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Stephen or Steven (pronounced or ) is an English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 masculine first name
Given name

A given name is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name ....
, derived from the Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 name St?fa??? (Stephanos) meaning "crown, garland", in turn from the Greek word st?fa???/stef??? (wreath, crown, honour, reward). Its use was first recorded in Homer
Homer

Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek language epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, as well as of the Homeric Hymns....
's Iliad
ILiad

The iLiad is an electronic handheld device, or e-book device, which can be used for document reading and editing. Like the Sony Reader or Amazon Kindle, the iLiad makes use of an electronic paper display....
. The name is significant to Christians
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
: according to the Book of Acts in the New Testament
New Testament

The New Testament is the name given to the second major division of the Christianity Bible, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
, Saint Stephen
Saint Stephen

Saint Stephen , known as the Protomartyr of Christianity, is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Churches....
 was a deacon who was stoned to death and is regarded as the first Christian martyr
Martyr

The term martyr is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices his or her life in order to further a cause or belief for many....
.






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Stephen or Steven (pronounced or ) is an English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 masculine first name
Given name

A given name is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name ....
, derived from the Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 name St?fa??? (Stephanos) meaning "crown, garland", in turn from the Greek word st?fa???/stef??? (wreath, crown, honour, reward). Its use was first recorded in Homer
Homer

Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek language epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, as well as of the Homeric Hymns....
's Iliad
ILiad

The iLiad is an electronic handheld device, or e-book device, which can be used for document reading and editing. Like the Sony Reader or Amazon Kindle, the iLiad makes use of an electronic paper display....
. The name is significant to Christians
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
: according to the Book of Acts in the New Testament
New Testament

The New Testament is the name given to the second major division of the Christianity Bible, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
, Saint Stephen
Saint Stephen

Saint Stephen , known as the Protomartyr of Christianity, is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Churches....
 was a deacon who was stoned to death and is regarded as the first Christian martyr
Martyr

The term martyr is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices his or her life in order to further a cause or belief for many....
. It was popularized in England by the Normans. The name has many variants, which include Stephan
Stephan

Stephan is a male given name, a variant of Stephen. Notable Stephans include:* Stephan Bonnar, an American martial arts fighter* Stephan Eberharter, an Austrian skier...
, Stevan, Stefan, and Stevon.

Steve is the common short form and various diminutive
Diminutive

In language structure, a diminutive, or diminutive form, is a formation of a word used to convey a slight degree of the root meaning, smallness of the object or quality named, encapsulation, intimacy, or endearment....
s such as Stevie are also used. Many family names are derived from Stephen: the most common are Stephens/Stevens and Stephenson/Stevenson (others include Stephen, Stephan, Stefan, Stevin, and Stever).

The female version of the name is Stephanie
Stephanie

Stephanie is a female name. Stephanie comes from the Greek language name Stefanos meaning "crown". Feminine forms of Stephen in other languages include the Italian language Stefania, the Portuguese language Estef?nia, and the Spanish language Estefan?a....
.

For Stephen as a surname see Stephen (surname)
Stephen (surname)

Stephen is a surname of Anglo-Welsh and German people origin. It is a rare surname and is usually found as a first name. It is thought to have originated from the German language as Stephan....
, Stevenson
Stevenson

Stevenson is an English language patronymic surname meaning "son of Steven". Its first historical record is from pre 10th century England. People with the name include:...
 and Stephenson
Stephenson

Stephenson is a medieval patronymic surname meaning "son of Stephen". The earliest public record is found in the county of Huntingdonshire in 1279....
.

  • Esteban (Spanish
    Spanish language

    Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
    )
  • Esteban (Filipino
    Tagalog language

    Tagalog is one of the major languages used in the Philippines. It is a basis for the Filipino language, which is the principal language of the national television and radio, though broadsheet newspapers are almost completely in English....
    )
  • Estêvão, "Estéfano" (Portuguese
    Portuguese language

    Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
    )
  • Esteve (Catalan
    Catalan language

    Catalan is a Romance languages, the national language and official language of Andorra, and a official language in the Autonomous Communities of Spain of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community and in the city of Alghero in the Italy List of islands in the Mediterranean of Sardinia....
    )
  • Étienne
    Étienne

