Atkins (surname)

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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.

Art and Entertainment

Al Atkins (born 1947), British singer
Anna Atkins (1799–1871), British pioneer of photography
Chet Atkins (1924–2001), guitarist and record producer
Cholly Atkins (1913–2003), American choreographer for Motown artists
Christopher Atkins (born 1961), American actor
Coral Atkins (1936–2016), British actress
David Atkins (born 1955), Australian stage director
Eileen Atkins (born 1934), English actress
Emma Atkins (born 1975), English actress
Essence Atkins (born 1972), American actress
Finn Atkins (born 1989), English actress
Ivor Atkins (1869–1953), Welsh choirmaster
Jeffrey Atkins (born 1976), American rapper Ja Rule
Juan Atkins (born 1962), American techno musician
Lexi Atkins (born 1993), American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder
Lucy Atkins, British author
Mark Atkins, Australian didgeridoo player
Martin Atkins (born 1959), British drummer
Michael Atkins (1747–1812), Irish actor and theatre manager
Nicole Atkins (born 1978), American singer-songwriter
Oliver F. Atkins (1917–1977), American photographer
Rodney Atkins (born 1969), country singer
Sharif Atkins (born 1975), actor

Military

Barry K. Atkins (1911–2005), American admiral
Tommy Atkins, World War I nickname for the iconic British soldier
Travis Atkins (1975–2007), United States Army soldier; recipient of the Medal of Honor
Vera Atkins (1908–2000), British intelligence officer
Ben Atkins Army 2017-Present

Politics

Charlotte Atkins (born 1950), United Kingdom Member of Parliament
Colin Atkins, Canadian politician
Humphrey Atkins (1922–1996), British politician
Joe Atkins (born 1965), Minnesota State Representative
Norman Atkins (1934–2010), Canadian politician
Robert Atkins (politician) (born 1946), United Kingdom politician
Toni Atkins (born 1962), American politician
Victoria Atkins (born 1976), British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth and Horncastle since May 2015

Sport

Brett Atkins (born 1964), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
Chucky Atkins (born 1974), NBA basketball player
Doug Atkins (1930–2015), American football player
Ernie Atkins (1890–1972), Australian Rules footballer
Garrett Atkins (born 1979), American baseball player
Gary Atkins (born 1969), rugby league footballer
Geno Atkins (born 1988), NFL football player
Ian Atkins (born 1957), English footballer
John Atkins (American football) (born 1992), American football player
Kelley Atkins (born 1966), Canadian curler Kelley Law
Larry Atkins (born 1975), formerly of the Kansas City Chiefs
Ross Atkins (born 1989), English footballer
Ross Atkins (baseball) (born 1973), baseball executive
William Atkins (architect) (1811–1887), Irish architect
William Atkins (footballer) (born 1939), former professional footballer

Other

B. T. S. Atkins (Sue Atkins) (1931–2021), British lexicographer
C. Clyde Atkins (1914–1999), American judge
Craig S. Atkins (1903–1990), judge of the United States Tax Court
Ella Atkins, American aerospace engineer
Frances Atkins, British chef
Henry Atkins (disambiguation)
John F. Atkins, Irish scientist
Madeleine Atkins CBE, British academic
Peter Atkins (born 1940), professor of chemistry and author
Robert Atkins (nutritionist) (1930–2003), physician noted for the Atkins Nutritional Approach (Atkins Diet)
Ros Atkins, BBC News presenter
Simon Green Atkins (1863–1934), American educator and founder of Winston-Salem State University
Stephen E. Atkins (1941–2010), American librarian and author
Susan Atkins (1948–2009), Manson family member
Tom Atkins (disambiguation)

Fictional characters

Alfie Atkins, main character in the Swedish children's books series with the same name
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

References

↑ "Atkins Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014

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[1] "Atkins Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014

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