Stevens (surname)

Stevens as an English-language surname was brought to England after the Norman Conquest and means 'son of Steven'. This surname may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Literature

• Barry Stevens (therapist) (1902–1985), writer, Gestalt therapist
• Benjamin Franklin Stevens (1833–1902), American bibliographer
• Emily Pitts Stevens (1841–1906), American educator, activist, suffragist, newspaper editor and publisher
• Helen Norton Stevens (1869–1943), American magazine editor
• Henry Stevens (bibliographer) (1819–1886), American bibliographer
• K. J. Stevens (born 1973), U.S. writer
• Nell Stevens (born 1985), British fiction and non-fiction writer
• Robin Stevens (born 1988), English writer
• Shane Stevens (author) (1941–2007), American crime writer
• Wallace Stevens (1879–1955), American poet

Visual arts

• Agapit Stevens (1848–1924), Belgian painter
• Alfred Stevens (sculptor) (1817–1875), British sculptor
• Alfred Stevens (painter) (1823–1906), Belgian painter
• Elsie Stevens (1907-?), British artist
• Henry Isaac Stevens (1806–1873), English architect
• John Calvin Stevens (1855–1940), American architect
• Nelson Stevens (1938–2022), African-American painter and muralist
• Noreen Stevens (born 1962), Canadian cartoonist

Music

• April Stevens (1929–2023), American singer
• Cat Stevens (born 1948), British musician
• Christian Stevens (born 1978), American rapper and producer perfroming under the name Iamisee
• Connie Stevens (born 1938), American singer and actress
• Denis Stevens (1922–2004), British musicologist
• Earl Tywone Stevens Sr. (born 1967), American rapper who records under the name "E-40"
• Herbert Stevens IV (born 1987), American hip-hop recording artist who records under the name "Ab-Soul"
• John Stevens (drummer) (1940–1994), British drummer in Spontaneous Music Ensemble
• John Stevens (singer) (born 1987), American singer and American Idol contestant
• Leigh Howard Stevens (born 1953), marimba artist
• Matthew Stevens (born 1982) Canadian jazz guitarist and composer
• Mike Stevens, Canadian harmonica player
• R. J. S. Stevens (Richard John Samuel) (1757–1837), English composer and organist
• Rachel Stevens (born 1978), British singer and actress
• Ray Stevens (born 1939), American country music singer and songwriter
• Risë Stevens (1913–2013), American mezzo-soprano
• Rogers Stevens (born 1970), American guitarist
• Roy Stevens (1916–1989), American trumpeter, co-author of Stevens-Costello Triple C Embouchure Technique (1971)
• Shakin' Stevens (born 1948), Welsh rock and roll singer
• Steve Stevens (born 1959), American rock guitarist
• Sufjan Stevens (born 1975), American musician and songwriter

Performing arts

• Amber Stevens (born 1986), American actress
• Andrew Stevens (born 1955), American actor and film producer
• Angela Stevens (1925–2016), American actress
• Ashton Stevens (1872–1951), American drama critic
• Brinke Stevens (born 1954), American actress
• Brody Stevens (1970–2019), American comedian and actor
• Carrie Stevens (born 1969), American model and actress
• Craig Stevens (actor) (1918–2000), American actor
• D Stevens, American broadcast journalist, photojournalist, photographer and filmmaker
• Fisher Stevens (born 1963), American actor
• George Stevens (1904–1975), American film director
• Inger Stevens (1934–1970), American actress
• K. T. Stevens (1919–1994), American actress
• Landers Stevens (1877–1940), American actor
• Leslie Stevens (1924–1998), American television writer
• Louis Stevens (1896–1963), American screenwriter
• Michael Fenton Stevens (born 1958), British actor and comedian
• Monica Stevens (dancer), Australian dancer with the Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre in the 1980s
• Morgan Stevens (1951–2022), American actor
• Onslow Stevens (1902–1977), American actor
• Robert Stevens (director) (1920–1989), American film director
• Ruth Stevens (1903–1989), Swedish actress
• Shadoe Stevens (born 1947), American radio host, voice actor, and television personality
• Stella Stevens (1938–2023), American actress

Religion

• Abel Stevens (1815–1897), American editor, author and Methodist minister
• Thomas Stevens (bishop), first Bishop of Barking