    ?tienne may refer to:* ?tienne Dagon, a Swiss breaststroke swimmer* ?tienne Daho, a French singer, songwriter, and record producer* Etienne L....
     ("Estienne" is an obsolete spelling), Stéphane
    Stéphane

    St?phane is a popular French people male given name. Notable people who carry it:*St?phane Adam*St?phane Agbre Dasse*St?phane Allagnon*St?phane Antiga...
     (French
    French language

    French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
    )
  • Istefanos (Turkish
    Turkish language

    Turkish is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Cyprus, with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and other parts of Eastern Europe....
    )
  • Istfan, Stepan (Azeri
    Azerbaijani language

    Azerbaijani is a language belonging to the Turkic languages language family, spoken in southwestern Asia, primarily in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran....
    )
  • István
    Istvan

    Istvan is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen. It may refer to:...
     (Hungarian
    Hungarian language

    Hungarian is a Uralic languages unrelated to most other languages in Europe. It is mainly spoken in Hungary and by the Hungarian minorities in the seven neighbouring countries....
    )
  • Kepano, Kiwini (Hawaiian
    Hawaiian language

    The Hawaiian language is an Austronesian languages that takes its name from Hawaii , the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed....
    )
(Chinese
Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
)
  • ??? (Seutibeun, Korean
    Korean language

    Korean is the official language of North Korea and South Korea. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China....
    )
  • Shtjefen or Stefan (Albanian
    Albanian language

    Albanian is an Indo-European languages spoken by nearly 6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including the west of the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, and southern Serbia....
    )
  • Sitiveni (Tongan
    Tongan language

    Tongan is an Austronesian languages language spoken in Tonga. It has around 100,000 speakers and is a national language of Tonga. It is a Verb Subject Object language....
    , Fijian
    Fijian language

    Fijian is an Austronesian languages language of the Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken in Fiji. It has 350,000 first-language speakers, which is less than half the population of Fiji, but another 200,000 speak it as a second language....
    )
  • Staffan, Stefan (Swedish
    Swedish language

    Swedish is a North Germanic languages language, spoken by around 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the coast and on the ?land islands....
    )
  • Steafán, Stiofán (Irish
    Irish language

    Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic languages of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people....
    )
  • Stefán
    Stefán

    Stef?n is a common first name in Iceland.According to Icelandic name, people are generally referred to by first and middle names and patronyms are used if disambiguation is required....
     (Icelandic
    Icelandic language

    Icelandic is a North Germanic languages, the language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese language and Norwegian dialects such as Telemark dialect and Sognam?l....
    )
  • Stefano
    Stefano

    Stefano is the Italian language form of the surname and masculine given name Stephen.People with the surname Stefano* Alfredo Di St?fano...
     (Italian
    Italian language

    Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
    )
  • Stefan (Romanian
    Romanian language

    Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
    )
  • Štefan (Slovak
    Slovak language

    The Slovak language , sometimes incorrectly called ?Slovakian?, is an Indo-European languages that belongs to the West Slavic languages .The Czech and Slovak languages are Mutual intelligibility which means that even after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia Czech may be used in all official proceedings and documents in Slovakia, and vice ver...
    )
  • Štefan (Slovene
    Slovenian language

    Slovene or Slovenian is a South Slavic languages spoken by approximately 2.4 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia....
    )
  • Stefan, Stefaan, Stëven, Stephan (Afrikaans)
  • Stefan, Stephan, Steffen (German
    German language

    German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
    )
  • Stefan, Szczepan (Polish
    Polish language

    Polish , an official language of Poland, has the largest number of speakers of any West Slavic languages. Polish-speakers use the language in a uniform manner through most of Poland, and it has a regular orthography....
    )
  • Steffan (Welsh
    Welsh language

    Welsh ]], is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, in England by some along the Welsh Marches and in the Welsh settlement in Argentina in the Chubut Valley in Argentina Patagonia....
    )
  • Steffen (Norwegian
    Norwegian language

    Norwegian is a North Germanic languages language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language. It is also spoken as a second language among Norwegian-Americans in the United States of America, especially in the central northern states....
    )
  • Steffen, Stephen, Stefan, Stephan (Danish
    Danish language

