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People

Anna Epps Anna Cherrie Epps (July 8, 1930 – May 18, 2017) was an American microbiologist known for her immunology research as well as her efforts to promote the advancement of minorities within the sciences, specifically medicine. Early life and educati ...

(1930–2017), African-American microbiologist and medical school dean and CEO * Archie Epps (1937–2003), African-American academic and dean of students at Harvard College *

Aubrey Epps Aubrey Lee ("Yo-Yo") Epps (March 3, 1912 – November 13, 1984) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He batted and threw right-handed, was 5 foot 10, and 170 pounds. Yo-Yo played just one major league game in hi ...

(1912–1984), American Major League Baseball catcher * Ben T. Epps (1888–1937), American pioneering aviator and airplane designer *

Bobby Epps Robert Hezekiah Epps (March 25, 1932 - November 14, 2014) was an American football fullback (gridiron football), fullback who played three seasons for the New York Giants. He played for them from 1954 to 1955 and in 1957; he missed the 1956 seas ...

(1932–2014), American football player * Bubber Epps (born 1943), American politician *

Charles T. Epps Jr. Charles Thomas Epps Jr. (June 13, 1944 – March 20, 2015) was an American Democratic Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2006 to 2008, where he represented the 31st legislative district, having taken office o ...

(1944–2015), American politician * Chris Epps (born 1961), U.S. state department of corrections commissioner * Christina Epps (born 1991), American triple jumper *

Dedrick Epps Dedrick Epps (born June 19, 1988) is a former American football tight end. He was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the seventh round, 253rd overall in the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football for the University of Miami. He was also a ...

(born 1988), American former National Football League tight end *

Edwin Epps Edwin Epps was a slaveholder on a cotton plantation in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. He was the third and longest enslaver of Solomon Northup, who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. in 1841 and forced into slavery. On January 3, 1853, Northup left E ...

, American cotton planter and slave owner of kidnapped free black

Solomon Northup Solomon Northup (born July 10, 1807-1808) was an American abolitionist and the primary author of the memoir ''Twelve Years a Slave''. A free-born African American from New York, he was the son of a freed slave and a free woman of color. A far ...

(1807/08–c. 1863), whose ordeal is detailed in the memoir ''Twelve Years a Slave'' * Garrett Epps, American law professor, novelist and journalist * George Epps (actuary) (1885–1951), British civil servant and actuary * George Napoleon Epps (1815–1874), English homœopath and author, half-brother of John Epps *

Hal Epps Harold Franklin "Hal" Epps (March 26, 1914 – August 25, 2004) was an outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns, and Philadelphia Athletics. Although he only spent parts of four seasons in the majors, Epps had an 18-year professi ...

(1914–2004), American Major League Baseball outfielder *

Jack Epps Jr. Jack Epps Jr. (born November 3, 1949) is an American screenwriter, author, and educator, known chiefly for such popular 1980s films as '' Top Gun'', ''Legal Eagles'', and '' The Secret of My Success'', which he wrote with longtime partner Jim ...

(born 1949), American screenwriter * Jeanette Epps (born 1970), NASA astronaut *

JoAnne A. Epps JoAnne Adrienne Epps (May 28, 1951 – September 19, 2023) was an American legal scholar and academic. After serving as the executive vice president and provost of Temple University, she was the university's 13th president. She was the first Bl ...

, American law professor, author and Executive Vice President and Provost of Temple University * John Epps (1805–1869), English physician, phrenologist, homeopath and political activist *

Joseph L. Epps Joseph L. Epps (May 16, 1870 – June 20, 1952) was a United States Army private who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on December 4, 1899, during the Philippine–American War. Epps is buried at Greenhill Cemetery in Muskogee, Oklahom ...

(1870–1952), United States Army private who received the Medal of Honor *

Makayla Epps Makayla Epps (born June 6, 1995) is an American professional women's basketball player. She last played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted from the University of Kentucky with the 33rd overa ...

