Hanks

Hanks is a surname of English, or Dutch origin, meaning "son of Hankin" and may refer to:
 * Boo Hanks (1928–2016), American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
 * Carol Hanks Aucamp (born 1943), American tennis player
 * Colin Hanks (born 1977), American actor
 * Craig Hanks (born 1961), American philosopher
 * Ephraim Hanks (1826–1896), prominent member of the 19th-century Latter Day Saint movement
 * Ernest Hanks (1888–1965), English footballer
 * Fletcher Hanks (1889–1976), cartoonist
 * Henry Garber Hanks (1826–1907), American mineralogist
 * James M. Hanks (1833–1909), member of the United States House of Representatives
 * Jim Hanks (born 1961), American voice-over artist and character actor
 * Kerri Hanks (born 1985), American soccer player
 * Larry Hanks (born 1953), American entomologist
 * Lena Tracy Hanks (1879–1944), American botanist
 * Merton Hanks (born 1968), American former National Football League safety
 * Mike Hanks (born 1952 or 1953), American college basketball coach
 * Nancy Lincoln (1784–1818), maiden name Hanks, mother of Abraham Lincoln
 * Nancy Hanks (art historian) (1927–1983), second chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts
 * Patrick Hanks (born 1940), English lexicographer and corpus linguist
 * Robert Lowery Hanks (1913–1971), American actor better known as Robert Lowery
 * Ron Hanks, American politician
 * Sam Hanks (1914–1994), American race car driver
 * Terrill Hanks (born 1995), American football player
 * Thomas C. Hanks, American seismologist
 * Tom Hanks (born 1956), American film actor
 * William Hanks (born 1952), American anthropologist and linguist