    Danish is one of the North Germanic languages , a sub-group of the Germanic languages branch of the Indo-European languages. It is spoken by around 6 million people, mainly in Denmark; the language is also used by the 50,000 Danes in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany where it holds the status of minority language....
    )
  • Štepán, Štefan (Czech
    Czech language

    Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czech people worldwide....
    )
  • Stefanus, Stephanus (Latin)
  • Steponas, Stepas (Lithuanian
    Lithuanian language

    Lithuanian is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognised as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.96 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 170,000 abroad....
    )
  • Steven (Breton
    Breton language

    The Breton language is a Celtic languages spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany in France....
    )
  • Steven, Stefaan, Stefanus, Stefan, Stephan (Dutch
    Dutch language

    Dutch is a West Germanic languages spoken by over 22 million people as a first language, and about 5 million people as a second language."1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language speakers of Dutch is very small. Most native...
    )
  • Stiefnu (Maltese
    Maltese language

    Maltese is the national language of Malta, and a co-official Languages of Malta alongside English language,while also serving as an Languages of the European Union European Union, the only Semitic languages so distinguished....
    )
  • ???????????? (Stiibun, Stiibu, Japanese
    Japanese language

    IPA: [n?iho?go] is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is related to the Ryukyuan languages....
    )
  • Stìobhan, Stìophan, Stèaphan (Scottish Gaelic)
  • Stjepan, Stipe, Stipo (Croatian
    Croatian language

    Croatian language is a South Slavic languages which is used primarily in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in neighbouring countries where Croats are Indigenous peoples, in Italian region of Molise, and parts of the Croats diaspora....
    )
  • Tapani (Finnish
    Finnish language

    Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by Finnish people outside of Finland. It is one of the official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden....
    )
  • Tehvan (Estonian
    Estonian language

    Estonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various ?migr? communities....
    )
  • Tipene (Maori
    Maori language

    Maori or te reo Maori, also commonly shortened to te reo , functions as one of the official languages of New Zealand. Linguists classify it within the Eastern Polynesian languages as closely related to Cook Islands Maori, Tuamotuan language and Tahitian language; somewhat less closely to Hawaiian language and Marquesan language; a...
    )
  • Istfan, ??????, ????, ????? (Arabic
    Arabic language

    Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
    )
  • ????? (Hebrew)
  • St?fa??? (Stephanos, Stefanos, Greek
    Greek language

    Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
    )
  • ??????, ?????? (Stepan, Stefan, Ukrainian
    Ukrainian language

    Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic languages of the Slavic languages. It is the official language of Ukraine. In some areas of Russia there are dialects, Balachka or Surzhyk, which are the Ukrainianized versions of the Russian language....
    ; ?????? [Stefan] is a more western Ukrainian usage)
  • ?????? (Stefan, Bulgarian
    Bulgarian language

    Bulgarian is an Indo-European languages, a member of the Slavic languages linguistic group.Bulgarian demonstrates several linguistic innovations that set it apart from all other Slavic languages except Macedonian language, such as the elimination of grammatical case, the development of a suffixed definite article , the lack of a verb infin...
    )
  • ??????/Stefan, ??????/Stevan, ??????/Stepan, ??????/Šcepan, ???????/Stijepo, ?????/Stevo (Serbian
    Serbian language

    name=Serbian|nativename=|pronunciation=['sr?pski?]|familycolor=Indo-European|map=|states=See below under "Official status", besides that in Croatia and as an immigrant's language spread over Central Europe and Western Europe, as well as Northern America...
    )
  • ??????/Stefan, ??????/Stevan, ??????/Šcepan (Montenegrin
    Montenegrin language

    Montenegrin language is the name given to the Ijekavian-Shtokavian dialect spoken in Montenegro. Generally, it is recognized as a variant of the Serbian language, but some Montenegrins refer to their specific dialect as a language on its own....
    )
  • ??????, ??????, ?????, ?????? (Macedonian
    Macedonian language

    Macedonian is the official language of the Republic of Macedonia and is a part of the Eastern group of South Slavic languages. Macedonian is closely related to and shares a high degree of mutual intelligibility with the Bulgarian language, Serbian language, Bosnian language, and Croatian language languages....
    )
  • ??????, ??????, ?????? (Stepan, Russian
    Russian language

    Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe....
    )
  • ????????, ?????? (Stepanos, Stepan, Armenian
    Armenian language

    The 'Armenian language' is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenians. It is the official language of the Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh....
    )
  • ?????? (Stepan, Tamil
    Tamil language

    Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has Official language in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore....
    )
  • Steephan (South Indian)


Historical figures known by the name Stephen

Note: to find people with the given name Stephen who are also known by another name, see .


