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The surname Epstein is one of the oldest Ashkenazi Jewish family names. The surname Epstein is derived from the name of the town of Eppstein, in Hesse, Germany. Some people with this name include:

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Religion

  • Abraham Epstein (born 1841), Russo-Austrian rabbinical scholar
  • Aryeh Löb Epstein ben Mordecai, Polish rabbi
  • Baruch Epstein, Lithuanian rabbi and the son of Yechiel Michel Epstein
  • Greg Epstein, current Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University
  • Isidore Epstein, rabbi and biblical scholar
  • Moshe Mordechai Epstein, rabbi and author of the Levush Mordechai
  • Yechiel Michel Epstein, Lithuanian rabbi and author of the Arukh HaShulkhan
  • Zelik Epstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Shaar HaTorah-Grodno, located in Kew Gardens, New York

    • Arts

  • Alex Epstein, Israeli writer
  • Barbara Epstein, literary editor
  • Brian Epstein (1934–1967), manager of the Beatles
  • Daniel Epstein (pianist)
  • Daniel Mark Epstein, biographer and poet
  • Deborah Epstein, French-American singer-songwriter more commonly known as SoShy
  • Dena Epstein (1916–2013), American music librarian, writer, and musicologist
  • Edward Jay Epstein, author and early critic of the Warren Commission
  • Howie Epstein, bass guitarist
  • Jacob Epstein, sculptor
  • Jake Epstein, Canadian actor
  • Jason Epstein, publisher who popularized the trade paperback
  • Jean Epstein, film director
  • Joseph Epstein, American editor and essayist
  • Julius Epstein, Croatian pianist
  • Julius J. Epstein, Oscar-winning screenwriter, brother of Philip G. Epstein
  • Leslie Epstein, novelist
  • Mel Epstein, film director and producer
  • Mikhail Epstein, literary theorist and Emory University professor
  • Philip G. Epstein, Oscar-winning screenwriter, brother to Julius J. Epstein
  • Steven Epstein (music producer), U.S. classical music producer with Sony
  • Temi Epstein, child actress

    • Science and medicine

  • Charles Epstein (geneticist)
  • Claire Epstein (1911-2000), Israeli archaeologist
  • Edward Epstein (meteorologist), developer of statistical weather forecasting
  • Fred Epstein, pediatric neurosurgeon
  • Mark Epstein, psychotherapist
  • Sir Michael Anthony Epstein, British pathologist, discoverer of the Epstein-Barr virus.
  • Robert Epstein, psychologist
  • Rose Frisch (Rose Epstein Frisch), biologist
  • Samuel Epstein, doctor and professor of environmental medicine
  • Samuel Epstein (geochemist), Wollaston Medal winner

    • Mathematics

  • Bernard Epstein, American mathematician and physicist
  • David B. A. Epstein, mathematician
  • Paul Epstein, German mathematician
  • Paul Sophus Epstein, American mathematician/physicist of Polish/Russian origin and California Institute of Technology professor.
  • Richard Arnold Epstein, mathematician, game theorist

    • Sport

  • Charlotte Epstein, nicknamed "Eppie", American Hall of Fame swimming coach, "Mother of Women's Swimming in America"
  • Denis Epstein, German football player
  • Hayden Epstein, American NFL football player
  • Kurt Epstein, Czechoslovakian Olympic water polo player
  • Mike Epstein, nicknamed "Superjew", American major league baseball player
  • Theo Epstein, President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs

    • Military

  • Giora Epstein, "ace of aces" Israeli fighter pilot.
  • Joseph Epstein, communist French resistance leader

    • Other

  • David Epstein (law professor)
  • Howard Epstein, Canadian politician
  • Israel Epstein, Polish-Chinese journalist
  • Jacob Epstein (student), alleged Soviet intelligence agent
  • Jeffrey Epstein, financier and sex offender
  • Kathleen Epstein, daughter of Jacob Epstein and Kathleen Garman, was once married to Lucian Freud
  • Moses J. Epstein (c.1911–1960), New York assemblyman
  • Richard Allen Epstein, law professor
  • Steven Epstein (academic), sociologist
  • William Epstein, Canadian international civil servant

    • Fictional characters

  • Juan Epstein, fictional character on the TV series Welcome Back, Kotter
  • Dov Epstein, fictional character on the TV series Rookie Blue

    • Variant surnames

  • Katja Ebstein (b. 1945), German singer
  • Wilhelm Ebstein (1836–1912), German Jewish physician and nutritionist
  • David Eppstein (b. 1963), computer scientist
  • Nikolay Epshtein (1918–2005), Soviet ice hockey coach
  • Shakne Epshtein, Soviet journalist

    • References

    Epstein Wikipedia
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