Hopkinson is a surname of English and Welsh origin. Notable people with the surname include: *

Abdur Rahman Slade Hopkinson Slade Hopkinson (1934 – 1993) was a Guyana-born poet, playwright, actor and teacher. Early life Slade Hopkinson was born into a middle-class family in New Amsterdam, Guyana. His father was a barrister-at-law, and his mother a nurse. A few years ...

(born 1934), West Indian writer *

Alfred Hopkinson Sir Alfred Hopkinson (28 June 1851 – 11 November 1939) was an English lawyer, academic and politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for two three-year periods, separated by nearly thirty years. He was the son of John Hopkinson, a m ...

(18511939), British politician * Alister Hopkinson (194199), New Zealand rugby union player *

Amanda Hopkinson Amanda Hopkinson (born 1948) is a British scholar and literary translator. Biography She was born in London to the British journalist and magazine editor Sir Tom Hopkinson and photographer Gerti Deutsch. She gained a BA from the University of Wa ...

(born 1948), British scholar and literary translator *

Austin Hopkinson Austin Hopkinson JP (24 June 1879 – 2 September 1962) was a British industrialist and Member of Parliament (MP) who represented Mossley as an Independent from 1918 to 1929 and 1931 to 1945. He was also a noted benefactor to local causes, and ...

(18791962), British politician *

Barney Hopkinson Barnabas John Hopkinson (born 1939) is an Anglican priest and a former member of the senior leadership team in the Diocese of Salisbury. He was educated at Emanuel School and Trinity College, Cambridge and ordained in 1965. His first posts were ...

(born before 1965), British Anglican priest *

Bertram Hopkinson Bertram Hopkinson (11 January 1874 – 26 August 1918) was a British patent lawyer and Professor of Mechanism and Applied Mechanics at Cambridge University. In this position he researched flames, explosions and metallurgy and became a pioneer ...

(18741918), British engineer **

Split-Hopkinson pressure bar The split-Hopkinson pressure bar, named after Bertram Hopkinson, sometimes also called a Kolsky bar, is an apparatus for testing the dynamic stress–strain response of materials. History The Hopkinson pressure bar was first suggested by Bertra ...

, an apparatus for testing the dynamic stress-strain response of materials, named after Bertram Hopkinson *

Bobby Hopkinson Bobby Thomas Hopkinson (born 3 July 1990) is a professional English Association football, footballer. Career Hopkinson started his career as a youth player at Plymouth Argyle F.C., Plymouth Argyle, signing on scholarship forms in July 2006 unde ...

(born 1990), English footballer *

Carl Hopkinson Carl Hopkinson (born 14 September 1981) is a former English cricketer and current coach. He was a right-handed batsman (cricket), batsman and a right-arm Seam bowling, medium pace bowler. He was also an extremely talented fielder. Born in Sus ...

(born 1981), English cricketer *

Charles Hopkinson Charles Sydney Hopkinson (July 27, 1869 – October 16, 1962) was an American portrait painter and landscape watercolorist. He maintained a studio in the Fenway Studios building in Boston from 1906 to 1962. He painted over 800 portraits in ...

(18691962), American artist *

Deborah Hopkinson Deborah Hopkinson is an American writer of children's books, primarily historical fiction, nonfiction and picture books. She was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. Selected books *''Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt'' (1993) *''Maria's Comet'' (1999) ...

(born before 2004), American writer of children's books *

Eddie Hopkinson Edward Hopkinson (29 October 1935 – 25 April 2004) was an English football goalkeeper. He was born in Wheatley Hill, near Peterlee, County Durham. During his club career he played for Oldham Athletic and Bolton Wanderers, the latter from ...

(19352004), English football goalkeeper *

Edward Hopkinson Edward Hopkinson (28 May 1859 – 15 January 1922) was a British electrical engineer and Conservative politician. He was the fourth son of John Hopkinson, an engineer who was mayor of Manchester in 1882/83.''Obituary: A Great Engineer, Mr Edward ...

