Hepburn
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Hepburn is a Scottish family name that is also associated with a variety of famous personages, eponyms, places, and things. Whilst a Scottish name, it's origins are widely suspected to lie south of the border in the English town of Hebburn, in South Tyneside. The origins of the name are suggested to be the same as that of the town from the Anglo Saxon words heah, meaning high and byrgen, meaning burial place. Alternatively it could mean something along the lines of "high place beside the water", as the word burn is a still widely used Scots word to mean river.
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Scottish nobles
Hepburn is the name of a family of Scottish nobles:
- Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord of Hailes
- Adam Hepburn, Master of Hailes (son of Patrick, 1st Lord of Hailes)
- John Hepburn (son of Patrick, 1st Lord of Hailes)
- Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell (son of Adam, Master of Hailes)
- Adam Hepburn of Craggis (son of Adam, Master of Hailes)
- George Hepburn (son of Adam, Master of Hailes)
- Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell (son of Patrick, 1st Earl of Bothwell)
- Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell (son of Adam, 2nd Earl of Bothwell)
- James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (son of Patrick, 3rd Earl of Bothwell) - lover and third husband of Queen Mary I of Scotland.
- Francis Stewart Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell (nephew of James, 4th Earl of Bothwell)
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Academia and government
- Alonzo Barton Hepburn, was a banker and politician.
- Charles A Hepburn, a Glasgow based mercantile philanthropist who donated a large collection of books and manuscripts to the University of Glasgow.
- The Reverend James Curtis Hepburn was a linguist who devised the Hepburn romanization system which was used to transcribe the Japanese language into the Roman alphabet.
- Mitchell Hepburn is the youngest ever Premier of Ontario.
- Ronald William Hepburn is a philosopher.
- Stephen Hepburn is a British Member of Parliament.
- William Peters Hepburn was a Repbulican Representative for Iowa and author of the Hepburn Act of 1906.
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Arts and entertainment
- Katharine Hepburn was an actress.
- Audrey Hepburn was an actress.
- Barton Hepburn was an actor.
- Cassandra Hepburn is an actress.
- Dee Hepburn was an actress.
- Hepburn was an all-female British pop band.
- Doug Hepburn was a Canadian weightlifter.
- Ralph Hepburn was an American racecar driver and motorcycle racing champion
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Geography
- Hepburn Shire is an area of Victoria in Australia.
- Hepburn is a town in Saskatchewan in Canada.
- Hepburn Township is a town in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania in the United States.