Epstein
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The surname Epstein is one of the oldest Jewish family name
s in the Slavic
countries. Some people with this name include:
Family name
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s in the Slavic
Slavic peoples
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Religion
- Abraham EpsteinAbraham EpsteinAbraham Epstein was a Russo-Austrian rabbinical scholar born in Staro Constantinov, Volhynia.Epstein diligently studied the works of Levinsohn, Krochmal, and S. D. Luzzatto, and when he traveled in western Europe for the first time in 1861, he made the acquaintance of J. L. Rapoport, Z. Frankel,...
(born 1841), Russo-Austrian rabbinical scholar - Aryeh Löb Epstein ben Mordecai, Polish rabbi
- Baruch EpsteinBaruch EpsteinBaruch Epstein or Baruch ha-Levi Epstein was a Lithuanian rabbi, best known for his Torah Temimah commentary on the Torah...
, Lithuanian rabbi and the son of Yechiel Michel Epstein - Greg EpsteinGreg EpsteinGreg M. Epstein is the current secular humanist chaplain at Harvard University, and is a published author on the subject of secular humanism....
, current Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University - Isidore EpsteinIsidore EpsteinThis article is about the distinguished rabbinical scholar. For the noted astronomer of a similar name see: Isadore Epstein Rabbi Dr. Isidore Epstein , was an Orthodox rabbi and rabbinical scholar in England, who served as the longtime principal of Jews' College, London. Ezekiel Isidore Epstein...
, rabbi and biblical scholar - Moshe Mordechai EpsteinMoshe Mordechai EpsteinMoshe Mordechai Epstein 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.-Childhood:...
, rabbi and author of the Levush Mordechai - Yechiel Michel EpsteinYechiel Michel EpsteinYechiel Michel Epstein , often called "the Aruch ha-Shulchan" , was a Rabbi and posek in Lithuania...
, Lithuanian rabbi and author of the Arukh HaShulkhan - Zelik EpsteinZelik EpsteinZelik Epstein, also known as Zelig Epstein , was a prominent Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Shaar HaTorah-Grodno, a private, Talmudical institution in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York, containing a high school, Beis Midrash, and Kollel...
, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Shaar HaTorah-Grodno, located in Kew Gardens, New York
Arts
- Alex Epstein (Israeli writer)Alex Epstein (Israeli writer)Alex Epstein is an Israeli writer, known for his short-short stories. He moved to Israel at the age of eight. Epstein has published three novels and four collections of stories...
, author - Barbara EpsteinBarbara EpsteinBarbara Epstein was a literary editor and a founding co-editor of the New York Review of Books.Epstein, née Zimmerman, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, to a Jewish-American family, and graduated from Radcliffe College in 1949.Ms...
, literary editor - Brian EpsteinBrian EpsteinBrian Samuel Epstein , was an English music entrepreneur, and is best known for being the manager of The Beatles up until his death. He also managed several other musical artists such as Gerry & the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Cilla Black, The Remo Four & The Cyrkle...
(1934-1967), manager of the Beatles - Daniel EpsteinDaniel EpsteinDaniel Epstein is an American pianist.-Life:A graduate of the Juilliard School, Epstein was launched into international renown when the conductor, Eugene Ormandy,invited him to perform with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1973...
, pianist - Daniel Mark EpsteinDaniel Mark EpsteinDaniel Mark Epstein is an American poet, dramatist and biographer.Epstein earned his B.A. from Kenyon College...
, biographer and poet - Edward Jay EpsteinEdward Jay EpsteinEdward Jay Epstein is an American investigative journalist. While a graduate student at Cornell University in 1966, he published the book Inquest, an influential criticism of the Warren Commission probe into the John F. Kennedy assassination...
, author and early critic of the Warren Commission - Jacob EpsteinJacob EpsteinSir Jacob Epstein KBE was an American-born British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British citizen in 1911. He often produced controversial works which challenged taboos on what was appropriate subject matter...
, sculptor - Joseph EpsteinJoseph Epstein (writer)Joseph Epstein is an essayist, short story writer, and editor, best known as a former editor of the Phi Beta Kappa Society's The American Scholar magazine and for his recent essay collection, Snobbery: The American Version. He was also a lecturer at Northwestern University from 1974 to 2002...
