Stevenson

Stevenson

Family name
name =Stevenson


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meaning ="son of Steven"
region = Britain
origin =Britain
related names =Stephenson
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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. [cite web |url=http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Stevenson |title=Surname: Stevenson |publisher=surnamedb.com |accessdate=2008-02-26] There are variant spellings including Stephenson. People with the name include:

Extended families

* Stevenson family from Illinois, USA
**Adlai Ewing Stevenson I (1835-1914), U.S. Vice President
**Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900-1965), U.S. Ambassador to the UN
**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 (1815-1886), lighthouse engineer
** David Alan Stevenson (1854-1938), lighthouse 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
** Alan C. Stevenson Stevenson 'Cello and Bass Cases
** James Cochran Stevenson (1825 – 1905) chemical manufacturer and Member of Parliament
** Louisa Stevenson (1835 – 1908), campaigner for women's causes

urname

* 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 MPMichael "Tyga" Stevenson, musician

References


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