Memphis most commonly refers to: *

Memphis, Egypt Memphis (, ; Bohairic ; ), or Men-nefer, was the ancient capital of Inebu-hedj, the first Nome (Egypt), nome of Lower Egypt that was known as ''mḥw'' ("North"). Its ruins are located in the vicinity of the present-day village of Mit Rahina () ...

, a former capital of ancient Egypt *

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Situated along the Mississippi River, it had a population of 633,104 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Tenne ...

, a major American city Memphis may also refer to:

Places

United States

* Memphis, Alabama *

Memphis, Florida Memphis is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Manatee County, Florida, Manatee County, Florida, United States. The population was 9,024 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 cen ...

Memphis, Indiana Memphis is a census-designated place (CDP) in Union Township, Clark County, Indiana, Union Township, Clark County, Indiana, Clark County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,077 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History A ...

* Memphis, Michigan * 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 Kaho ...

* Memphis, Nebraska * Memphis, New York * Memphis, Ohio *

Memphis metropolitan area The Memphis–Clarksdale–Forrest City Combined Statistical Area, TN–MS–AR (CSA) is the commercial and cultural hub of the Mid-South or Ark-Miss-Tenn. The census-defined combined statistical area covers eleven counties in three states, Tenne ...

, centered on Memphis, Tennessee *

Memphis, Texas Memphis is a city in and the county seat of Hall County, Texas, Hall County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the population was 2,290. History Memphis, Texas, the county seat of Hall County, is at the ju ...

Elsewhere

* Mampsis, Mamshit or Memphis, a Nabatean city

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 ...

, a musical duo * Memphis Industries, 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

Donnie Brooks Donnie Brooks (born John Dee Abohosh; February 6, 1936 – February 23, 2007) was an American pop music singer. Brooks is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Early life Born in Dallas, Texas, Abohosh moved to Ventura, California in his ...

, 1961 * "Memphis", by

David Nail David Brent Nail (born May 18, 1979) is an American singer/songwriter and country music artist. In 2002, he debuted the single "Memphis" from an unreleased album for Mercury Records Nashville. Five years later, he signed with MCA Nashville, fo ...

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

Everything I Thought It Was ''Everything I Thought It Was'' is the sixth studio album by American singer Justin Timberlake. It was released through RCA Records on March 15, 2024. The album serves as the follow-up to his previous album, '' Man of the Woods'' (2018), and fea ...

'', 2024 * "Memphis", by White Zombie from ''

Psycho-Head Blowout ''Psycho-Head Blowout'' is the third EP by American rock band 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 ...

'', 1987

Other uses

Memphis (1992 film) ''Memphis'' is a 1992 American television film starring Cybill Shepherd. The script was written by Larry McMurtry and Shepherd from a book by Shelby Foote. The movie premiered on Turner Network Television in January 1992. Premise Three whi ...

, an American television film * ''Memphis'' (2013 film), a film directed by Tim Sutton. *

Memphis (mythology) In Greek mythology, Memphis () was the female eponym of Memphis in Egypt. The name was attributed to several distinct characters, namely: * Memphis, daughter of Nilus and wife of Epaphus. Apollodorus2.1.4 Tzetzes ad Lycophron894/ref> * Memphi ...

, 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 1, 1897, by the KAISERLICH KÖNIGL ...

, a cigarette brand of Austria Tabak *

Memphis (typeface) Memphis is a slab-serif typeface designed bRudolf 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 consi ...

, a slab-serif typeface designed in 1929 by Rudolf Wolf * Memphis Group, 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. It was the second operating system in the 9x line, as the successor to Windows 95. It was Software ...

, codenamed Memphis during development * ''City of Memphis'' (train), a passenger train route * CSS ''Memphis'' Confederate Battery converted from floating dry dock 1861

People with the name

Memphis Bleek Malik Deshawn Cox (born June 23, 1978), known by his stage name Memphis Bleek, is an American rapper. He is best known for his affiliation with fellow New York City-based rapper Jay-Z, with Cox often described as his hype man and protégé. Cox s ...

, New York rapper *

Memphis Depay Memphis Depay (; born 13 February 1994), also known mononymously as Memphis, is a Dutch professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Sport Club Corin ...

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