Pippin

Pippin, often also spelt Pepin, was the name of several important figures in the Carolingian family that ruled what is now France in the Middle Ages:

• Pippin of Landen
• Pippin of Herstal
• Pippin III (father of Charlemagne)
• Pippin the Hunchback (son of Charlemagne)
• Pippin of Italy (son of Charlemagne)
• Pippin of Aquitaine (grandson of Charlemagne, son of Louis the Pious)

Pippin is also:

• 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 title of a Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz.
• The title of a 1972 film, directed by Bob Fosse