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
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Stef Blok (born 1964), Dutch politician, Minister for Housing and the Central Government Sector
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Stef Kamil Carlens
Stef Kamil Carlens (27 September 1970) is a singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and record producer.
Carlens is the leader of Belgian indie band Zita Swoon (previously known with the names A Beatband and Moondog Jr.).https://www.gentjazz.com/e ...
(born 1970), Belgian singer for Zita Swoon
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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
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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
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Stef Chura (born 1988), American indie rocker
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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
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Stef Curtis (born 1983), English footballer
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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
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Stef Driesen (born 1966), Belgian artist
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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
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Stef Nijland
Stefan Nijland (born 10 August 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for DVS '33.
Career
Groningen
Born in Hoogezand, Nijland began his professional career during the 2007–08 season with Groningen and signed a cont ...
(born 1988), Dutch footballer
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Stef Peeters
Stef Peeters (born 9 February 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Challenger Pro League club Patro Eisden. He formerly played for Genk, Sparta Rotterdam, MVV, Sint-Truiden, Cercle Brugge and Eupen.
Career G ...
(born 1992), Belgian footballer
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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
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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
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Stef Wijlaars
Stef Marinus Wijlaars (born 19 January 1988) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. After his playing career, he began working as a youth coach.
Career
He previously played for FC Den Bosch, FK Senica and Sigma Ol ...
(born 1988), Dutch footballer
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Stef Wils
Stef Wils (born 8 February 1982) is a Belgium, Belgian professional Association football, football coach and a former Defender (association football), centre back. He is currently the head coach of Royal Antwerp F.C., Royal Antwerp.
Career
Wils ...
(born 1982), Belgian footballer
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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.
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(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
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Steff Steff is a given name which can be male or female or a shortened form of Stephan or Stephanie. Notable people with the name include:
* Steff Fontaine
* Steff Frost
See also
* Stef
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Stephan (given name)
Stephan is a male given name, a variant of Stephen.
People with the name
* Stephan, Prince of Lippe (born 1959), German royal
* Stephan Aarstol, American internet entrepreneur and author
* Stephan Ackermann (born 1963), German Catholic bisho ...
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Stephanie
Stephanie is a female name that comes from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown, wreath, garland". The male form is Stephen. Forms of Stephanie in other languages include the German "Stefanie", the Italian, Czech, Pol ...
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