Stephenson
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This article is about the surname Stephenson. For other uses, see Stephenson (disambiguation).
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| Meaning | "son of Stephen" |
| Region of origin | Britain |
| Related names | Stevenson |
| Popularity | Behind the Name |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Stephenson |
Stephenson is a medieval patronymic surname meaning "son of Stephen". The earliest public record is found in the county of Huntingdonshire in 1279. There are variant spellings including Stevenson.[1] People with the surname include:
- Allan Stephenson, South African composer
- Christopher Stephenson, British Mathematician and education specialist from Scarborough
- D. C. Stephenson (1891 – 1966), American, Ku Klux Klan leader
- Debra Stephenson (b. 1972), British actress
- Earl Stephenson (b. 1947), American baseball pitcher
- George Stephenson (1781 – 1848), British mechanical engineer who created Stephenson's Rocket
- George Robert Stephenson (1819 – 1905), English civil engineer (nephew of George Stephenson)
- Gilbert O. Stephenson (1878 – 1972), British Vice Admiral
- Henry Stephenson (1871 - 1956), British actor
- Isaac Stephenson (1829 – 1918), U.S. politician from Wisconsin
- John Stephenson
- M. F. Stephenson (1801-?), U.S. assayer of the Dahlonega, Georgia Mint
- Neal Stephenson (b. 1959), U.S. author
- Nicola Stephenson (b. 1971), British actress
- Pamela Stephenson (b. 1949), New Zealand-Australian comedienne, actress and psychologist
- Riggs Stephenson (1898 - 1985), U.S. baseball player
- Robert Stephenson (1803 – 1859), British civil and railway engineer (son of George Stephenson)
- Rod Stephenson, Canadian politician from Manitoba
- Samuel M. Stephenson (1803 – 1859), U.S. politician from Michigan
- Thomas Alan Stephenson (1898 - 1961), British zoologist
- Thomas Bowman Stephenson, British Methodist minister and founder of the children's charity now known as NCH
- Todd Stephenson, New Zealand political campaign strategist
- William Stephenson (1897 – 1989), Canadian soldier, airman, businessman, inventor, spymaster, and the senior representative of British intelligence
- William Stephenson (psychologist) (1902 - 1989), psychologist and physicist best known for developing Q methodology
- John Loyd Stephenson- (1919-2008)restaurateur and entrepreneur, owned Stephenson's Apple Farm Restaurant in Independence, MO from 1946-2007
[edit] References
- ^ Surname: Stephenson. surnamedb.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
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