Saints

  • Saint Stephen
    Saint Stephen

    Saint Stephen , known as the Protomartyr of Christianity, is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Churches....
    , the "protomartyr" of Christianity (St. Stephen's Day
    St. Stephen's Day

    St. Stephen's Day, or the Feast of St. Stephen, is a Christianity saint's day celebrated on 26 December in the Western Church and 27 December in the Eastern Church....
     is celebrated on December 26 in the Western Church and December 27 in the Eastern Church)
  • Stephen I of Hungary
    Stephen I of Hungary

    Saint Stephen I was Grand Prince of the Hungarians and the first King of Hungary . He greatly expanded Hungarian control over the Carpathian Basin during his lifetime, broadly established Christianity in the region, and he is generally considered to be the founder of the Kingdom of Hungary....
    , Saint Stephen, the first king of Hungary
  • St. Stephen of Surozh, see Bravlin
    Bravlin

    Bravlin was an apocryphal overlord of Rus' who supposedly devastated all the Crimea from Kerch to Sugdaea in the last years of the 8th century but was paralyzed when he had entered the church of St....
     for details
  • Stephen, one of the pair of Christian saints and martyrs Socrates and Stephen
    Socrates and Stephen

    Socrates and Stephen are a pair of Christian martyrs. Their feast day is September 17.They are recorded in certain martyrologies as having been martyred in Great Britain....


Royalty

  • Stephen of Armenia
    Stephen of Armenia

    Stephen of Armenia was the Marshal of Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, the son of Leo I, Prince of Armenia and Counts_and_Dukes_of_Rethel.His father made him Marshal in 1138, due to the invasion of John II Comnenus, and escaped capture by sheltering in County of Edessa....
  • Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria
    Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria

    Ivan Stefan ruled as emperor of Bulgaria from 1330 to 1331. The date of his birth is unknown, and he died in exile after 1343.Ivan Stefan was the son of Michael Shishman and Anna Neda of Serbia, a daughter of King Stefan Milutin of Serbia....
  • Stephen of England
    Stephen of England

    Stephen often known as Stephen of Blois was a grandson of William I of England. He was the last Norman dynasty King of England, from 1135 to his death, and also the Count of Boulogne jure uxoris....
  • Stephen Báthory of Poland
  • Stephen I of Hungary
    Stephen I of Hungary

    Saint Stephen I was Grand Prince of the Hungarians and the first King of Hungary . He greatly expanded Hungarian control over the Carpathian Basin during his lifetime, broadly established Christianity in the region, and he is generally considered to be the founder of the Kingdom of Hungary....
  • Stephen II of Hungary
    Stephen II of Hungary

    Stephen II , King of Hungary. He was crowned as a child during his father's lifetime who wanted to ensure Stephen's succession against his brother, Duke ?lmos....
  • Stephen III of Hungary
    Stephen III of Hungary

    Stephen III , , King of Hungary . He ascended the throne as a child and he had to stand up against his uncles who usurped the crown supported by the Byzantine Empire....
  • Stephen IV of Hungary
    Stephen IV of Hungary

    Stephen IV , , King of Hungary . In his youth, he rebelled against his brother, King G?za II of Hungary and had to fleed to the Court of the Byzantine Emperor, Manuel I Komnenos....
  • Stephen V of Hungary
    Stephen V of Hungary

    Stephen V , King of Hungary 1246-1272)....
  • Stephen III of Moldavia
    Stephen III of Moldavia

    Stephen III of Moldavia or Stephen III , also known as Stephen the Great was List of Moldavian rulers of Principality of Moldavia between 1457 and 1504 and the most prominent representative of the House of Musat....
  • Stefan Uros I
  • Stefan Uroš IV
  • Stefan Uros V
  • Stefan Vladislav I
  • Stefan Vladislav II
  • Stefan Nemanja
    Stefan Nemanja

