# Hopkins

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For other uses, see [Hopkins (disambiguation)](/source/Hopkins_(disambiguation)).

**Hopkins** is an English and Welsh [patronymic surname](/source/Patronymic_surname) derived from the personal name Hopkin and the genitive ending -*s*.[1] Hopkin is itself a pet form of the name Hobb, a shortening of [Robert](/source/Robert) (with alteration of the initial consonant).[1] Notable people and characters with the surname include:

- [Anna Hopkins](/source/Anna_Hopkins) (born 1987), Canadian actress
- [Andrew Delmar Hopkins](/source/Andrew_Delmar_Hopkins) (1857–1948), American entomologist
- Sir [Anthony Hopkins](/source/Anthony_Hopkins) (born 1937), actor
- [Antony Hopkins](/source/Antony_Hopkins), composer
- [A. G. Hopkins](/source/A._G._Hopkins) (Antony Gerald Hopkins), British historian
- [Arthur Hopkins (disambiguation)](/source/Arthur_Hopkins_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Bernard Hopkins](/source/Bernard_Hopkins), professional boxer
- [Bert Hopkins](/source/Bert_Hopkins), Australian cricketer
- [Bobb Hopkins](/source/Bobb_Hopkins), actor, director and founder of the National Hobo Association
- [Brad Hopkins](/source/Brad_Hopkins), NFL offensive lineman
- [Brycen Hopkins](/source/Brycen_Hopkins) (born 1997), American football player & son of Brad
- [Budd Hopkins](/source/Budd_Hopkins), artist and UFO researcher
- [Cathy Hopkins](/source/Cathy_Hopkins), novelist
- [Catrin Hopkins](/source/Catrin_Hopkins) (born 1997), Welsh singer known as Catty
- [Charles Hopkins (disambiguation)](/source/Charles_Hopkins_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Christian Hopkins](/source/Christian_Hopkins), American football player
- [Claude Hopkins](/source/Claude_Hopkins), musician
- [Claude C. Hopkins](/source/Claude_C._Hopkins), advertising man
- [Constance Hopkins](/source/Constance_Hopkins), *Mayflower* passenger
- [C. J. Hopkins](/source/C._J._Hopkins), American playwright and author
- [DeAndre Hopkins](/source/DeAndre_Hopkins) (born 1992), American football player
- [Dustin Hopkins](/source/Dustin_Hopkins), American football player
- [Edward Hopkins (disambiguation)](/source/Edward_Hopkins_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Edward John Hopkins](/source/Edward_John_Hopkins), English organist and composer
- [Elizabeth Hopkins](/source/Elizabeth_Hopkins) (1731–1801), English actress
- [Esek Hopkins](/source/Esek_Hopkins) (1718–1802), Continental Navy officer
- [Esther A. Hopkins](/source/Esther_A._Hopkins), American chemist and environmental attorney
- [Ezekiel Hopkins](/source/Ezekiel_Hopkins), Bishop of Derry and Raphoe
- [Frank Hopkins](/source/Frank_Hopkins), U.S. cowboy
- [Frank Hopkins (Royal Navy officer)](/source/Frank_Hopkins_(Royal_Navy_officer)), Captain of HMS *Ark Royal*
- [Frederick Gowland Hopkins](/source/Frederick_Gowland_Hopkins), biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- [Gail Hopkins](/source/Gail_Hopkins) (born 1943), American baseball player and coach
- [Gareth Hopkins](/source/Gareth_Hopkins), New Zealand cricketer
- [Gareth Hopkins (footballer)](/source/Gareth_Hopkins_(footballer)), English footballer
- Gaynor Hopkins, stage name [Bonnie Tyler](/source/Bonnie_Tyler) (born 1951), Welsh singer
- [George Hopkins (disambiguation)](/source/George_Hopkins_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Gerard Manley Hopkins](/source/Gerard_Manley_Hopkins), poet, Jesuit
- [Graham Hopkins](/source/Graham_Hopkins), drummer/musician
- [Harold Hopkins (physicist)](/source/Harold_Hopkins_(physicist)), physicist
- [Harry Hopkins](/source/Harry_Hopkins), economics advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt
- [Harry Hopkins (engineer)](/source/Harry_Hopkins_(engineer)) (1912–1986), New Zealand civil engineer and professor
- [Herbert Hopkins](/source/Herbert_Hopkins), Australian/English cricketer
- [Ian Hopkins](/source/Ian_Hopkins), British police chief
- [Isaac S. Hopkins](/source/Isaac_S._Hopkins), professor/founder Georgia Institute of Technology
- [J. Fletcher Hopkins](/source/J._Fletcher_Hopkins) (died 1953), American politician
- [James Hopkins (disambiguation)](/source/James_Hopkins_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Jeff Hopkins](/source/Jeff_Hopkins), footballer
- [Jeffrey Hopkins](/source/Jeffrey_Hopkins), Tibetologist
- [John Hopkins (disambiguation)](/source/John_Hopkins_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Johns Hopkins](/source/Johns_Hopkins), philanthropist
- [Jon Hopkins](/source/Jon_Hopkins), electronica musician
- [Juliet Opie Hopkins](/source/Juliet_Opie_Hopkins) (1818–1890), American nurse
- [Katie Hopkins](/source/Katie_Hopkins), British TV personality and newspaper columnist
- [Keith Hopkins](/source/Keith_Hopkins), historian and sociologist
- [Larry J. Hopkins](/source/Larry_J._Hopkins) (1933–2021), American politician
