# Memphis

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**Memphis** most commonly refers to:

- [Memphis, Egypt](/source/Memphis,_Egypt), a former capital of ancient Egypt
- [Memphis, Tennessee](/source/Memphis,_Tennessee), a major American city

**Memphis** may also refer to:

## Astronomy

- [Memphis Facula](/source/Memphis_Facula), a prominent region on Ganymede, moon of Jupiter

## Places

### United States

- [Memphis, Alabama](/source/Memphis,_Alabama), a town
- [Memphis, Florida](/source/Memphis,_Florida), a census-designated place
- [Memphis, Indiana](/source/Memphis,_Indiana), a census-designated place
- [Memphis, Michigan](/source/Memphis,_Michigan), a city
- [Memphis, Mississippi](/source/Memphis,_Mississippi), a village
- [Memphis, Missouri](/source/Memphis,_Missouri), a city
- [Memphis, Nebraska](/source/Memphis,_Nebraska), a village
- [Memphis, New York](/source/Memphis,_New_York), a hamlet
- [Memphis, Ohio](/source/Memphis,_Ohio), an unincorporated community
- [Memphis metropolitan area](/source/Memphis_metropolitan_area), centered on Memphis, Tennessee
- [Memphis, Texas](/source/Memphis,_Texas), a city

### Elsewhere

- [Mampsis](/source/Mampsis), Mamshit or Memphis, a Nabatean city

## Arts and entertainment

### Music

- [Memphis (band)](/source/Memphis_(band)), a musical duo
- [Memphis Industries](/source/Memphis_Industries), a record label
- [*Memphis* (musical)](/source/Memphis_(musical)), a Broadway musical by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro

#### Albums

- [*Memphis* (Boz Scaggs album)](/source/Memphis_(Boz_Scaggs_album)), 2013
- [*Memphis* (Roy Orbison album)](/source/Memphis_(Roy_Orbison_album)), 1972
- *[Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis](/source/Coin_Coin_Chapter_Four:_Memphis)*, 2019

#### Songs

- ["Memphis, Tennessee" (song)](/source/Memphis,_Tennessee_(song)) or "Memphis", by Chuck Berry, 1959; covered by many performers
- ["Memphis" (The Badloves song)](/source/Memphis_(The_Badloves_song)), 1994
- ["Memphis" (Joe Jackson song)](/source/Memphis_(Joe_Jackson_song)), 1983
- "Memphis", by [Donnie Brooks](/source/Donnie_Brooks), 1961
- "Memphis", by [David Nail](/source/David_Nail), 2002
- "Memphis", by Justin Bieber from *[Journals](/source/Journals_(album))*, 2013
- "Memphis", by Justin Timberlake from *[Everything I Thought It Was](/source/Everything_I_Thought_It_Was)*, 2024
- "Memphis", by White Zombie from *[Psycho-Head Blowout](/source/Psycho-Head_Blowout)*, 1987

### Film

- [*Memphis* (1992 film)](/source/Memphis_(1992_film)), an American television film
- [*Memphis* (2013 film)](/source/Memphis_(2013_film)), a film directed by Tim Sutton.
- Randall 'Memphis' Raines, a character in *[Gone in 60 Seconds](/source/Gone_in_60_Seconds_(2000_film))*

### Design

- [Memphis (typeface)](/source/Memphis_(typeface)), a slab-serif typeface designed in 1929 by Rudolf Wolf
- [Memphis Group](/source/Memphis_Group), an influential design movement of Italian designers and architects in the 1980s

## Maritime transport

- [USS *Memphis* (CA-10)](/source/USS_Memphis_(CA-10)), a US Navy armored cruiser wrecked by a tsunami in 1916
- [USS *Memphis* (SSN-691)](/source/USS_Memphis_(SSN-691)), a nuclear attack submarine of the United States Navy
- [CSS *Memphis*](/source/CSS_Memphis) Confederate Battery converted from floating dry dock 1861

## People

- [Memphis Bleek](/source/Memphis_Bleek), New York rapper
- [Memphis Depay](/source/Memphis_Depay), Dutch footballer
- [Ricky Memphis](/source/Ricky_Memphis), Italian actor

## Other uses

- [Memphis (mythology)](/source/Memphis_(mythology)), the wife of Epaphus, who was, according to legend, the founder of Memphis, Egypt
- [*Memphis* (butterfly)](/source/Memphis_(butterfly)), a genus of brush-footed butterflies
- [Memphis (cigarette)](/source/Memphis_(cigarette)), a cigarette brand of Austria Tabak
- [Windows 98](/source/Windows_98), codenamed Memphis during development
- [*City of Memphis* (train)](/source/City_of_Memphis_(train)), a passenger train route

## See also

- [University of Memphis](/source/University_of_Memphis), a public university in Memphis, Tennessee
- [Memphis Tigers](/source/Memphis_Tigers), the athletic programs of the University of Memphis
- [West Memphis, Arkansas](/source/West_Memphis,_Arkansas), part of the Memphis, Tennessee, metropolitan area
- [Memphis La Blusera](/source/Memphis_La_Blusera), an Argentine blues band
- [Memphis Grizzlies](/source/Memphis_Grizzlies), American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee
- [Corporate Memphis](/source/Corporate_Memphis), an art style.

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