Hopkinson is a surname of English and Welsh origin. Notable people with the surname include: *

Abdur Rahman Slade Hopkinson Abdhur Rahman Slade Hopkinson ( Slade Hopkinson; 1934 – 1993) was a Guyana-born poet, playwright, actor and teacher. Early life Slade Hopkinson was born in the town New Amsterdam, Guyana; his father was a barrister, and his mother, a nurse. Sla ...

(1934–1993), West Indian writer *

Alfred Hopkinson Sir Alfred Hopkinson (28 June 1851 – 11 November 1939) was an English lawyer, academic and politician who was a member of parliament (MP) for two three-year periods, separated by nearly 30 years. He was the son of John Hopkinson, a mechanic ...

(1851–1939), British politician * Alister Hopkinson (1941–99), New Zealand rugby union player *

Amanda Hopkinson Amanda Hopkinson (born 1948) is a British scholar and literary translator. Biography She was born in London, England, to the British journalist and magazine editor Sir Tom Hopkinson and photographer Gerti Deutsch. She gained a BA from the Uni ...

(born 1948), British scholar and literary translator *

Austin Hopkinson Austin Hopkinson JP (24 June 1879 – 2 September 1962) was a British industrialist and Member of Parliament (MP) who represented Mossley as an Independent from 1918 to 1929 and 1931 to 1945. He was also a noted benefactor to local causes, a ...

(1879–1962), British politician * Barney Hopkinson (born before 1965), British Anglican priest * Bertram Hopkinson (1874–1918), British engineer ** Split-Hopkinson pressure bar, an apparatus for testing the dynamic stress-strain response of materials, named after Bertram Hopkinson * Bobby Hopkinson (born 1990), English footballer * Carl Hopkinson (born 1981), English cricketer * Charles Hopkinson (1869–1962), American artist *

Deborah Hopkinson Deborah Hopkinson (born February 4, 1952) is an American writer of over seventy children's books, primarily historical fiction, nonfiction and picture books. Personal life and education Hopkinson was born February 4, 1952, in Lowell, Massachusett ...

(born before 2004), American writer of children's books * Eddie Hopkinson (1935–2004), English football goalkeeper * Edward Hopkinson (1859–1922), British politician and engineer * Emilius Hopkinson (1869–1951), British medical doctor, ornithologist and writer *

Francis Hopkinson Francis Hopkinson (October 2,Hopkinson was born on September 21, 1737, according to the then-used Julian calendar (old style). In 1752, however, Great Britain and all its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar (new style) which moved Hopkinson's ...

(1737–91), American writer and signer of the Declaration of Independence ** Francis Hopkinson House, a historic home in Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, onetime residence of Francis Hopkinson *

Fred Hopkinson Fred Hopkinson (26 April 1908 – 1986) was an English footballer who made 221 appearances in the Football League playing as a wing half or inside right for Darlington and Barrow in the 1920s and 1930s. He was also on the books of Sheffi ...

(1908–after 1935), English footballer * Frederick Hopkinson (1922–2004), British sports shooter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics * George F. Hopkinson (1895–1943), British general * Gerald Hopkinson (before 1930–after 1952), British general *

Gordon Hopkinson Gordon Hopkinson (born 19 June 1933) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. Career Hopkinson played with Beighton Miners Welfare F.C. and in 1957 he played in the Football League Second Division with Doncaster Rovers. He ...

(born 1933), English footballer *

Greta Hopkinson Greta Hopkinson (born Greta Karin Louise Stromeyer, 4 October 1901 – September 1993) was a British wood sculptor. Biography Hopkinson was born in West Didsbury, Manchester. Her father, Charles Edmund Stromeyer, was a British civil engineer (e ...

(1901–93), British wood sculptor *

Harry Hopkinson Harry Hopkinson (8 June 1902 – 4 March 1979), also known as Austin Layton and Harry Torrani, was a British music hall performer, a soprano and songwriter who has been credited as one of the world's greatest yodelers. He was billed as the ...

(1902–79), English yodeler *

Henry Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton Henry Lennox D'Aubigne Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton, Royal Victorian Order, KCVO Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (3 January 1902 – 6 January 1996), was a British diplomat and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. ...

