The surname Epstein ( yi, עפּשטײן, Epshteyn) is one of the oldest
Ashkenazi Jewish
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...
family name
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
s. It is probably derived from the German town of
Eppstein
Eppstein is a town in the Main-Taunus-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. Eppstein lies west of Frankfurt am Main, around 12 km north east of the state capital Wiesbaden, and is at the edge of the Taunus mountains. The ruins of the Eppstein castle is ...
, in
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...
; the place-name was probably derived from
Gaulish
Gaulish was an ancient Celtic languages, Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium ...
''apa'' ("water", in the sense of a river)
and German ''
-stein'' ("stone", in the sense of a hill).
Some people with this name include:
Arts
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Alex Epstein, Israeli writer
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Barbara Epstein
Barbara Epstein ( Zimmerman; August 30, 1928 – June 16, 2006) was a literary editor and founding co-editor of ''The New York Review of Books''.
Life and work
Epstein, née Zimmerman, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a Jewish family, and g ...
, literary editor
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Brian Epstein
Brian Samuel Epstein (; 19 September 1934 – 27 August 1967) was a British music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles from 1962 until his death in 1967.
Epstein was born into a family of successful retailers in Liverpool, who put him i ...
(1934–1967), businessman, manager of the Beatles
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Daniel Epstein (pianist)
Daniel Epstein (born 1946) is an American pianist.
Life
A graduate of the Juilliard School, Epstein received international recognition when the conductor, Eugene Ormandy, invited him to perform with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1973. Later tha ...
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Daniel Mark Epstein
Daniel Mark Epstein (born October 25, 1948) is an American poet, dramatist, and biographer. His poetry has been noted for its erotic and spiritual lyricism, as well as its power—in several dramatic monologues—in capturing crucial moments ...
, biographer and poet
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Deborah Epstein
SoShy (born Deborah Sarah Epstein;), is a French singer, songwriter, actress, DJ and model.
Early life
She was born Deborah Sarah Epstein in Paris, France, on September 14, 1984,SoShy in thFrench National Library/ref> to a French-Argentine-Ita ...
, French-American singer-songwriter more commonly known as SoShy
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Dena Epstein
Dena Julia Polacheck Epstein (30 November 1916 – 14 November 2013) was an American music librarian, author, and musicologist.
Early life
Epstein was born in Milwaukee to William Polacheck and Hilda Satt. She studied music at the University ...
(1916–2013), American music librarian, writer, and musicologist
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Edward Jay Epstein
Edward Jay Epstein (born 1935) is an American investigative journalist and a former political science professor at Harvard University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Early life and educa ...
, author and early critic of the Warren Commission
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Howie Epstein
Howard Norman Epstein (July 21, 1955 – February 23, 2003) was an American musician best known as a bassist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Early life
Epstein was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in a musical household. His ...
, bass guitarist
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Jacob Epstein
Sir Jacob Epstein (10 November 1880 – 21 August 1959) was an American-British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British subject in 1911.
He often produc ...
, sculptor
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Jake Epstein
Jacob Lee Epstein (born January 16, 1987) is a Canadian actor and singer. He played Craig Manning, a musician with bipolar disorder, on '' Degrassi: The Next Generation''. He also played Will in the First National Tour of '' American Idiot'', an ...
, Canadian actor
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Jason Epstein
Jason Wolkow Epstein (August 25, 1928 – February 4, 2022) was an American editor and publisher. He was the editorial director of Random House from 1976 to 1995. He also co-founded ''The New York Review of Books'' in 1963.
Early life
Epstein ...
, publisher who popularized the trade paperback
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Jean Epstein
Jean Epstein (; 25 March 1897 – 2 April 1953) was a French filmmaker, film theorist, literary critic, and novelist. Although he is remembered today primarily for his adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's ''The Fall of the House of Usher'', he directe ...
, film director
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Joseph Epstein
Joseph Epstein (October 16, 1911 – April 11, 1944), also known as Colonel Gilles and as Joseph Andrej, was a Poland, Polish-born Jewish Communism, communist activist and a French Resistance leader during World War II. He was executed by the ...
, American editor and essayist
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Julius Epstein, Croatian pianist
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Julius J. Epstein
Julius J. Epstein (August 22, 1909December 30, 2000) was an American screenwriter, who had a long career, best remembered for his screenplay, written with his twin brother, Philip, and Howard E. Koch, of the film ''Casablanca'' (1942), for whic ...
