Epstein

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:

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