, American editor and essayist - Julius Epstein (pianist)Julius Epstein (pianist)Julius Epstein was an Austro-Hungarian Jewish pianist. He was a pupil at Agram of the choir-director Vatroslav Lichtenegger, and in Vienna of Johann Rufinatscha and Anton Halm...
- Julius J. EpsteinJulius J. EpsteinJulius J. Epstein was an American screenwriter, who had a long career, best remembered for the adaptation - in partnership with his twin brother, Philip, and others - of the unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's that became the screenplay for the film Casablanca , for which its team of writers...
, Oscar-winning screenwriter, brother of Philip G. Epstein - Leslie EpsteinLeslie EpsteinLeslie Donald Epstein is an American novelist.He has written nine novels including King of the Jews , Pandaemonium , and San Remo Drive: A Novel from Memory , based on his childhood growing up in Hollywood in the 1940s and 50s...
, novelist - Mel EpsteinMel EpsteinMel Epstein was an American film director and producer. He produced several films, including Secret of the Incas and Alaska Seas.-External links:*New York Times Biography of Mel Epstein ....
, film director and producer - Jake EpsteinJake EpsteinJacob Lee "Jake" Epstein is a Canadian actor and singer, perhaps best known for playing Craig Manning, a bipolar musician, on Degrassi: The Next Generation.-Personal life:...
, Canadian actor - Jason EpsteinJason EpsteinJason Epstein is an American editor and publisher.A 1949 graduate of Columbia College of Columbia University, Epstein was hired by Bennett Cerf at Random House, where he was the editorial director for forty years. He was responsible for the Vintage paperbacks, which published such authors as...
, publisher who popularized the trade paperback - Jean EpsteinJean EpsteinJean Epstein 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, Epstein directed three dozen films and was an influential critic of literature and film from the...
, film director - Mikhail EpsteinMikhail EpsteinMikhail Naumovich Epstein is an American literary theorist and critical thinker. He is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Cultural Theory and Russian Literature at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia...
, literary theorist and Emory University professor - Howie EpsteinHowie EpsteinHoward Norman Epstein , was a musician best known for his work with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Early life:...
, bass guitarist - Philip G. EpsteinPhilip G. EpsteinPhilip G. Epstein was an American screenwriter most known for his adaptation in partnership with his twin brother, Julius, and others, of the unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's which became the Academy Award-winning screenplay of the film Casablanca .Epstein was born in New York City and...
, Oscar-winning screenwriter, brother to Julius J. Epstein - Steven Epstein (music producer)Steven Epstein (music producer)Steven Epstein, an American producer of classical music received a B.Sc. in Music education from Hofstra University in 1973.Over the years, Epstein has worked with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Wynton Marsalis, Plácido Domingo, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Murray Perahia, Emanuel Ax, Bobby McFerrin,...
, U.S. classical music producer with Sony - Temi EpsteinTemi EpsteinTemi Le Anne Epstein is an American former child actress active in the middle 80s. Her best-known movie is in Friday the 13th Part VI, but her more remarkable role was the one of "young Ashton Main" on North and South....
, child actress - Deborah EpsteinDeborah EpsteinDeborah Epstein , better known by her stage name SoShy, is a French-American singer and songwriter.-Early life:Deborah Epstein was born in Paris to a French-Argentine-Italian mother and a French-Russian father...
, French-American singer-songwriter more commonly known as SoShy
Science and medicine
- Edward Epstein (meteorologist)Edward Epstein (meteorologist)Edward Epstein was an American meteorologist who pioneered the use of statistical methods in weather forecasting and the development of ensemble forecasting techniques.During the 1960s he was professor of meteorology at the University of Michigan...
, developer of statistical weather forecasting - Fred EpsteinFred EpsteinFred J. Epstein, MD was an internationally renowned pediatric neurosurgeon credited for the development of pioneering neurosurgical techniques to treat children threatened by brain and spinal-cord tumors....
, pediatric neurosurgeon - Mark EpsteinMark EpsteinMark Epstein, M.D. , is an American psychiatrist who has written extensively about Buddhism and psychotherapy. Epstein is a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Medical School. He has been a practicing Buddhist since his early twenties, primarily as a student of Joseph Goldstein and Jack...
, psychotherapist - Sir Michael Anthony Epstein, British pathologist, discoverer of the Epstein-Barr virus.
- Samuel EpsteinSamuel EpsteinSamuel S. Epstein is a medical doctor, and currently professor emeritus of environmental and occupational health at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health...
