Atkins (surname)
Atkins is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881,[1] its frequency was highest in Buckinghamshire (6.0 times the British average), followed by Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Rutland, Kent, Dorset, Norfolk, and Berkshire. Atkins may refer to:
- Al Atkins (born 1947), British singer
- Anna Atkins (1799–1871), British pioneer of photography
- Barry K. Atkins (1911–2005), American admiral
- B. T. S. Atkins (Sue Atkins) (born ~1940), British lexicographer
- Brett Atkins (born 1964), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
- Charlotte Atkins (born 1950), United Kingdom Member of Parliament
- Chet Atkins (1924–2001), guitarist and record producer
- Cholly Atkins (1913–2003), American choreographer for Motown artists
- Christopher Atkins (born 1961), American actor
- Chucky Atkins (born 1974), NBA basketball player
- C. Clyde Atkins (1914–1999), American judge
- Colin Atkins, Canadian politician
- Coral Atkins (1936–2016), British actress
- David Atkins (born 1955), Australian stage director
- Doug Atkins (1930–2015), American football player
- Eileen Atkins (born 1934), English actress
- Ernest Atkins (1890–1972), Australian Rules footballer
- Essence Atkins (born 1972), American actress
- Frances Atkins, British chef
- Garrett Atkins (born 1979), American baseball player
- Gary Atkins (born 1969), rugby league footballer
- Geno Atkins (born 1988), NFL football player
- Henry Atkins (disambiguation)
- Humphrey Atkins (1922–1996), British politician
- Ian Atkins (born 1957), English footballer
- Sir Ivor Atkins (1869–1953), Welsh choirmaster
- Jeffrey Atkins (born 1976), American rapper Ja Rule
- Joe Atkins (born 1965), Minnesota State Representative
- John F. Atkins, Irish scientist
- Juan Atkins (born 1962), American techno musician
- Kelley Atkins (born 1966), Canadian curler Kelley Law
- Larry Atkins (born 1975), formerly of the Kansas City Chiefs
- Lucy Atkins, British author
- Madeleine Atkins CBE, British academic
- Mark Atkins, Australian didgeridoo player
- Martin Atkins (born 1959), British drummer
- Nicole Atkins (born 1978), American singer-songwriter
- Norman Atkins (1934–2010), Canadian politician
- Peter Atkins (born 1940), professor of chemistry and author
- Robert Atkins (nutritionist) (1930–2003), physician noted for the Atkins Nutritional Approach (Atkins diet)
- Robert Atkins (politician) (born 1946), United Kingdom politician
- Rodney Atkins (born 1969(, country singer
- Ros Atkins, BBC News presenter
- Ross Atkins (born 1989), English footballer
- Ross Atkins (baseball) (born 1973), baseball executive
- Sharif Atkins (born 1975), actor
- Susan Atkins (1948–2009), Manson family member
- Tobi Atkins, Australian actor
- Tom Atkins (disambiguation)
- Tommy Atkins, World War I-era nickname for the iconic British soldier
- Toni Atkins (born 1962), American politician
- Vera Atkins (1908–2000), British intelligence officer
- Victoria Atkins (born 1976), British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth and Horncastle since May 2015
- William Atkins (architect) (1811–1887), Irish architect
- William Atkins (footballer) (born 1939), former professional footballer
Fictional characters
- Alfie Atkins, Swedish space monster from space in the Nexium Galaxy
- Maddison Atkins, popular character from the lonelygirl15 alternate reality game
- Marmalade Atkins, fictional character from Thames Television
- State Comptroller Atkins, public official in The Simpsons' unnamed state
See also
References
- ↑ "Atkins Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
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