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| meaning ="son of Steven"
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| origin =Britain
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'''Stevenson''' is an [[English language]] [[patronymic]] [[surname]] meaning "son of Steven". Its first historical record is from pre 10th century England.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Stevenson |title=Surname: Stevenson |publisher=surnamedb.com |accessdate=2008-02-26}}</ref> There are variant spellings including [[Stephenson]]. People with the name include:
==Extended families==
* [[Stevenson family]] from Illinois, USA
**[[Adlai E. Stevenson I|Adlai Ewing Stevenson I]] (1835-1914), U.S. Vice President
**[[Adlai Stevenson|Adlai Ewing Stevenson II]] (1900-1965), U.S. Ambassador to the UN
**[[Adlai Stevenson III|Adlai Ewing Stevenson III]] (born 1930), U.S. Senator
**[[Lewis G. Stevenson]] (1868-1929), U.S. politician, Illinois secretary of state
**[[McLean Stevenson]] (1929-1996), actor
* Scottish family of (mostly) lighthouse engineers
** [[Alan Stevenson]] (1807-1865), lighthouse engineer
** [[Charles Alexander Stevenson]] (1855-1950), lighthouse engineer
** [[D. E. Stevenson]] (1892-1973), author
** [[David Stevenson (engineer)|David Stevenson]] (1815-1886), lighthouse engineer
** [[David Alan Stevenson]] (1854-1938), lighthouse engineer
** [[Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)|Robert Stevenson]] (1772–1850), lighthouse engineer
** [[Robert Alan Mowbray Stevenson]] (1847-1900), art critic
** [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] (1850-1894), author of ''Treasure Island'' and ''The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''
** [[Thomas Stevenson]] (1818-1887), lighthouse designer
* Scottish family siblings with links to [[Tyneside]]
** [[Flora Stevenson]] (1839 - 1905) education reformer
** [[J. J. Stevenson]] (1831 - 1908), architect
** [[James Cochran Stevenson]] (1825 – 1905) chemical manufacturer and Member of Parliament
** [[Louisa Stevenson]] (1835 – 1908), campaigner for women's causes
==Surname==
* [[Alexandra Stevenson]] (b. 1980), U.S. tennis player
* [[Carter Stevenson]] (1817 – 1888), Confederate Major General in the [[American Civil War]]
* [[Charles Leslie Stevenson]] (1908 - 1979), U.S. philosopher
* [[Frank A. Stevenson]] (b.?), Norwegian cryptanalyst
* [[Ian Stevenson]] (1918 - 2007), Canadian psychiatrist and researcher of reincarnation
* [[Jessica Stevenson]] (b. 1972), English writer and actress
* [[Robert Stevenson]], (disambiguation page)
* [[Ronald Stevenson]] (b. 1928), Scottish composer
* [[Teofilo Stevenson]] (b. 1952), Cuban boxer
* [[Toby Stevenson]] (b. 1976), U.S. pole vaulter
* [[Tommy Stevenson]] (1914 - 1944), U.S. jazz trumpet player
* [[Trudy Stevenson]] (b. 1944), Zimbabwean opposition MP
Michael "Tyga" Stevenson, musician
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