Stefan (given name)

Stefan or Stephan is a masculine given name, a form of the English name Stephen.

People

Medieval period

Ordered chronologically

• Stefan Vojislav (died 1043), Serbian Byzantine governor and Prince of Duklja
• Stefan (archbishop of Uppsala), Sweden, (before 1150–1185), first archbishop from 1164 to 1185
• Stefan Nemanja or Stefan I, Nemanja (c. 1109–1199), grand prince of the Serb state of Raška
• Stefan Nemanjić or Stefan II, Nemanja (1176–1228), proclaimed King of Serbia in 1217
• Stefan Radoslav of Serbia (c. 1192 – c. 1235), King of Serbia, son of Nemanjić
• Stefan Vladislav I of Serbia (died after 1264), son of Stefan Nemanjić
• Stefan Dragutin (died 1316), King of Serbia, son of Stefan Uroš I
• Stefan Uroš II Milutin of Serbia (1282–1321)
• Stefan Vladislav II of Syrmia (1321 – c. 1325)
• Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia (1321–1331)
• Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia (Dušan the Mighty) (1331–1355), king 1331–1346; tsar 1346–1355
• Stefan Uroš V of Serbia (Uroš the Weak) (1355–1371), tsar
• Stefan Lazarević (c. 1377–1427), Serbian despot
• Stefan Lochner (c. 1410–1451), German painter
• Stefan Branković (c. 1417–1476), Serbian despot
• Stefan I Crnojević (1426–1465), Lord of Zeta (Montenegro) 1451–1465
• Stefan II Crnojević, lord of Zeta (Montenegro) 1496–1499

Modern era

A–F

• Stefan Airapetjan (born 1997), Estonian singer and Eurovision 2022 competitor
• Stefan Andersson (born 1967), Swedish singer-songwriter
• Stefan Andres (1906–1970), German novelist
• Stefan Banach (1892–1945), Polish mathematician
• Stefan Baretzki (1919–1988), Romanian-German concentration camp guard
• Stefan Bellof (1957–1985), German racing driver
• Stefan Birčević (born 1989), Serbian basketball player
• Stefan Bogoridi (1775–1859), Ottoman statesman of Bulgarian origin
• Stefan Bradl (born 1989), German motorcycle racer
• Stefan Brink (born 1952), Swedish philologist
• Stefan Brogren (born 1972), Canadian actor, director, and producer
• Stefan Brzózka (1931–2023), Polish chess player
• Stefan Burnett (born 1978), American musician, rapper and visual artist
• Stefan Charles (born 1988), American football player
• Stefan Czarniecki (1599–1665), Polish nobleman, general and military commander
• Stefan Dembiński (1887–1972), Polish general
• Stefan Dennis (born 1958), Australian actor
• Stefan Docx (born 1974), Belgian chess player
• Stefan Dohr (born 1965), German horn player
• Stefan Drzewiecki (1844–1938), Polish engineer and inventor
• Stefan Edberg (born 1966), Swedish tennis player
• Stefan Effenberg (born 1968), German footballer
• Stefan Everts (born 1972), Belgian motocross racer
• Stefan Fatsis (born 1963), American author and journalist
• Stefan Florescu (1926/1927–2010), American paralympic swimmer and table tennis player
• Stefan Frenkel (1902–1979), American violinist

G–M

• Stefan George (1868–1933), German poet, editor, and translator
• Stefan Gieren, German film producer and writer
• Stefan Golaszewski, British-Polish writer, performer, and director
• Stefan Grimm (1963–2014), German biologist and professor
• Stefan Groothuis (born 1981), Dutch speed skater
• Stefan Heinig (born 1962), German business executive
• Stefan Hell (born 1962), Romanian-born German physicist
• Stefan Holm (born 1976), Swedish high jumper
• Stefan Holt (born 1986/1987), American journalist and TV news anchor
• Stefan Humphries (born 1962), American former football player
• Stefan Ilsanker (luger) (born 1965), West German luger
• Stefan Ilsanker (footballer) (born 1989), Austrian footballer
• Stefan Jędrychowski (1910–1996), Polish politician
• Stefan de Leval Jezierski (born 1954), American horn player
• Stefan Johansen (born 1991), Norwegian footballer
• Stefan Jović (born 1990), Serbian basketball player
• Stefan Kälin (born 1942), Swiss alpine skier
• Stefan Kalipha (born 1940), British actor originally from Trinidad
• Stefan Kießling (born 1984), German footballer
• Stefan Kramer (born 1982), Chilean impressionist
• Stefan Koubek (born 1977), Austrian tennis player
• Stefan Kraft (born 1993), Austrian ski jumper
• Stefan Küng (born 1993), Swiss cyclist
• Stefan Koch (born 1964), German basketball coach
• Stefan Kuntz (born 1962), German footballer
• Stefan Lamanna (born 1995), Canadian soccer player
• Stefan Langerman, Belgian mathematician and computer scientist
• Stefan Lindemann (born 1980), German figure skater
• Stefan Liv (1980–2011), Polish-born Swedish ice hockey goaltender
• Stefan Łodwigowski (1815–1895), Polish composer
• Stefan Löfven (born 1957), Swedish politician and former Prime Minister of Sweden
• Stefan Lövgren (born 1970), Swedish handball player
• Stefan Lulchev (1971–2017), Bulgarian footballer
• Stefan Lux (1888–1936), Slovak journalist
• Stefan Maierhofer (born 1982), Austrian footballer
• Stefan Majewski (born 1956), Polish footballer
• Stefan Mappus (born 1966), German politician
• Stefan Marković (born 1988), Serbian basketball player
• Stefan Matz, German head chef
• Stefan Mitrović (born 1988), Serbian water polo player
• Stefan Mohr (born 1967), German chess player