, Oscar-winning screenwriter, brother of Philip G. Epstein
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Kathie Lee Epstein
Kathryn Lee Gifford (née Epstein; born August 16, 1953) is an American television presenter, singer, songwriter, actress and author. From 1985 to 2000, she and Regis Philbin hosted the talk show ''Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee''. Gifford is a ...
(born 1953), maiden name of Kathie Lee Gifford, American television host
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Lawrence J. Epstein
Lawrence Jeffrey Epstein (born 1946) is an American author who writes and lectures about American culture and society, Jewish life, and mystery fiction. He is best known for his book ''The Haunted Smile: The Story of Jewish Comedians in America'' a ...
(born 1946), American author
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Leslie Epstein
Leslie Donald Epstein (born May 4, 1938 in Los Angeles) is an American educator, essayist, and novelist. Epstein is currently Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program at Boston University.
Career
Epstein was born to an A ...
, novelist
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Mel Epstein
Mel Epstein (March 25, 1910 in Dayton, Ohio – December 14, 1994) was an American film director and producer. He produced several films, including ''Secret of the Incas'' and ''Alaska Seas''. He also produced episodes of the 1961 television ...
, film director and producer
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Michael J. Epstein
Michael J. Epstein (born 1976), is an American filmmaker, musician, writer, and auditory scientist. Epstein has also spoken and written about the impact of local media on the arts, music service gatekeeping, effective social networking, and crowd ...
(born 1976), American filmmaker and musician
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Mikhail Epstein
Mikhail Naumovich Epstein (also transliterated Epshtein; russian: Михаи́л Нау́мович Эпште́йн; born 21 April 1950) is a Russian-American literary scholar and essayist who is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Cultural Theo ...
, literary theorist and Emory University professor
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Philip G. Epstein
Philip G. Epstein (August 22, 1909 – February 7, 1952) was an American screenwriter most known for his screenplay for the film ''Casablanca'' (1942), which won an Academy Award. He had written it in partnership with his twin brother Julius and ...
, Oscar-winning screenwriter, brother to Julius J. Epstein
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Rob Epstein
Robert P. Epstein (born April 6, 1955), is an American director, producer, writer, and editor. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature, for the films ''The Times of Harvey Milk'' and '' Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt ...
, American director
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Selma Epstein
Selma Epstein (August 14, 1927 – November 21, 2014) was an American concert pianist, teacher, and champion of contemporary music by women and African Americans.
Biography
Born August 14, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York to Tillie (Schneider) and Sa ...
, American concert pianist
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Steven Epstein (music producer)
Steven Epstein is an American record producer. The winner of 16 Grammy Awards and 2 Latin Grammys, he has been nominated 35 times. He has won the Grammy for Classical Producer of the Year 7 times. While primarily known for his work in classical m ...
, U.S. classical music producer with Sony
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Temi Epstein, child actress
Mathematics
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Bernard Epstein
Bernard Epstein (10 August 1920, Harrison, New Jersey – 30 March 2005, Montgomery County, Maryland) was an American mathematician and physicist who wrote several widely used textbooks on mathematics.Washington Post obituaryBernard Epstein, Colle ...
, American mathematician and physicist
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David B. A. Epstein
David Bernard Alper Epstein Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (born 1937) is a mathematician known for his work in hyperbolic geometry, 3-manifolds, and group theory, amongst other fields. He co-founded the University of Warwick mathematics depa ...
, British mathematician
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Lenore A. Epstein, American statistician
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Paul Epstein
Paul Epstein (July 24, 1871 – August 11, 1939) was a German mathematician. He was known for his contributions to number theory, in particular the Epstein zeta function.
Epstein was born and brought up in Frankfurt, where his father was a p ...
, German mathematician
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Paul Sophus Epstein
Paul Sophus Epstein (; Warsaw, Vistula Land, Russian Empire, March 20, 1883 – Pasadena, California, United States, February 8, 1966) was a Russian-American mathematical physicist. He was known for his contributions to the development of q ...
, American mathematician/physicist of Polish/Russian origin and California Institute of Technology professor.
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Richard Arnold Epstein
Richard Arnold Epstein (born March 5, 1927 in Los Angeles, California), also known under the pseudonym E. P. Stein, is an American game theorist.
