Pippin

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Pippin, Peppin, and Pepin (Latin: Pippinus, Pipinus, and Pepinus) are variants of a single Frankish given name. It was the name of several important figures in the Carolingian family that ruled the Frankish Empire in what is now France and the western parts of Germany in the Middle Ages:

• Pepin of Landen, nicknamed the Elder, sometimes listed as a saint
• Pepin of Herstal, nicknamed the Middle
• Pepin the Short or Pippin the Younger, father of Charlemagne
• Pepin the Hunchback, son of Charlemagne
• Pepin of Italy, son of Charlemagne
• Pepin I of Aquitaine, grandson of Charlemagne, son of Louis the Pious)
• Pepin II of Aquitaine, son of Pepin I of Aquitaine
• Pepin, Count of Vermandois, grandson of Pepin of Italy

Pepin/Pippin may also refer to:

• Clermont Pépin (1926–2006), a Canadian pianist, composer and teacher
• Pépin's test a primality test which can be used to determine whether a Fermat number is prime in mathematics
• the nickname of Peregrin Took in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
• a type of apple
• the protagonist in the novel The Short Reign of Pippin IV by John Steinbeck
• the yellow dog in the Pippin and Mabel picture book series by K.V. Johansen
• Pippin (musical), the title of a Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz; or the 1981 film adaptation of the musical
• Apple Bandai Pippin, a game console designed by Apple Computer and manufactured by Bandai in 1995
• Jacques Pépin, a famous chef
• Robert Pippin, American philosopher
• Victor Pépin, the first American circus master
• Pepín (footballer), a Spanish footballer, real name José Casas
• the name of one of the crew of the Pequod in the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
• Pippin (comics), a children's comic produced by Polystyle Publications from 1966 to 1986
• the dog in the BBC children's programme Come Outside, who also appeared in the CITV series Woof! the original Pippin was the son of one of the dogs who played Benji
• Zippin Pippin at Libertyland, formerly just The Pippin

There are a few places named Pepin in the United States:

• Pepin County, Wisconsin
• Pepin (town), Wisconsin
• Pepin, Wisconsin
• Lake Pepin
• Pepin Township, Minnesota

[edit] See also

• Saint Pepin, a disambiguation page

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Pippin is also a well known sausage dog in the English area.