Wilkins (surname)
Wilkins is a surname.
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Meaning | son of "William" |
| Region of origin | England and Wales |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Wilkens, Wilkinson, Wilkin |
| [1] | |
People of note with the surname Wilkins
[edit]- Given names A-C:
- Abbie E. Krebs-Wilkins (1842–1924), American businesswoman
- Alan Wilkins, Welsh cricketer
- Alan Wilkins, Scottish playwright
- Andy Jones-Wilkins, American ultrarunner
- Ann Wilkins (1806–1857), American missionary teacher
- Arnold Frederic Wilkins (1907–1985), radar pioneer
- Barry Wilkins, Canadian ice hockey player
- Beriah Wilkins (1846–1905), American politician
- Billy Wilkins, American musician and teacher
- Bob Wilkins (1932–2009), American TV personality
- Bobby-Gaye Wilkins, Jamaican Olympic athlete
- Brooke Wilkins, Australian softball player
- Bray Wilkins, founder of Middleton, Massachusetts and figure in the execution of John Willard and others during the Salem Witch Trials
- Carolyn A. Wilkins, Canadian economist
- Carolyn F. Wilkins (born 1945), Australian botanist
- Charles Wilkins (1749–1836), English orientalist
- Charles Wilkins Webber (1819–1856), American journalist and explorer
- Chris Wilkins (1944–2018), South African cricketer
- Christian Wilkins (born 1995), American football player
- Christian Wilkins (born 1995), Australian model
- Clive Wilkins, British artist
- Connie Wilkins, American author
- Given names D-G:
- Damien Wilkins, American basketball player
- Dave Wilkins (1914–1990), Barbadian musician
- David H. Wilkins, American ambassador to Canada
- David Wilkins, Irish Olympic sailor
- David Wilkins (orientalist) (1685–1745), Prussian orientalist
- Dean Wilkins, English football player and manager
- Dominique Wilkins, American basketball player
- Donna Wilkins, New Zealand netball player
- Eddie Lee Wilkins, American basketball player
- Eddie Wilkins, rugby league footballer of the 1960s
- Edwin Wilkins Field (1804–1871), English lawyer and painter
- Eric Wilkins, American baseball player
- Ernie Wilkins (1922–1999), American musician
- Esther Wilkins, American dentist and dental educator
- Francis Wilkins (1864–1908), US-born Canadian politician
- Fraser Wilkins (1908–1989), United States diplomat
- Gabe Wilkins, American football player
- George Wilkins, English dramatist (17th century)
- George Wilkins, English football player and father of footballers Dean, Graham and Ray Wilkins
- Sir George Hubert Wilkins (1888–1958), Australian polar explorer
- Gerald Wilkins, American basketball player in the NBA
- Gina Ferris Wilkins, American author
- Glover Wilkins, American Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway administrator
- Graham Wilkins, English football player
- Given names H-L:
- Harold T. Wilkins (1891–1960), British journalist
- Henry Wilkins III (1930–1991), American politician from Arkansas
- Henry Wilkins IV (born 1954), American politician and judge from Arkansas
- Herve D. Wilkins (1843–1913), American organist and composer
- Hubert Wilkins (1888–1958), Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, geographer and photographer
- Hugh Percy Wilkins (1896–1960), Welsh engineer
- Isaac Wilkins (1743–1830), Jamaican-born Canadian political figure
- J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr. (1923–2011), American nuclear scientist, engineer and mathematician
- J. Ernest Wilkins, Sr. (1894–1959), American lawyer and labor leader
- J. Steven Wilkins, American author and pastor
- Jack Wilkins, American musician
- Jacques Wilkins, Canadian political figure
- Jeff Wilkins, American football player
- Jeff Wilkins, American basketball player
- Jheanelle Wilkins (born 1988), American politician
- Joe Willie Wilkins (1921 or 1923–1979), American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
- John Wilkins (1614–1672), English Bishop
- John Wilkins, American football coach