Education
He obtained his A.B. degree from UCLA in 1948. He then studied at the University of Cali ...
, mathematician, game theorist
Military
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Giora Epstein
Brigadier General Giora "Hawkeye" Epstein ( he, גיורא אפשטיין; born May 20, 1938), today Giora Even ( he, גיורא אבן), is a retired brigadier General in the Israeli Air Force (IAF) and a fighter ace credited with 17 victorie ...
, "ace of aces" Israeli fighter pilot
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Joseph Epstein
Joseph Epstein (October 16, 1911 – April 11, 1944), also known as Colonel Gilles and as Joseph Andrej, was a Poland, Polish-born Jewish Communism, communist activist and a French Resistance leader during World War II. He was executed by the ...
, communist French resistance leader
Religion
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Abraham Epstein Abraham Epstein ( he, אברהם עפשטיין; 19 December 1841 – 1918) was a Russo-Austrian rabbinical scholar born in Staro Constantinov, Volhynia.
Epstein diligently studied the works of Isaac Baer Levinsohn, Nachman Krochmal, and S. D. Luz ...
(born 1841), Russo-Austrian rabbinical scholar
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Aryeh Leib Epstein Aryeh Löb ben Mordecai Ha-Levi Epstein (''Ba'al ha-Pardes'') (1708 – June 26, 1775) was a Polish rabbi born in Grodno. At first he refused to become a rabbi, preferring to devote himself entirely to study, but in 1739 he was forced by poverty t ...
, Polish rabbi
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Baruch Epstein
Baruch Epstein or Baruch ha-Levi Epstein (1860–1941) ( he, ברוך הלוי אפשטיין) was a Lithuanian Jewish rabbi, best known for his '' Torah Temimah'' commentary on the Torah. He was the son of Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein, rabbi ...
, Lithuanian rabbi and the son of Yechiel Michel Epstein
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Greg Epstein
Greg M. Epstein (born 1977) is the president of the Harvard Chaplains Organization and Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is an ordained Humanist Rabbi, and has been influential in American ...
, Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University from 2005
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Isidore Epstein
Rabbi Ezekiel Isidore Epstein (יחזקא-ל יצחק אפשטיין ;1894-1962)
was an Orthodox rabbi and rabbinical scholar in England. He is best known as Editor of the first complete English translation of the Babylonian Talmud, and for his ...
, rabbi and biblical scholar
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Mendel Epstein
The New York divorce coercion gang was a Haredi Jewish group that kidnapped, and in some cases tortured, Jewish men in the New York metropolitan area to force them to grant their wives ''gittin'' (religious divorces). The Federal Bureau of Investi ...
, American rabbi and kidnapper, also known as "The Prodfather"
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Moshe Mordechai Epstein
Moshe Mordechai Epstein (1866–1933) was rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Knesseth Yisrael in Slabodka, Lithuania and is recognized as having been one of the leading Talmudists of the twentieth century. He is also one of the founders of the city of Had ...
, rabbi and author of the Levush Mordechai
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Yechiel Michel Epstein
Yechiel Michel ha-Levi Epstein ( he, יחיאל מיכל הלוי אפשטיין)
(24 January 1829 – 25 March 1908), often called "the ''Aruch haShulchan''" after his magnum opus, Aruch HaShulchan, was a Rabbi and ''Posek'' (authority in Jewi ...
, Lithuanian rabbi and author of the Arukh HaShulkhan
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Zelik Epstein
Zelik Epstein, also known as Zelig Epstein (full name Aharon Zelig Epstein) (July 10, 1914 – August 3, 2009), was a prominent Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Shaar HaTorah-Grodno, a private Talmudical institution in Kew Garde ...
, Rosh Yeshiva of the Shaar HaTorah-Grodno Yeshiva, located in Kew Gardens, New York
Science and medicine
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Alex Epstein, American energy theorist
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Charles Epstein (geneticist)
Charles Joseph Epstein (September 3, 1933 – February 15, 2011) was an American geneticist who was severely injured in 1993 when he became a victim of a mail bomb attack by the Unabomber. He was a researcher at the University of California, ...
