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Jepson is an English language patronymic surname meaning "Geoffrey’s son". The prefix, Jep, is also the diminutive given name. The surname Jepson has alternate spellings, including the Scandinavian Jepsen. The given name Jepson is rare.[1] Jepson may refer to:
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- Brian Jepson (b. 1970), American voice actor
- Edgar Jepson (1863 - 1938), English author
- Helen Jepson (1904-1997), American opera singer
- Jim Jepson (1942 - 1989), Canadian politician
- Kristine Jepson, American opera singer
- Joanna Jepson, English, Church of England curate)
- Mikael Jepson (b. 1974), Swedish glam-rocker and member of The Ark who usually goes by the name Jepson without his first name
- Peter Jepson-Young (b. 1957), Canadian AIDS-awareness educator
- Ronnie Jepson (b. 1963), English footballer
- Selwyn Jepson (1899 - 1989), British author, screenwriter, director
- Steven B. Jepson, American opera singer
- Toby Jepson (b. 1967), English musician and actor
- Willis Linn Jepson (1867 - 1946), American botanist, original author of The Jepson Manual
[edit] Other uses
- Jepson Island, Connecticut, USA
- Jepson Art Institute, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, Virginia, USA
- The Jepson Manual, Higher Plants of California, plant identification
- Jepson claim, in United States patent law, a claim where one or more limitations are specifically identified as a point of novelty; based on the 1917 case Ex parte Jepson
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