Hopkins
Encyclopedia
Hopkins is an English
, Welsh
and Irish
patronymic
surname
. The English
and Welsh
derivations mean "son of Hob". It derives from the Germanic warrior name Hrod-berht, translated as "renowned-fame". It was 'borrowed' into French, where the spelling was changed from "Hob" to "Robert". The name in Ireland
is an Anglicisation
of the Irish Gaelic
name Mac Oibicin. The name increased in popularity in, and became associated with, Wales around the 17th century. The Robert spelling was introduced to England and Scotland after the Norman conquest of England
.
People with the surname Hopkins include:
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...
, Welsh
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and Irish
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...
patronymic
Patronymic
A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...
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"...
. The English
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...
and Welsh
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
derivations mean "son of Hob". It derives from the Germanic warrior name Hrod-berht, translated as "renowned-fame". It was 'borrowed' into French, where the spelling was changed from "Hob" to "Robert". The name in 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...
is an Anglicisation
Anglicisation
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of the Irish Gaelic
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
name Mac Oibicin. The name increased in popularity in, and became associated with, Wales around the 17th century. The Robert spelling was introduced to England and Scotland after the Norman conquest of England
Norman conquest of England
The Norman conquest of England began on 28 September 1066 with the invasion of England by William, Duke of Normandy. William became known as William the Conqueror after his victory at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066, defeating King Harold II of England...
.
People with the surname Hopkins include:
- Anthony HopkinsAnthony HopkinsSir Philip Anthony Hopkins, KBE , best known as Anthony Hopkins, is a Welsh actor of film, stage and television...
(born 1937; aka Sir Anthony Hopkins), actor - Antony HopkinsAntony HopkinsAntony Hopkins CBE is an English composer, pianist, conductor, and radio broadcaster.Hopkins was born in London under the name Ernest William Antony Reynolds; his surname was changed during his childhood to Hopkins...
, composer - Bernard HopkinsBernard HopkinsBernard Hopkins Jr, known as The Executioner is an American boxer and the current Ring Magazine and WBC light heavyweight champion...
, professional boxer - Bert Hopkins, cricketer
- Bobb HopkinsBobb HopkinsBobb Hopkins, also known as Santa Fe Bo, is an American writer, director, actor, and producer.Hopkins is the founder and director of the National Hobo Association, an organisation devoted to the hobo lifestyle....
, actor/director, and founder of the National Hobo Association - Brad HopkinsBrad HopkinsBradley D. Hopkins is a former American football player. He played left tackle for 13 seasons in the National Football League, all of them with the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans organization.-Early years:...
, former NFL offensive lineman - Brayden Hopkins, professional duster
- Cathy HopkinsCathy HopkinsFor the The Apprentice candidate, see Katie HopkinsCathy Hopkins is an English novelist, best known for her teenage books Mates, Dates series...
, novelist - Charles Hopkins, several people
- Claude HopkinsClaude HopkinsClaude Driskett Hopkins was an American jazz stride pianist and bandleader.-Biography:Claude Hopkins was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1903. Historians differ in respect of the actual date of his birth. His parents were on the faculty of Howard University...
, musician - Claude C. HopkinsClaude C. HopkinsClaude C. Hopkins was one of the great advertising pioneers, he believed advertising existed only to sell something and should be measurable and justify the results that it produced....
, advertising man - Constance HopkinsConstance HopkinsConstance Hopkins , also sometimes listed as Constanta. She was probably born in Hursley, Hampshire, England. Constance was the second daughter of Stephen Hopkins, by his first wife, Mary. Some believe she was named in honor of Constance Hopkins...
, Mayflower passenger and first Town Clerk of Eastham, Massachusetts - Edward HopkinsEdward HopkinsEdward Hopkins was an English colonist and politician and Governor of the Connecticut Colony. Active on both sides of the Atlantic, he was a founder of the New Haven and Connecticut colonies, serving seven one-year terms as governor of Connecticut. He returned to England in the 1650s, where he...
, settler/politician, Governor of the Connecticut Colony - Frank HopkinsFrank HopkinsFrank Hopkins was an American professional horseman who at one time performed with the Ringling Brothers Circus. He was known as a legendary distance rider, claimed to have won 400 races, and was recognized by his contemporaries as supporting the preservation of the mustang.-Early life and...
, U.S. cowboy - Frank HopkinsFrank Hopkins (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir Frank Henry Edward Hopkins KCB, DSO, DSC, , was a naval officer with the Royal Navy.-Naval career:Educated at the Nautical College at Pangbourne in Berkshire, Hopkins joined the Royal Navy in 1927....
