Stephen Menn

{{Short description|American philosopher (born 1964)}}

Stephen Menn (born 1964) is Professor of Philosophy at McGill University. Between 2011 and 2015 he was Professor of Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin, where he maintains the status of honorary professor.{{Cite web |last=Menn |first=Stephen |title=Stephen Menn: McGill University Faculty Page |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/philosophy/stephen-menn |website=McGill University Department of Philosophy}}

His specialties include ancient philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, Stoicism and neo-Platonism), medieval philosophy (Western and Islamic). He is also a mathematician, holding a doctorate in Mathematics from Johns Hopkins University in 1985 and one in Philosophy from University of Chicago in 1989.

Menn is the son of linguist Lise Menn, the widow of William Bright, and is the step-brother of writer Susie Bright.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/23/books/23bright.html|title=William Bright, 78, Expert in Indigenous Languages, Is Dead|last=Fox|first=Margalit|date=2006-10-23|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-05-15|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}