Stone - Definition and Overview

Stone can refer to any of the following:

• A rock. See also stone skipping, curling.
• As a verb, to stone, a method of execution using rocks, stoning.
• A gemstone, as used in jewelry.
• A stone is a unit of weight equal to fourteen pounds.
• The hard covering enclosing the seed of a drupe such as a peach.
• As a verb, the intoxicating effects of cannabis, as in to be stoned.
• Stone, a Finnish heavy metal band.

Stone is also the name of several places in England:

• Stone, Buckinghamshire
• Stone, Gloucestershire
• Stone, Kent
• Stone, Staffordshire
• Stone, Worcestershire

People whose family name is or was Stone:

(with entries in Wikipedia)

• Stone, Arthur J.
• Stone, Christopher
• Stone, David
• Stone, Edward Durrell, architect
• Stone, Edward James (1831-1897), astronomer
• Stone, Elmer F.
• Stone, Harlan Fiske (1872-1946), Chief Justice of the United States
• Stone, I. F.
• Stone, Irving (died 1989), author
• Stone, John M.
• Stone, Jordan
• Stone, Joss (born 1987), British soul singer
• Stone, Lewis, (1879-1953), actor
• Stone, Lucy (1818-1893), women's rights activist
• Stone, Marshall Harvey, mathematician
• Stone, Matt, comedian
• Stone, Merlin
• Stone, Michael
• Stone, Mike
• Stone, Milburn (died 1980), actor
• Stone, Oliver (born 1946), U.S. film director
• Stone, Peter
• Stone, Richard
• Stone, Robert
• Stone, Sharman
• Stone, Sharon (born 1958), U.S. actress
• Stone, Sly (born 1944), singer-songwriter, frontman for Sly & The Family Stone
• Stone, Steve, footballer
• Stone, Steve, baseball player
• Sumner Stone, typographer
• Stone, Thomas
• Stone, W. Clement
• Stone, Walter Napleton
• Stone, William A.

Fictional character

• Karl Malden played Lt. Mike Stone in The Streets of San Francisco.