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Anna Epps Anna Cherrie Epps (July 8, 1930 – May 18, 2017) was an American microbiologist known for her immunology research as well as her efforts to promote the advancement of minorities within the sciences, specifically medicine. Early life and educati ...

(1930–2017), African-American microbiologist and medical school dean and CEO *

Archie Epps Archie C. Epps III (May 19, 1937, Lake Charles, Louisiana – August 21, 2003, Boston, Massachusetts) was dean of students at Harvard College from 1971 to 1999. He was one of the first black administrators at Harvard.Aubrey Epps Aubrey Lee ("Yo-Yo") Epps (March 3, 1912 – November 13, 1984) was a Major League Baseball catcher. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He batted and threw right-handed, was 5 foot 10, and 170 pounds. Yo-Yo played just one major league game in hi ...

(1912–1984), American Major League Baseball catcher *

Ben T. Epps Ben T. Epps (February 20, 1888 - October 16, 1937), known as "Georgia's First Aviator" was an American aviation pioneer. In 1907, he built a monoplane of his own design, now known as the Epps 1909 Monoplane. This was followed by other original mon ...

(1888–1937), American pioneering aviator and airplane designer *

Bobby Epps Robert Hezekiah Epps (March 25, 1932 - November 14, 2014) was an American football fullback (gridiron football), fullback who played three seasons for the New York Giants. He played for them from 1954 to 1955 and in 1957; he missed the 1956 seas ...

(1932–2014), American football player *

Bubber Epps James A. "Bubber" Epps (born September 7, 1943) is an American politician. Epps is a retired paving contractor, living in Dry Branch. He previously served as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 144th District, serving from ...

(born 1943), American politician *

Charles T. Epps Jr. Charles Thomas Epps Jr. (June 13, 1944 – March 20, 2015) was an American Democratic Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2006 to 2008, where he represented the 31st legislative district, having taken office o ...

(1944–2015), American politician *

Chris Epps Christopher B. Epps (born January 25, 1961) is a Federal inmate and a former commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) and career employee in the state criminal justice system though he started his career as a teacher. Appoi ...

(born 1961), U.S. state department of corrections commissioner *

Christina Epps Christina Epps (born June 20, 1991) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the triple jump. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. Her personal bests in the event are 14.09 ...

(born 1991), American triple jumper *

Dedrick Epps Dedrick Epps (born June 19, 1988) is a former American football tight end. He was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the seventh round, 253rd overall in the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football for the University of Miami. He was also ...

(born 1988), American former National Football League tight end *

Edwin Epps Edwin Epps was a slaveholder on a cotton plantation in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. He was the third and longest enslaver of Solomon Northup, who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. in 1841 and forced into slavery. On January 3, 1853, Northup left Ep ...

, American cotton planter and slave owner of kidnapped free black

Solomon Northup Solomon Northup (born July 10, 1807-1808) was an American abolitionist and the primary author of the memoir '' Twelve Years a Slave''. A free-born African American from New York, he was the son of a freed slave and a free woman of color. A fa ...

(1807/08–c. 1863), whose ordeal is detailed in the memoir ''Twelve Years a Slave'' *

Garrett Epps Garrett Epps (born 1950 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American legal scholar, novelist, and journalist. He was professor of law at the University of Baltimore until his retirement in June 2020; previously he was the Orlando J. and Marian H. Hollis P ...

, American law professor, novelist and journalist *

George Epps (actuary) Sir George Selby Washington Epps (26 February 1885 – 8 February 1951) was a British actuary and civil servant. He succeeded Alfred Watson as government actuary in 1936. Early life and education George Selby Washington Epps was born on ...

(1885–1951), British civil servant and actuary * George Napoleon Epps (1815–1874), English homœopath and author, half-brother of John Epps *

Hal Epps Harold Franklin "Hal" Epps (March 26, 1914 – August 25, 2004) was an outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns, and Philadelphia Athletics. Although he only spent parts of four seasons in the majors, Epps had an 18-year professi ...

(1914–2004), American Major League Baseball outfielder *

Jack Epps Jr. Jack Epps Jr. (born November 3, 1949) is an American screenwriter, author, and educator, known chiefly for such popular 1980s films as ''Top Gun'', ''Legal Eagles'', and '' The Secret of My Success'', which he wrote with longtime partner Jim Cash ...

(born 1949), American screenwriter *

Jeanette Epps Jeanette Jo Epps (born November 3, 1970) is an American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut. Epps received both her M. S. and Ph.D degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland, where she was part of the rotor-craft research ...

(born 1970), NASA astronaut *

JoAnne A. Epps JoAnne Adrienne Epps (May 28, 1951 – September 19, 2023) was an American legal scholar and academic. After serving as the executive vice president and provost of Temple University, she was the university's 13th president. She was the first Bl ...

, American law professor, author and Executive Vice President and Provost of Temple University *

John Epps Dr John Epps (15 February 1805 – 12 February 1869) was an English physician, phrenologist and homeopath. He was also a political activist, known as a champion of radical causes on which he preached, lectured and wrote in periodicals. Life Ear ...

(1805–1869), English physician, phrenologist, homeopath and political activist *

Joseph L. Epps Joseph L. Epps (May 16, 1870 – June 20, 1952) was a United States Army private who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on December 4, 1899, during the Philippine–American War. Epps is buried at Greenhill Cemetery in Muskogee, Oklahom ...

(1870–1952), United States Army private who received the Medal of Honor *

Makayla Epps Makayla Epps (born June 6, 1995) is an American professional women's basketball player. She last played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted from the University of Kentucky with the 33rd overa ...

