Epstein

The surname Epstein is one of the oldest Ashkenazi Jewish family names. Some people with this name include:

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

• 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
• Charles Epstein (geneticist)

Mathematics

• 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, 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, Billionaire financier
• 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

See also

• Eppstein, town in Hesse, Germany
• Lords of Eppstein, family of Germany nobility
• Le château d'Eppstein, story by Alexandre Dumas, père
• Ebstein's anomaly
• Epstein-Barr virus
• Palais Epstein in Vienna
• The Epstein School, a private Jewish-day school in Atlanta, GA
• Epstein Hebrew Academy, a private Jewish day-school in St. Louis, MO