Modern musicians such as Little Richard, Mark Farner, Dan Peek, Donna Summer, Bob Dylan, Kerry Livgren, Dave Hope, Dave Mustaine, Nicko McBrain, Roger McGuinn, Ted Nugent, Kanye West, Carrie Underwood, Johnny Cash, Brian Welch, Keith Farley, Cliff Richard, Charlie Daniels, Randy Travis, Alice Cooper, Steven Tyler, Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon, and Lou Gramm were artists whose born again conversions had an impact on modern culture.

Eric Steven Raymond ( born December 4, 1957 ), often referred to as ESR, is an American computer programmer, author and open source software advocate.

* Ronald Steven Lewis ; born December 1949 ( adopted ) with Patti Palmer

Mickey Hart ( born Michael Steven Hartman ; September 11, 1943 ) is an American percussionist and musicologist.

Steven Andrew Soderbergh (; born January 14, 1963 ) is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and an Academy Award-winning film director.

Steve Lacy ( July 23, 1934 – June 4, 2004 ), born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was a jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone.

The most well-known building on campus is the Chapel of St. Ignatius, designed by New York architect Steven Holl, born in Bremerton, Washington: the 1997 building won a national Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects in 1998.

Steven Anthony " Steve " Ballmer ( born March 24, 1956 ) is an American businessman who currently serves as the CEO of Microsoft, having held that post since January 2000., his personal wealth is estimated at $ 15. 7 billion, ranking number 19 on the Forbes 400.

* Steven Berkoff ( actor, born in Stepney )

Steven Smale a. k. a. Steve Smale, Stephen Smale ( born July 15, 1930 ) is an American mathematician from Flint, Michigan.

Steven Arthur Pinker ( born September 18, 1954 ) is a Canadian-born experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, linguist and popular science author.

Together they had twins, Johnny Stacy and Kristopher Steven, born 30 November 1995, and named after family friends Johnny Cash and Christopher Reeve.

Ritchie Valens ( born Richard Steven Valenzuela ; May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959 ) was a Mexican-American singer, songwriter and guitarist.

Steven Karl Zoltán Brust ( born November 23, 1955 ) is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent.

Scotland international footballers Billy Bremner, John Colquhoun, Duncan Ferguson, and brothers Gary and Steven Caldwell were born in Stirling.

* Steven Weber ( actor ) ( born 1961 ), American actor

Steven Frederic Seagal ( born April 10, 1952 ) is an American action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, guitarist and reserve deputy sheriff.

Steven Paul Smith was born at the Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, the only child to Gary Smith, a student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Bunny Kay Berryman, an elementary school music teacher.

* Steven Tandy ( born 1952 ), Australian actor

They had three children: Gail ( born 14 September 1953 ); Gary ( born 21 April 1956 ) and Steven ( born 1969 and adopted in 1973 ).

Steven Mann ( born in Hamilton, Ontario ), is a tenured professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with cross-appointments to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Faculty of Forestry, at the University of Toronto.

Steven Howard " Steve " Antin ( born April 19, 1958 ) is an American actor, stunt man, screenwriter, producer, and director.

The first vignette, " Strange to Meet You ", had been shot for and aired on Saturday Night Live in 1986, and paired Roberto Benigni with comedian Steven Wright.

* 1986 – Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer

* In 1986, Steven Brust was a Guest of Honor at the Per Ardua Ad Astra science fiction convention in Toronto, and he contributed the Vlad Taltos short story " A Dream of Passion " to the convention chapbook.

" In 1986, DeVito directed and starred in an episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories.

