Hawkins (name)
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The English language
surname
Hawkins originated in the 11th century in Kent
, England
. Its meaning comes from the word "hawking
", meaning "falconry". Hawkins may have evolved to the variant "Haughan" or "O'haughan" due to migration of peoples to Ireland
during the Civil War in the 16th century. It is rare as a given name
. People with the name Hawkins include:
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
Hawkins originated in the 11th century in Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Its meaning comes from the word "hawking
Falconry
Falconry is "the taking of wild quarry in its natural state and habitat by means of a trained raptor". There are two traditional terms used to describe a person involved in falconry: a falconer flies a falcon; an austringer flies a hawk or an eagle...
", meaning "falconry". Hawkins may have evolved to the variant "Haughan" or "O'haughan" due to migration of peoples to Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
during the Civil War in the 16th century. It is rare as a given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
. People with the name Hawkins include:
- Alex HawkinsAlex HawkinsClifton Alexander "Alex" Hawkins is a retired American football player who played running back for the Baltimore Colts and Atlanta Falcons. He excelled as a special teams player...
, born 1937, American football player and sportscaster - Anthony HawkinsAnthony HawkinsAnthony Hawkins is an Australian television actor, perhaps best known for his role as Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Smith in the television series Special Squad...
, Australian actor - Augustus F. HawkinsAugustus F. HawkinsAugustus Freeman "Gus" Hawkins was a prominent African American Democratic Party politician and a figure in the history of Civil Rights and organized labor. He served as the first African American from California in the United States Congress, where he sponsored the Humphrey-Hawkins Full...
, American politician, author of the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act - Barry HawkinsBarry HawkinsBarry Hawkins is an English professional snooker player. He has reached three ranking semi-finals, and spent five seasons inside the top 32 of the rankings. He has also played in the World Championship the last six years running.-Early career:Before taking up snooker professionally he was an...
(born 1979), English snooker player - Ben Hawkins (Carnivàle)
- Ben Hawkins (American football)Ben Hawkins (American football)Benjamin Charles Hawkins is a former professional American football wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League and led the NFL in receiving yards in 1967. He played college football at Arizona State University and was drafted in the third...
(born 1944), American football player - Benjamin HawkinsBenjamin HawkinsBenjamin Hawkins was an American planter, statesman, and United States Indian agent . He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a United States Senator from North Carolina, having grown up among the planter elite...
(1754–1816), American farmer, statesman, and delegate to the Native American Creek people - Brad HawkinsBrad HawkinsBrad Hawkins is an American film actor and television actor and a country singer and martial artist, best known for playing Ryan Steele in the TV series VR Troopers...
(born 1976), American film and television actor, and country singer - Chris HawkinsChris HawkinsChris Hawkins is a presenter, performance DJ, reporter, journalist, producer, and music pundit....
(born 1975), English DJ and radio presenter - Sir Christopher Hawkins, 1st Baronet, Cornish member of parliament and mine owner
- Connie HawkinsConnie HawkinsCornelius L. Hawkins is a former National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association player, Harlem Globetrotter and New York City playground legend...
, former NBA player - Coleman HawkinsColeman HawkinsColeman Randolph Hawkins was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Hawkins was one of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument. As Joachim E. Berendt explained, "there were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn"...
(1904–1969), American jazz tenor saxophonist - Curt HawkinsCurt HawkinsBrian Joseph Myers is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Curt Hawkins. He is currently signed to WWE working on its Raw brand...
, American professional wrestler - Dan Hawkins (disambiguation)
- Erick HawkinsErick HawkinsFrederick Hawkins known as Erick Hawkins was a leading American modern-dance choreographer and dancer...
, modern dancer - Ernie HawkinsErnie HawkinsErnie Hawkins is an American acoustic blues guitar player, singer, recording artist, and educator, who has a Ph.D. in phenomenological psychology....
(born 1947), American blues guitarist and singer - Francesca HawkinsFrancesca HawkinsFrancesca Hawkins is a television news presenter and public relations specialist in Trinidad and Tobago. She is currently a frontline presenter for CNC3 Television.-Media career:...
, Trinidadian television news presenter - Hamilton S. HawkinsHamilton S. HawkinsHamilton Smith Hawkins was a United States Army Major General during the Spanish-American War.Hawkins attended the United States Military Academy between 1852 and 1855, but did not graduate with the class of 1856 due to deficient academics. Despite being a South Carolinian, Hawkins served in the...
(1834–1910), American general - Hawkshaw HawkinsHawkshaw HawkinsHarold Franklin Hawkins , better known as Hawkshaw Hawkins, was an American country music singer popular from the 1950s into the early 60s known for his rich, smooth vocals and music drawn from blues, boogie and honky tonk...
, American country and western singer - Henry Hawkins (1817–1907), English judge
- Jack HawkinsJack HawkinsColonel John Edward "Jack" Hawkins CBE was an English actor of the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s.-Career:Hawkins was born at Lyndhurst Road, Wood Green, Middlesex, the son of master builder Thomas George Hawkins and his wife, Phoebe née Goodman. The youngest of four children in a close-knit family,...