- John Wilkins, Moroccan basketball player
- John Wilkins Whitfield (1818–1879), American military general
- Jody Wilkins, English Musician
- Jordan Wilkins, American football player
- Josetta Wilkins (1932–2023), Arkansas legislator
- Kath Wilkins, English cricketer
- Katie Wilkins, American volleyball player
- Kim Wilkins, Australian author
- Kitty Wilkins (1857–1936), American horse breeder
- Laisha Wilkins, Mexican actress and talk show host
- Len Wilkins (1925–2003), British footballer
- Louis Wilkins (1882–1950), American Olympic athlete
- Given names M:
- Malcolm Maurice "Mac" Wilkins, American athlete
- Manny Wilkins (born 1995), American football player
- Marc Wilkins, American baseball player
- Marc Wilkins, Australian scientist
- Marcus Wilkins, American football player
- Mark Wilkins (racing driver), Canadian racing driver
- Martin Isaac Wilkins (1804–1881), Canadian lawyer and politician
- Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930), American author
- Maurice Wilkins (1916–2004), British physicist, molecular biologist, and Nobel Laureate
- Mazzi Wilkins (born 1995), American football player
- Michael J. Wilkins, Utah State Supreme Court Justice
- Morris Wilkins (1925–2015), inventor of the heart-shaped bathtub and champagne glass bathtub
- Given names P-R
- Peter Wilkins, British artist
- Philip Charles Wilkins (1913–1998), U.S. Federal judge
- Ray Wilkins (1956–2018), English football player
- Raymond H. Wilkins (1917–1943), American military officer
- Richard Wilkins (footballer), English footballer
- Richard Wilkins (law), American law professor
- Richard Wilkins (TV presenter), Australian television presenter
- Rick Wilkins, Canadian composer, conductor, and jazz musician
- Rick Wilkins, American baseball player
- Robert Wallace Wilkins (1906–2003), American medical professional
- Robert Wilkins (1896–1987), American musician
- Roger Wilkins (1932–2017), American civil rights leader
- Roger Wilkins (public servant), Australian public servant
- Rosalie Wilkins, Baroness Wilkins, British baroness and politician
- Ross Wilkins (1799–1872), American politician
- Roy Wilkins (1901–1981), American civil rights activist
- Roy Wilkins, American football player
- Given names S-W:
- Sharon Wilkins, American actress
- Stephen W. Wilkins (1946–2013), Australian physicist
- Sue Wilkins Myrick, American politician
- Ted Wilkins, rugby league footballer of the 1950s
- Terrence Wilkins, American football player
- Thomas Wilkins (disambiguation)
- Thomas Russell Wilkins (1891–1940), Canadian physicist
- Toby Wilkins, British movie director
- Vance Wilkins, American politician
- Vaughan Wilkins, English historical novelist
- Verna Allette Wilkins, author, founder of Tamarind Books
- Walter Wilkins (1741–1828), English Member of Parliament
- Walter Wilkins (d. 1840), son of Walter (d. 1828). English Member of Parliament and High Sheriff of Radnorshire. Changed the family name to de Winton in 1839.
- Wayne Wilkins, British songwriter/producer
- William A. Wilkins (1899–1987), British politician
- William J. Wilkins (1897–1995), American judge
- William Walter Wilkins, American judge
- William Wilkins (1778–1839), English architect, classical scholar and archaeologist
- William Wilkins (1779–1865), American politician
- Winkie Wilkins, American politician
Fictional
[edit]- Curtis Wilkins, comic strip character from Curtis
- Debbie Wilkins, soap opera character from EastEnders
- Major Wilkins, character in Under Capricorn
- Mark Wilkins, character in Resident Evil Outbreak
- Richard Wilkins, fictional character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Wendy Wilkins, soap opera character from Search for Tomorrow
- Wilkins Micawber, character from the novel David Copperfield
- Wilkins, villain in the comic Batman#50[broken anchor]
- Wilkins, Muppet created by Jim Henson
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