Editing Stephenson

{{About|the surname Stephenson|other uses|Stephenson (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox surname
| name          = Stephenson
| image         = 
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| caption       = 
| pronunciation = 
| meaning       = "son of Stephen"<br>(from Greek "stephanos", meaning "crown")
| languageorigin = English
| variant = [[Steffensen]], [[Stefansson]], [[Stephensen]], [[Stevenson]], [[Stivenson]]
| footnotes     = Frequency Comparisons<ref>{{cite web| url = http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/stephenson| title = Stephenson Surname at Forebears}}</ref>
}}

'''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 |access-date=2008-02-26}}</ref> People with the surname include:

* [[Ashley Stephenson]] (born 1982), Canadian hockey and baseball player
* [[Ashley Stephenson (horticulturalist)|Ashley Stephenson]] (1927–2021), British horticulturalist
* [[Benjamin Stephenson (disambiguation)]], several people
* [[Ben Stephenson]] (fl. 1990s–2020s), Anglo-American television executive
* [[Chandler Stephenson]] (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player
* [[Charles Bruce Stephenson]] (1929–2001), American astronomer
* [[D. C. Stephenson]] (1891–1966), American, Ku Klux Klan leader
* [[Debra Stephenson]] (born 1972), British actress
* [[Dwight Stephenson]], American football player
* [[Earl Stephenson]] (born 1947), American baseball pitcher
* [[F. Richard Stephenson]] (born 1941), British astronomer 
* [[Gene Stephenson]], American college baseball coach
* [[George Stephenson]] (1781–1848), British mechanical engineer who created Stephenson's Rocket
* [[George Robert Stephenson]] (1819–1905), English civil engineer (nephew of George Stephenson)
* [[George Stephenson (disambiguation)]], multiple other people
* [[Gilbert Stephenson]] (1878–1972), British Vice Admiral
* [[Gordon Stephenson]] (1908–1997), Australian town planner and architect
* [[Helga Stephenson]], Canadian media executive
* [[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
* [[June Ethel Stephenson]] (1914–1999), Australian artist
* [[Lance Stephenson]] (born 1990), American professional basketball player
* [[M. F. Stephenson]] (1801 – after 1878), U.S. assayer of the Dahlonega, Georgia Mint
* [[Neal Stephenson]] (born 1959), U.S. author
* [[Nicola Stephenson]] (born 1971), British actress
* [[Pamela Stephenson]] (born 1949), New Zealand-Australian comedian, actress and psychologist, also known as Pamela Connolly
* [[Paul Stephenson (footballer)]] (born 1968), former British footballer
* [[Paul Stephenson (civil rights campaigner)]] (born 1937), British civil rights campaigner
* [[Paul Stephenson (police officer)|Sir Paul Stephenson]] (born 1983), former [[London, England|London]] 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)
* [[Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight]] (born 1953), U.S. Wikipedia editor
* [[Roy Laverne Stephenson]] (1917–1982), judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
* [[Samuel M. Stephenson]] (1803–1859), U.S. politician from Michigan
* [[Sean Stephenson]] (1979–2019), American therapist, writer, and speaker
* [[Shay Stephenson]] (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
* [[Thomas Alan Stephenson]] (1898–1961), British zoologist
* [[Tyler Stephenson]] (born 1996), American baseball player
* [[William Stephenson]] (1897–1989), Canadian soldier, airman, businessman, inventor, and spymaster
* [[William Stephenson (psychologist)]] (1902–1989), psychologist and physicist
* [[William Haswell Stephenson]] (1836–1918), English industrialist and philanthropist in Newcastle upon Tyne

==See also==
*[[Justice Stephenson (disambiguation)]]

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==References==
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