988), Dutch footballer * Stef Wils (born 1982), Belgian footballer

Surname

Claudia Ștef Claudia Ștef, née Iovan (born 25 February 1978 in Craiova, Romania) is a Romanian women's professional race walker. Ștef holds the world indoor record for 3000 metres track walk with 11:40.33 minutes, achieved in January 1999 in Bucharest. ...

(born 1978), Romanian race walker

Fictional characters

* Stef Adams Foster, a main character in the American TV series '' The Fosters'', played by Teri Polo * Stef Djordjevic, protagonist of the film '' All the Right Moves'' (1983), played by Tom Cruise *Stephanie "Stef" Steinbrenner, a protagonist in the film ''

The Goonies ''The Goonies'' is a 1985 American adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Richard Donner from a screenplay by Chris Columbus based on a story by Steven Spielberg and starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin (in his film debut), Jeff Cohen ...

'', played by Martha Plimpton

People with the name

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