, doctor and professor of environmental medicine - Samuel Epstein (geochemist)Samuel Epstein (geochemist)Samuel Epstein was a Canadian-American geochemist who developed methods for reconstructing geologic temperature records using stable isotope geochemistry...
, Wollaston Medal winner
Mathematics
- David B. A. EpsteinDavid Epstein (mathematician)David Bernard Alper Epstein FRS is a mathematician known for his work in hyperbolic geometry, 3-manifolds, and group theory, amongst other fields. He co-founded David Bernard Alper Epstein FRS (b. 1937) is a mathematician known for his work in hyperbolic geometry, 3-manifolds, and group theory,...
, mathematician - Paul EpsteinPaul EpsteinPaul Epstein was a German mathematician. He was known for his contributions to number theory, in particular the Epstein zeta function....
, German mathematician - Paul Sophus EpsteinPaul Sophus EpsteinPaul Sophus Epstein was a Russian-American mathematical physicist...
, American mathematician/physicist of Polish/Russian origin and California Institute of Technology professor. - Richard Arnold Epstein, mathematician, game theorist
Sport
- Charlotte EpsteinCharlotte EpsteinCharlotte "Eppie" Epstein was known as "Mother of Women's Swimming in America" after she founded the Women's Swimming Association and coached the Women's Olympic Swimming Team in the 1920s.-Career:...
, nicknamed "Eppie", American Hall of Fame swimming coach, "Mother of Women's Swimming in America" - Hayden EpsteinHayden EpsteinHayden Epstein is a former professional American football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League, NFL Europa, and the Canadian Football League....
, American NFL football player - Kurt EpsteinKurt EpsteinKurt Epstein was a Czechoslovakian Olympic water polo player.-Early life:Epstein was Jewish, and born to Maximilian and Helena Epstein. He grew in Roudnice near the Elbe River, 22 miles north of Prague, in what was then the Austro-Hungarian province of Bohemia...
, Czechoslovakian Olympic water polo player - Mike EpsteinMike EpsteinMichael Peter Epstein , nicknamed SuperJew, is a former Major League Baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators, Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, and California Angels from –....
, nicknamed "Superjew", American major league baseball player - Theo EpsteinTheo EpsteinTheo Nathan Epstein is the President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs.On November 25, 2002, he became the youngest GM in the history of Major League Baseball when the Boston Red Sox hired him at the age of 28...
, President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago CubsChicago CubsThe Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...
Military
- Giora EpsteinGiora EpsteinColonel Giora "Hawkeye" Epstein , today Giora Even , is a retired colonel in the Israeli Air Force and a jet-to-jet fighter ace, credited with 17 kills, 16 of which were against Egyptian jets, making Epstein the Ace of Aces of modern, supersonic fighter jets...
, "ace of aces" Israeli fighter pilot. - Joseph EpsteinJoseph Epstein (French Resistance leader)Joseph Epstein , also known as Colonel Gilles and as Joseph Andrej, was a Polish-born Jewish communist activist and a French Resistance leader during World War II. He was executed by the Germans.-Communist organizer:Joseph Epstein was born in Zamość, Congress Poland. He studied law at Warsaw...
, French resistance leader
Other
- Jacob Epstein (student)Jacob Epstein (student)Jacob Epstein, also Jake Bermanen, was born in Brooklyn, New York of Russian parents. He graduated from Cornell University in 1924, where he became friends with Anna Colloms, who was also a student. In 1938, Epstein volunteered for the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War, and...
, alleged Soviet intelligence agent - Alex Epstein, objectivist philosopher
- Howard EpsteinHoward EpsteinHoward Epstein is a Canadian politician, lawyer and part-time law professor.Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he is an environmentalist, serving as the director of the Ecology Action Centre in Halifax from 1991-1994....
, Canadian politician - Israel EpsteinIsrael EpsteinIsrael Epstein was a naturalized Chinese journalist and author...
, Polish-Chinese journalist - Jeffrey EpsteinJeffrey EpsteinJeffrey Edward Epstein is an American financier. He served 13 months in jail of an 18-month sentence as a convicted sex offender in the state of Florida for soliciting an underage girl for prostitution...
