Family name Stead (Stead 
, ستيد, ステッド) , in the world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Stead is habitual in Jersey, where it is quite a common surname, Djibouti, and the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare surname. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. Very seldom, Stead is the forename as well as the last name.
| edwin stead English cricketer (1701-1735), GB (b. 1701) |
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| patrick stead Stead, Patrick (1788–1869), maltster (b. 1788) |
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george stead grain merchant, racehorse owner and breeder, businessman, NZ (b. 1841) |
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william thomas stead British journalist (1849-1912), GB (b. 1849) |
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james david stead American farmer (1859-1929), US (b. 1859) |
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| william stead English Congregational minister (b. 1814) |
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| j. h. stead English music hall comedian (b. 1826) |
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billy stead New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach (1877-1958), NZ (b. 1877) |
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| samuel stead Anglican archdeacon (b. 1828) |
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estelle w. stead editor, GB (b. 1880) |
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robert j.c. stead Canadian writer, CA (b. 1890) |
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| louisa m. r. stead missionary 1850 - 1917, GB (b. 1850) |
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| john edward stead British metallurgist (b. 1851) |
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| francis herbert stead British social reformer and Congregationalist minister, founder of the settlement Browning Hall in Walworth, London, GB (b. 1857) |
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| william h. stead American politician (1858-1918), US (b. 1858) |
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