Hopkins

Hopkins is an English and Irish patronymic surname meaning "son of Hob". "Hob" derives from a short form of Robert. The name is also common in Ireland, where it may be an Anglicisation of the Gaelic name Mac Oibicin, of uncertain derivation. Hopkins is an uncommon given name. People with the name Hopkins include:

• Antony Hopkins, a composer
• Sir Anthony Hopkins, an actor
• Bernard Hopkins, a professional boxer
• Bert Hopkins, an Australian cricketer
• Bobb Hopkins, actor/director, and founder of the National Hobo Association
• Brad Hopkins, a former NFL offensive lineman
• Charles Hopkins, several people named Charles Hopkins
• Constance Hopkins, Mayflower passenger and first Town Clerk of Eastham, Massachusetts
• Frank Hopkins (Frank T. Hopkins), a U.S. cowboy
• Frank Hopkins (admiral), Captain of HMS Ark Royal.
• Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• Gareth Hopkins, a cricketer
• George Hopkins (set designer)(1896–1985), an Academy Award winning set designer, playwright and production designer.
• George H. Hopkins (1842–?), Michigan politician
• George W. Hopkins, a Florida industrialist
• George Washington Hopkins (1804 – 1861), a Virginia politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge and teacher
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, a poet
• Harry Lloyd Hopkins, economics advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Herbert Hopkins, a cricketer
• Jimmy Hopkins, main character of the controversial videogame "Bully"
• John Hopkins, a cricketer
• John Hopkins, a motorcycle racer
• Johns Hopkins, a philanthropist
• Keith Hopkins, PIMP Project Manager
• Nathan T. Hopkins, U.S. Representative from Kentucky
• Lightnin' Hopkins, an American blues guitarist and singer
• Linda Ann Hopkins Shapiro,pornographic actress most known as Tera Patrick
• Lisa Hopkins, an American opera singer
• Maudie Hopkins, the last surviving American Civil War widow
• Matthew Hopkins, the 17th Century English witchfinder
• Sir Michael Hopkins, an English architect, founder of Hopkins Architects
• Mike Hopkins, Scottish baseball player
• Nelson K. Hopkins, NYS Comptroller 1872-1875
• Stephen Hopkins (politician), signer of the Declaration of Independence
• Stephen Hopkins (settler), Mayflower passenger and signer of the Mayflower compact
• Telma Hopkins An American Actress
• Tiffany Hopkins, a French pornographic actress
• Tim Hopkins, Australian jazz musician
• Wes Hopkins, a former NFL defensive back

See also

• Hopkin
• Hopkinson