- [Lea Hopkins](/source/Lea_Hopkins) (born 1944), American LGBT rights activist from Missouri
- [Lemuel Hopkins](/source/Lemuel_Hopkins) (1750–1801), American poet
- [Lightnin' Hopkins](/source/Lightnin'_Hopkins), blues guitarist and singer
- Linda Ann Hopkins (born 1976) known as [Tera Patrick](/source/Tera_Patrick), pornographic actress
- [Lisa Hopkins](/source/Lisa_Hopkins_Seegmiller) (born 1978), American opera singer
- [Livingston Hopkins](/source/Livingston_Hopkins) "Hop" (1846–1927), American-born cartoonist in Australia
- [Mark Hopkins (disambiguation)](/source/Mark_Hopkins_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Mary Hopkins (disambiguation)](/source/Mary_Hopkins_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Matthew Hopkins](/source/Matthew_Hopkins), 17th century witch-hunter
- [Maudie Hopkins](/source/Maudie_Hopkins) (1914–2008), last surviving American Civil War widow
- [Mel Hopkins](/source/Mel_Hopkins) (1934–2010), Welsh international footballer
- [Michael Hopkins (disambiguation)](/source/Michael_Hopkins_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Milton Hopkins (biologist)](/source/Milton_Hopkins_(biologist)) (1906–1983), American botanist and textbook editor
- [Milton N. Hopkins](/source/Milton_N._Hopkins) (1926–2007), farmer and ornithologist
- [Milton W. Hopkins](/source/Milton_W._Hopkins) (1789–1844), American portrait painter
- [Miriam Hopkins](/source/Miriam_Hopkins) (1902–1972), American actress
- [Nathan T. Hopkins](/source/Nathan_T._Hopkins), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- [Neil Hopkins](/source/Neil_Hopkins) (born 1977), American actor
- [Nelson K. Hopkins](/source/Nelson_K._Hopkins), New York State Comptroller, 1872–1875
- [Nicky Hopkins](/source/Nicky_Hopkins) (1944–1994), English rock pianist
- [Nikita Hopkins](/source/Nikita_Hopkins) (born 1993), American actor
- [Patty Hopkins](/source/Patty_Hopkins) (born 1942), British architect
- [Paul Hopkins (baseball)](/source/Paul_Hopkins_(baseball)) (1904–2004), American baseball pitcher
- [Paul Hopkins (actor)](/source/Paul_Hopkins_(actor)) (born 1968), Canadian television, film and theatre actor
- [Paul Hopkins (footballer)](/source/Paul_Hopkins_(footballer)) (born 1986), English (soccer) footballer
- [Peter Hopkins](/source/Peter_Hopkins_(disambiguation)), multiple people
- [Prynce Hopkins](/source/Prynce_Hopkins) (1885–1970), American psychologist, activist, and writer
- [Rachel Hopkins](/source/Rachel_Hopkins), British Member of Parliament elected 2019
- [Raymond F. Hopkins](/source/Raymond_F._Hopkins) (born 1939), American political science professor and expert on food politics and food policy
- [Richard Hopkins (disambiguation)](/source/Richard_Hopkins_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Rob Hopkins](/source/Rob_Hopkins) (born 1968), English activist founder of Transition Towns movement
- [Ron Hopkins](/source/Ron_Hopkins) (born 1960), American football player
- [Roy M. Hopkins](/source/Roy_M._Hopkins) (1943–2006), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
- [Stephen Hopkins (disambiguation)](/source/Stephen_Hopkins_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Telma Hopkins](/source/Telma_Hopkins), American singer and actress
- [Thelma Hopkins (athlete)](/source/Thelma_Hopkins_(athlete)) (1936–2025), Northern Irish athlete
- [Tim Hopkins](/source/Tim_Hopkins), jazz musician
- [Tom Hopkins (footballer)](/source/Tom_Hopkins_(footballer)), English footballer
- [Wes Hopkins](/source/Wes_Hopkins), NFL defensive back
- [William Hopkins (disambiguation)](/source/William_Hopkins_(disambiguation)), several people

## Fictional characters

- Beulah Jane Hopkins, a character from [Alun Richards](/source/Alun_Richards)' play *The Snowdropper*, portrayed by [Fiona Walker](/source/Fiona_Walker) in the 1975 BBC [television film adaptation of the same name](/source/The_Snowdropper)
- [Jimmy Hopkins](/source/Jimmy_Hopkins), main character of the controversial video game *Bully*
- Kailey Hopkins, [American Girl](/source/American_Girl) character, "Girl of the Year" for 2003
- Gilly Hopkins, main character of *[The Great Gilly Hopkins](/source/The_Great_Gilly_Hopkins)*
- Martin Hopkins, main character of the *[Pentagram](/source/Anthony_Horowitz)* series by [Anthony Horowitz](/source/Anthony_Horowitz)

Hopkins, a character from the *[Mystery and Imagination](/source/Mystery_and_Imagination)* episode "Sweeney Todd", portrayed by [Peter Sallis](/source/Peter_Sallis)

## See also

- [Hopkin](/source/Hopkin)
- [Hopkinson](/source/Hopkinson)

## References

1. ["Hopkins"](https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780190245115.001.0001/acref-9780190245115-e-34160). *Dictionary of American Family Names*. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 2022. ISBN 9780190245122.

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