(18591922), British politician and engineer *

Emilius Hopkinson Emilius Hopkinson CMG DSO (31 March 1869 – 11 Jun 1951) was the son of Jonathan Hopkinson (1811–1882) and Emily Elizabeth née Cutbill (1838–1926). Educated at Haileybury, he graduated from Trinity College, Oxford and completed his medica ...

(18691951), British medical doctor, ornithologist and writer *

Francis Hopkinson Francis Hopkinson (October 2,Hopkinson was born on September 21, 1737, according to the then-used Julian calendar (old style). In 1752, however, Great Britain and all its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar (new style) which moved Hopkinson's ...

(173791), American writer and signer of the Declaration of Independence **

Francis Hopkinson House The Francis Hopkinson House is an historic house at 101 Farnsworth Street in Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Built in 1750, it was the home of Founding Father Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791), the designer of the United St ...

, a historic home in Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, onetime residence of Francis Hopkinson *

Fred Hopkinson Fred Hopkinson (26 April 1908 – after 1935) was an English footballer who made 221 appearances in the Football League playing as a wing half or inside right for Darlington and Barrow in the 1920s and 1930s. He was also on the books of S ...

(1908after 1935), English footballer *

Frederick Hopkinson Frederick Hopkinson (1 March 1922 – June 2004) was a British sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre rifle, three positions and the 50 metre rifle, prone events at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially ...

(19222004), British sports shooter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics *

George F. Hopkinson Major General George Frederick Hopkinson OBE MC (14 December 1895 – 9 September 1943) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 1st Airborne Division during World War II, where he was killed in action in Italy in September 1943. I ...

(18951943), British general *

Gerald Hopkinson Major-General Gerald Charles Hopkinson CB DSO OBE MC (27 May 1910 – 2 June 1989) was a British Army officer who commanded the 4th Division after seeing service in World War II. Early life Hopkinson was born in Wellington, Somerset to Capt ...

(before 1930after 1952), British general *

Gordon Hopkinson Gordon Hopkinson (born 19 June 1933) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. Career Hopkinson played with Beighton Miners Welfare F.C. and in 1957 he played in the Football League Second Division with Doncaster Rovers. He ...

(born 1933), English footballer * Greta Hopkinson (190193), British wood sculptor *

Harry Hopkinson Harry Hopkinson (8 June 1902 – 4 March 1979) professionally also known as Austin Layton and Harry Torrani, was a British music hall performer, a soprano and songwriter who has been credited as one of the world's greatest yodelers. He was b ...

(190279), English yodeler *

Henry Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton Henry Lennox D'Aubigne Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton, PC (3 January 1902 – 6 January 1996), was a British diplomat and Conservative politician. Biography Colyton was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and then joined the Diplom ...

(190296), British diplomat and politician *

Hopkinson (MCC cricketer) Hopkinson is a surname of English and Welsh origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Abdur Rahman Slade Hopkinson (born 1934), West Indian writer * Alfred Hopkinson (18511939), British politician * Alister Hopkinson (194199), New Zealan ...

(), English cricketer *

Ian Hopkinson Ian John Hopkinson (born 19 October 1950) is an English former footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Barrow, Workington and Darlington, and in the Scottish League for Berwick Rangers. He began his career as an apprenti ...

(born 1950), English footballer *

John Hopkinson John Hopkinson, FRS, (27 July 1849 – 27 August 1898) was a British physicist, electrical engineer, Fellow of the Royal Society and President of the IEE (now the IET) twice in 1890 and 1896. He invented the three-wire (three-phase) system for ...

(184998), British physicist **

Hopkinson and Imperial Chemical Industries Professor of Applied Thermodynamics The Hopkinson and Imperial Chemical Industries Professorship of Applied Thermodynamics at the University of Cambridge was established on 10 February 1950, largely from the endowment fund of the proposed Hopkinson Professorship in Thermodynamics and ...

