# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephanus-of-byzantium
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:52:01.095Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephanus-of-byzantium"
name: "Stephanus of Byzantium"
slug: "stephanus-of-byzantium"
description: "Stephanus or Stephen of Byzantium was an Eastern Roman grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled Ethnica (Ἐθνικά). Only meagre fragments of the dictionary survive, but the epitome is extant, compiled by one Hermolaus, not otherwise identified."
tagline: "6th-century Byzantine grammarian and geographer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "501"
deathDate: "600"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.65
  momentum:             2.48780487804878
  historical:           20.60169733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Stefanos z Bizancjum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%8A"
    title: "إسطفان البيزنطي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%89"
    title: "ستيفان البيزنطى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Стефан Византийски"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Bizantion"
    title: "Stefan Bizantion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteve_de_Bizanci"
    title: "Esteve de Bizanci"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanos_Byzantios"
    title: "Stefanos Byzantios"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanus_o_Fysantiwm"
    title: "Stephanus o Fysantiwm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanos_von_Byzanz"
    title: "Stephanos von Byzanz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%92%CF%85%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Στέφανος ο Βυζάντιος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanus_of_Byzantium"
    title: "Stephanus of Byzantium"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_de_Bizanco"
    title: "Stefano de Bizanco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteban_de_Bizancio"
    title: "Esteban de Bizancio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "استفانوس بیزانتیوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanos_Byzantionlainen"
    title: "Stefanos Byzantionlainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_de_Byzance"
    title: "Étienne de Byzance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estevo_de_Bizancio"
    title: "Estevo de Bizancio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%99%D7%96%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "סטפנוס מביזנטיון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sztephanosz Büzantiosz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanus_dari_Bizantium"
    title: "Stefanus dari Bizantium"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_di_Bisanzio"
    title: "Stefano di Bisanzio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94_%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%96%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98"
    title: "სტეფანე ბიზანტიელი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanus_Byzantinus"
    title: "Stephanus Byzantinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanus_Byzantius"
    title: "Stephanus Byzantius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_fra_Bysants"
    title: "Stefan fra Bysants"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380881"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump