Kipnis or Kipniss is a Jewish surname. Dictionary of American Family Names suggests it is a corruption of the Ukrainian nickname "kyrponis, kyrponos" (Кирпоніс, Кирпонос) "flat-nosed", which produced the surname
Kirponos. [1]
Notable people with the surname include:
Alexander Kipnis (1891–1978), Russian/Ukrainian/American operatic bass
Igor Kipnis (1930–2002), German-born American harpsichordist and pianist
Jason Kipnis (born 1987), American baseball player (second baseman; Chicago Cubs)
Joel Kipnis (aka JK), producer, writer, soul/R&B guitarist, and recording studio owner
Jonathan Kipnis, professor of pathology and immunology at the Washington University School of Medicine
Laura Kipnis (born 1956), American professor of media studies at Northwestern University
Levin Kipnis (1894–1990), Russian/Ukrainian-born Israeli children's author and poet; winner of the Israel Prize
Jeff Kipnis (born 1951), American architectural critic, theorist, designer, film-maker, curator, and educator
Menachem Kipnis (1878–1942), Polish singer, critic, and photographer
Robert Kipniss (born 1931), American painter and printmaker
Yigal Kipnis (born 1949), Israeli historian and author
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Kipnis or Kipniss is a Jewish surname. Dictionary of American Family Names suggests it is a corruption of the Ukrainian nickname "kyrponis, kyrponos" (Кирпоніс, Кирпонос) "flat-nosed", which produced the surname
Kirponos. [1]
Notable people with the surname include:
Alexander Kipnis (1891–1978), Russian/Ukrainian/American operatic bass
Igor Kipnis (1930–2002), German-born American harpsichordist and pianist
Jason Kipnis (born 1987), American baseball player (second baseman; Chicago Cubs)
Joel Kipnis (aka JK), producer, writer, soul/R&B guitarist, and recording studio owner
Jonathan Kipnis, professor of pathology and immunology at the Washington University School of Medicine
Laura Kipnis (born 1956), American professor of media studies at Northwestern University
Levin Kipnis (1894–1990), Russian/Ukrainian-born Israeli children's author and poet; winner of the Israel Prize
Jeff Kipnis (born 1951), American architectural critic, theorist, designer, film-maker, curator, and educator
Menachem Kipnis (1878–1942), Polish singer, critic, and photographer
Robert Kipniss (born 1931), American painter and printmaker
Yigal Kipnis (born 1949), Israeli historian and author
This page lists people with the
surnameKipnis. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.