(1910–1973), British film actor - Jack Hawkins (Colonel), US Marine Corps, CIA senior planner of Bay of Pigs Invasion
- Jeff HawkinsJeff HawkinsJeffrey Hawkins is the founder of Palm Computing and Handspring...
(born 1957), American scientist, founder of Palm Computing, Handspring (pda), and Numenta - Jennifer HawkinsJennifer HawkinsJennifer Hawkins is an Australian beauty queen, model and television presenter best known as Miss Universe 2004 and the face of Australian department store Myer.-Early life:...
(born 1983), Australian model, Miss Universe winner 2004 and TV personality - Jim HawkinsJim HawkinsJim Hawkins is a BBC radio presenter.-Personal:Hawkins was born in Essex and brought up there and in Warwickshire in England.-Career:...
, English radio presenter - John A. HawkinsJohn A. HawkinsJohn A. Hawkins is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics at the University of Cambridge...
, English linguist - Sir John HawkinsJohn HawkinsAdmiral Sir John Hawkins was an English shipbuilder, naval administrator and commander, merchant, navigator, and slave trader. As treasurer and controller of the Royal Navy, he rebuilt older ships and helped design the faster ships that withstood the Spanish Armada in 1588...
(1532–1595), English merchant, navigator, slave trader, shipbuilder and pirate - John Hawkins (geologist)John Hawkins (geologist)John Hawkins was a geologist, traveller and writer,He was the youngest son of Thomas Hawkins of Trewinnard, St Erth, Cornwall, M.P. for Grampound, by Anne, daughter of James Heywood of London...
, Cornish traveller, geologist and FRS - Justin HawkinsJustin HawkinsJustin David Hawkins is an English musician and singer-songwriter, best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist of The Darkness, alongside his brother, guitarist Dan Hawkins...
(born 1975), English rock musician - Kyle HawkinsKyle HawkinsKyle Hawkins is the head coach of the HTHC Hamburg Warriors lacrosse team and former head coach of the University of Missouri Men's Lacrosse Club team. In May 2006, he discussed his sexual orientation with several media outlets, including the New York Times and MSNBC.com after having revealed to...
(born 1970), American lacrosse coach, gay rights activist - LaTroy HawkinsLaTroy HawkinsLaTroy Hawkins is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher. Through 2011, he was third of all active pitchers in career games pitched.-Minnesota Twins:...
, (born 1972), baseball player - Paul Hawkins (racing driver), Australian race car driver
- Paula HawkinsPaula HawkinsPaula Hawkins was an U.S. politician from Florida. She is to date the only woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida. She was the first woman ever elected to a full term in the Senate without a family connection....
(1927–2009), American politician - Petri Hawkins-ByrdPetri Hawkins-ByrdPetri Hawkins-Byrd is an American television personality known for his role as the bailiff on the television show Judge Judy...
, bailiff "Byrd" on the Judge Judy TV series - Sir Richard HawkinsRichard Hawkinsthumb|250px|right|Sir Richard HawkinsAdmiral Sir Richard Hawkins was a 17th century English seaman, explorer and Elizabethan "Sea Dog", and was the son of Admiral Sir John Hawkins....
(c. 1562–1622), English seaman, vice-admiral and Member of Parliament - Robert A. Hawkins, of the Westroads Mall massacre
- Rob HawkinsRob HawkinsRob Hawkins is a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership.Hawkins' position of choice is as a hooker. Hawkins represented England at Under 21 level.-Club career:...
(born 1983), English rugby union player - Ronnie HawkinsRonnie HawkinsRonald "Ronnie" Hawkins is a Juno Award-winning rockabilly musician whose career has spanned more than half a century. Though his career began in Arkansas, USA, where he'd been born and raised, it was in Ontario, Canada where he found success and settled for most of his life...
(born 1935), American rock singer and songwriter - Sally HawkinsSally HawkinsSally Cecilia Hawkins is an English actress. Her performance as Poppy in the 2008 film Happy-Go-Lucky won her several international awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy...
(born 1976), British actress - Screamin' Jay HawkinsScreamin' Jay HawkinsJalacy Hawkins , best known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins was an American musician, singer, and actor...
(1929–2000), American singer and entertainer - Sophie B. HawkinsSophie B. HawkinsSophie Ballantine Hawkins is an American singer, songwriter, musician and painter. Her biggest hits are "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover", "Right Beside You", and "As I Lay Me Down".- Career :...
(born 1967), American singer and songwriter - Tom Hawkins (footballer)Tom Hawkins (footballer)Thomas "Tom" Jack Hawkins is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League...
(born 1988), Australian football player - Walter Lincoln HawkinsWalter Lincoln HawkinsWalter Lincoln Hawkins was an African-American scientist and inventor who, while working at Bell Laboratories in the 1940s, helped to make universal telephone service possible...
(1911–1992), African-American scientist and inventor - William Hawkins (disambiguation)
- Wynn HawkinsWynn HawkinsWynn Firth Hawkins is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was signed by the Cleveland Indians before the 1955 season, and played for the Indians from 1960 to 1962....
(born 1936), Major League Baseball pitcher
External links
- Hawkins Worldwide DNA Project (with information on the Hawkins surname)