Hankin is a surname. This surname can trace its roots back to either the Anglo-Saxon people of Britain and to the name ''Johan-kin'', or to the Scandinavian Nordic name ''Haakon'' and its patronymic ''Haakonsson''. The name "Haakon" is from Old Norse meaning "High kin" coming from ''Há'' (high/chosen) and ''konr'' (descendant/kin). Haakonsson subsequently became anglicised into Modern-English as Hankinson, Hankins, Hankin, Annakin. The surname is also a Jewish surname () meaning child (kin) of Hanna. Notable people with the surname include: *

Ernest Hanbury Hankin Ernest Hanbury Hankin (4 February 1865 – 29 March 1939) was an English bacteriologist, aeronautical theorist and naturalist. Working mainly in India, he studied malaria, cholera and other diseases. He is often considered as among the first to ...

(1865–1939), British bacteriologist, aeronautical theorist and naturalist *

Larry Hankin Lawrence Alan Hankin (born December 7, 1937) is an American character actor. He has had major film roles as Charley Butts in '' Escape from Alcatraz'' (1979), Ace in '' Running Scared'' (1986), and Carl Alphonse in '' Billy Madison'' (1995). H ...

(born 1940), American actor, performer, director and producer *

Nigel Hankin Nigel Bathurst Hankin (1920–2007) was brought up by his grandmother in Bexhill, Sussex. He was sent to Burma during late World War II but the war ended around the time he reached Bombay, India (now Mumbai, India). He liked the bustle of th ...

(1920–2007), English lexicographer who lived in India * Ray Hankin (born 1956), former English footballer * Sean Hankin (born 1981), English semi-professional footballer * Simone Hankin (born 1973), Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics * St. John Emile Clavering Hankin (1869–1909), British Edwardian essayist and playwright *

Yehoshua Hankin Yehoshua Hankin (, 1864 – 11 November 1945) was a Zionism, Zionist activist who was responsible for most of the major land purchases of the World Zionist Organization, Zionist Organization in Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Palestine (region), Palesti ...

(1864–1945), Zionist activist responsible for land purchases of the World Zionist Organization in Ottoman Palestine

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