Stephenson 26965 224709431 2008-07-10T01:51:08Z 189.72.60.187 + [[pt:Stephenson]] {{otheruses4|the surname Stephenson|other uses|Stephenson (disambiguation)}} {{Family name | name =Stephenson |image= |imagesize= |caption= | meaning ="son of Stephen" | region = Britain | origin =Britain | related names =[[Stevenson]] | footnotes = }} '''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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Stephenson |title=Surname: Stephenson |publisher=surnamedb.com |accessdate=2008-02-26}}</ref> People with the surname include: *[[Allan Stephenson]], South African composer *[[Christopher Stephenson]], British Mathematician and education specialist from [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|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 (engineer)|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 ==References== {{Reflist}} ==See also== *[[Stevenson]] {{surname}} [[Category:Surnames]] [[Category:English surnames]] [[Category:Irish surnames]] [[de:Stephenson]] [[es:Stephenson]] [[fr:Stephenson]] [[pt:Stephenson]] [[vo:Stephenson]]