Jepsen is a Danish– Norwegian

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meaning "son of Jep" (equivalent of Jacob). A homonymous form is Jebsen. The surname Jepsen has alternate spellings, including the

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''Jepson''. It may refer to the following notable people:

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Aage Jepsen Sparre Aage Jepsen Sparre (–1540) was a Danish priest who was archbishop of Lund from 1523 to 1532. Sparre enrolled at the University of Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, ang ...

(1462–1540), Danish priest, Archbishop of Lund *

Allan K. Jepsen Allan Kierstein Jepsen (born 4 July 1977 in Kolding) is a Danish former professional football player and current U17 manager at FC Midtjylland. He played as a left back for a number of clubs, spending most of his career with Aalborg Boldspilkl ...

(born 1977), Danish football player *

Carly Rae Jepsen Carly Rae Jepsen (born November 21, 1985) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. After studying musical theatre for most of her school life and while in university, Jepsen garnered mainstream attention after placing third on the fifth season of ...

(born 1985), Canadian singer/songwriter *

George Jepsen George Christian Jepsen
December 17, 1989, ''The New York Times'' (born N ...

(born 1954), Attorney General of Connecticut *

Glenn Lowell Jepsen Glenn Lowell "Jep" Jepsen (4 March 1903 – 15 October 1974) was an American paleontologist and professor of vertebrate paleontology at Princeton University. He collected and described many fossil species particularly from the Oligocene of the Badla ...

(1903–1974), American paleontologist *

Les Jepsen Les Burnell Jepsen (born June 24, 1967) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) during the early 1990s.Kevin Jepsen Kevin Martin Jepsen (born July 26, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Tampa Bay Rays, Minnesota Twins, and Texas Rangers. Professional care ...

(born 1984), American baseball player *

Maria Jepsen Maria Jepsen (born 19 January 1945, in Bad Segeberg) is the former List of bishops of Hamburg#Bishops of Hamburg (1977–2008), bishop of Hamburg in the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church. On 4 April 1992 the synod of the Hamburg Ambit elec ...

(born 1945), German, first woman to become a Lutheran bishop in the Evangelical Church in Germany and worldwide *

Marie Jepsen Marie Jepsen (27 March 1940 – 20 October 2018) was a Danish politician who served in the European Parliament as a member of the Conservative People's Party from 1984 until 1994. Biography Marie Jepsen was born on 27 March 1940 in the town of ...

(1940–2018), Danish politician * Mary Lou Jepsen (born 1965), American, founding chief technology officer of One Laptop Per Child *

Roger Jepsen Roger William Jepsen (December 23, 1928 – November 13, 2020) was an American politician from Iowa. A member of the Republican Party, he served as Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1969 to 1973 and a member of the United States Senate for one te ...

(1928–2020), U.S. Senator from Iowa

Jebsen

Jørg Tofte Jebsen Jørg Tofte Jebsen (27 April 1888 – 7 January 1922) was a physicist from Norway, where he was the first to work on Albert Einstein, Einstein's general relativity, general theory of relativity. In this connection he became known after his ea ...

(1888–1922), Norwegian physicist *

Peter Jebsen Peter Jebsen ( 6 May 1824 – 30 October 1892) was a Norway, Norwegian businessperson and politician. He was the founder of Dale of Norway. Background Jebsen was born at Broager in the Duchy of Schleswig. He was the son of Jens Jebsen (1778� ...

(1824–1892), Norwegian businessperson and politician

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{{surname, Jepsen Danish-language surnames Norwegian-language surnames Patronymic surnames

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Jebsen

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