# Steyn

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**Steyn** is a Dutch surname.

The most common South African progenitor was [Douwe Gerbrand Steyn](/source/Douwe_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](/source/Andrie_Steyn), South African cricketer
- [Carole Steyn](/source/Carole_Steyn) (born 1938), British abstract painter
- [Christo Steyn](/source/Christo_Steyn) (born 1961), South African tennis player
- [Dale Steyn](/source/Dale_Steyn) (born 1983), South African cricketer
- [Douw Steyn](/source/Douw_Steyn) (1952–2025), South African billionaire businessman
- [Esme Steyn](/source/Esme_Steyn) (born 1953), South African lawn bowls player
- [François Steyn](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Steyn) (born 1987), South African rugby player
- [Gary Steyn](/source/Gary_Steyn) (born 1961), Zimbabwean cricketer
- [Hermanus Steyn](/source/Hermanus_Steyn) (1743–1804), President of Republic of Swellendam
- [Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn](/source/Johan_Steyn,_Baron_Steyn) (1932–2017), South African jurist
- [Karen Steyn](/source/Karen_Steyn) (born 1970), British High Court judge
- [Lucas Cornelius Steyn](/source/Lucas_Cornelius_Steyn) (1903–1976), South African politician
- [Luke Steyn](/source/Luke_Steyn) (born 1993), Zimbabwean alpine skier
- [Mark Steyn](/source/Mark_Steyn) (born 1959), Canadian journalist
- [Martinus Theunis Steyn](/source/Martinus_Theunis_Steyn) (1857–1916), South African lawyer, politician, and statesman
- [Morné Steyn](/source/Morn%C3%A9_Steyn) (born 1984), South African rugby player
- [Pieter Steyn](/source/Pieter_Steyn) (1706–1772), Dutch politician
- [Richard Steyn](/source/Richard_Steyn) (born 1944), South African newspaper editor, historian and cricketer
- [Rudi Steyn](/source/Rudi_Steyn) (born 1967), South African cricketer
- [Santjie Steyn](/source/Santjie_Steyn) (born 1972), South African lawn bowls player
- [Stephen Steyn](/source/Stephen_Steyn) (1889–1917), South African rugby union player and soldier
- [Stephen Steyn (cricketer)](/source/Stephen_Steyn_(cricketer)) (1905–1993), South African cricketer
- [Trish Steyn](/source/Trish_Steyn) (born 1952), South African lawn bowls player

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