Memphis most commonly refers to: *

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, a former capital of ancient Egypt *

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mo ...

, a major American city Memphis may also refer to:

Places

United States

Memphis, Alabama Memphis, also known as Old Memphis, is a town in Pickens County, Alabama, United States. The population was 29 at the 2010 census, down from 33 in 2000. As long ago as 1850, it was listed as an incorporated community on the U.S. Census, but did n ...

* Memphis, Florida * Memphis, Indiana * Memphis, Michigan *

Memphis, Mississippi Memphis was a village in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 87 at the 2000 census. In 2004, the village of Memphis officially became part of the town of Walls. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the ...

* Memphis, Missouri *

Memphis, Nebraska Memphis is a village in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 114 at the 2010 census. History Memphis was established in the 1880s when the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was extended to that point. A large share ...

Memphis, New York Memphis is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet in the Van Buren, New York, Town of Van Buren, west of Syracuse, New York, Syracuse in Onondaga County, New York, Onondaga County, New York (state), New York, United States. Because of its location on the ...

* Memphis, Ohio * Memphis metropolitan area, centered on Memphis, Tennessee * Memphis, Texas

Elsewhere

Mampsis Mampsis (Medieval Greek: Μάμψις) or Memphis ( Ancient Greek: Μέμφις), today Mamshit ( he, ממשית), Arabic Kurnub, is a former Nabataean caravan stop and Byzantine city. In the Nabataean period, Mampsis was an important station on t ...

, Mamshit or Memphis, a Nabatean city

Film

* ''Memphis'' (film), a 2013 film directed by Ricky Memphis

Music

* Memphis (band), a musical duo * Memphis Industries, a record label * ''Memphis'' (musical), a Broadway musical by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro

Albums

* ''Memphis'' (Boz Scaggs album), 2013 * ''Memphis'' (Roy Orbison album), 1972 * '' Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis'', 2019

Songs

* "Memphis, Tennessee" (song) or "Memphis", by Chuck Berry, 1959; covered by many performers * "Memphis" (The Badloves song), 1994 * "Memphis" (Joe Jackson song), 1983 * "Memphis", by David Nail, 2002 * "Memphis", by Justin Bieber from '' Journals'', 2013 * "Memphis", by White Zombie from ''

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Other uses

Memphis (mythology) In Greek mythology, Memphis ( grc, Μέμφις) was the female eponym of Memphis in Egypt. The name was attributed to several distinct characters, namely: * Memphis, daughter of Nilus. * Memphis, one of the many consorts of King Danaus of Lib ...

, the wife of Epaphus, who was, according to legend, the founder of Memphis, Egypt * ''Memphis'' (genus), a genus of brush-footed butterflies *

Memphis (cigarette) Memphis is an Austrian brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by ''"Austria Tabak"'', which is owned by the Gallaher Group, a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco. History Memphis was launched on March 1st, 1897 by the KAISERLICH KÖNIG ...

, a cigarette brand of Austria Tabak *

Memphis (typeface) Memphis is a slab-serif typeface designed bDr. Rudolf Wolfand released in 1929 by the Stempel Type Foundry. Memphis is a "geometric" slab serif, reflecting the style of German geometric sans-serifs (in particular Futura) which had attracted ...

, a slab-serif typeface designed in 1929 by Dr. Rudolf Wolf * Memphis Group, an influential design movement of Italian designers and architects in the 1980s * ''USS Memphis'' (CA-10), a US Navy armored cruiser wrecked by a tsunami in 1916 * ''USS Memphis'' (SSN-691), a nuclear attack submarine of the United States Navy *

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, codenamed Memphis during development * City of Memphis (train), a passenger train route

People with the name

Memphis Bleek Malik Deshawn Cox (born June 23, 1978), known by his stage name Memphis Bleek, is an American rapper who was a protégé of fellow New York rapper Jay-Z. Cox started his own labels: Get Low Records in 1998, and Warehouse Music Group in 2016. He ...

, New York rapper * Memphis Depay, Dutch footballer * Randall 'Memphis' Raines, a character in '' Gone in 60 Seconds'' * Ricky Memphis, Italian actor