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. 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 (fl. 1990s–2020s), Anglo-American television executive * Chandler Stephenson (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 (born 1947), American baseball pitcher * F. Richard Stephenson (born 1941), British astronomer * Gene Stephenson, 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 (1878–1972), British Vice Admiral * Gordon Stephenson (1908–1997), Australian town planner and architect * Helga Stephenson, Canadian media executive * Henry Stephenson (1871–1956), British actor * Isaac Stephenson (1829–1918), U.S. politician from Wisconsin * Jim Stephenson, New Zealand international football (soccer) goalkeeper * John Stephenson (disambiguation), people named John Stephenson * June Ethel Stephenson (1914–1999), Australian artist * Lance Stephenson (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 (born 1949), New Zealand-Australian comedian, actress and psychologist, also known as Pamela Connolly * Paul Stephenson (footballer) (born 1968), former British footballer * Paul Stephenson (civil rights campaigner) (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), 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 (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 * 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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