(born 1995), American women's basketball guard *

Marcus Epps (disambiguation) Marcus Epps may refer to: * Marcus Epps (soccer) (born 1995), American soccer midfielder * Marcus Epps (American football) (born 1996), American football safety {{hndis, Epps, Marcus ...

, various people *

Mike Epps Michael Elliot Epps (born November 18, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He played Day-Day Jones in '' Next Friday'' and its sequel, '' Friday After Next'', and also appeared in ''The Hangover'' and '' The Hangover Part III'' as ...

(born 1970), American actor and comedian *

Omar Epps Omar Hashim Epps (born July 20, 1973) is an American actor, rapper, and producer. He has been awarded nine NAACP Image Awards, two Teen Choice Awards, one MTV Movie Award, one Black Reel Award, and one Screen Actors Guild Award. Epps's film role ...

(born 1973), American actor *

Orlo Epps Orlo Epps (1864 – June 2, 1926) was an American architect, mathematician, physicist, and socialist writer. Life Epps was born in Elkhart, Indiana, the son of Edward Epps and Helen (Blanchard) Epps. He moved to Oneonta, New York at age 16. He ...

(1864–1926), American architect, mathematician, physicist and socialist *

Phil Epps Phillip Epps (born November 11, 1959) is a former American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers (1982-1988) and the New York Jets (1989). He attended Texas Christian University. One of his more memorable catches was a 1985 game agai ...

(born 1959), American former National Football League wide receiver *

Preston Epps Preston Eugene Epps (July 19, 1930 – May 9, 2019) was an American percussionist. Career Epps was born in Mangum, Oklahoma. He learned to play percussion instruments, including the bongos, while he was stationed in Okinawa during the Korean W ...

(1930–2019), American percussionist *

Roselyn P. Epps Roselyn Elizabeth Payne Epps (December 11, 1930 – September 29, 2014) was an American pediatrician and public health physician. She was the first African American president of the American Medical Women's Association and wrote more than 90 p ...

(died 2014), American pediatrician and first African-American president of the American Medical Women's Association *

Shareeka Epps Shareeka Epps (born July 11, 1989) is an American actress. She is best known for starring in the 2006 film '' Half Nelson'', alongside Ryan Gosling. She won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in the film. Life ...

(born 1989), American actress *

Sheldon Epps Sheldon may refer to: * Sheldon (name), a given name and a surname, and a list of people with the name Places Australia *Sheldon, Queensland *Sheldon Forest, New South Wales United Kingdom * Sheldon, Derbyshire, England *Sheldon, Devon, England * ...

(born 1952), American television and theater director * Stuart Epps, British record producer and audio engineer * Tauheed Epps (born 1977), American rapper known professionally as

2 Chainz Tauheed K. Epps (born September 12, 1977), known professionally as 2 Chainz (or Tity Boi), is an American rapper. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, he initially gained recognition as one-half of the Southern hip hop duo Playaz Circle, ...

Tory Epps Torrean "Tory" Douglas Epps (May 28, 1967 – June 1, 2005) was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Atlanta Falcons, the Chicago Bears, and the New Orleans Saints. He also played in the Arena Footb ...

(1967–2005), American football player *

W. Epps William Epps (date of birth unknown–died 1833) was an English cricket writer and historian who was active in the late 18th century. He is noted for compiling ''Grand Matches of Cricket 1771 to 1791'', published by Rochester Publishing Co. in 1799 ...

, English cricket writer and historian in the late 18th century

Places in the United States

* Epps, Louisiana, a village *

Epps Township, Butler County, Missouri Epps Township is one of ten townships in Butler County, Missouri, USA The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily locate ...

Other

HEPPS (molecule) HEPPS (EPPS) is a buffering agent used in biology and biochemistry. The pKa of HEPPS is 8.00. It is ones of Good's buffers. Research on mice with Alzheimer's disease-like amyloid beta plaques has shown that HEPPS can cause the plaques to brea ...

(or EPPS), common names for the compound 3-

-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazinyl The hyphen-minus is the most commonly used type of hyphen, widely used in digital documents. It is the only character that looks like a minus sign or a dash in many character sets such as ASCII or on most keyboards, so it is also used as s ...

ropanesulfonic acid *

Edwards Personal Preference Schedule Developed by psychologist and University of Washington professor Allen L. Edwards, the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) is a forced choice, objective, non-projective personality inventory. The target audience in between the ages of 16-8 ...

* Energetic Particle and Plasma Spectrometer, an instrument aboard MESSENGER space probe that measures the charged particles in the magnetosphere around Mercury *

Epps effect In econometrics and time series analysis, the Epps effect, named after T. W. Epps, is the phenomenon that the empirical correlation In statistics, correlation or dependence is any statistical relationship, whether causal or not, bet ...

, in econometrics and time series analysis, the phenomenon that the empirical correlation between the returns of two different stocks decreases as the sampling frequency of data increases *

Epps 1907 Monoplane __NOTOC__ The Epps 1907 Monoplane was a pioneering aircraft built and flown in 1907 by Ben T. Epps of Athens, Georgia from an original design. The aircraft consisted of an open framework suspended below a wire-braced monoplane wing. The undercarri ...

, a pioneering aircraft built and flown in 1907 by Ben T. Epps *

Half-Sack Epps The following is a list of characters from ''Sons of Anarchy'', and its spin-off ''Mayans M.C.'' Both are American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter. ''Sons of Anarchy'' aired from 2008 to 2014, ''Mayans M.C.'' since 2018. Cast ...

, a fictional character on the TV series ''Sons of Anarchy'' {{Disambig, surname