<Tr> <Th> Variant (s) </Th> <Td> De Stefano, Di Stefano, Estébanez, Esteves, Estévez, Estevez, Ştefănescu, Stefanov, Stefánsson, Stefansson, Stefanović, Stefanowicz, Stepanov, Stepanian, Stepanishvili, Stepanović, Stepanyan, Stephanopoulos, Steponavičius, Stevanović, Stevenson, Szczepanowicz, Estensoro, Estenssoro </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Footnotes: Frequency Comparisons </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . People with the surname include: </P> <Ul> <Li> Benjamin Stephenson (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Ben Stephenson, Anglo - American television executive </Li> <Li> Charles Bruce Stephenson (1929--2001), American astronomer </Li> <Li> D.C. Stephenson (1891--1966), American, Ku Klux Klan leader </Li> <Li> Debra Stephenson (born 1972), British actress </Li> <Li> Dwight Stephenson, American football player </Li> <Li> Earl Stephenson (born 1947), American baseball pitcher </Li> <Li> Gene Stephenson, American college baseball coach </Li> <Li> George Stephenson (1781--1848), British mechanical engineer who created Stephenson's Rocket </Li> <Li> George Robert Stephenson (engineer) (1819--1905), English civil engineer (nephew of George Stephenson) </Li> <Li> Gilbert Stephenson (1878--1972), British Vice Admiral </Li> <Li> Gordon Stephenson (1908--1997), town planner and architect in Perth, Australia </Li> <Li> Helga Stephenson, Canadian media executive </Li> <Li> Henry Stephenson (1871--1956), British actor </Li> <Li> Isaac Stephenson (1829--1918), U.S. politician from Wisconsin </Li> <Li> Jim Stephenson, New Zealand international football (soccer) goalkeeper </Li> <Li> John Stephenson (disambiguation), people named John Stephenson </Li> <Li> Lance Stephenson (born 1990), American professional basketball player </Li> <Li> M.F. Stephenson (1801--after 1878), U.S. assayer of the Dahlonega, Georgia Mint </Li> <Li> Neal Stephenson (born 1959), U.S. author </Li> <Li> Nicola Stephenson (born 1971), British actress </Li> <Li> Pamela Stephenson (born 1949), New Zealand - Australian comedian, actress and psychologist, also known as Pamela Connolly </Li> <Li> Paul Stephenson (footballer), former British footballer . </Li> <Li> Paul Stephenson (civil rights campaigner), British civil rights campaigner . </Li> <Li> Sir Paul Stephenson, former London Metropolitan Police Commissioner . </Li> <Li> Paul Stephenson (rugby league), Australian professional rugby league footballer . </Li> <Li> Riggs Stephenson (1898--1985), U.S. baseball player </Li> <Li> Robert Stephenson (1803--1859), British civil and railway engineer (son of George Stephenson) </Li> <Li> Samuel M. Stephenson (1803--1859), U.S. politician from Michigan </Li> <Li> Thomas Alan Stephenson (1898--1961), British zoologist </Li> <Li> Tyler Stephenson (b . 1996), American baseball player </Li> <Li> William Stephenson (1897--1989), Canadian soldier, airman, businessman, inventor, and spymaster </Li> <Li> William Stephenson (psychologist) (1902--1989), psychologist and physicist </Li> </Ul>

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