, Royal Navy officer; Captain of HMS Ark Royal - Frederick Gowland Hopkins, biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Gareth Hopkins, cricketer
- George Hopkins (1896–1985), Academy Award-winning set designer, playwright and production designer
- George H. HopkinsGeorge H. HopkinsGeorge H. Hopkins was a politician from the U. S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Hopkins was born to Erastus and Climene Hopkins in White Lake, Michigan and was educated at Pontiac Union School from 1860–62 and taught a district school in Oakland County...
(1842–????), politician - George W. HopkinsGeorge W. HopkinsGeorge W. Hopkins was a lumberman involved in the removal of tens of thousands of acres of virgin forests in Michigan and Florida.Hopkins was born in 1844 in Virginia. His father soon moved his family to Michigan in search of farm land. Hopkins became a surveyor and map maker at a young age, and...
, industrialist - George Washington HopkinsGeorge Washington HopkinsGeorge Washington Hopkins was a nineteenth century United States politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge and teacher....
(1804–1861), politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge and teacher - Gerard Manley HopkinsGerard Manley HopkinsGerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. was an English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous 20th-century fame established him among the leading Victorian poets...
, poet - Graham HopkinsGraham HopkinsGraham Hopkins is an Irish drummer. He is the drummer in The Swell Season, The Frames, and former drummer for the hard rock/punk rock band Therapy?.- Early years :...
, drummer/musician - Harold Hopkins, FRSHarold HopkinsHarold Horace Hopkins FRS was a renowned British physicist. His Wave Theory of Aberrations, , is central to all modern optical design and provides the mathematical analysis which enables the use of computers to create the wealth of high quality lenses available today...
, physicist - Harry Lloyd HopkinsHarry HopkinsHarry Lloyd Hopkins was one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's closest advisers. He was one of the architects of the New Deal, especially the relief programs of the Works Progress Administration , which he directed and built into the largest employer in the country...
, economics advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt - Harry Edward Hopkins III, Town Commissioner of Bel Air, Maryland
- Herbert HopkinsHerbert HopkinsHerbert Oxley Hopkins was an Australian-born Englishcricketer who played 85 first-class matches between the wars. The bulk of these games were for Worcestershire and Oxford University, though he also appeared once for Harlequins...
, cricketer - Isaac S. HopkinsIsaac S. HopkinsIsaac Stiles Hopkins was a former professor and the first President of Georgia Tech as well as pastor of the First Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.-Biography:...
, professor/founder Georgia Institute of Technology - James Campbell HopkinsJames Campbell HopkinsJames Campbell Hopkins was a United States federal judge.Born in Pawlet, Vermont, Hopkins read law to enter the bar in 1845. He was in private practice in Granville, New York from 1845 to 1853, and was the postmaster of Granville from 1850 to 1855...
, federal judge - Jeff Hopkins, footballer
- Jeffrey Hopkins (Tibetologist)Jeffrey Hopkins (Tibetologist)Jeffrey Hopkins is a distinguished American Tibetologist. He is Emeritus of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia, where he taught for more than three decades since 1973...
, Tibetologist - Jimmy Hopkins, main character of the controversial videogame "Bully"
- John Hopkins, several people
- John Hopkins (cricketer)John Hopkins (cricketer)John Anthony Hopkins is a former Welsh cricketer who played for Glamorgan.Hopkins was a right-handed batsman and part time wicket-keeper. He first kept for Glamorgan at the age of 17 years and 68 days which was a record for the county and the Sunday League competition...
- John Hopkins (motorcycle racer)John Hopkins (motorcycle racer)John "Hopper" Hopkins is an American motorcycle racer currently racing in the British Superbike Championship . Hopkins has raced previously in MotoGP, AMA Superbike Championship, and Superbike World Championship. He first raced in MotoGP in 2002 for the Red Bull Yamaha WCM team on a two-stroke...
- John Hopkins (cricketer)
- Johns HopkinsJohns HopkinsJohns Hopkins was a wealthy American entrepreneur, philanthropist and abolitionist of 19th-century Baltimore, Maryland, now most noted for his philanthropic creation of the institutions that bear his name, namely the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and the Johns Hopkins University and its associated...
, philanthropist - Keith HopkinsKeith HopkinsMorris Keith Hopkins was a British historian and sociologist. He was professor of ancient history at the University of Cambridge from 1985 to 2000....
, historian and sociologist - Lightnin' HopkinsLightnin' HopkinsSam John Hopkins better known as Lightnin’ Hopkins, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist, from Houston, Texas...
, blues guitarist and singer - Linda Ann Hopkins Shapiro, pornographic actress most known as Tera Patrick
- Lisa HopkinsLisa HopkinsLisa Hopkins Seegmiller , usually credited as Lisa Hopkins, is an American classical singer and actress from Simi Valley, California. She holds a B.A. in Theater Studies and Acting from Yale University and a M.M...
