Stevenson
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[edit] Surname
- See also Stephenson
- Stevenson family:
- Stevenson political family:
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson I (1835-1914), twenty-fifth Vice President of the United States.
- Lewis G. Stevenson, U.S. politician, Illinois secretary of state.
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900-1965), U.S. politician, U.S. Ambassador to the UN.
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson III (born 1930), U.S. Senator.
- Other members:
- McLean Stevenson (1929-1996), actor.
- Stevenson political family:
- A Scottish family of (mostly) lighthouse designers and engineers:
- Robert Stevenson (1772–1850)
- Alan Stevenson (1807-1865)
- David Stevenson (1815-1886)
- Thomas Stevenson (1818-1887)
- David Alan Stevenson (1854-1938)
- Charles Alexander Stevenson (1855-1950)
- Author D. E. Stevenson (1892-1973)
- Robert Alan Mowbray Stevenson (1847-1900) art critic
- The most famous member of the family was the author:
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), writer of Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
- For the several other people called Robert Stevenson, see Robert Stevenson (disambiguation page).
- Brothers and sisters from a large Scottish family with links to Tyneside:
- Flora Stevenson (1839-1905) Scottish education reformer
- J.J. Stevenson (1831-1908), architect in Scotland and England
- James Cochran Stevenson (1825–1905) chemical manufacturer on Tyneside and MP
- Louisa Stevenson (1835 – 1908) Scottish campaigner for women's causes
- Alexandra Stevenson, American professional tennis player
- Carter Stevenson, Confederate Major General in the American Civil War.
- Charles Leslie Stevenson (1908-1979), philosopher.
- Frank A. Stevenson - Norwegian cryptanalyst.
- Ian Stevenson psychiatrist and researcher of reincarnation.
- Jessica Stevenson - An English Writer and Actress.
- Ronald Stevenson (b. 1928) - Scottish composer
- Teofilo Stevenson (b. 1952) - Cuban boxer.
- Tommy Stevenson - a jazz trumpet player.
- Trudy Stevenson - Zimbabwean opposition MP.
[edit] Communities in the U.S.
- Stevenson, Alabama
- Stevenson, Maryland
- Stevenson, Washington
- Stevenson, California
[edit] Educational institutions
- Stevenson School
- Stevenson College, one of the residential colleges at the University of California, Santa Cruz
- Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois