Hinks is an English surname. Notable people called Hinks include: *

James Hinks (manufacturer) James Hinks (c.1816 – 21 December 1905) was an oil lamp manufacturer in Birmingham, England, and the founder of the company James Hinks & Son. Early life and family background James Hinks was born in about 1816 in Atherstone, Warwickshire, th ...

(c.1816–1905), oil lamp manufacturer in Birmingham, England *

James Hinks James Hinks (7 January 1829 – 10 October 1878) was a dog breeder who bred and named the English Bull Terrier in the 1860s, as well as the English White Terrier. He lived most of his life in Birmingham and died there in 1878. Biography Hi ...

(1829–1878), Irish–British dog breeder * Joseph Hinks (1840–1931), British manufacturer and inventor, son of James Hinks (c.1816–1905) *

Arthur Robert Hinks Arthur Robert Hinks, CBE, FRS (26 May 1873 – 14 April 1945) was a British astronomer and geographer. As an astronomer, he is best known for his work in determining the distance from the Sun to the Earth (the astronomical unit) from 1900 to ...

(1873–1945), British astronomer and geographer * Timothy Hinks (professor) (1977-present), professor in respiratory science

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