    Stefan Nemanja was a Medieval Serb nobleman, descended from the House of Vojislavljevic who was Grand Prince of the History of Medieval Serbia state of Rascia from 1166 to 1199....
  • Stefan Prvovencani
  • Stefan Radoslav
  • Stefan Lazarevic
    Stefan Lazarevic

    Stefan Lazarevic was a Serbian Despot . He was the son and heir to Prince Lazar , who died at the Battle of Kosovo against the Ottoman Empire in 1389, and Princess Milica of Serbia from the subordinate branch of the Nemanjic dynasty....
  • Stefan I Crnojevic - ruler of Zeta
  • Stjepan Držislav
    Stjepan Držislav

    Stjepan Dr?islav was a King of Medieval Croatian state from 969 AD until his death in 997. He was a member of the Trpimirovic dynasty. He co-ruled with his Ban , Godemir....
     - King Of Croatia


Church figures

  • Patriarch Stephen I of Constantinople
  • Patriarch Stephen II of Constantinople
  • Pope Stephen I
    Pope Stephen I

    Pope Saint Stephen I served as Bishop of Rome from 12 May, 254 to 2 August, 257.Of Rome birth but of Greek people ancestry, he became bishop of Rome in 254, having served as archdeacon of Pope Lucius I, who appointed Stephen his successor....
  • Pope-elect Stephen
    Pope-elect Stephen

    Stephen was a priest of Rome elected pope in March of 752 to succeed St. Zachary; he died of apoplexy three days later, before being Holy orders a bishop....
  • Pope Stephen II
    Pope Stephen II

    Pope Stephen II was a pope of the Roman Catholic Church .The Lombards to the north of Rome had captured Ravenna, former capital of the Byzantine Empire exarchate, in 751, and began to put pressure on Rome....
  • Pope Stephen III
    Pope Stephen III

    Pope Stephen III, , pope August 1 or August 7, 768 – January 24, 772, was a native of Sicily.He came to Rome during the pontificate of pope Gregory III and gradually rose to high office in the service of successive popes....
  • Pope Stephen IV
    Pope Stephen IV

    Pope Stephen IV was Pope from June 816 to January 817.He succeeded Pope Leo III, whose policy he continued. Immediately after his consecration he ordered the Rome people to swear fidelity to the Franks king Louis the Pious, to whom he went personally in August of 816....
  • Pope Stephen V
    Pope Stephen V

    Pope Stephen V, , succeeded Pope Adrian III, and was in turn succeeded by Pope Formosus. In his dealings with Constantinople in the matter of Photios I of Constantinople, as also in his relations with the young Slavonic church, he pursued the policy of Pope Nicholas I....
  • Pope Stephen VI
    Pope Stephen VI

    Pope Stephen VI was Pope from May 22, 896 to August 897.He had been made bishop of Anagni by Pope Formosus. The circumstances of his election are unclear, but he was sponsored by one of the powerful Rome families, the house of Spoleto, that contested the papacy at the time....
  • Pope Stephen VII
    Pope Stephen VII

    Pope Stephen VII .Stephen was a Roman by birth. He was elected ? probably handpicked ? by Marozia from the Tusculani family, the unquestioned mistress of Rome during this period, as a stop-gap measure until her own son John was ready to assume the throne of Peter....
  • Pope Stephen VIII
    Pope Stephen VIII

    Pope Stephen VIII, was a native of Germany, was pope from about July 14, 939 until his death towards the end of October, 942.During his pontificate he was subject to Alberic II of Spoleto, Prince of the Romans, and did not effectively rule the Papal States....
  • Pope Stephen IX
    Pope Stephen IX

    Pope Stephen IX was Pope from August 3, 1057 to March 1058.His baptismal name was Frederick of Lorraine , and he was a younger brother of Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine, who, as Marquis of Tuscany , played a prominent part in the politics of the period....
  • Stephanus I, bishop of Aquileia from AD 515
  • Stephanus II Patriarch of Grado
    Patriarch of Grado

    This is a list of the Patriarchs of Grado . The patriarchate came into being when the schismatic Patriarch of Aquileia, Paulinus , moved to Grado, Italy in the mid 6th century....
     from AD 670
  • Stephen, bishop of Zaragoza
    Archdiocese of Zaragoza

    The Archdiocese of Zaragoza is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory located in north-eastern Spain, in the Provinces of Spain of Zaragoza , part of the autonomous communities of Spain of Arag?n....
     (Spain) in 1128-1130.


