Stefan (given name)

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

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

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 Romaniw (1955–2024), Ukrainian-Australian activist
 * 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 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