Spinks is a surname, and may refer to: *

Alfred Spinks Alfred Spinks (25 February 1917 – 11 February 1982), was a British chemist and biologist. Biography Alfred Spinks was the only child of Alfred Robert Spinks, manager of a Littleport brewery, and Ruth (née Harley). He was born in Littlep ...

(1917–1982), British chemist * Brett Spinks (b. 1973), Australian athlete in football *

Charlton Spinks Major-General Sir Charlton Watson Spinks (1877-1959) was a British Army officer who became Sirdar (Commander-in-Chief) of the Egyptian Army. Military career Spinks was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 17 March 1900 ...

(1877–1959), British Army officer *

Cory Spinks Cory Spinks (born Cory Calvin; February 20, 1978) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2013. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the undisputed welterweight title from 2003 to 200 ...

(b. 1978), US athlete in boxing *

Darrell Spinks Darrell Spinks (born July 24, 1973) is an American former professional boxer. Family Spinks was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, one of three sons his father Leon Spinks had with Zadie Mae Calvin. Darrell had four siblings. His older brother ...

(b. 1973), US athlete in boxing *

David Rubio David Rubio (born David Joseph Spinks; 17 September 1934 – 21 October 2000) was an English maker of stringed musical instruments. Biography David Rubio was born on 17 September 1934 in London, England. He acquired his new surname in his t ...

(1934–2000), British musical instrument maker (born David Joseph Spinks) * Ford Spinks (1927–2016), American politician * Fred Spinks (1902–1982), Bermudan athlete in cricket * Gracie Spinks (died 2021), English lifeguard believed to have been murdered *

Jack Spinks John Robert "Jack" Spinks (August 15, 1930September 29, 1994) was a professional American football Fullback (American football), fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He played five seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1952), the Chicag ...

(1930–1994), US athlete in football *

Joe Spinks Joseph S. Spinks (born June 20, 1972) is an American-Dutch retired basketball player and coach. He played eight seasons for ABC Amsterdam in the Netherlands and is considered one of the best players to have played in the Eredivisie. Spinks also ...

(b. 1972), US athlete in baseball *

Johanna Spinks Johanna Spinks is a British-born, Los Angeles-based oil portrait artist. Spinks is primarily a portrait artist of heirloom, family, corporate, religious, and bridal portraits, but also a landscape and still life painter. Spinks' work has been fea ...

, British-American artist * John Spinks (academic) (1908–1997), English-born Canadian university president * John Spinks (musician) (1953–2014), English musician and songwriter *

Leon Spinks Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

(1953–2021), US athlete in boxing *

Michael Spinks Michael Spinks (born July 13, 1956) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1988. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the undisputed light heavyweight title from 1983 to 1985, and the lineal he ...

(b. 1956), US athlete in boxing *

Nicky Spinks Nicola "Nicky" Spinks (born 22 April 1967) is a British long-distance runner, specialising in fell running, who set women's records for the major fell-running challenges the Ramsay Round, the Paddy Buckley Round and the Bob Graham Round. She he ...

(b. c. 1968), English athlete in distance running *

Scipio Spinks Scipio Ronald Spinks (born July 12, 1947) is a former right handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1969 through 1973 for the Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals. Life and sports Born in Chicago, Illinois, Spinks was a promisi ...

(b. 1947), US athlete in baseball * Stan Spinks (1912–2003), Australian athlete in football *

Terence Spinks Terence "Terry" George Spinks MBE (28 February 1938 – 26 April 2012) was a boxer from Great Britain, who won the gold medal in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. In the fina ...

(b. 1960), British athlete in boxing *

Tommy Spinks Thomas Allen Spinks, known as Tommy Spinks (October 29, 1948 – August 26, 2007), was an American football wide receiver. He played college football for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. Spinks set two records in the 1968 Grantland Rice Bowl, ...

(1948-2007), US athlete in football *

Tommy Spinks (rugby union) Tommy Spinks (born 22 April 1994 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays for Glasgow Hawks at the Flanker or Lock positions. Spinks states his preferred position is openside flanker. Rugby Union career Amateur car ...

(b. 1994), Scottish athlete in rugby * William A. Spinks (1865–1933), US billiards player * William H. Spinks (1873–1950), Canadian political figure

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