A list of past honorary degree recipients, include: Beverly Sills ( 1975 ), Roy Lichtenstein ( 1977 ), Twyla Tharp ( 1978 ), Gordon Davidson ( 1980 ) Haskell Wexler ( 1981 ) Mischa Schneider ( 1981 ), Bella Lewitzky ( 1981 ), Henry Mancini ( 1983 ), Jan de Gaetani ( 1983 ), Ravi Shankar ( 1985 ), John Cage ( 1986 ), Frank O. Gehry ( 1987 ), Trisha Brown ( 1988 ), Donn B. Tatum ( 1989 ), Luis Valdez ( 1989 ), Paul Taylor ( 1989 ), Ornette Coleman ( 1990 ), Beatrice Manley ( 1990 ), Lulu May Von Hagen ( 1990 ), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ( 1991 ), Pearl Primus ( 1991 ), Adrian Piper ( 1992 ), Ray Bradbury ( 1992 ), Yvonne Rainer ( 1993 ), Steven Bochco ( 1993 ), Stan Brakhage ( 1994 ), Vija Celmins ( 1994 ), Betye Saar ( 1995 ), Carolyn Forche ( 1995 ), Laurie Anderson ( 1996 ), Elvin Jones ( 1996 ), Chantal Akerman ( 1997 ), Lee Breuer ( 1998 ), Ed Ruscha ( 1999 ), Bill Viola ( 2000 ), Steve Reich ( 2000 ), Ry Cooder ( 2001 ), Faith Hubley ( 2001 ), Bruce Nauman ( 2001 ), Alice Coltrane ( 2002 ), Roy E. Disney ( 2003 ), Anna Halprin ( 2003 ), Carolee Schneemann ( 2003 ), Christian Wolff ( 2004 ), Daniel Nagrin ( 2004 ), James Newton ( 2005 ), Harrison “ Buzz ” Price ( 2005 ), Julius Shulman ( 2005 ), Rudy VanderLans ( 2006 ), Rudy Perez ( 2006 ), Alonzo King ( 2007 ), Harry Belafonte ( 2008 ), Herbert Blau ( 2008 ), Terry Riley ( 2008 ), Elizabeth LeCompte ( 2009 ), Morton Subotnick ( 2009 ), William M. Lowman ( 2010 ), Trimpin ( 2010 ), Annette Bening ( 2011 ), Donald McKayle ( 2011 ), and Peter Sellars ( 2012 ).

* Steven Francis " Steve " Cantwell ( born 1986 ), American mixed martial arts fighter

* 1st Concerto for Orchestra by Steven Stucky ( 1986 – 87 )

In 1986, Steven Bochco was searching for writers with a law background for his new NBC legal series, L. A. Law.

One of the authors of this seminal 1986 paper, United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, would go on to use optical tweezing in his work on cooling and trapping neutral atoms.

* Ozment, Steven, The Age of Reform 1250 – 1550, An Intellectual and Religious History of Late Medieval and Reformation Europe, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1986, ISBN 978-0-300-02760-0

* Beyer Steven L., The Star Guide, Little, Brown and Company, 1986.

* Adrift: 76 Days Lost At Sea, a 1986 book by Steven Callahan

In 1986, Steven C. Haack concluded that the warming was slower than previously thought and that the process probably took four hours.

Journalist Steven Poole wrote in The Guardian that " Neuromancer and the two novels which followed, Count Zero ( 1986 ) and the gorgeously titled Mona Lisa Overdrive ( 1988 ), made up a fertile holy trinity, a sort of Chrome Koran ( the name of one of Gibson's future rock bands ) of ideas inviting endless reworkings.

Teaming up with producer Steven Spielberg, Bluth's next project instead turned out to be An American Tail ( 1986 ), which at the time of its release became the highest grossing non-Disney animated film of all time, grossing $ 45 million in the United States and over $ 150 million worldwide.

After a two-year appearance on the soap opera, Ryan's Hope, Bernsen was awarded the role as lawyer Arnold Becker on the hit Steven Bochco television series, L. A. Law in 1986.

In 1986, dancers Erin Stevens and Steven Mitchell contacted Manning and asked him to teach them the Lindy Hop.

However when the executive producer Steven Spielberg went to acquire the rights in 1986, MGM's pre-1986 library ( which Tom and Jerry were a part of ) was being purchased by Turner Entertainment which created a series of legal complications.

Later that month Erik Turner was at a gig watching a band called Plain Jane who had become a regular feature in the L. A. club circuit and he was impressed by the bands songwriting and vocal performance, and invited lead singer Jani Lane and drummer Steven Sweet to jam with his band at Hollywood's db Sound in September 1986.

* Steven Old ( born 1986 ), New Zealand footballer

In June 1986 he was visited by Los Angeles Police Officer Steven Takeshita and FBI Agent Nellie Magdaloyo.

This is the original 1986 short Coffee and Cigarettes with Roberto Benigni and Steven Wright having a conversation about coffee and cigarettes.

Steven Weber ( Survival Expert ) ( Born 1986 )

* C. Michael Hogan, Steven Wanat et al., Environmental Impact Report for the Poposed Nine Unit Subdivision at 565 Remillard Drive ( Carolands Chateau Site ), Hillsborough, prepared for the town of Hillsborough by Earth Metrics Inc, Burlingame, California, January 15, 1986