Sports

• Amin Stevens (born 1990), American professional basketball player for Elitzur Kiryat Ata in Israel
• Aron Stevens (born 1982), a ring name of American professional wrestler Aron Haddad
• Asa Stevens (born 2000), American boxer
• Brad Stevens (born 1976), American basketball coach
• Chase Stevens (born 1979), American professional wrestler
• Curtis Stevens (boxer) (born 1985), American boxer
• Dennis Stevens (1933–2012), English footballer for Bolton Wanderers, Everton, Oldham Athletic and Tranmere Rovers
• Félix Stevens (born 1964), Cuban sprinter
• Gary Stevens (footballer, born 1954), English footballer
• Gary Stevens (footballer, born 1962) (born 1962), another English footballer
• Gary Stevens (footballer, born 1963), the best known of several English footballers with this name
• Gary Stevens (jockey) (born 1963), American jockey
• Gary Stevens (rugby league) (born 1944, fl. 2013), Australian rugby league player
• Gina Stevens, retired Australian basketball player
• Greer Stevens (born 1957), South African tennis player
• Greville Stevens (1901–1970), English cricketer
• Huub Stevens (born 1953), Dutch footballer and coach
• JaCoby Stevens (born 1998), American football player
• John Cox Stevens (1785–1857), American yacht sailor
• Kevin Stevens (born 1965), American ice hockey player
• Kia Stevens (born 1977), American women's professional wrestler
• Kirk Stevens (born 1958), Canadian professional snooker player
• Lamar Stevens (born 1997), American basketball player
• Les Stevens (footballer), (1920–1991) English footballer
• Matthew Stevens (born 1977), Welsh professional snooker player
• Monica Stevens (born 1967), Antigua and Barbuda sprinter
• Patrick Stevens (born 1968), Belgian sprinter
• Paul Stevens (baseball) (born 1953), American college baseball coach
• R. C. Stevens (1934–2010), Major League Baseball first baseman
• Ray Stevens (wrestler) (1935–1996), American professional wrestler
• Raymond Stevens (judoka) (born 1963), English judoka
• Robyn Stevens (born 1983), American race walker
• Scott Stevens (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player
• Thomas Stevens (cyclist) (1854–1935), British cyclist, the first person to circle the globe by bicycle
• Tommy Stevens (born 1996), American football player

Science and technology

• Alexander Hodgdon Stevens (1789–1869), U.S. physician
• Austin Stevens (born 1950), South African herpetologist and documentary film maker
• Brooks Stevens (1911–1995), U.S. car designer
• Carly Stevens UK academic ecologist and soil geochemist
• Frank Lincoln Stevens (1871–1934), American mycologist and phytopathologist
• Frederick William Stevens (1847–1900), English architectural engineer who worked for the British colonial government in India
• Frederick W. Stevens (physicist) (1861–1932), American physicist who did research on gaseous explosive reactions
• George Phillip Stevens (1861–1941), Australian wireless experimenter and public servant
• John Stevens (inventor, born 1749) (1749–1838), U.S. inventor, recipient of the first American railroad charter
• John Frank Stevens (1853–1943), U.S. engineer (Great Northern Railway, Panama Canal)
• Malcolm Stevens (born 1938), English chemist and FRS
• Neil Everett Stevens (1887–1949), U.S. mycologist and plant pathologist
• Nettie Stevens (1861–1912), U.S. biologist and geneticist
• Perdita Stevens (born 1966), British mathematician and computer scientist
• Peter Stevens (car designer) (born 1945), British car designer
• Stanley Smith Stevens (1906–1973), U.S. psychologist
• W. Richard Stevens (1951–1999), author of UNIX and TCP/IP books

Academia

• Albert K. Stevens (1901–1984), U.S. professor and activist
• Rosemary A. Stevens, American medical historian

Business

• Edwin A. Stevens (1795–1868), U.S. philanthropist and entrepreneur
• Edwin Augustus Stevens Jr. (1858–1918), marine engineer and business co-founder
• John Austin Stevens (1795–1874), American banker
• Kenneth H. Stevens (1922–2005), executive of the Scouts Association
• Richard Stevens (1868–1919), French-born attorney and U.S. real estate developer
• Robert L. Stevens (1787–1856), U.S. railroad executive
• Roger L. Stevens (1910–1998), American theatrical producer, arts administrator, and real estate executive
• Simon Stevens (1974-), Disability Consultant

