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 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 (born 1948), British scholar and literary translator * Austin Hopkinson (18791962), British politician * Barney Hopkinson (born before 1965), British Anglican priest * Bertram Hopkinson (18741918), 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 (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 association football, football goalkeeper (football), goalkeeper. He was born in Wheatley Hill, near Peterlee, County Durham. During his club career he played for Oldham At ...

(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 Edwa ...

(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, 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 (19222004), British sports shooter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics * George F. Hopkinson (18951943), British general * Gerald Hopkinson (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 Diplo ...

(190296), British diplomat and politician * Hopkinson (MCC cricketer) (), 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 fo ...

(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 like ...

, 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 elect ...

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

(born 1960), Jamaican writer * Peter Hopkinson (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 ...

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

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