# 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