Other

  • Stephanus of Byzantium
    Stephanus of Byzantium

    Stephanus of Byzantium, also known as Stephanus Byzantinus was the author of an important Gazetteer entitled Ethnica . Of the dictionary itself only meagre fragments survive, but we possess an epitome compiled by one Hermolaus....
  • Stephanus Med. and Stephanus, Phil, two 7th century physicians, see List of ancient doctors
    List of ancient doctors

    *List of ancient Chinese doctors*List of ancient Indian doctors*List of ancient Persian doctors*List of ancient European doctors*List of ancient Egyptian doctors...


Other


  • Stephen (Tomorrow People)
    Stephen (Tomorrow People)

    Stephen Jameson is a fictional character from the United Kingdom television series The Tomorrow People. Stephen's first appearance is in "The Slaves of Jedikiah", and last appeared in Into the Unknown, Part 4: The Circle....
    , a character in the 1970s science fiction series The Tomorrow People
  • "Steven", a long-running comic strip by cartoonist Doug Allen
    Doug Allen

    Doug Allen is an American underground comix cartoonist. He is best-known for the angry character of his self-syndicated weekly comic strip Steven, which ran first in Providence, Rhode Island's New Paper, and later in many other alternative weekly newspapers across the country from 1980-1994....
  • Stephen's Gourmet
    Stephen's Gourmet

    Stephen's Gourmet is a company in Farmington, Utah, Utah, and the brand name of the hot cocoa powder it manufactures and sells in stores in the United States....
    , a brand of hot cocoa
  • Steven (Alice Cooper character)
    Steven (Alice Cooper character)

    Steven is a fictional character invented by the rock artist Alice Cooper. He appears on the albums Welcome To My Nightmare and The Last Temptation , as well as in the song ?Wind-Up Toy? from Hey Stoopid and the album Along Came a Spider ....
    , a fictional character who appears on several Alice Cooper albums
  • Stephen (Exclamation), public call and response popularised by Adam Buxton & Joe Cornish in their BBC Radio 6 music show. The appropriate response is "Just coming!"


Placenames derived from Stephen

  • Australia
    • Port Stephens
      Port Stephens

      Port Stephens is a large natural harbour located about north-east of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. It lies wholly within the Port Stephens Council Local Government Areas of Australia although its northern shoreline forms the boundary between the Port Stephens and Great Lakes Council Local Government Areas of Australia....
      , New South Wales
    • Stevensville, Victoria
  • Canada
    • St. Stephen, New Brunswick
      St. Stephen, New Brunswick

      St. Stephen is a Canada town in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, New Brunswick.The town is situated on the east bank of the St. Croix River at ....
    • Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador
      Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador

      Stephenville is a Canada town in Newfoundland and Labrador on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland .The town functions as a local service centre for the southwestern part of the island, serving a direct population of 25,000 people from surrounding areas and over 90,000 people along the entire west coast of the island....
    • Stevensville, Ontario
      Stevensville, Ontario

      Stevensville is a small community in southern Ontario, Canada in the town of Fort Erie, Ontario. The centre of the community, the intersection of Stevensville Road and Main Street, is about 20 minutes from the town's downtown core....
  • France
    • Saint-Étienne
      Saint-Étienne

      Saint-?tienne is a city in eastern central France.It lies 60 km southwest of Lyon in the Rh?ne-Alpes r?gion in France and is the capital of the d?partement....
      , Loire, Rhône-Alpes
  • United Kingdom
    • Kirkby Stephen
      Kirkby Stephen

      Kirkby Stephen is a small market town in Cumbria, in North West England which historially, is part of Westmorland .The town is located on the A685 road, surrounded by sparsely populated hill country, and about 30 miles from the two nearest large towns, Kendal and Penrith....
      , Cumbria, England
    • Launceston, Cornwall
      Launceston, Cornwall

      Launceston is a town, an ancient borough, and a civil parish in the north of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The form 'Lanson' based on the traditional pronunciation is almost obsolete ....
      , England
    • Llansteffan
      Llansteffan

