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
- 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
- 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
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