Hodgkin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alan Lloyd Hodgkin (1914–1998), British physiologist and biophysicist Dorothy Hodgkin (1910–1994), British chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964, wife of Thomas Lionel Hodgkin Douglas Hodgkin, American political scientist and author Eliot Hodgkin (1905–1987), British painter Howard Hodgkin (1932–2017), British painter John Hodgkin (barrister) (1800–1875), English barrister and Quaker preacher, brother of Thomas Hodgkin (1798–1866) Robert Howard Hodgkin (1877–1951), English historian, son of Thomas Hodgkin (1831–1913) Thomas Hodgkin (1798–1866), English pathologist, eponym of Hodgkin's disease Thomas Hodgkin (historian) (1831–1913), British historian, son of John Hodgkin Thomas Lionel Hodgkin (1910–1982), English historian, son of Robert Howard Hodgkin, husband of Dorothy Hodgkin See also Hodgkins (disambiguation) Hodgkin lymphoma, also known as Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease Hodgkin family, the Quaker family English-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names