      Llansteffan is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Llansteffan Castle, built by the Normans in the 12th century, is located in the village. The village and castle were an important staging post on the coastal route from Glamorgan via Kidwelly to Pembroke used by the Normans, located between ferries over the River Towy and River T?f rivers....
      , Carmarthenshire, Wales
    • Stevenage
      Stevenage

      Stevenage is a town and Non-metropolitan district in Hertfordshire, England. It is to the east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1 road , and is between Letchworth to the north, and Welwyn Garden City to the south....
      , Hertfordshire, England
    • Steventon, Hampshire
      Steventon, Hampshire

      Steventon is a small village in north Hampshire, England. In the United Kingdom Census 2001 it had a population of 1,502. It is situated just south-west of the town of Basingstoke, close to the villages of Overton, Hampshire, Oakley, Hampshire and North Waltham, Hampshire, and to Junction 7 of the M3 motorway....
      , England
    • Steventon, Oxfordshire
      Steventon, Oxfordshire

      Steventon is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, south of Abingdon, Oxfordshire and west of Didcot. It is best known for Truck Festival, an annual music festival which takes place in July....
      , England
    • Stevens
      Stevens

      Stevens may refer to:...
      , Yorkshire
      Yorkshire

      Yorkshire is a Historic counties of England of northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Because of its great size, over time functions were increasingly undertaken by its subdivisions, which have been subject to History of local government in Yorkshire....
      , England
    • Stevenston
      Stevenston

      Stevenston is a town in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is one of the 'Three Towns' along with Ardrossan and Saltcoats....
      , Ayrshire, Scotland
    • St Stephen-in-Brannel
      St Stephen-in-Brannel

      St Stephen-in-Brannel is a village and parish in the Restormel district of mid-Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village of St Stephen's is on the A3058 road linking Newquay and St Austell....
      , Cornwall, England
  • United States
    • Fort Stevens (Oregon)
      Fort Stevens (Oregon)

      Fort Stevens was an American military installation that guarded the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon. Built near the end of the American Civil War, it was named for slain Civil War general and former Washington Territory governor, Isaac Stevens....
    • Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.)
      Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.)

      Fort Stevens was part of the extensive fortifications built around Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War. It was constructed in 1861 as "Fort Massachusetts" and later enlarged by the Union Army and renamed "Fort Stevens" after Brigadier General Isaac Stevens, who was killed at the Battle of Chantilly, Virginia, on September 1, 1862...
    • Lake Stevens, Washington
      Lake Stevens, Washington

      Lake Stevens is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, Washington, United States. It is southeast of Marysville, Washington, north of the city of Snohomish, Washington, and east of Everett, Washington....
    • St. Stephen, Minnesota
      St. Stephen, Minnesota

      St. Stephen is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States. The population was 860 at the 2000 census. It is part of the St. Cloud, Minnesota St....
    • St. Stephen, South Carolina
      St. Stephen, South Carolina

      St. Stephen is a town in Berkeley County, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,776 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Charleston, South Carolina–North Charleston, South Carolina–Summerville, South Carolina Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area....
    • Stephan, South Dakota
      Stephan, South Dakota

      Stephan is an unincorporated area in Hyde County, South Dakota, South Dakota, United States. Although not tracked by the United States Census Bureau, Stephan has been assigned the ZIP code of 57346....
    • Stephen, Minnesota
      Stephen, Minnesota

      Stephen is a city in Marshall County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States. The population was 708 at the United States Census, 2000.Stephen was found between 1875 through 1878....
    • Stephens, Arkansas
      Stephens, Arkansas

      Stephens is a city in Ouachita County, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,152 at the United States Census, 2000. It is part of the Camden, Arkansas Camden micropolitan area....
    • Stephens City, Virginia
      Stephens City, Virginia

      Stephens City is an List of towns in Virginia in southern part of Frederick County, Virginia, Virginia, United States and is a part of the Winchester, VA-WV MSA....
    • Stephens County, Georgia
      Stephens County, Georgia

      Stephens County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia . As of 2000, the population was 25,435. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 25,268 ....
    • Stephens County, Oklahoma
      Stephens County, Oklahoma

      Stephens County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 43,182. Its county seat is Duncan, Oklahoma....
    • Stephens County, Texas
      Stephens County, Texas