, University of Cambridge, named after John Hopkinson **

Hopkinson's law A magnetic circuit is made up of one or more closed loop paths containing a magnetic flux. The flux is usually generated by permanent magnets or electromagnets and confined to the path by magnetic cores consisting of ferromagnetic materials l ...

, the magnetic analogy to Ohm's law, named after John Hopkinson *

John Hopkinson (priest) John Henry Hopkinson (died 22 October 1957) was Archdeacon of Westmorland from 1931 until 1944. Personal life and early education The son of Sir Alfred Hopkinson, K.C.; nephew of John Hopkinson, the physicist and Edward Hopkinson, the electr ...

(before 19041957), British Anglican priest * John H. Hopkinson III (1934-2019) Physician, Pennsylvania *

Joseph Hopkinson Joseph Hopkinson (November 12, 1770January 15, 1842) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education and career Bor ...

(17701842), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, later a federal judge *

Mark Hopkinson Mark Allen Hopkinson (October 8, 1949 – January 22, 1992) was a convicted murderer who was executed by the U.S. state of Wyoming in 1992 for the murders of Vincent Vehar, Beverly Vehar, John Vehar, and Jeffrey Green. He is the only person to ...

(194992), American proxy murderer *

Mick Hopkinson Michael Edward Hopkinson (born 24 February 1942) is an English former footballer who played at full-back for Derby County, Mansfield Town, Port Vale, Boston United, and Belper Town. He had a 12-year career in the Football League, making 174 ...

(born 1942), English footballer *

Nalo Hopkinson Nalo Hopkinson (born 20 December 1960) is a Jamaican-born Canadian speculative fiction writer and editor. Her novels ('' Brown Girl in the Ring'', ''Midnight Robber'', '' The Salt Roads'', ''The New Moon's Arms'') and short stories such as thos ...

(born 1960), Jamaican writer *

Peter Hopkinson Peter Richard Gunton Hopkinson (1920–2007) was a British film-maker and director. A Second World War combat cameraman, and documentary director, reporter and writer, he also worked at Denham Studios in the heyday of Cinema of the United King ...

(19202007), British film-maker and director *

Rusty Hopkinson Russell Keith "Rusty" Hopkinson is an Australian rock musician and record label owner. He joined alternative rockers, You Am I, in 1993 on drums, percussion and backing vocals. He had previously been a member of the Bamboos (1986–87) and Kryp ...

(active from 1990s), Australian drummer * Samuel Hopkinson (cricketer) (182587), Australian cricketer * Samuel Hopkinson (190358), English footballer *

Simon Hopkinson Simon Charles Hopkinson (born 5 June 1954) is an English food writer, critic and former chef. He published his first cookbook, ''Roast Chicken and Other Stories'', in 1994. Early life Hopkinson was born in Greenmount, Bury, in 1954, the son of ...

(born 1954), British chef and cookery writer *

Thomas Hopkinson Thomas Hopkinson (April 6, 1709 – November 5, 1751) was a lawyer, public official, and prominent figure in colonial Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Early life Thomas Hopkinson was born in London, on April 6, 1709, the son of Mary Hopkinson, and T ...

(170951), American lawyer and public official *

Tom Hopkinson Sir Henry Thomas Hopkinson (19 April 1905 – 20 June 1990) was a British journalist, picture magazine editor, author, and teacher. Early life Born in Manchester, his father was a Church of England clergyman and a scholar, and his mother had ...

(190590), British journalist, picture magazine editor, author, and teacher * W. C. Hopkinson (18801914), British intelligence agent * William John Hopkinson (18871970), Canadian artist ; Given name *

Francis Hopkinson Smith Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was an American author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many stories and received awards for his paintings. F. Hopkinson Smith was the ...

(18381915), American author, artist and engineer *

Hopkinson Smith Hopkinson Smith (born December 7, 1946) is an American lutenist and pedagogue, longtime resident in Basel, Switzerland. Smith was born in New York City, the son of architectural writer and photographer G. E. Kidder Smith. He graduated from Har ...

(born 1946), American lutenist * William Hopkinson Cox (18561950), American politician in Kentucky

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