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Claire Epstein
Claire Epstein (18 September 1911 – 18 August 2000) was an Israeli Archaeology, archaeologist. She is noted for her discovery and work on the Chalcolithic Culture in Golan Heights, Golan and was a noted member of the Israel Antiquities Authori ...
(1911–2000), Israeli archaeologist
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Edward Epstein (meteorologist)
Edward Epstein (29 April 1931, in The Bronx, New York City – 14 October 2008, in Potomac, Maryland) was an American meteorologist who pioneered the use of statistical methods in weather forecasting and the development of ensemble forecasting tech ...
, developer of statistical weather forecasting
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Fred Epstein, pediatric neurosurgeon
* Lenore Epstein (born 1942), birth name of
Lenore Blum
Lenore Carol Blum (née Epstein, born December 18, 1942) is an American computer scientist and mathematician who has made pioneering contributions to the theories of real number computation, cryptography, and pseudorandom number generation. She ...
, computer scientist and mathematician
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Mark Epstein, psychotherapist
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Michael A. Epstein
Sir Michael Anthony Epstein (born 18 May 1921) is a British Pathology, pathologist and academic. He is one of the discoverers of the Epstein–Barr virus, along with Yvonne Barr and Bert Achong.
Personal life
Epstein was born on 18 May 1921, ...
, British pathologist, discoverer of the Epstein-Barr virus.
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Robert Epstein
Robert Epstein (born June 19, 1953) is an American psychologist, professor, author, and journalist. He was awarded a Ph.D. in psychology by Harvard University in 1981, was editor in chief of ''Psychology Today'', and has held positions at sever ...
, psychologist
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Rose Frisch
Rose Epstein Frisch (July 7, 1918 – January 30, 2015) was a pioneering American scientist in fertility and human development whose work was instrumental in the discovery of leptin. She is mainly known for her work in infertility; specifically ...
(Rose Epstein Frisch), biologist
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Samuel Epstein, doctor and professor of environmental medicine
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Samuel Epstein (geochemist)
Samuel Epstein (December 9, 1919 – September 17, 2001) was a Canadian- American geochemist who developed methods for reconstructing geologic temperature records using stable isotope geochemistry. He was elected to the United States Natio ...
, Wollaston Medal winner
Sport
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Charlotte Epstein
Charlotte "Eppy" Epstein, (1884-1938), coached the United States Women's Olympic Swimming Team in the 1920s and founded the Women's Swimming Association. She was known as "Mother of Women's Swimming in America".
Career
Epstein was born in 1884 i ...
(1884–1938), nicknamed "Eppie", American Hall of Fame swimming coach, "Mother of Women's Swimming in America"
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Denis Epstein
Denis Epstein (born 2 July 1986) is a German professional footballer who plays for TSG Balingen II.
Career Youth clubs
Epstein played for three youth clubs, ranging from 1995 to 2005, including the youth teams of Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Fortuna K ...
, German football player
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Hayden Epstein
Hayden Scott Epstein (born November 16, 1980) is a former American football placekicker and punter who played college football for the Michigan Wolverines from 1998 to 2001 and played professional football in the National Football League (NFL), ...
(born 1980), American NFL football player
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Kurt Epstein, Czechoslovakian Olympic water polo player
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Mike Epstein
Michael Peter Epstein (born April 4, 1943), nicknamed "Superjew", is an American former professional baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators / Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, and California Angels of Major League Bas ...
, nicknamed "SuperJew" (born 1943), American major league baseball player
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Theo Epstein
Theo Nathaniel Epstein (born December 29, 1973) is an American Major League Baseball executive, who currently works for MLB as a consultant. He was the vice president and general manager for the Boston Red Sox and then the president of baseball o ...
(born 1973), American President of Baseball Operations for the
Chicago Cubs
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the National League (NL) Central division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field, which is located ...
Other
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Alan H. Epstein Alan H. Epstein (born February 9, 1949) is a distinguished aeronautical engineer. He received his S.B., S.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1971, 1972 and 1975 respectively. At M.I.T. he was the R.C. Maclaurin Prof ...
, aeronautical engineer
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Anthony C. Epstein
Anthony Charles Epstein (born June 17, 1952) is an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Education and career
Epstein earned his Bachelor of Arts from Yale College in 1974, and his Juris Doctor from Yale Law Schoo ...