Politics

Australia

• Bertram Stevens (1889–1973), 25th Premier of New South Wales
• Ernest James Stevens (1845–1922), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and of the Queensland Legislative Council
• Henry Stevens (Australian politician) (1854–1935), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
• James Stevens (Australian politician) (born 1983), Member of the Australian House of Representatives
• Ray Stevens (politician) (born 1953), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Canada

• Henry Herbert Stevens (1878–1973), Canadian politician and businessman
• Ron Stevens (1949–2014), Canadian politician
• Sinclair Stevens (1927–2016), Canadian politician

United States

• Andrew F. Stevens, African American banker and Pennsylvania state legislator
• Ben Stevens (1959–2022), U.S. politician, Alaska State Senator, son of Ted Stevens
• Durham Stevens (1851–1908), an American diplomat and later an employee of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ephraim E. Stevens (1851–1907), American architect and politician in Wisconsin
• Frederick P. Stevens (1810–1866), mayor of Buffalo, New York
• Hestor L. Stevens (1803–1864), U.S. Representative from Michigan
• Isaac Stevens (1818–1862), first governor of Washington Territory, brigadier general in the Union Army
• J. Christopher Stevens (1960–2012), an American diplomat and lawyer killed during the 2012 Benghazi attack in Libya
• John Stevens (New Jersey politician) (c. 1716–1792), U.S. politician, delegate to the Continental Congress
• John L. Stevens (1820–1895), U.S. diplomat
• John Paul Stevens (1920–2019), U.S. Supreme Court justice
• Richard Y. Stevens, U.S. politician (North Carolina)
• Robert T. Stevens (1899–1983), U.S. businessman and politician
• Stephen Stevens (1793–1870) Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, abolitionist
• Ted Stevens (1923–2010), U.S. politician, U.S. Senator from Alaska
• Thaddeus Stevens (1792–1868) US Congressman from Pennsylvania, a leader of the Radical Republicans and a fierce opponent of slavery

Other countries

• Jengo Stevens, Sierra Leonean politician
• Jimmy Stevens (politician) (1910s or 1920s–1994), Ni-Vanuatu politician
• Jo Stevens (born 1966), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff Central since 2015
• John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, (born 1942), former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, London
• Siaka Stevens (1905–1988), former President of Sierra Leone

Military

• Ebenezer Stevens (1751–1823), American Revolutionary War figure and New York merchant
• Jack Stevens (1896–1969), Australian general
• Thomas Holdup Stevens (1795–1841), American naval admiral in the War of 1812
• Thomas H. Stevens, Jr. (1819–1896), American naval admiral

History

• Alzina Stevens (1849–1900), American labor leader, journalist
• John Stevens (immigrant) (1682–1737), immigrant to British America, Port Collector at Perth Amboy, New Jersey
• John Austin Stevens (1827–1910), U.S. historian and businessman
• John H. Stevens (1820–1900), considered to be the first settler in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Robert Stevens (photo editor) (1938–2001), U.S. photo editor, 2001 anthrax attacks victim
• Thaddeus Stevens (1792–1868), U.S. lawyer famous for defending runaway slaves

Miscellaneous

• Albert Stevens (disambiguation)
• Christine Stevens (1918–2002), American animal welfare activist and conservationist
• Michael Stevens (disambiguation)
• Gary Stevens (disambiguation)
• Joseph Stevens (disambiguation)
• Paul Stevens (disambiguation)

Fictional characters

• The Stevens family, in Even Stevens, U.S. comedy television program
• Stevens, the Pirates' star player, Galactik Football
• Mr. Stevens, the butler in Kazuo Ishiguro's 1989 novel The Remains of the Day
• Bebe Stevens, from TV series South Park
• Chris Stevens (Northern Exposure)
• Erik Stevens, a character from Black Panther (film)
• Izzie Stevens, Grey's Anatomy
• Niki Stevens, a character on The L Word
• Serena Stevens, a fictional character in the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent