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Alan Hodgkinson Alan Hodgkinson MBE (16 August 1936 – 8 December 2015) was an English professional football goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach. Playing career Hodgkinson signed for Sheffield United from Worksop Town on 1 August 1953, and made 675 first-team ap ...

(1936–2015), English footballer *

Albert Hodgkinson Albert Hodgkinson (1895–1975) was an English recipient of the Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous gallantry and tenacity during the First World War. Early life Hodgkinson was born in Middlesbrough, England to Thomas and Annie Hod ...

(1897–1975), English recipient of the Distinguished Conduct Medal *

Alison Hodgkinson Alison Lucille Hodgkinson (born 30 January 1977) is a South African former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 3 Test matches, 38 One Day Internationals and 8 Twenty20 Internationals for South Africa South Af ...

, South African cricketer *

Antony Hodgkinson Antony Hodgkinson (born 1967 or 1968; also known as Tony the Interpretative Dancer) is an English rock drummer. He has performed with Bivouac and Julian Cope. He is known for his association with Nirvana, with whom he danced on stage during t ...

, English drummer * Bert Hodgkinson (1884–1939), Welsh international footballer *

Bert Hodgkinson (footballer, born 1903) Herbert Hodgkinson (26 December 1903 – 1974) was a professional footballer who played for Penistone Juniors, Barnsley, Tottenham Hotspur, Colwyn Bay and Crewe Alexandra. Football career Hodgkinson began his playing career with his local yo ...

, English footballer *

Charles Hodgkinson Charles Frith Hodgkinson (1871 – 1948) was an English footballer who played for Burslem Port Vale in the late 1890s. Career Hodgkinson probably joined Burslem Port Vale in 1898. His first recorded game was at outside-left in a 3–0 win aga ...

, English footballer * Clement Hodgkinson, English naturalist * Colin Hodgkinson, British musician *

Debby Hodgkinson Debby Hodgkinson (born 22 November 1980) is a former rugby union player who played for . She was a member of the Australian squad that finished in third place in the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup The 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup was the six ...

, Australian rugby union player *

Del Hodgkinson Del Hodgkinson ( – September 2015) was an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He played at club level for Leeds, as a . Background Del Hodgkinson's birth was registered in Leeds North district, West R ...

, English professional rugby league footballer * Derek Hodgkinson, British World War II pilot * Eaton Hodgkinson, English engineer * Frances Brett Hodgkinson (1771–1803), American theater actress * Frank Hodgkinson, Australian artist *

George Langton Hodgkinson George Langton Hodgkinson (Kentish Town, 13 February 1837 – 16 February 1915, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire) was an Anglican clergyman. A keen sportsman, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Middlesex. He was also th ...

, English priest and cricketer *

Gerard Hodgkinson Gerard William Hodgkinson (19 February 1883 – 6 October 1960) played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1904 and 1911. He was born at Clifton, Bristol and died at Wookey Hole, Somerset. He was also the plaintiff in a celebrated li ...

, English cricketer *

Gilbert Hodgkinson Gilbert Frank Hodgkinson (19 February 1913 — 7 January 1987) was an English cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end ...

, English cricketer *

Greta Hodgkinson Greta Hodgkinson O.Ont (born August 1973) is an American-Canadian ballet dancer. She was a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada until she stepped down in 2020. She will continue to perform freelance and become the artist-in residen ...

, American-Canadian ballet dancer * Grosvenor Hodgkinson, English lawyer and politician *

Harry Hodgkinson (footballer) Henry Thomas Hodgkinson (March 1862 – 11 October 1945) was an English footballer who was one of Port Vale's first players. Career Hodgkinson was one of Port Vale's original players when it was founded in the 1870s. The first recorded game he ...

, English footballer * Harry Hodgkinson (writer), English writer *

Ian Hodgkinson Ian Richard Hodgkinson (born May 31, 1967), better known by his ring name Vampiro, is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler who most recently served as director of talent for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). He also worked for Lucha Un ...

, Canadian professional wrestler, known as Vampiro *James Hodgkinson (1950–2017), left-wing activist and perpetrator of the Congressional baseball shooting *

John Hodgkinson (disambiguation) John Hodgkinson may refer to: *John Hodgkinson (actor, born 1766) (1766–1805), English-born actor who moved to the United States *John Hodgkinson (actor, born 1966) John Hodgkinson (born 21 June 1966) is an English actor. He is known predomi ...

* Katrina Hodgkinson, Australian politician * Keely Hodgkinson, English athlete *

Liz Hodgkinson Liz Hodgkinson (born 1945) is an author and journalist who has written more than 50 books. Her books have been translated into over 20 languages. She has also written articles for most of the major British national newspapers in London, and fo ...

, English author and journalist *

Lorna Hodgkinson Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson (13 May 1887 – 24 March 1951) was an Australian educator and educational psychologist who worked with intellectually disabled children. She was the first woman to receive a Doctor of Education degree from Harvard ...

, Australian educator *

Patrick Hodgkinson Patrick Hodgkinson (8 March 1930 – 21 February 2016) was a British architect, best known for his design of London's Brunswick Centre. Biography Hodgkinson was born in Putney, London on 8 March 1930. His father, Geoffrey Walter Hodgkinson was ...

, English architect * Peter Hodgkinson, British sculptor * Randall Hodgkinson, American pianist *

Richard Hodgkinson Richard Hodgkinson (born 9 December 1983) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Born in Mansfield, Hodgkinson joined Nottinghamshire in 2003, but failed to achieve a first-team debut for some ...

, English cricketer * Samuel Hodgkinson, New Zealand politician * Sandra Hodgkinson, American lawyer *

Simon Hodgkinson Simon Hodgkinson (born 15 December 1962) is a former international rugby union player. He represented England at fullback between 1989 and 1991, gaining 14 Test caps. Career Hodgkinson made his debut against Romania in Bucharest in 1989 and w ...

, English rugby player *

Terry Hodgkinson Terry Hodgkinson (30 March 1949 – 13 July 2019) was Chairman of Yorkshire Forward, the Regional Development Agency for Yorkshire and the Humber. He was appointed on 14 December 2003 and stepped down in December 2010. He held an Honours Degr ...

, English businessman and academic * Tim Hodgkinson, English musician and composer *

Tom Hodgkinson Tom Hodgkinson (born 1968) is a British writer and the editor of '' The Idler'' magazine, which he established in 1993 with his friend Gavin Pretor-Pinney. His philosophy, in his published books and articles, is of a relaxed approach to life, ...

, English writer and editor * Toni Hodgkinson, New Zealand athlete * Will Hodgkinson, English journalist and author * William Hodgkinson (politician), Australian explorer, journalist, gold miner, and politician *

William Hodgkinson (footballer) William Henry Hodgkinson (1882 – 7 March 1908) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Derby County. Hodgkinson's career was ended by the onset of tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease us ...

, Welsh footballer, brother of Bert Hodgkinson

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Hodgkinson County, Queensland Hodgekinson County is a cadastral division of Queensland north-west of Cairns Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on av ...

, an obsolete cadastral division * ''

Hodgkinsonia ''Hodgkinsonia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It only contains one species, ''Hodgkinsonia ovatiflora'' F.Muell. Its native range is eastern Australia, in the territories of New South Wales and Quee ...

'', a plant genus *

Hodgkinsonite Hodgkinsonite is a rare zinc manganese silicate mineral Zn2MnSiO4(OH)2. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system and typically forms radiating to acicular prismatic crystals with variable color from pink, yellow-red to deep red. Hodgkinsonite was ...

, a rare mineral

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