# Adkins

Adkins is a surname of English origin derived from a diminutive form for Adam. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adele Adkins (born 1988), British singer
* Amanda Adkins (born 1974/1975), American politician and businesswoman
* Amanda Adkins (born 1976), American swimmer
* Bennie G. Adkins (1934–2020), United States soldier; recipient of the Medal of Honor
* Bertha Adkins (1906–1983), American educator, political activist, public servant, and community leader
* Betty Adkins (1938–2001), American politician
* Betty Viana-Adkins (born 1971), Venezuelan bodybuilder
* Bob Adkins (1917–1997), American football player
* Brad Adkins (born 1973), American artist
* Bradley Adkins (born 1993), American track and field athlete
* Cecelia Adkins (1923–2007), American publisher
* Charles Adkins (politician) (1863–1931), American politician
* Charles Adkins (boxer) (1932–1993), American boxer
* Damien Adkins (born 1981), Australian footballer
* Dan Adkins (1937–2013), American illustrator
* Sinbad (born David Adkins in 1956), American actor/comedian
* David E. Adkins, American businessman, pastor, and politician
* Derrick Adkins (born 1970), American sprinter
* Dewey Adkins (1918–1998), American baseball player
* Dick Adkins (1920–1955), American baseball player
* Doc Adkins (1872–1934) American pitcher in Major League Baseball
* Dorothy Adkins (1912–1975), American psychologist
* Doug Adkins (born 1963), American country musician and songwriter
* Elizabeth W. Adkins (born 1957), American archivist
* George Adkins (1910–1976), New Zealand rugby player
* Grady Adkins (1897–1966), American baseball player
* Greg Adkins (born 1968), American football player and coach
* Hasil Adkins (1937–2005), American musician
* Homer Burton Adkins (1892–1949), American chemist
* Homer Martin Adkins (1890–1964), Governor of Arkansas
* James Adkins (born 1985), American baseball player
* James A. Adkins (born 1954), Adjutant General of Maryland
* James C. Adkins (1915–1994), American politician
* James Edward Adkins (1867–1939), Irish organist and composer
* Janet H. Adkins (born 1965), American politician
* Jesse C. Adkins (1876–1955), American politician
* Jim Adkins (born 1975), American singer and guitarist for the band Jimmy Eat World
* John Rainey Adkins (1941–1989), American guitarist and songwriter
* John Scudder Adkins (1872–1931), American architect
* Jon Adkins (born 1977), American baseball player
* Joseph Adkins (1815–1869), American politician
* Lesley Adkins (born 1955), English writer and archaeologist
* Margene Adkins (born 1947), American football player
* Mark Adkins, lead vocalist of the band Guttermouth
* Minnie Adkins (born 1934), American folk artist
* Monty Adkins (born 1972), British composer
* Nate Adkins (born 1999), American football player
* Nigel Adkins (born 1965), English footballer
* Patricia Adkins Chiti (died 2018), English singer and musicologist
* Patrick H. Adkins (1948–2015), American fantasy author
* Robert Adkins (1626–1685), English minister
* Rocky Adkins (born 1959), American politician
* Roy Adkins (born 1951), English writer and archaeologist
* Roy Francis Adkins (1947–1990), English gangster
* Roy Adkins (American football) (1898–1975), American football player
* Rutherford H. Adkins (1924–1996), American soldier
* Ryland Adkins (1862–1925), English barrister, judge and politician
* Sally D. Adkins (born 1950), American judge
* Sam Adkins (born 1955), American football player
* Sam Adkins (born 1965), American mixed martial artist
* Sam Adkins (born 1991), English footballer
* Scott Adkins (born 1976), English actor and martial artist
* Seth Adkins (born 1989), American actor
* Spencer Adkins (born 1987), American football player
* Steve Adkins (born 1964), American baseball player
* Taylor Adkins, American translator (of François Laruelle & Félix Guattari) and Independent Researcher
* Terry Adkins (1953–2014), American artist
* Tom Adkins (born 1958), American political pundit, political writer, public speaker and real-estate investor
* Tommy Adkins (born 1932), American football player
* Trace Adkins (born 1962), American country singer-songwriter
* W. J. Adkins (1907–1965), American educator
* Walter Knight-Adkin (1880–1957), Anglican priest
* Walter Scott Adkins (1890–1956), American geologist and paleontologist
* Winthrop Adkins (1932–2015), Syrian-born American psychologist and educator