(1902–96), British diplomat and politician *

Hopkinson (MCC cricketer) Hopkinson is a surname of English and Welsh origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Abdur Rahman Slade Hopkinson (1934–1993), West Indian writer * Alfred Hopkinson (1851–1939), British politician * Alister Hopkinson (1941–99), Ne ...

(), English cricketer *

Ian Hopkinson Ian John Hopkinson (born 19 October 1950) is an English former footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Barrow, Workington and Darlington, and in the Scottish League for Berwick Rangers. He began his career as an apprenti ...

(born 1950), English footballer *

John Hopkinson John Hopkinson, FRS, (27 July 1849 – 27 August 1898) was a British physicist, electrical engineer, Fellow of the Royal Society and President of the IEE (now the IET) twice in 1890 and 1896. He invented the three-wire (three-phase) system for ...

(1849–98), British physicist **

Hopkinson and Imperial Chemical Industries Professor of Applied Thermodynamics The Hopkinson and Imperial Chemical Industries Professorship of Applied Thermodynamics at the University of Cambridge was established on 10 February 1950, largely from the endowment fund of the proposed Hopkinson Professorship in Thermodynamics and ...

, University of Cambridge, named after John Hopkinson **

Hopkinson's law A magnetic circuit is made up of one or more closed loop paths containing a magnetic flux. The flux is usually generated by permanent magnets or electromagnets and confined to the path by magnetic cores consisting of ferromagnetic materials li ...

, the magnetic analogy to Ohm's law, named after John Hopkinson *

John Hopkinson (priest) John Henry Hopkinson (died 22 October 1957) was Archdeacon of Westmorland from 1931 until 1944. Personal life and early education He was the son of the lawyer and politician Sir Alfred Hopkinson, nephew of the physicist John Hopkinson and ...

(before 1904–1957), British Anglican priest * Joseph Hopkinson (1770–1842), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, later a federal judge * Mark Hopkinson (1949–92), American proxy murderer *

Mick Hopkinson Michael Edward Hopkinson (born 24 February 1942) is an English former association football, footballer who played at full-back (association football), full-back for Derby County F.C., Derby County, Mansfield Town F.C., Mansfield Town, Port Vale ...

(born 1942), English footballer *

Nalo Hopkinson Nalo Hopkinson (born 20 December 1960) is a Jamaican-born Canadian speculative fiction writer and editor. Her novels – ''Brown Girl in the Ring (novel), Brown Girl in the Ring'' (1998), ''Midnight Robber'' (2000), ''The Salt Roads'' (2003), ' ...

(born 1960), Jamaican writer * Peter Hopkinson (1920–2007), British film-maker and director *

Rusty Hopkinson Russell Keith "Rusty" Hopkinson is an Australian rock musician and record label owner. He joined alternative rockers, You Am I, in 1993 on drums, percussion and backing vocals. He had previously been a member of the Bamboos (1986–87) and Kry ...

(active from 1990s), Australian drummer * Samuel Hopkinson (cricketer) (1825–87), Australian cricketer * Samuel Hopkinson (footballer) (1903–58), English footballer * Simon Hopkinson (born 1954), British chef and cookery writer * Thomas Hopkinson (1709–51), American lawyer and public official *

Tom Hopkinson Sir Henry Thomas Hopkinson (19 April 1905 – 20 June 1990) was a British journalist, picture magazine editor, author, and teacher. Early life Born in Manchester, his father was John Hopkinson (priest), John Hopkinson, a Church of England cl ...

(1905–90), British journalist, picture magazine editor, author, and teacher * W. C. Hopkinson (1880–1914), British intelligence agent * William John Hopkinson (1887–1970), Canadian artist ; Given name *

Francis Hopkinson Smith Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was an American author, artist, and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote numerous stories, and received recognition for his paintings. Smith was th ...

(1838–1915), American author, artist and engineer *

Hopkinson Smith Hopkinson Smith (born December 7, 1946) is a Swiss- American lutenist and pedagogue, longtime resident in Basel, Switzerland. Smith was born in New York City, the son of architectural writer and photographer G. E. Kidder Smith. He graduated fr ...

(born 1946), American lutenist * William Hopkinson Cox (1856–1950), American politician in Kentucky

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