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

See also

• Ambrose Hopkinson House, a historic house located in Olney, Illinois
• Francis Hopkinson School, a historic school building located in the Juniata neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• George Hopkinson House, a historic house located in Groveland, Massachusetts
• Grace Hopkinson Eliot Hall, a historic dormitory building on the Radcliffe Quadrangle of Harvard University
• Hopkinson Gold Medal, awarded for piano performance by the Royal College of Music
• Hopkinson v Police , a New Zealand court case relating to burning of the national flag
• Hopkinsons, an Australian bus company in Western Sydney
• Hopkin
• Hopkins (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Hopkinson

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