Steyn

Steyn is a Dutch surname.

The most common South African progenitor was Douwe Gerbrand Steyn who arrived in South Africa in c. 1672 as a stonemason and married Maria Lozee in 1685. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Andrie Steyn, South African cricketer
 * Carole Steyn (born 1938), British abstract painter
 * Christo Steyn (born 1961), South African tennis player
 * Dale Steyn (born 1983), South African cricketer
 * Douw Steyn (born 1952), South African billionaire businessman
 * Esme Steyn (born 1953), South African lawn bowls player
 * François Steyn (born 1987), South African rugby player
 * Gary Steyn (born 1961), Zimbabwean cricketer
 * Hermanus Steyn (1743–1804), President of Republic of Swellendam
 * Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn (1932–2017), South African jurist
 * Karen Steyn (born 1970), British High Court judge
 * Lucas Cornelius Steyn (1903–1976), South African politician
 * Mark Steyn (born 1959), Canadian journalist
 * Martinus Theunis Steyn (1857–1916), South African lawyer, politician, and statesman
 * Morné Steyn (born 1984), South African rugby player
 * Pieter Steyn (1706–1772), Dutch politician
 * Richard Steyn (born 1944), South African newspaper editor, historian and cricketer
 * Rudi Steyn (born 1967), South African cricketer
 * Santjie Steyn (born 1972), South African lawn bowls player
 * Stephen Steyn (1889–1917), South African rugby union player and soldier
 * Stephen Steyn (cricketer) (1905–1993), South African cricketer
 * Trish Steyn (born 1952), South African lawn bowls player