, Billionaire financier - Kathleen Epstein, daughter of Jacob Epstein and Kathleen Garman, was once married to Lucian Freud
- David Epstein (law professor)David Epstein (law professor)David G. Epstein is the George E. Allen Professor of Law at University of Richmond School of Law and an expert on bankruptcy.Epstein received a B.A. from the University of Texas in 1964, a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1966, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 1969...
- Richard Allen Epstein, law professor
- Steven Epstein (academic)Steven Epstein (academic)Steven Epstein is an American academic and 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 the University of...
, sociologist - William EpsteinWilliam EpsteinWilliam "Bill" Epstein, was a Canadian international civil servant who worked at the United Nations for 54 years and was considered an expert on disarmament....
, Canadian international civil servant - Steven B. Epstein, Chairman of the Board of Visitors Columbia Law School, pioneering health care lawyer
- Juan Epstein, fictional character on the TV series Welcome Back, Kotter
- Dov Epstein, fictional character on the TV series Rookie Blue
Variant surnames
- Katja EbsteinKatja EbsteinKarin Witkiewicz, also known as Katja Ebstein, is a German singer. She was born in Girlachsdorf . She achieved success with songs such as Theater or Es war einmal ein Jäger. She was married to Christian Bruhn, who wrote many of her songs. She represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest...
(b. 1945), German singer - Wilhelm EbsteinWilhelm EbsteinWilhelm Ebstein was a German physician.He studied medicine at the universities of Breslau and Berlin, graduating from the latter in 1859...
(1836–1912), German Jewish physician and nutritionist - David EppsteinDavid EppsteinDavid Arthur Eppstein is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is professor of computer science at University of California, Irvine. He is known for his work in computational geometry, graph algorithms, and recreational mathematics.-Biography:Born in England of New Zealander...
(b. 1963), computer scientist - Nikolay EpshteinNikolay EpshteinNikolay Semenovich Epshtein was a Soviet ice hockey coach.-Ice hockey coaching career:He coached from 1953 to 1975 in the Soviet National League, he was head coach of “Chimik” in Voskresensk, Russia....
(1918–2005), Soviet ice hockey coach - Shakne EpshteinShakne EpshteinShakne Epshtein was a Jewish-Russian journalist and the secretary and editor of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee 's newspaper, Eynikayt...
, Soviet journalist
See also
- EppsteinEppsteinEppstein is a town in the Main-Taunus-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany.-Geographical situation: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....
, town in Hesse, Germany - Lords of EppsteinLords of EppsteinThe 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:...
, family of Germany nobility - Le château d'Eppstein, story by Alexandre Dumas, pèreAlexandre Dumas, pèreAlexandre Dumas, , born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world...
- Ebstein's anomalyEbstein's anomalyEbstein anomaly is a congenital heart defect in which the opening of the tricuspid valve is displaced towards the apex of the right ventricle of the heart.-Presentation:...
- Epstein-Barr virusEpstein-Barr virusThe Epstein–Barr virus , also called human herpesvirus 4 , is a virus of the herpes family and is one of the most common viruses in humans. It is best known as the cause of infectious mononucleosis...
- Louis EpsteinLouis EpsteinLouis Epstein is a worldwide clothing manufacturer. Trading under the name of Louis Epstein Jeans, they manufacture of a wide range of metro clothing, including production of a limited edition of blue jumpers.-References:...
, worldwide clothing manufacturer - Palais EpsteinPalais EpsteinPalais Epstein is a Ringstraßenpalais in Vienna, Austria. It was built for the industrialist and banker Gustav Ritter von Epstein. The architect was Theophil Freiherr von Hansen, who also designed the adjacent Austrian Parliament Building...
in Vienna - The Epstein SchoolThe Epstein SchoolThe Epstein School is an independent Jewish day school located in Sandy Springs, Georgia for children from 18 months through eighth grade and is a member of the Solomon Schechter Day School Association. The Head of School is Stan Beiner. The school has two campuses, and has a summer camp.- History...
, a private Jewish-day school in Atlanta, GA - Epstein Hebrew AcademyEpstein Hebrew AcademyH.F. Epstein Hebrew Academy is a Jewish Day School in Olivette, Missouri. It has been given the nickname EHA, an abrreviation. Its current headmaster is Rabbi Avi Greene. Epstein's assistant headmaster is Rhonda Donaldson. Its administration consists of Gayle Chazen, Barb Kinder, and David Friedman...
, a private Jewish day-school in St. Louis, MO