, American jurist
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David Epstein (gangster), former member of Epstein–Wolmark gang
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David G. Epstein
David Gustav Epstein is the George E. Allen Professor of Law at University of Richmond School of Law and an expert on bankruptcy.
Epstein was raised in Texas by a Jewish family. Epstein received a B.A. from the University of Texas in 1964, a J.D ...
, law professor
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Eliahu Epstein (1903–1990), birth name of Eliahu Eilat, Israeli diplomat and President of the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
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Howard Epstein
Howard Michael Epstein (born January 17, 1949) is a Canadians, Canadian politician, lawyer and part-time law professor.
Early life and career
Born in Halifax (former city), Halifax, Nova Scotia, he is an environmentalist, serving as the direc ...
, Canadian politician
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Hedy Epstein
Hedy Epstein (née Wachenheimer; August 15, 1924 – May 26, 2016) was a German-born Jewish-American political activist and Holocaust survivor known for her support of the Palestinian cause through the International Solidarity Movement.
Born in ...
(1924–2016), Jewish anti-Zionist
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Israel Epstein
Israel Epstein (20 April 1915 – 26 May 2005) was a Polish-born Chinese journalist and author. He was one of the few foreign-born Chinese citizens of non-Chinese origin to become a member of the Chinese Communist Party.
Early life and educatio ...
, Polish-Chinese journalist
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Jacob Epstein (spy), alleged Soviet intelligence agent
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Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Edward Epstein ( ; January 20, 1953August 10, 2019) was an American sex offender and financier. Epstein, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, began his professional life by teaching at the Dalton School in Manhattan, des ...
(1953–2019), American financier and sex offender
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Kathleen Epstein
Kathleen Esther Garman, Lady Epstein (15 May 1901 – August 1979) was the third of the seven Garman sisters, who were high-profile members of artistic circles in mid-20th century London, renowned for their beauty and scandalous behaviour. She ...
, American-British sculptor
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Lee Epstein
Lee Epstein is an American political scientist who is currently the University Professor of Law & Political Science and Charles L. and Ramona I. Hilliard Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Southern California.
Career
Universi ...
, American political scientist
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Leon Epstein Leon David Epstein (May 29, 1919 – August 1, 2006) was an American political scientist.
He was born in Milwaukee on May 29, 1919, and raised in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He enrolled at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1936 to study economics ...
(1919–2006), American political scientist
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Leopold Vail Epstein
Lee Eastman (born Leopold Vail Epstein; January 12, 1910 – July 30, 1991) was an American show business attorney and art collector from New York City.[Linda McCartney
Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney ( Eastman; September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, musician, animal rights activist, vegetarian cookbook author and advocate, and entrepreneur. She was the keyboardist in th ...]
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Melech Epstein
Melech Epstein ( yi, מלך עפשטײן, 1889–1979) was an American journalist and historian. His two most famous books, ''Jewish labor in U.S.A.'' and ''The Jew and communism'' are considered standard works.
Early life
Epstein was born i ...
(1889–1979), American journalist and historian
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Moses J. Epstein ( 1911–1960), New York assemblyman
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Richard Epstein
Richard Allen Epstein (born April 17, 1943) is an American legal scholar known for his writings on torts, contracts, property rights, law and economics, classical liberalism, and libertarianism. He is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at ...
, law professor
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Samuel Epstein (politician)
Samuel S. Epstein (January 1, 1890–April 21, 1951) was an American lawyer and physician.
Biography
Epstein emigrated to the United States from Russia when he was fourteen years old and settled in Chicago, Illinois. Epstein was educated in th ...
, American politician, lawyer, and physician
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Simon Epstein
Simon Epstein (born in 1947 in Paris) is an Israeli economist and historian.
Career
Epstein obtained a doctorate degree in political science at Pantheon-Sorbonne University. He moved to Jerusalem in 1974 and worked as an economist for the Israel ...
, Israeli economist and historian
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Steven Epstein (academic)
Steven Epstein is the John C. Shaffer Professor in the Humanities and Professor in the Department of Sociology at Northwestern University. He spent the majority of his career as Professor of Sociology and Director of the Science Studies program at ...
, sociologist
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William Epstein
William Epstein, (July 10, 1912 – February 9, 2001) was a Canadians, Canadian international civil servant who worked at the United Nations for 54 years and was considered an expert on disarmament.
Born in Calgary, Alberta, Epstein attended ...
