Monks is an English surname. Notable people with this name include:

• Clifford Monks (1912–1974), English cricketer
• Constance Monks (1911–1989), British politician and teacher
• Daniel Monks, Australian actor and screenwriter
• George Monks (cricketer) (born 1929), English cricketer
• George Howard Monks (1853–1933), American board game designer and surgeon
• Helen Monks, English actress and writer
• Jason Monks, American politician, Idaho State Representative since 2012
• John Monks (born 1945), British politician
• John Monks Jr. (1910–2004), American author, actor, playwright, screenwriter and director
• John Austin Sands Monks (1850–1917), American painter
• John Clark Monks (1760–1827), English sea captain also known as the Hanging Sailor of Perryman
• Joseph M. Monks (born 1968), American writer and film director
• Neale Monks (born 1971), British former palaeontologist
• Pete Monks (born 1986), English footballer
• Robert A. G. Monks (1933–2025), American shareholder activist and author
• Sarah P. Monks (1841–1926), American naturalist and poet
• Victoria Monks (1884–1927), British music hall singer

See also

• Monk (surname)

Surname list

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