Namesakes
Fictional Characters from Books:
2 characters, 1 hero
Steve Rogers 1940 Captain America Comics 
Steve Austin 1972 Cyborg
Steve Newlin 2001 The Southern Vampire Mysteries
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 hero
Steve Rogers 2011 Captain America: The First Avenger
Fictional Characters from Television:
14 characters
Steve "Patch" Johnson 1965 Days of Our Lives
Steve Austin 1973; 1976 The Six Million Dollar Man; The Bionic Woman
Steve Rhoades 1987 Married... with Children
Steve Urkel 1989 Family Matters
Steve Sanders 1990 Beverly Hills, 90210
Steve Sloan 1993 Diagnosis: Murder
Steve Wiley 1994 Heartbreak High
Steve Brady 1998; 2021 Sex and the City; And Just Like That...
Steve Holt 2003 Arrested Development
Steve Sharpe 2005 Close to Home
Steve Smith 2005 American Dad!
Steve Newlin 2008 True Blood
Steve Hale 1987; 2016 Full House; Fuller House
Steve Harrington 2016 Stranger Things
Grammy Award Winners:
1 record of the year
(record of the year) Steve Winwood 1987 Higher Love
Hall-of-Famers:
7 football, 2 ice hockey, 1 baseball, 1 basketball
(football) Steve Van Buren 1965
(football) Steve Owen 1966
(ice hockey) Steve Shutt 1993
(baseball) Steve Carlton 1994
(football) Steve Largent 1995
(football) Steve Young 2005
(ice hockey) Steve Yzerman 2009
(basketball) Steve Nash 2018
(football) Steve Sabol 2020
(football) Steve Atwater 2020
(football) Steve Hutchinson 2020
Most Valuable Players:
4 winners
Steve Garvey 1974 baseball
Steve Young 1992; 1994 football
Steve McNair 2003 football
Steve Nash 2005; 2006 basketball
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries:
1 activist
(activist) Steve Biko 1946-1977
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
14 actors, 2 presenters, 1 comedian/presenter
Steve Cochran 1917-1965
Steve Allen 1921-2000
Steve McQueen 1930-1980
Steve Lawrence 1935-
Steve Martin 1945-
Steve Railsback 1945-
Steve Harvey 1957-
Steve Buscemi 1957-
Steve Guttenberg 1958-
Steve Irwin 1962-2006
Steve Reevis 1962-2017
Steve Carell 1962-
Steve Coogan 1965-
Steve Harris 1965-
Steve Valentine 1966-
Steve Zahn 1967-
Steve Howey 1977-
Notable Artists:
1 cartoonist
Steve Ditko 1927-2018
Notable Athletes:
2 football, 2 ice hockey, 2 soccer, 1 baseball, 1 basketball, 1 billiards, 1 rugby, 1 skiing, 1 tennis, 1 wrestling
(baseball) Steve Carlton 1944-
(ice hockey) Steve Shutt 1952-
(billiards) Steve Davis 1957-
(rugby) Steve Hansen 1959-
(football) Steve Young 1961-
(wrestling) "Stone Cold" Steve Austin 1964-
(ice hockey) Steve Yzerman 1965-
(football) Steve McNair 1973-2009
(basketball) Steve Nash 1974-
(soccer) Steve von Bergen 1983-
(skiing) Steve Missillier 1984-
(soccer) Steve Mandanda 1985-
(tennis) Steve Johnson 1989-
Notable Businesspeople:
3 businesspersons
Steve Forbes 1947-
Steve Jobs 1955-2011
Steve Ballmer 1956-
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director
Steve McQueen 1969-
Notable Musicians:
3 musicians, 1 singer
Steve Lawrence 1935-
Steve Winwood 1948-
Steve Earle 1955-
Steve Harris 1956-
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 engineer
Steve Wozniak 1950-
Olympic Medalists:
7 gold, 7 silver, 3 bronze, 2 bronze/gold, 1 bronze/silver, 1 gold/silver, 1 silver/gold
(silver) Steve Anderson 1928 110 m hurdles
(silver) Steve Seymour 1948 javelin throw
(gold) Steve Clark 1964 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(silver/gold) Steve Genter 1972 swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Steve Furniss 1972 swimming - 200 m medley
(gold) Steve Riddick 1976 4x100 m relay
(gold) Steve Sheppard 1976 basketball
(silver) Steve Gregg 1976 swimming - 200 m butterfly
(silver) Steve Pickell 1976 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(bronze/gold) Steve Ovett 1980 1500 m; 800 m
(silver) Steve Cram 1984 1500 m
(gold) Steve Lundquist 1984 swimming - 100 m breaststroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(gold) Steve Alford 1984 basketball
(gold/silver) Steve Lewis 1988; 1992 400 m; 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Steve Smith 1996 high jump
(bronze/silver) Steve Backley 1992; 1996; 2000 javelin throw
(gold) Steve Smith 2000 basketball
(gold) Steve Hooker 2008 pole vault
(bronze/gold) Steve Guerdat 2008; 2012 equestrian
(silver) Steve Missillier 2014 alpine skiing
(bronze) Steve Johnson 2016 tennis
(silver) Steve Wijler 2020 archery - mixed team
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
15 musicians
Steve Cropper 1992 Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Steve Boone 2000 The Lovin' Spoonful
Steve Nieve 2003 Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Steve Winwood 2004 Traffic
Steve Gaines 2006 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Steve Jones 2006 The Sex Pistols
Steve Hackett 2010 Genesis
Steve Marriott 2012 Small Faces/Faces
Steve Fossen 2013 Heart
Steve Miller 2016
Steve Howe 2017 Yes
Steve Perry 2017 Journey
Steve Smith 2017 Journey
Steve Clark 2019 Def Leppard
Steve Currie 2020 T. Rex