Epstein
The surname Epstein is one of the oldest Ashkenazi Jewish family names. It is probably derived from the German town of Eppstein, in Hesse; the place-name was probably derived from Gaulish apa 'water' and German -stein 'stone'.
Some notable people with this name include:
Arts
- Abby Epstein, American documentary director and producer
- Alex Epstein (writer), American Canadian writer and film producer
- Alex Epstein, Israeli writer
- Alvin Epstein, American actor and director
- Asaf Epstein, Israeli film director, writer, and producer
- Barbara Epstein, American literary editor
- Benita Epstein, American cartoonist
- Brett Epstein, American musician, songwriter, and record producer
- Daniel Epstein (pianist), American pianist
- Daniel Mark Epstein, American biographer and poet
- David Epstein (conductor), American composer, conductor, and music scientist
- Deborah Epstein, French-American singer-songwriter more commonly known as SoShy
- Dorrit Epstein, Czech British graphic designer
- Elisabeth Epstein, Russian painter
- Emily Rose Epstein, American drummer
- Freyda Epstein, American folk musician
- Gustav von Epstein, commissioned the Palais Epstein.
- Győző Epstein, Hungarian sculptor, graphic artist, and painter
- Hadassah Spira Epstein, American dancer
- Howie Epstein, American bass guitarist
- Jacob Epstein, American-British sculptor
- Jacob Epstein (writer), American television writer
- Jake Epstein, Canadian actor
- Jason Epstein, American publisher who popularized the trade paperback
- Jean Epstein, French filmmaker
- Jennifer Cody Epstein, American novelist
- Jerome Epstein (director), American filmmaker
- Josh Epstein, Canadian actor, producer and writer
- Joshua Epstein (violinist), Israeli musician
- Julius Epstein, Croatian pianist
- Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter, brother of Philip G. Epstein
- June Epstein, Australian author, radio broadcaster, musician, and disability advocate
- Kalama Epstein, American actor
- Kathie Lee Epstein, maiden name of Kathie Lee Gifford, American television host
- Kathleen Epstein, American-British sculptor
- Lawrence J. Epstein, American author
- Leslie Epstein, American novelist and essayist
- Marie Epstein, Polish-French actress and film preservationist
- Marti Epstein, American composer
- Mel Epstein, American film director and producer
- Michael J. Epstein, American filmmaker and musician
- Mitch Epstein, American photographer
- Nicky Epstein, American knitting designer and author
- Peter Epstein, American jazz saxophonist
- Philip G. Epstein, American Oscar-winning screenwriter, brother to Julius J. Epstein
- Rob Epstein, American director
- Robin Epstein, American artist
- Sadie Kuttner Epstein, American concert singer
- Selma Epstein, American concert pianist
- Steven Epstein (music producer), U.S. classical music producer with Sony
- Ted Epstein, American drummer
- Temi Epstein, American child actress
- Zale "Zalezy" Epstein, Canadian songwriter and musician
Business
- Betty Halff-Epstein, Swiss entrepreneur and second-wave feminist
- Brian Epstein, businessman, manager of the Beatles
- Jacob Epstein (art collector), Lithuanian-American merchant, philanthropist, and art collector
- Jacob Epstein (banker), Polish banker and philanthropist
- Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and sex offender
- Mark Epstein (property developer), American property developer and brother of Jeffrey Epstein
Mathematics
- Bernard Epstein, American mathematician and physicist
- Charles Epstein (mathematician), American applied mathematician
- David Eppstein, British-American computer scientist and mathematician
- David B. A. Epstein, British mathematician
- Lenore Epstein, birth name of Lenore Blum, computer scientist and mathematician
- Lenore A. Epstein, American statistician
- Paul Epstein, German mathematician
- Paul Sophus Epstein, American mathematician/physicist of Polish/Russian origin and California Institute of Technology professor.
- Richard Arnold Epstein, American mathematician and game theorist
Military
- Giora Epstein, "ace of aces" Israeli fighter pilot
- Joseph Epstein, communist French resistance leader
Religion
- Abraham Epstein, Russo-Austrian rabbinical scholar
- Aryeh Leib Epstein, Polish rabbi
- Baruch Epstein, Lithuanian rabbi and the son of Yechiel Michel Epstein
- Ephraim Epstein, American Orthodox rabbi
- Greg Epstein, Humanist rabbi and chaplain
- Isidore Epstein, English rabbi and rabbinical scholar
- Jehiel Michel Epstein, 17th-century writer and ethicist
- Klonimus Kalman Epstein, Polish rabbi, Kabbalist and a leader of the Chassidic movement
- Marc Michael Epstein, American religious scholar
- Mendel Epstein, American rabbi and kidnapper, also known as "The Prodfather"
- Moshe Mordechai Epstein, rabbi and author of the Levush Mordechai
- Moshe Yechiel Epstein, Hasidic rabbi and Israel Prize recipient
- Yechiel Michel Epstein, Lithuanian rabbi and author of the Arukh HaShulkhan
- Yitzchak Eizik Epstein, Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi and scholar
- Zelik Epstein, Rosh Yeshiva of the Shaar HaTorah-Grodno Yeshiva, located in Kew Gardens, New York
Science and medicine
- Alan H. Epstein, American aeronautical engineer
- Alois Epstein, Czech pediatrician
- Anthony Epstein, British pathologist and academic
- Arnold Epstein, American health scholar
- Berthold Epstein, Czech pediatrician and professor
- Charles Epstein (geneticist), American geneticist and Unabomber victim
- Claire Epstein, Israeli archaeologist
- Edward Epstein (meteorologist), American developer of statistical weather forecasting
- Fred Epstein, American pediatric neurosurgeon
- Gerald Epstein, American psychiatrist
- Isadore Epstein, American astronomer
- Joshua M. Epstein, American epidemiologist
- Margaret J. Eppstein, American scholar
- Mark Epstein, American psychotherapist
- Martha C. Epstein, American geneticist
- Sir Michael A. Epstein, British pathologist, discoverer of the Epstein-Barr virus.
