Stieg is both a surname and a variant of the Scandinavian masculine given name Stig. Notable people with the name include: Surname. Philip Stieg (born 1952), American academic physician and neurosurgeon. Given name. Stieg Hedlund (born 1965), American video game designer, artist and writer. Stieg Larsson (1954–2004), Swedish journalist and writer. Stieg Persson (born 1959), Australian contemporary artist. Stieg Trenter (1914–1967), Swedish journalist writer.
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