Hopkinson

Hopkinson is a surname of English and Welsh origin. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Abdur Rahman Slade Hopkinson (1934–1993), West Indian writer
 * Alfred Hopkinson (1851–1939), British politician
 * Alister Hopkinson (1941–99), New Zealand rugby union player
 * Amanda Hopkinson (born 1948), British scholar and literary translator
 * Austin Hopkinson (1879–1962), British politician
 * Barney Hopkinson (born before 1965), British Anglican priest
 * Bertram Hopkinson (1874–1918), British engineer
 * Split-Hopkinson pressure bar, an apparatus for testing the dynamic stress-strain response of materials, named after Bertram Hopkinson
 * Bobby Hopkinson (born 1990), English footballer
 * Carl Hopkinson (born 1981), English cricketer
 * Charles Hopkinson (1869–1962), American artist
 * Deborah Hopkinson (born before 2004), American writer of children's books
 * Eddie Hopkinson (1935–2004), English football goalkeeper
 * Edward Hopkinson (1859–1922), British politician and engineer
 * Emilius Hopkinson (1869–1951), British medical doctor, ornithologist and writer
 * Francis Hopkinson (1737–91), American writer and signer of the Declaration of Independence
 * Francis Hopkinson House, a historic home in Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, onetime residence of Francis Hopkinson
 * Fred Hopkinson (1908–after 1935), English footballer
 * Frederick Hopkinson (1922–2004), British sports shooter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
 * George F. Hopkinson (1895–1943), British general
 * Gerald Hopkinson (before 1930–after 1952), British general
 * Gordon Hopkinson (born 1933), English footballer
 * Greta Hopkinson (1901–93), British wood sculptor
 * Harry Hopkinson (1902–79), English yodeler
 * Henry Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton (1902–96), British diplomat and politician
 * Hopkinson (MCC cricketer) (fl. 1817), English cricketer
 * Ian Hopkinson (born 1950), English footballer
 * John Hopkinson (1849–98), British physicist
 * Hopkinson and Imperial Chemical Industries Professor of Applied Thermodynamics, University of Cambridge, named after John Hopkinson
 * Hopkinson's law, the magnetic analogy to Ohm's law, named after John Hopkinson
 * John Hopkinson (priest) (before 1904–1957), British Anglican priest
 * Joseph Hopkinson (1770–1842), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, later a federal judge
 * Mark Hopkinson (1949–92), American proxy murderer
 * Mick Hopkinson (born 1942), English footballer
 * Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960), Jamaican writer
 * Peter Hopkinson (1920–2007), British film-maker and director
 * Rusty Hopkinson (active from 1990s), Australian drummer
 * Samuel Hopkinson (cricketer) (1825–87), Australian cricketer
 * Samuel Hopkinson (footballer) (1903–58), English footballer
 * Simon Hopkinson (born 1954), British chef and cookery writer
 * Thomas Hopkinson (1709–51), American lawyer and public official
 * Tom Hopkinson (1905–90), British journalist, picture magazine editor, author, and teacher
 * W. C. Hopkinson (1880–1914), British intelligence agent
 * William John Hopkinson (1887–1970), Canadian artist


 * Given name
 * Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915), American author, artist and engineer
 * Hopkinson Smith (born 1946), American lutenist
 * William Hopkinson Cox (1856–1950), American politician in Kentucky