- Robert Epstein, American psychologist
- Robert M. Epstein, American anesthesiologist
- Rose Frisch, American biologist
- Russell Epstein, American psychologist
- Samuel Epstein, American doctor and professor of environmental medicine
- Samuel Epstein (geochemist), Canadian-American geochemist
- Slava Epstein, American marine biologist and microbial ecologist
- Stephen Epstein (cardiologist), American cardiologist and medical researcher
Social sciences
- Alek Epstein, Russian-Israeli sociologist
- Bill Epstein, British social anthropologist
- Brian Epstein (philosopher), American philosopher
- Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, American sociologist
- Fritz T. Epstein, American historian
- Gene Epstein, American economist
- Jonathan Epstein, Australian economist
- Larry G. Epstein, Canadian economist
- Mikhail Epstein, Russian-American literary theorist and Emory University professor
- Paul Eppstein, German sociologist and Holocaust victim
- Ron Epstein, American scholar and translator
- Simon Epstein, Israeli economist and historian
- Stephan R. Epstein, British economic historian
- Steven Epstein (academic), American sociologist
- T. Scarlett Epstein, British-Austrian social anthropologist and economist
Sport
- Andrew Epstein, American soccer player
- Charlotte Epstein, American swimming coach
- Denis Epstein, German football player
- Dmitry Epstein, Dutch pair skater
- Eddie Epstein, baseball statistician
- Esther Epstein, American chess player
- Hayden Epstein, American NFL football player
- Jan Epstein, Australian cricketer
- Kurt Epstein, Czech water polo player
- Mike Epstein,, American major league baseball player
- Nikolay Epshtein, Soviet ice hockey coach
- Ray Epstein, Australian Paralympic weightlifter and powerlifting coach
- Theo Epstein, American Major League Baseball Executive
Politics and law
- Anthony C. Epstein, American jurist
- Benjamin Epstein, Anti-Defamation League director
- Daniel Z. Epstein, American lawyer
- David G. Epstein, American law professor
- Eliahu Epstein, birth name of Eliahu Eilat, Israeli diplomat and orientalist
- Eric Epstein, American political activist
- Gloria Epstein, Canadian judge
- Harvey Epstein, American politician
- Howard Epstein, Canadian politician
- Jerome Epstein (politician), American politician and criminal
- Lee Epstein, American political scientist
- Leon Epstein, American political scientist
- Leopold Vail Epstein, American attorney and father of Linda McCartney
- Mitzi Epstein, American politician
- Moses J. Epstein, American politician
- Philip Michael Epstein, Canadian family law lawyer
- Richard Epstein, American law professor
- Samuel Epstein (politician), American politician, lawyer, and physician
- William Epstein, Canadian international civil servant
Writing and journalism
- Alan Epstein, American travel writer
- Alex Epstein, American author
- David Epstein (journalist), American journalist
- Dena Epstein, American music librarian, writer, and musicologist
- Edward Jay Epstein, American author and early critic of the Warren Commission
- Eleni Epstein, American fashion journalist
- Helen Epstein, American author and memoirist
- Helen Epstein (journalist), American journalist and professor
- Israel Epstein, Polish-Chinese journalist
- Joseph Epstein, American editor and essayist
- Julius Epstein (writer), American journalist and scholar
- Lewis Carroll Epstein, American author
- Louise Epstein, Swedish journalist and author
- Melech Epstein, American journalist and historian
- Nadine Epstein, American journalist and author
- Randi Hutter Epstein, American medical writer, author and journalist
- Shakne Epshtein, Soviet journalist
Other
- David Epstein (Australia), Australian public affairs specialist
- David Epstein (gangster), former member of Epstein–Wolmark gang, son of Mendel Epstein
- Gabriel Epstein, British architect and urban planner
- Hedy Epstein, Jewish anti-Zionist
- Jacob Epstein (spy), American alleged Soviet intelligence agent
- Ruth Wilson Epstein, American nurse and wife of Jacob Epstein
- Seraphine Eppstein, American clubwoman and hospital administrator
- Sorella Epstein, Latvian Holocaust victim
- Yishaq Epstein, Hebrew linguist and educator
Fictional characters
- Juan Epstein, fictional character on the TV series Welcome Back, Kotter
- Dov Epstein, fictional character on the TV series Rookie Blue
- Solomon Epstein, inventor of the Epstein-Fusion Drive in the novel and TV series ''The Expanse''
Variant surnames
- Katja Ebstein, German singer
- Richard Ebstein, American behavioral geneticist
- Wilhelm Ebstein, German physician and nutritionist
- Nikolay Epshtein, Soviet ice hockey coach
- Shakne Epshtein, Soviet journalist
- Alex Epshteyn, computer programmer
- Boris Epshteyn, political commentator