Memphis most commonly refers to: * Memphis, Egypt, a former capital of ancient Egypt *

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...

, a major American city Memphis may also refer to:

Places

United States

Memphis, Alabama Memphis, also known as Old Memphis, is a town in Pickens County, Alabama, United States. The population was 29 at the 2010 census, down from 33 in 2000. As long ago as 1850, it was listed as an incorporated community on the U.S. Census, but did n ...

Memphis, Florida Memphis is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Manatee County, Florida, United States. The population was 9,024 as of the 2020 census, up from 7,848 in 2010. It is part of the Bradenton– Sarasota–Venice Me ...

Memphis, Indiana Memphis is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Indiana, United States. The population was 695 at the 2010 census. History A post office established at Memphis in 1854. The original settlers were from Memphis, Tennessee. 2012 to ...

Memphis, Michigan Memphis is a city that straddles the border between Macomb and St. Clair counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,183 at the 2010 census. History The first European Americans to settle in the area of Memphis were members of ...

* Memphis, Mississippi *

Memphis, Missouri Memphis is a city in and the county seat of Scotland County, on the northern border of Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,731. U.S. Highway 136 passes near Memphis, which is east of Lancaster and west of Kah ...

* Memphis, Nebraska *

Memphis, New York Memphis is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet in the Van Buren, New York, Town of Van Buren, west of Syracuse, New York, Syracuse in Onondaga County, New York, Onondaga County, New York (state), New York, United States. Because of its location on the ...

Memphis, Ohio Memphis is an unincorporated community in Clinton County, Ohio, Clinton County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. History A post office called Memphis was established in 1866, and remained in operation until 1902. By 1915, Memphis contained only a "cluste ...

* Memphis metropolitan area, centered on Memphis, Tennessee *

Memphis, Texas Memphis is a city and the county seat of Hall County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,290. History Memphis, Texas, the county seat of Hall County, is at the junction of U.S. Highway 287, State Highway 256, ...

Elsewhere

Mampsis Mampsis ( Medieval Greek: Μάμψις) or Memphis (Ancient Greek: Μέμφις), today Mamshit ( he, ממשית), Arabic Kurnub, is a former Nabataean caravan stop and Byzantine city. In the Nabataean period, Mampsis was an important station on t ...

, Mamshit or Memphis, a Nabatean city

Film

* ''Memphis'' (film), a 2013 film directed by Ricky Memphis

Music

Memphis (band) Memphis is a musical duo consisting of longtime friends Torquil Campbell and Chris Dumont. Dumont, originally from North Carolina, first met Campbell in New York City in the early 1990s. With Campbell's childhood friends Chris Seligman, James Sh ...

, a musical duo *

Memphis Industries Memphis Industries is a British independent record label. Memphis Industries was established as a record label in 1998 by the brothers Ollie and Matt Jacob with the first release being Blue States' Forever EP. It is perhaps best known for The ...

, a record label * ''Memphis'' (musical), a Broadway musical by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro

Albums

* ''Memphis'' (Boz Scaggs album), 2013 * ''Memphis'' (Roy Orbison album), 1972 * '' Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis'', 2019

Songs

* "Memphis, Tennessee" (song) or "Memphis", by Chuck Berry, 1959; covered by many performers * "Memphis" (The Badloves song), 1994 * "Memphis" (Joe Jackson song), 1983 * "Memphis", by

David Nail David Brent Nail (born May 18, 1979) is an American country music artist, and frontman of the band ''David Nail & The Well Ravens''. In 2002, he debuted the single "Memphis" from an unreleased album for Mercury Records Nashville. Five years lat ...

, 2002 * "Memphis", by Justin Bieber from '' Journals'', 2013 * "Memphis", by White Zombie from ''

Psycho-Head Blowout ''Psycho-Head Blowout'' is the third EP by White Zombie, released in May 1987 by Silent Explosion. The album was recorded with producer and composer Kramer and was the band's first to feature guitarist Tom Guay, who had a pivotal influence on ...

'', 1987

Other uses

Memphis (mythology) In Greek mythology, Memphis ( grc, Μέμφις) was the female eponym of Memphis in Egypt. The name was attributed to several distinct characters, namely: * Memphis, daughter of Nilus. * Memphis, one of the many consorts of King Danaus of Lib ...

, the wife of Epaphus, who was, according to legend, the founder of Memphis, Egypt * ''Memphis'' (genus), a genus of brush-footed butterflies *

Memphis (cigarette) Memphis is an Austrian brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by ''"Austria Tabak"'', which is owned by the Gallaher Group, a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco. History Memphis was launched on March 1st, 1897 by the KAISERLICH KÖNIG ...

, a cigarette brand of Austria Tabak *

Memphis (typeface) Memphis is a slab-serif typeface designed bDr. Rudolf Wolfand released in 1929 by the Stempel Type Foundry. Memphis is a "geometric" slab serif, reflecting the style of German geometric sans-serifs (in particular Futura) which had attracted ...

, a slab-serif typeface designed in 1929 by Dr. Rudolf Wolf *

Memphis Group The Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, was an Italian design and architecture group founded by Ettore Sottsass. It was active from 1980 to 1987. The group designed postmodern furniture, lighting, fabrics, carpets, ceramics, glass and me ...

, an influential design movement of Italian designers and architects in the 1980s * ''USS Memphis'' (CA-10), a US Navy armored cruiser wrecked by a tsunami in 1916 * ''USS Memphis'' (SSN-691), a nuclear attack submarine of the United States Navy *

Windows 98 Windows 98 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of Microsoft Windows operating systems. The second operating system in the 9x line, it is the successor to Windows 95, and was released to ...

, codenamed Memphis during development *

City of Memphis (train) The ''City of Memphis'' was a passenger train route operated by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway connecting Nashville's Nashville Union Station and Memphis, Tennessee's Memphis Union Station.'Official Guide of the Railways,' A ...

, a passenger train route

People with the name

Memphis Bleek Malik Deshawn Cox (born June 23, 1978), known by his stage name Memphis Bleek, is an American rapper who was a protégé of fellow New York rapper Jay-Z. Cox started his own labels: Get Low Records in 1998, and Warehouse Music Group in 2016. He ...

, New York rapper *

Memphis Depay Memphis Depay (; born 13 February 1994), also known simply as Memphis, is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Barcelona and the Netherlands national team. Memphis began his professional career with PSV Ein ...

, Dutch footballer * Randall 'Memphis' Raines, a character in '' Gone in 60 Seconds'' *

Ricky Memphis Ricky Memphis (stage name of Riccardo Fortunati; born 29 August 1968) is an Italian television and film actor. He is best known for his interpretation of ''Inspector Mauro Belli'', in the police drama series, '' Distretto di Polizia'' ('Police P ...

, Italian actor