The case of the " King's Province " was finally & permanently decided by His Majesty's Commissioners in Rhode Island's favor, and so " The King's Province " became " The King's County ", and this last sobriquet lasted until after the American Revolution, at which time it seemed most appropriate for Rhode Island's oldest sovereign territory & most recent county to assume the name of a frequent & beloved visitor at a number of Narragansett Planter homes, the new Republic's General & now President Washington.

* Stephen F. Austin ( 1793 – 1836 ), American politician, founder of Texas

* 1970 – Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist and songwriter ( Deftones and Sol Invicto )

* 1961 – Stephen Hillenburg, American animator, writer, director, and producer

* 1972 – Stephen Saux, American actor

Former colonial governors of Rhode Island Stephen Hopkins and Samuel Ward, as well as the Reverend Isaac Backus and the Reverend Samuel Stillman, were among those who played an instrumental role in Brown's foundation and later became American revolutionaries.

Burton Stephen " Burt " Lancaster ( November 2, 1913-October 20, 1994 ) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique, blue eyes and distinctive smile ( which he called " The Grin ").

Although the March 2007 issue of Foreign Policy listed BJU as one of " The World's Most Controversial Religious Sites " because of its past influence on American politics, BJU has seen little political controversy since Stephen Jones became president.

* Commodore ( shipwreck ), a steamer lost to a maritime disaster in 1897 that occurred off the coast of Daytona Beach, Florida, of which American novelist Stephen Crane was a surviving passenger

Stephen Donaldson ( July 27, 1946 – July 18, 1996 ), born Robert Anthony Martin, Jr and also known by the pseudonym Donny the Punk, was an American bisexual-identified LGBT political activist.

* 1951 – Stephen Nichols, American actor

* 1941 – Stephen Albert, American composer ( d. 1992 )

* 1986 – Stephen Colletti, American TV star

* 1964 – Stephen G. Bowen, American astronaut

* Stephen Schlesinger, Stephen Kinzer, Bitter Fruit: The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1982

Stephen Pearl AndrewsFor American anarchist historian Eunice Minette Schuster " It is apparent ... that Proudhonian Anarchism was to be found in the United States at least as early as 1848 and that it was not conscious of its affinity to the Individualist Anarchism of Josiah Warren and Stephen Pearl Andrews ... William B. Greene presented this Proudhonian Mutualism in its purest and most systematic form .".

For American anarchist historian Eunice Minette Schuster " It is apparent ... that Proudhonian Anarchism was to be found in the United States at least as early as 1848 and that it was not conscious of its affinity to the Individualist Anarchism of Josiah Warren and Stephen Pearl Andrews ... William B. Greene presented this Proudhonian Mutualism in its purest and most systematic form .".

* 1815 – War of 1812: American frigate, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.

* 1900 – Stephen Crane, American author ( b. 1871 )

* 1959 – Stephen Pearcy, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist ( Ratt, Arcade, Vertex, and Vicious Delite )

* 1826 – Stephen Foster, American songwriter ( d. 1864 )

* 1867 – Stephen Mather, American entrepreneur and industrialist ( d. 1930 )

By the summer of 1846, American forces under General Stephen W. Kearny had captured New Mexico.

* 1898 – Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet and novelist ( d. 1943 )

At last the White House is going to get some much-copied furniture by that master American craftsman, Duncan Phyfe, whose designs were snubbed in his lifetime when the U. S. Presidents of the 19th Century sent abroad for their furnishings.

Authenticated pieces of Duncan Phyfe furniture are uncommon, although millions of American homes today display pieces patterned after the style trends he set 150 years ago.

* 1976 – Tim Duncan, American basketball player

* Chris Duncan ( born 1981 ), American baseball player

* 1981 – Chris Duncan, American baseball player

El Rey Inn | El Rey Court boasted American Automobile Association | AAA, Duncan Hines and Best Western | The Best Western Motels approval.

* 1964 – Robert Duncan McNeill, American actor

* 1969 – Duncan Sheik, American singer and songwriter

* 1964 – Arne Duncan, American political figure

* Blau, Peter & Duncan Otis D .; The American Occupational Structure ( 1967 ) classic study of structure and mobility

Dancers and choreographers such as Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, Martha Graham, Jose Limon, Doris Humphrey, Merce Cunningham and Paul Taylor re-defined movement, struggling to bring it back to its ' natural ' roots and along with Jazz, created a solely American art form.

** Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor ( d. 2012 )

** Gary Duncan, American rock guitarist ( Quicksilver Messenger Service )

** Todd Duncan, American opera singer ( b. 1903 )

* February 7 – William Duncan, American actor ( b. 1879 )

* February 3 – Robert Duncan, American poet ( b. 1919 )

* January 23 – David Douglas Duncan, American photojournalist

** Robert Duncan, American astrophysicist

** Bryan Duncan, American Christian musician

* May 26 – Isadora Duncan, American dancer ( d. 1927 )

** Isadora Duncan, American dancer ( b. 1877 )

* October 9 – War of 1812: American naval forces under Lieutenant Jesse Duncan Elliott capture two British warships, and HMS Caledonia.

** Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor ( b. 1957 )

The first prominent American to reveal his homosexuality was the poet Robert Duncan.

American rock critic Robert Duncan used cargo cults as an organizing metaphor for the social dislocations in 1960-1970s America in his 1984 book, The Noise.