Dawkins is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aubrey Dawkins (born 1995), American basketball player * Ben Dawkins, Australian politician * Benjamin C. Dawkins Jr. (1911–1984), US District Judge in Louisiana * Benjamin C. Dawkins Sr. (1881–1966), US District Judge in Louisiana * Boyd Dawkins (1917–1966) South Australian sheep breeder and politician * Brian Dawkins (born 1973), American football Safety for the Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos * Cecil Dawkins (1927–2019), North American author, also known for her personal correspondence with Flannery O'Connor * Sir Charles Tyrwhitt Dawkins (1858–1919), British Army officer * Sir

Clinton Edward Dawkins Sir Clinton Edward Dawkins, (2 November 1859 – 2 December 1905) was a British businessman and civil servant. Life Dawkins was born in London, the third son of Clinton George Dawkins, one time Consul-General in Venice, descended from the Daw ...

(1859–1905), British businessman and civil servant * Dalyn Dawkins (born 1994), American football player * Darryl Dawkins (1957–2015), American basketball player and coach * Derek Dawkins (born 1959), English footballer * Dion Dawkins (born 1994), American football player * Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III (born 1979) a.k.a.

Aloe Blacc Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III (born January 7, 1979), known professionally as Aloe Blacc (), is an American singer and rapper. He is known for his guest performance on Avicii's 2013 single "Wake Me Up (Avicii song), Wake Me Up", which peaked on ...

, American soul singer and musician *

James Dawkins (antiquarian) James Dawkins (1722 – 6 September 1757) was a Jamaican-born politician, antiquarian and planter. Early life and education The Dawkins family settled on Jamaica shortly after its seizure from the Spanish in 1655. James was the eldest son born ...

(1722, Jamaica – 6 September 1757, Sutton's Plantation, Jamaica) was a British antiquarian and Jacobite. *

Jimmy Dawkins James Henry “Jimmy” Dawkins (October 24, 1936 – April 10, 2013) was an American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist and singer. He is generally considered to have been a practitioner of the "West Side sound" of Chicago blues. Career ...

, (1936–2013) Chicago blues musician * John Sydney "Joe" Dawkins (born 1947), Australian politician, instigator of educational reforms known as the Dawkins Revolution * John Dawkins (born 1954), Australian politician, member of South Australian Legislative Council * Johnny Dawkins (born 1963), American basketball player and coach * L. C. Dawkins, Australian architect, in practice with F. Kenneth Milne 1946–1955 * Marian Dawkins (born 1945), professor of animal behaviour at Oxford, ex-wife of Richard Dawkins * Marvin Dawkins a.k.a. MC Romeo (born 1980), British garage music MC and member of So Solid Crew * Noah Dawkins (born 1997), American football player * Paul Dawkins (1957–2019), American-Turkish basketball player * Peter Dawkins (musician) (1946–2014), New Zealand record producer and musician * Pete Dawkins (Peter Miller Dawkins, born 1938), former US Army Brigadier General and vice chairman of Citigroup Private Bank * Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, American academic administrator *

Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biology, evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator and author. He is an Oxford fellow, emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was Simonyi Professor for the Publ ...

(born 1941), British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and noted atheist * Richard MacGillivray Dawkins (1871–1955), British archaeologist * Riley Collier-Dawkins (born 2000), Australian football player * Sean Dawkins (born 1971), American football player * Travis Dawkins (born 1979), baseball player * William Boyd Dawkins (1837–1929), British geologist and archaeologist

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* Jack Dawkins a.k.a.

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, in Charles Dickens' novel ''Oliver Twist'' * Hugh Dawkins, alter ego of

Tasmanian Devil The Tasmanian devil (''Sarcophilus harrisii''; palawa kani: ''purinina'') is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It was formerly present across mainland Australia, but became extinct there around 3,500 years ago; it is now con ...

in the DC Comics universe * Cassius Dawkins, a prisoner and a reoccurring character on the ABC series '' For Life'', played by

50 Cent Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and television producer. Born in Queens, a borough of New York City, Jackson began pursuing a musical career in 1996. In 1999–2000, ...

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