Stephanus

Stephanus is a masculine given name, a surname and a genus. It may refer to:

Sole name

• Stephanus I of Antioch, Patriarch of Antioch 342–344
• Stephanus of Byzantium, 6th century author of an important geographical dictionary
• Stephanus of Alexandria, 7th-century Byzantine philosopher, astronomer and teacher
• Stephanus (insect), a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Stephanidae

Various members of the Estienne family of Parisian printers and scholars

• Henri Estienne (elder) (1470-1520), Parisian printer also known as Henricus Stephanus, father of Charles and Robert Estienne
• Robert Estienne (1503-1559), known as Robertus Stephanus in Latin, French printer and classical scholar in Paris
• Charles Estienne (1504–1564), Carolus Stephanus in Latin, an early exponent of the science of anatomy in France, brother of Robert Estienne
• Henri Estienne (1528 or 1531–1598), Henricus Stephanus in Latin, French printer and classical scholar, son of Robert Estienne

Given name

• Stephanus Ackermann (born 1985), Namibian cricketer
• Étienne Baluze (1630–1718), French scholar also known as Stephanus Baluzius
• Stoof Bezuidenhout (born 1986), South African rugby union player
• Stephanus Biermann (1918-2003), South African rear admiral
• Stef Blok (born 1964), Dutch politician
• Stephanus Brodericus (c. 1480–1539), Croatian–Hungarian bishop, diplomat and humanist writer
• Stephan Coetzee (born 1992, South African rugby union player
• Stephanus Jacobus du Toit (1847–1911), controversial South African nationalist, theologian, journalist and failed politician
• Stephanus Grobler (born 1982), South African former cricketer
• Stephanus Paul Kruger (1825-1904), South African political and military figure, President of the South African Republic
• Stephanus Lombaard, South African athlete who competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics
• Stephanus Le Roux Marais 1896-1979), South African composer
• Stephan Myburgh (born 1984), Dutch cricketer
• Fanie du Plessis (1930-2001), South African discus thrower and shot putter
• Stephanus Schoeman (1810–1890), State President of the South African Republic (1860-1862)
• Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643–1700), first native-born mayor of New York City
• Stephanus Versluys (1694-1736), 21st Governor of Dutch Ceylon

Surname

• Willy Stephanus (born 1991), Namibian international footballer