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.^[2] People with the surname include:

• 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 (engineer) (1819 – 1905), English civil engineer (nephew of George Stephenson)
• Gilbert Stephenson (1878 – 1972), British Vice Admiral
• 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
• 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, also known as Pamela Connelly
• Paul Stephenson, former British footballer.
• Paul Stephenson (civil rights campaigner), British civil rights campaigner.
• Paul Stephenson (police officer), current Metropolitan Police Commissioner.
• Paul Stephenson (rugby league), Australian professional rugby league footballer.
• 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
• William Stephenson (1897 – 1989), Canadian soldier, airman, businessman, inventor, and spymaster
• William Stephenson (psychologist) (1902 - 1989), psychologist and physicist

References

See also

• Stevenson

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