Atkins is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881, ^[1] its frequency was highest in Buckinghamshire (6.0 times the British average), followed by Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Rutland, Kent, Dorset, Norfolk, and Berkshire.

Contents

• Art and entertainment
• Military
• Politics
• Sport
• Other
• Fictional characters
• See also
• References

Art and entertainment

• Al Atkins (born 1947), British singer
• Anna Atkins (1799–1871), British pioneer of photography
• Chet Atkins (1924–2001), American guitarist and record producer
• Cholly Atkins (1913–2003), American choreographer for Motown artists
• Christopher Atkins (born 1961), American actor
• Coral Atkins (1936–2016), British actress
• David Atkins (born 1955), Australian stage director
• Eileen Atkins (born 1934), English actress
• Emma Atkins (born 1975), English actress
• Essence Atkins (born 1972), American actress
• Finn Atkins (born 1989), English actress
• Ivor Atkins (1869–1953), Welsh choirmaster
• Jeffrey Atkins (born 1976), American rapper Ja Rule
• Juan Atkins (born 1962), American techno musician
• Lexi Atkins (born 1993), American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder
• Lucy Atkins, British author
• Mark Atkins, Australian didgeridoo player
• Martin Atkins (born 1959), British drummer
• Michael Atkins (1747–1812), Irish actor and theatre manager
• Nicole Atkins (born 1978), American singer-songwriter
• Oliver F. Atkins (1917–1977), American photographer
• Rodney Atkins (born 1969), country singer
• Sharif Atkins (born 1975), actor

Military

• Barry K. Atkins (1911–2005), American admiral
• Tommy Atkins, World War I nickname for the iconic British soldier
• Travis Atkins (1975–2007), United States Army soldier; recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Vera Atkins (1908–2000), British intelligence officer

Politics

• Charlotte Atkins (born 1950), United Kingdom Member of Parliament
• Colin Atkins, Canadian politician
• Humphrey Atkins (1922–1996), British politician
• Joe Atkins (born 1965), Minnesota State Representative
• Norman Atkins (1934–2010), Canadian politician
• Robert Atkins (politician) (born 1946), United Kingdom politician
• Toni Atkins (born 1962), American politician
• Victoria Atkins (born 1976), British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth and Horncastle since May 2015

Sport

• Brett Atkins (born 1964), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
• Chucky Atkins (born 1974), NBA basketball player
• Doug Atkins (1930–2015), American football player
• Ernie Atkins (1890–1972), Australian Rules footballer
• Garrett Atkins (born 1979), American baseball player
• Gary Atkins (born 1969), rugby league footballer
• Geno Atkins (born 1988), NFL football player
• Ian Atkins (born 1957), English footballer
• John Atkins (American football) (born 1992), American football player
• Kelley Atkins (born 1966), Canadian curler Kelley Law
• Larry Atkins (born 1975), formerly of the Kansas City Chiefs
• Ross Atkins (born 1989), English footballer
• Ross Atkins (baseball) (born 1973), baseball executive
• William Atkins (architect) (1811–1887), Irish architect
• William Atkins (footballer) (born 1939), former professional footballer
• Xavier Atkins (born 2005), American football player

Other

• B. T. S. Atkins (Sue Atkins) (1931–2021), British lexicographer
• C. Clyde Atkins (1914–1999), American judge
• Craig S. Atkins (1903–1990), judge of the United States Tax Court
• Ella Atkins, American aerospace engineer
• Frances Atkins, British chef
• George Atkins (disambiguation)
• Henry Atkins (disambiguation)
• John F. Atkins, Irish scientist
• Madeleine Atkins CBE, British academic
• Peter Atkins (born 1940), professor of chemistry and author
• Robert Atkins (nutritionist) (1930–2003), physician noted for the Atkins Nutritional Approach (Atkins Diet)
• Ros Atkins, BBC News presenter
• Simon Green Atkins (1863–1934), American educator and founder of Winston-Salem State University
• Stephen E. Atkins (1941–2010), American librarian and author
• Susan Atkins (1948–2009), Manson family member
• Tom Atkins (disambiguation)

Fictional characters

• Alfie Atkins, main character in the Swedish children's books series with the same name
• Maddison Atkins, popular character from the lonelygirl15 alternate reality game
• Marmalade Atkins, fictional character from Thames Television
• State Comptroller Atkins, public official of the unnamed home state of The Simpsons

See also

• Atkins (disambiguation)
• Adkins

References

Surname list

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