Hopkinson is a surname of English and Welsh origin. Notable people with the surname include: Abdur Rahman Slade Hopkinson (born 1934), West Indian writer Alfred Hopkinson (18511939), British politician Alister Hopkinson (194199), New Zealand rugby union player Amanda Hopkinson (born 1948), British scholar and literary translator Austin Hopkinson (18791962), British politician Barney Hopkinson (born before 1965), British Anglican priest Bertram Hopkinson (18741918), 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 (18691962), American artist Deborah Hopkinson (born before 2004), American writer of children's books Eddie Hopkinson (19352004), English football goalkeeper Edward Hopkinson (18591922), British politician and engineer Emilius Hopkinson (18691951), British medical doctor, ornithologist and writer Francis Hopkinson (173791), 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 (1908after 1935), English footballer Frederick Hopkinson (19222004), British sports shooter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics George F. Hopkinson (18951943), British general Gerald Hopkinson (before 1930after 1952), British general Gordon Hopkinson (born 1933), English footballer Greta Hopkinson (190193), British wood sculptor Harry Hopkinson (190279), English yodeler Henry Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton (190296), British diplomat and politician Hopkinson (MCC cricketer) (), English cricketer Ian Hopkinson (born 1950), English footballer John Hopkinson (184998), British physicist Hopkinson and Imperial Chemical Industries Professor of Applied Thermodynamics, University of Cambridge, named after John Hopkinson Hopkinson's law, the magnetic analogy to Ohm's law, named after John Hopkinson John Hopkinson (priest) (before 19041957), British Anglican priest John H. Hopkinson III (1934-2019) Physician, Pennsylvania Joseph Hopkinson (17701842), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, later a federal judge Mark Hopkinson (194992), American proxy murderer Mick Hopkinson (born 1942), English footballer Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960), Jamaican writer Peter Hopkinson (19202007), British film-maker and director Rusty Hopkinson (active from 1990s), Australian drummer Samuel Hopkinson (cricketer) (182587), Australian cricketer Samuel Hopkinson (190358), English footballer Simon Hopkinson (born 1954), British chef and cookery writer Thomas Hopkinson (170951), American lawyer and public official Tom Hopkinson (190590), British journalist, picture magazine editor, author, and teacher W. C. Hopkinson (18801914), British intelligence agent William John Hopkinson (18871970), Canadian artist Given name Francis Hopkinson Smith (18381915), American author, artist and engineer Hopkinson Smith (born 1946), American lutenist William Hopkinson Cox (18561950), American politician in Kentucky See also