, opera singer - Mark Hopkins, several people
- Matthew HopkinsMatthew HopkinsMatthew Hopkins was an English witchhunter whose career flourished during the time of the English Civil War. He claimed to hold the office of Witchfinder General, although that title was never bestowed by Parliament...
, 17th century witch-hunter - Maudie HopkinsMaudie HopkinsMaudie Hopkins was an American woman believed to be the last publicly-known surviving widow of a Civil War veteran....
, last surviving American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
widow - Mel HopkinsMel HopkinsMel Hopkins was a Wales international football player. He played at left back.-Club career:The son of a miner, he was signed by Tottenham Hotspur at the age of 15, when spotted playing for his local boy's club. He was taken on as an apprentice after just one trial...
(born 1934), international footballer - Michael Hopkins, several people
- Sir Michael Hopkins, architect, founder of Hopkins Architects
- Michael J. HopkinsMichael J. HopkinsMichael Jerome Hopkins is an American mathematician known for work in algebraic topology.-Life:He received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1984 under the direction of Mark Mahowald. In 1984 he also received his D.Phil...
, mathematician - Mike Hopkins (baseball), baseball player
- Milton N. HopkinsMilton N. HopkinsMilton Newton Hopkins Jr was a farmer in southern Georgia, in the south-eastern United States, as well as a conservationist, naturalist, and author, who had a long association with the Georgia Ornithological Society ....
(1926–2007), farmer and ornithologist - Nathan T. HopkinsNathan T. HopkinsNathan Thomas Hopkins was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Ashe County, North Carolina, Hopkins moved to Pike County, Kentucky.He attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....
, U.S. Representative from Kentucky - Nelson K. HopkinsNelson K. HopkinsNelson Kerr Hopkins was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:He was the son of General Timothy Soveral Hopkins and Nancy Ann Hopkins . Hopkins attended Fredonia Academy and Genesee Wesleyan Seminary in preparation for college...
, New York State Comptroller, 1872–1875 - Paul Henry HopkinsPaul HopkinsPaul Henry Hopkins was a right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns ....
(1904-2004), baseball pitcher - Paul Hopkins (actor)Paul Hopkins (actor)Paul Hopkins is a Canadian television, film and theatre actor known to US audiences for his portrayal of Michael "Mouse" Tolliver in the TV miniseries More Tales of the City and its follow-up Further Tales of the City . These miniseries were sequels to Tales of the City , which starred Marcus...
, Canadian TV actor - Richard HopkinsRichard Hopkins (chess player)Richard Hopkins , was an American chess player. Learning the game at an early age, Hopkins enjoyed success in several local tournaments and was considered by some to be a chess prodigy...
, chess player and soldier - Roy M. HopkinsRoy M. HopkinsRoy McArthur Hopkins, known as Hoppy Hopkins , was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, having represented District 1 in northern Caddo Parish and two precincts in northern Bossier Parish from 1988 until his Thanksgiving Day death after a long illness of bone cancer...
(1943–2006), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives - Stephen Hopkins, several people
- Stephen Hopkins (politician)Stephen Hopkins (politician)Stephen Hopkins was an American political leader from Rhode Island who signed the Declaration of Independence. He served as the Chief Justice and Governor of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and was a Delegate to the Colonial Congress in Albany in 1754 and to the...
, signer of the Declaration of Independence - Stephen Hopkins (settler)Stephen Hopkins (settler)Stephen Hopkins , was a tanner and merchant who was one of the passengers on the Mayflower in 1620, settling in Plymouth Colony. Hopkins was recruited by the Merchant Adventurers to provide governance for the colony as well as assist with the colony's ventures...
, Mayflower passenger and signer of the Mayflower compact
- Stephen Hopkins (politician)
- Telma HopkinsTelma HopkinsTelma Louise Hopkins is an American singer and television actress. A member of the 1970s pop group Tony Orlando and Dawn, she later starred in several television sitcoms, including Bosom Buddies, Gimme a Break!, Family Matters, Getting By, and Half & Half...
, actress/singer - Tiffany HopkinsTiffany Hopkins-Awards:*2006 Ninfa Prize nominee – Best Supporting Actress – La Brigada Femenina*2007 AVN Award nominee – Female Foreign Performer of the Year- External links :* at EGAFD* at Eurobabeindex...
, actress - Tim HopkinsTim HopkinsTim Hopkins, is an Australian jazz musician who won the Australian National Jazz Award at the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz in 1993.-Career:...
, jazz musician - Wes HopkinsWes HopkinsWesley Carl Hopkins is a former professional American football safety who played for the Philadelphia Eagles his entire 11-year National Football League career from 1983 through 1993...
, former NFL defensive back