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

People

Medieval period

Modern era

A–F

G–M

N–Z

Fictional characters

See also