(born 1995), American women's basketball guard *

Marcus Epps (disambiguation) Marcus Epps may refer to: * Marcus Epps (soccer) (born 1995), American soccer midfielder * Marcus Epps (American football) (born 1996), American football safety {{hndis, Epps, Marcus ...

, various people * Mike Epps (born 1970), American actor and comedian * Omar Epps (born 1973), American actor *

Orlo Epps Orlo Epps (1864 – June 2, 1926) was an American architect, mathematician, physicist, and socialist writer. Life Epps was born in Elkhart, Indiana, the son of Edward Epps and Helen (Blanchard) Epps. He moved to Oneonta, New York at age 16. He ...

(1864–1926), American architect, mathematician, physicist and socialist *

Phil Epps Phillip Epps (born November 11, 1959) is a former American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers (1982-1988) and the New York Jets (1989). He attended Texas Christian University. One of his more memorable catches was a 1985 game aga ...

(born 1959), American former National Football League wide receiver * Preston Epps (1930–2019), American percussionist *

Roselyn P. Epps Roselyn Elizabeth Payne Epps (December 11, 1930 – September 29, 2014) was an American pediatrician and public health physician. She was the first African American president of the American Medical Women's Association and wrote more than 90 p ...

(died 2014), American pediatrician and first African-American president of the American Medical Women's Association *

Shareeka Epps Shareeka Epps (born July 11, 1989) is an American actress. She is best known for starring in the 2006 film '' Half Nelson'', alongside Ryan Gosling. She won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in the film. Life ...

(born 1989), American actress * Sheldon Epps (born 1952), American television and theater director * Stuart Epps, British record producer and audio engineer * Tauheed Epps (born 1977), American rapper known professionally as

2 Chainz Tauheed K. Epps (born September 12, 1977), known professionally as 2 Chainz (or Tity Boi), is an American rapper. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, he initially gained recognition as one-half of the Southern hip hop duo Playaz Circle, al ...

Tory Epps Torrean "Tory" Douglas Epps (May 28, 1967 – June 1, 2005) was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons, the Chicago Bears, and the New Orleans Saints. He also played in the Arena Footba ...

(1967–2005), American football player *

W. Epps William Epps (date of birth unknown–died 1833) was an English cricket writer and historian who was active in the late 18th century. He is noted for compiling ''Grand Matches of Cricket 1771 to 1791'', published by Rochester Publishing Co. in 1799 ...

, English cricket writer and historian in the late 18th century

Places in the United States

* Epps, Louisiana, a village *

Epps Township, Butler County, Missouri Epps Township is one of ten townships in Butler County, Missouri, USA The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily locate ...

Other

* HEPPS (molecule) (or EPPS), common names for the compound 3-

-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazinyl The hyphen-minus is the most commonly used type of hyphen, widely used in digital documents. It is the only character that looks like a minus sign or a dash in many character sets such as ASCII or on most keyboards, so it is also used as s ...

ropanesulfonic acid * Edwards Personal Preference Schedule * Energetic Particle and Plasma Spectrometer, an instrument aboard MESSENGER space probe that measures the charged particles in the magnetosphere around Mercury *

Epps effect In econometrics and time series analysis, the Epps effect, named after T. W. Epps, is the phenomenon that the empirical correlation In statistics, correlation or dependence is any statistical relationship, whether causal or not, bet ...

, in econometrics and time series analysis, the phenomenon that the empirical correlation between the returns of two different stocks decreases as the sampling frequency of data increases *

Epps 1907 Monoplane __NOTOC__ The Epps 1907 Monoplane was a pioneering aircraft built and flown in 1907 by Ben T. Epps of Athens, Georgia from an original design. The aircraft consisted of an open framework suspended below a wire-braced monoplane wing. The undercarri ...

, a pioneering aircraft built and flown in 1907 by Ben T. Epps * Half-Sack Epps, a fictional character on the TV series ''Sons of Anarchy'' {{Disambig, surname