Stein (surname)

Stein is a surname with different origins. The name derived from German ([ʃtaɪn]) means "stone" or "rock", the Scottish name (/stiːn/; also Steen) a form of Steven.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Aaron Marc Stein, nom de plume of American novelist George Bagby (author)
• Allan Stein, nephew of Gertrude Stein and the title of a novel by Matthew Stadler
• Arthur Stein, American professor of political science
• Aurel Stein (1862–1943), Hungarian-UK archaeologist
• Ben Stein (born 1944), American actor, writer, and attorney
• Boris Shtein (or Stein) (1892–1961), Soviet diplomat
• Charles Stein (disambiguation)
• Charlotte von Stein (1742–1827), lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar
• Clarence Stein (1882–1975), American urban planner, architect, and writer
• Colin Stein, Scottish footballer, formerly of Rangers FC
• David Stein, art forger
• Dieter Stein (born 1967), German journalist
• Edith Stein (1891–1942), German-Jewish philosopher
• Elias M. Stein (born 1931), American mathematician
• Fritz Stein 1879–1961), German theologian, conductor, musicologist and church musician
• Gertrude Stein, writer
• Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein (1757–1831), Prussian statesman
• Jason Stein, American college baseball coach
• James Stein (c1804-1877), Australian pioneer pastoralist
• Jill Stein (born 1950), American Green Party politician and presidential candidate
• Jock Stein, Scottish football manager, formerly of Celtic FC
• Johann Andreas Stein (1728–1792), German maker of keyboard instruments, principal designer of the "Viennese" fortepiano
• John Stein (disambiguation)
• Joseph Allen Stein (1912–2001), American architect, renowned for his work in India
• Jules C. Stein (1896–1981), American musician, physician, and business leader
• Karl Stein (mathematician) (1913–2000), German mathematician
• Konrad Stein (1892–1960), German wrestler
• Leo Stein (1872-1947), American art critic and brother of Gertrude Stein
• Leon Stein (1910-2002), American composer and music analyst
• Leonid Stein, Soviet chess grandmaster
• Peter Stein (born 1937), German theatre and opera director
• Philip Stein (born 1919), American painter
• Rick Stein, English chef, restaurateur and television presenter
• Robert Stein (disambiguation)
• Samuel Friedrich Stein (1818–1885), Czech entomologist
• William A. Stein (born 1974), American mathematician
• William Howard Stein (1911–1980), American biochemist

Fictional characters:

• Professor Martin Stein, one half of the original incarnation of the DC comics superhero Firestorm
• Chase Stein, in the Marvel Comics series Runaways
• Dr. Franken Stein, in the manga and anime series Soul Eater
• Franny K. Stein, the titular character of an ongoing children's series by Jim Benton

References

1. Black, George F. (1993) [1946]. The Surnames of Scotland. Edinburgh: New York Public Library/Birlinn. p. 746. ISBN 1-874744-07-6. Syncopated form of STEVEN.