, Canadian international civil servant
Fictional characters
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Juan Epstein, fictional character on the TV series ''Welcome Back, Kotter''
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Dov Epstein
''Rookie Blue'' is a Canadian police drama television series starring Missy Peregrym and Gregory Smith. It was created by Morwyn Brebner, Tassie Cameron, and Ellen Vanstone. The series premiered on June 24, 2010, at 9:00 p.m. Eastern/8:00 ...
, fictional character on the TV series ''Rookie Blue''
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Solomon Epstein, fictional character on the TV series ''The Expanse''
Variant surnames
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Katja Ebstein
Katja Ebstein (born Karin Witkiewicz; 9 March 1945) is a German singer. She was born in Girlachsdorf (now Gniewków, Poland). She achieved success with songs such as "Theater" and "Es war einmal ein Jäger". She was married to , who wrote many of ...
(b. 1945), German singer
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Wilhelm Ebstein
Wilhelm Ebstein (27 November 1836, Jawor, Jauer, Prussian Silesia – 22 October 1912) was a German physician. He proposed a Low-carbohydrate diet, low-carbohydrate high-fat diet to treat obesity. Ebstein's anomaly is named for him.
Biography
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(1836–1912), German Jewish physician and nutritionist
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David Eppstein
David Arthur Eppstein (born 1963) is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is a Distinguished Professor of computer science at the University of California, Irvine. He is known for his work in computational geometry, graph algorit ...
(b. 1963), computer scientist
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Margaret J. Eppstein
Margaret Jean (Maggie) Eppstein (also published as Margaret J. E. Heinrich) is an American multidisciplinary scholar whose research involves the computational modeling of complex systems in various application domains. She is a professor emerita ...
, complex systems theorist
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Nikolay Epshtein
Nikolay Semyonovich Epshtein (russian: Николай Семёнович Эпштейн) (27 December 1919 – 27 August 2005) was a Soviet ice hockey coach.
Biography
Epshtein, who was Jewish, was born in Kolomna, Russian FSFR. He coached from 1 ...
(1918–2005), Soviet ice hockey coach
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Shakne Epshtein
Shakne Epshtein (1883 in Iwye – 27 July 1945) was a Soviet journalist and the secretary and editor of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee ( JAC)'s newspaper, ''Eynikayt'' (Unity). Solomon Mikhoels, the chairman of JAC and Epshtein approached ...
, Soviet journalist
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Boris Epshteyn
Boris Epshteyn (born August 14, 1982) is a Russian-American Republican political strategist, investment banker, and attorney. He was a strategic advisor on the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign and has remained a close advisor to Trump in ...
, political commentator
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Eppstein
Eppstein is a town in the Main-Taunus-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. Eppstein lies west of Frankfurt am Main, around 12 km north east of the state capital Wiesbaden, and is at the edge of the Taunus mountains. The ruins of the Eppstein castle is ...
, town in Hesse, Germany
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Lords of Eppstein The Lords of Eppstein () were a family of German nobility in the Middle Ages. From the 12th century they ruled extensive territories in the Rhine Main area from their castle in Eppstein, northwest of Frankfurt, Germany.
History
Between 1180 and 11 ...
, family of Germany nobility
* "Le château d'Eppstein", story by
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer ...
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Ebstein's anomaly
Ebstein's anomaly is a congenital heart defect in which the septal and posterior leaflets of the tricuspid valve are displaced towards the apex of the right ventricle of the heart. It is classified as a critical congenital heart defect accounting ...
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Epstein–Barr virus
The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), formally called ''Human gammaherpesvirus 4'', is one of the nine known human herpesvirus types in the herpes family, and is one of the most common viruses in humans. EBV is a double-stranded DNA virus.
It is b ...
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Palais Epstein
Palais Epstein is a in Vienna, Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which i ...
in Vienna
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The Epstein School, a private Jewish-day school in Atlanta
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Epstein Hebrew Academy
H.F. Epstein Hebrew Academy is a Jewish day school in Olivette, Missouri. It was established in 1943 and was the first Jewish day school in St. Louis. The school is named for the first chief rabbi of the Orthodox Jewish community of St. Louis, Ra ...
, a private Jewish day-school in St. Louis
References
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Ashkenazi surnames
German-language surnames
Yiddish-language surnames