N–Z

• Stefan Nadelman, American film director and animator
• Stefan Nigro (born 1996), Australian footballer
• Stefan Nimke (born 1978), German track cyclist
• Stefan Noesen (born 1993), American ice hockey player
• Stefan Nutz (born 1992) Austrian football player
• Stefan Nystrand (born 1981), Swedish swimmer
• Stefan Olsdal (born 1974), Swedish rock guitarist
• Stefan Pejic (born 1988), Welsh actor
• Stefan Peno (born 1997), Serbian basketball player
• Stefan Persson (born 1947), Swedish business magnate
• Stefan Pettersson (born 1963), Swedish footballer
• Stefan Petzner (born 1981), Austrian BZÖ politician
• Stefan Raab (born 1966), German entertainer, comedian, musician and TV host
• Stefan Raunser (born 1976), German scientist
• Stefan Ravaničanin (c. 1670–after 1733), Serbian monk and chronicler
• Stefan Rehn (born 1966), Swedish football player and manager
• Stefan Reinartz (born 1989), German footballer
• Stefan Reuter (born 1966), German football player and manager
• Stefan Rowecki (1895–1944), Polish general, journalist and leader of the resistance during World War II
• Stefan Ruzowitzky (born 1961), Austrian film director and screenwriter
• Stefan Rzadzinski (born 1993), Canadian racing driver
• Stefan Sandborg (born 1970), Swedish Army major general
• Stefan Savić (born 1991), Montenegrin footballer
• Stefan Schörghuber (1961–2008), German businessman
• Stefan Schwarz (born 1969), Swedish football player and manager
• Stefan Schumacher (born 1981), German road racing cyclist
• Stefan Skarbek, British songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and singer
• Stefan Sofiyanski (born 1951), Bulgarian politician
• Stefan Soltész (1949–2022), Hungarian-born Austrian conductor
• Stefan Soroka (born 1951), Canadian archbishop
• Stefan Stambolov (1854–1895), Bulgarian journalist, revolutionist, poet
• Stefan Strandberg (born 1990), Norwegian footballer
• Stefan Takov (born 2002), Serbian taekwondo practitioner
• Stefan Torssell (born 1946), Swedish sea captain, author, lecturer and reporter
• Stefan Toshev (1859–1924), Bulgarian General during World War I
• Stefan de Vrij (born 1992), Dutch footballer
• Stefan Wallin (born 1967), Swedish-Finnish politician
• Stefan Wilmont - Polish criminal who assassinated the mayor of Gdańsk
• Stefan William (born 1993), Indonesian actor on SCTV
• Stefan Wisniewski (born 1953), German extremist convicted criminal
• Stefan Wul (1922–2003), pseudonym of Pierre Pairault, French science fiction writer
• Stefan Wyszyński (1901–1981), Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
• Stefan Yanev (1939–2024), Bulgarian football player, sports journalist, and author
• Stefan Żeromski (1864–1925), Polish novelist and dramatist
• Stefan Zweig (1881–1942), Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer

Fictional characters

• King Stefan, father of Princess Aurora in the 1959 Disney animated film Sleeping Beauty
• Stefan DiMera, in the soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Stefan Salvatore, in The Vampire Diaries novel and TV series
• Stefan Urquelle the alter ego of Steve Urkel from the show Family Matters

See also

• Stefan (surname), a surname
• Stefa, a female given name
• Stefaan, a masculine given name
• Stefen, a masculine given name
• Stephan (given name), a masculine given name

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This page was last edited on 28 April 2024, at 05:56