      Stephens County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 9,674. Its county seat is Breckenridge, Texas. The county was originally named Buchanan County, after U.S....
    • Stephenson, Michigan
      Stephenson, Michigan

      Stephenson is a city in Menominee County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 875 at the United States Census, 2000. The city is located within Stephenson Township, Michigan and is part of the Marinette, Wisconsin, Wisconsin–MI Marinette micropolitan area....
    • Stephenson, Wisconsin
      Stephenson, Wisconsin

      Stephenson is a town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,065 at the 2000 census....
    • Stephenson County, Illinois
      Stephenson County, Illinois

      Stephenson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of 2000, the population was 48,979. Its county seat is Freeport, Illinois, Illinois....
    • Stephenville, Texas
      Stephenville, Texas

      Stephenville is a city in and the county seat of Erath County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 14,921 at the United States Census, 2000....
    • Stevens County, Kansas
      Stevens County, Kansas

      Stevens County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. The population was 5,463 at the United States Census, 2000. Its county seat is Hugoton, Kansas....
    • Stevens County, Minnesota
      Stevens County, Minnesota

      Stevens County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2000, the population was 10,053. Its county seat is Morris, Minnesota. The county was named for American Civil War general Isaac Stevens, who had this county named for him seven years after a legislative clerical error denied him that honor in 1855 for Minnesota....
    • Stevens County, Washington
      Stevens County, Washington

      Stevens County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. It is named for the first governor of Washington Territory, Isaac Stevens. In 2000, its population was 40,066....
    • Stevens Pass
      Stevens Pass

      Stevens Pass is a mountain pass through the Cascade Range located at the border of King County, Washington and Chelan County, Washington in Washington, United States....
      , Washington
    • Stevens Point, Wisconsin
      Stevens Point, Wisconsin

      Stevens Point is a city in and the county seat of Portage County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States. Located in the central part of the state, it is the largest city in the county, with a population of 24,551 at the United States Census, 2000....
    • Stevens Township, Pennsylvania
      Stevens Township, Pennsylvania

      Stevens Township is a township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 414 at the 2000 census....
    • Stevenson, Alabama
      Stevenson, Alabama

      Stevenson is a city in Jackson County, Alabama, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 1,770....
    • Stevenson, Maryland
      Stevenson, Maryland

      Stevenson is a unincorporated community located in the northern section of Baltimore County, Maryland, Maryland, United States. It serves as the location of the central campus of Stevenson University ....
    • Stevenson, Washington
      Stevenson, Washington

      Stevenson is a city in Skamania County, Washington, Washington, United States. The population was 1,200 at the 2000 United States Census. It is the county seat of Skamania County, Washington and home to the Skamania County Court House and Sheriff's Office....
    • Stevensville, Maryland
      Stevensville, Maryland

      Stevensville is a census-designated place , and suburb of Annapolis located on the western side of Kent Island, Maryland in Queen Anne's County, Maryland....
    • Stevensville, Michigan
      Stevensville, Michigan

      Stevensville is a village in Berrien County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. The village lies within Lincoln Charter Township, Michigan....
    • Stevensville, Montana
      Stevensville, Montana

      Stevensville is a town in Ravalli County, Montana, Montana, United States. The population was 1,553 at the 2000 United States Census....
    • Stevensville, Pennsylvania
  • Italy
    • Porto Santo Stefano, Tuscany
  • Montenegro
    • Sveti Stefan
      Sveti Stefan

      Sveti Stefan is a seaside resort in western Montenegro, located 5 km southeast of Budva, on the Budva Riviera . It used to be a tidal island, but is now permanently connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus....


See also

  • Stefan (title)
  • Steve O.
    Steve O.

    Stevo may refer to:* Stevo Pearce, owner of record label Some Bizzare Records* Steven Ronald Jensen, nicknamed Stevo, member of the band The Vandals...
  • Stefán
    Stefán

    Stef?n is a common first name in Iceland.According to Icelandic name, people are generally referred to by first and middle names and patronyms are used if disambiguation is required....
  • Project Steve
    Project Steve

    Project Steve is a list of scientists with the given name Stephen or a variation thereof who "support evolution". It was originally created by the National Center for Science Education as a "tongue-in-cheek parody" of creationism attempts to collect a list of scientists who "doubt evolution," such as the Answers in Genesis' list of scientist...
    *