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 surnames. For example, early patronymic Welsh surnames were the result of th ...

meaning "son of Stephen". The earliest public record is found in the county of Huntingdonshire in 1279. There are variant spellings including

Stevenson Stevenson is an English language patronymic surname meaning "son of Steven". Its first historical record is from pre-10th-century England. Another origin of the name is as a toponymic surname related to the place Stevenstone in Devon, England. The ...

. People with the surname include: *

Ashley Stephenson Ashley Stephenson (born November 22, 1982) is a former two-sport athlete from Ontario who played baseball for Canada women's national baseball team and ice hockey in the original NWHL and the CWHL. She won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American ...

(born 1982), Canadian hockey and baseball player *

(1927–2021), British horticulturalist *

Benjamin Stephenson (disambiguation) Benjamin or Ben Stephenson may refer to: *Benjamin C. Stephenson (1766–1839), English courtier *Benjamin Franklin Stephenson, founder of the Grand Army of the Republic * Benjamin Stephenson (politician) (1769–1822), American politician *Benjami ...

, several people * Ben Stephenson, Anglo-American television executive * Chandler Stephenson (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player *

Charles Bruce Stephenson Charles Bruce Stephenson (February 9, 1929 – December 3, 2001) was an American astronomer. He was born on a ranch in Little Rock, Arkansas, the only son of Chauncey Elvira Stephenson and Ona Richards. During his youth he made a telescope and w ...

(1929–2001), American astronomer * D. C. Stephenson (1891–1966), American, Ku Klux Klan leader * Debra Stephenson (born 1972), British actress * Dwight Stephenson, American football player * Earl Stephenson (born 1947), American baseball pitcher * Gene Stephenson, American college baseball coach * George Stephenson (1781–1848), British mechanical engineer who created Stephenson's Rocket *

George Robert Stephenson (engineer) George Robert Stephenson (20 October 1819 – 26 October 1905) was a British civil engineer. Life Stephenson was born to Robert Stephenson Senior (brother of the famed George Stephenson) in Newcastle upon Tyne. In a family of civil engin ...

(1819–1905), English civil engineer (nephew of George Stephenson) * George Stephenson (disambiguation), multiple other people *

Gilbert Stephenson Vice Admiral Sir Gilbert Owen Stephenson, (13 February 1878 – 27 May 1972) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy, a pioneer of anti-submarine techniques in the First World War, and most famous as an important naval training commandant during ...

(1878–1972), British Vice Admiral * Gordon Stephenson (1908–1997), Australian town planner and architect *

Helga Stephenson Helga Stephenson, is a Canadian film industry executive, who served as CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 2011 to 2016."Paying tribute to a true film world visionary". ''Toronto Star'', March 22, 2015. Following her depart ...

, Canadian media executive * Henry Stephenson (1871–1956), British actor * Isaac Stephenson (1829–1918), U.S. politician from Wisconsin *

Jim Stephenson Jim Stephenson is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He represented New Zealand at international level. Stephenson made his full All Whites debut in a 0–2 loss to New Caledonia on 10 September 1951 and ended his international ...

, New Zealand international football (soccer) goalkeeper *

John Stephenson (disambiguation) John Stephenson may refer to: Politicians * John Stephenson (MP died 1794) (c. 1709–1794), British merchant and politician *John Gould Stephenson (1828–1883), American politician and Librarian of Congress * John Bernard Stephenson (1938–1982 ...

, people named John Stephenson *

June Ethel Stephenson June Ethel Stephenson (3 June 1914 – 1999) was an Australian visual artist, specifically a painter and print-maker. She was born in Melbourne and went to school at the National Gallery and George Bell schools in Melbourne and overseas. Biogra ...

(1914–1999), Australian artist *

Lance Stephenson Lance Stephenson Jr. (born September 5, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended Lincoln High School in the Coney Island section of Brook ...

(born 1990), American professional basketball player *

M. F. Stephenson Matthew Fleming Stephenson (1802–1882) was an American miner, geologist, and mineralogist based in the US state of Georgia. He was one of the first collectors of lazulite, rutile, pyrophyllite, and other minerals. A phrase he said while encour ...

(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, postcyberpunk, and baroque. Stephenson's work exp ...

(born 1959), U.S. author * Nicola Stephenson (born 1971), British actress * Pamela Stephenson (born 1949), New Zealand-Australian comedian, actress and psychologist, also known as Pamela Connolly * Paul Stephenson (footballer), former British footballer. *

Paul Stephenson (civil rights campaigner) Paul Stephenson OBE (born 6 May 1937) is a community worker, activist and long-time campaigner for civil rights for the British African-Caribbean community in Bristol, England. As a young social worker, in 1963 Stephenson led a boycott of the ...

, British civil rights campaigner. *

Sir Paul Stephenson Sir Paul Robert Stephenson (born 26 September 1953) is a British retired police officer who was the Metropolitan Police Commissioner from 2009 to 2011. Stephenson joined the Lancashire police in 1975 and attended the Bramshill staff training c ...

, former London Metropolitan Police Commissioner. *

Paul Stephenson (rugby league) Paul Stephenson (born 22 September 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL. Background Stephenson was born in Ne ...

, Australian professional rugby league footballer. *

Riggs Stephenson Jackson Riggs "Warhorse" Stephenson (January 5, 1898 – November 15, 1985) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed ''Old Hoss'', Stephenson played for the Cleveland Indians from to and the rest of his career from to ...

(1898–1985), U.S. baseball player * Robert Stephenson (1803–1859), British civil and railway engineer (son of George Stephenson) *

Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight Dame Rosie Gojich Stephenson-Goodknight (born December 5, 1953), known on Wikipedia as Rosiestep, is an American Wikipedia editor who is noted for her attempts to address gender bias in the encyclopedia by running a project to increase the quant ...

(born 1953), U.S. Wikipedia editor *

Samuel M. Stephenson Samuel Merritt Stephenson (December 23, 1831 – July 31, 1907) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Personal life Stephenson was born in Hartland, New Brunswick, and moved with his parents to Maine, and later, in 1846, to Delta Cou ...

(1803–1859), U.S. politician from Michigan *

Sean Stephenson Sean Clinch Stephenson (May 5, 1979 – August 28, 2019) was an American therapist, self-help author and motivational speaker. Because he was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, Stephenson stood three feet tall, had fragile bones, and used a wheel ...

(1979–2019), American therapist, writer, and speaker *

Shay Stephenson Shay Stephenson (born September 13, 1983) is a Canadian former professional hockey player who last played for Sparta Warriors of the Norwegian GET-ligaen. He played in two National Hockey League games with the Los Angeles Kings. He is the son ...

(born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player * Thomas Alan Stephenson (1898–1961), British zoologist * Tyler Stephenson (b. 1996), American baseball player * William Stephenson (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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