Boykin or Boykins may refer to:

People

* A. Wade Boykin, American psychology professor *

Amber Boykins Amber "Holly" Boykins (born April 4, 1969) is an American politician. She represented a portion of North St. Louis in the Missouri House of Representatives. She is a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Boykins is a St. Louis native. She gra ...

(b.1969), American politician from

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an Independent city (United States), independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Miss ...

Brandon Boykin Brandon Boykin (born July 13, 1990) is an American former professional football cornerback. He played college football at Georgia and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL draft. He was also a member of the P ...

, American football player * Christopher "Big Black" Boykin, American television personality * Deral Boykin, American football player *

Dwight Boykins Dwight Anthony Boykins is a Democratic politician and former member of the Houston City Council in Texas, representing District D where he was born and raised. He was elected to the council in 2013 in the general election on November 5, 2013. He ...

(b. 1963), American politician from

Houston, Texas Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

Earl Boykins Earl Antoine Boykins (born June 2, 1976) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant coach for the USC Trojans men's team. He played thirteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Ne ...

, American professional basketball player * Frank W. Boykin (1885-1969), US congressman from

Mobile, Alabama Mobile ( , ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 187,041 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. After a successful vote to annex areas west of the city limits in July 2023, Mobil ...

Jarrett Boykin Jarrett Boykin Jr. (born November 4, 1989) is a former American football wide receiver and current coach. He played college football at Virginia Tech. Boykin was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He was also ...

, American football player *

Keith Boykin Keith Boykin is an American TV and film producer, national political commentator, author, and former White House aide to President Bill Clinton. He has made much of this public in his 2022 memoir, ''Quitting: Why I Left My Job to Live a Life of ...

(b. 1965), American broadcaster and commentator *

Laura Boykin Laura Boykin Okalebo is an American computational biologist who uses supercomputing and genomics to help farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. She has studied the evolution of the agricultural pest whitefly and identified genetic differences between va ...

, American computational biologist * McKinley Boykin, American football player *

Miles Boykin Miles Boykin (born October 12, 1996) is an American professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, ...

, American football player * Otis Boykin (1920-1982), African-American inventor and engineer *

Ronnie Boykins Ronald Boykins (December 17, 1935 – April 20, 1980) was a jazz double bass, bassist and is best known for his work with pianist/bandleader Sun Ra, although he had played with such disparate musicians as Muddy Waters, Johnny Griffin, and Jimmy Wi ...

, jazz bassist *

Stephanie Boykin Stephanie Boykin is an American politician who was elected member of the Missouri House of Representatives for the 70th district in 2024. Boykin is a 40 year veteran of the United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is t ...

, American politician *

Trevone Boykin Trevone Dequan Boykin (born August 22, 1993) is an American professional football quarterback for the Galgos de Tijuana of the Mexican Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA). He played college football for the TCU Horned Frogs, twice earni ...

, American football player *

William G. Boykin William Gerald "Jerry" Boykin (born April 19, 1948) is a retired American lieutenant general who was the United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence under President George W. Bush from 2002 to 2007. During his 36-year career i ...

(b. 1948), former U.S. Army general and Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence

Places

;In the United States *

Boykin, Alabama Boykin, also known as Gee's Bend, is an African American majority community and census-designated place in a large bend of the Alabama River in Wilcox County, Alabama. As of the 2020 census, its population was 208. The Boykin Post Office was e ...

* Boykin, Georgia * Boykin, South Carolina (disambiguation) *

Boykins, Virginia Boykins is a town in Southampton County, Virginia, United States. The population was 516 at the 2020 census. History John Boykin acquired a tract to the south of what became the town on the road to Severn, North Carolina, which lay partly in Vi ...

Other

Boykin Spaniel The Boykin Spaniel is a medium-sized breed of dog, a Spaniel bred for hunting wild turkeys and ducks in the Wateree River Swamp of South Carolina, in the United States. It is the state dog of South Carolina, where it was discovered and further d ...

, a dog breed * Boykin's School of Art, a former African American private art academy in New York City {{Disambiguation, geo, surname