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Atkinson is an English-language surname. The name is derived from a patronymic form of the Middle English Atkin. The personal name Atkin is one of many pet forms of the name Adam.
The name corresponds to the Scottish name Aitchison. The name Atkinson is particularly common in Northern England. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Westmorland (19.8 times the British average), followed by Cumberland, County Durham, Northumberland, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Lancashire, Cheshire and Rutland. In Ireland the name is common only in Ulster and particularly in counties Antrim and Down. Some Atkinsons are descended from Planters, although the name was recorded in Ireland before that period.
Acheson is a variation of the name in Scotland and the Border region, having been originally spelled Atzinson (with the 'z' being pronounced as 'y', as in yet).
Al Atkinson, American football player
Alan Atkinson, Australian Rules footballer
Alfred Atkinson, British soldier
Alia Atkinson, Jamaican swimmer
Anthony Barnes Atkinson, British economist
Arthur Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
Arthur K. Atkinson, American railroad president
Ashlie Atkinson, American actress
Barbara Atkinson (1926–2015), English actress
Basil Atkinson, (1895–1971) Under-librarian of Cambridge University, writer on theology
Bert Atkinson, fictional character from EastEnders
Bill Atkinson, creator of Apple Computer's QuickDraw, MacPaint and HyperCard
Bill Atkinson (baseball), Major League Baseball pitcher
Bill Atkinson (footballer, born 1944) (1944–2013), English footballer
Brodie Atkinson, Australian rules footballer
Brooks Atkinson, New York Times theatre critic
Bruce Atkinson, Australian politician
Bruce Atkinson (poker player), British poker player
Bruce Atkinson, American psychologist
Cam Atkinson, American ice hockey player
Chloe Atkinson, fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale
Chris Atkinson, Australian rally driver
Christopher Atkinson (missionary) (fl 1652-5), early Quaker missionary from Westmorland and one of the Valiant Sixty
Christopher Atkinson Saville (c1738–1819), alter known as Christopher Atkinson until about 1798, English merchant and politician
Colin Atkinson, British cricketer and teacher
Dalian Atkinson, British footballer
Damon Atkinson, Drummer
Dan Atkinson, British journalist and author
Denis Atkinson, Barbadian cricketer
Edith Atkinson
Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson, American writer
Eric Atkinson, Barbadian cricketer, brother of Denis
Eugene Atkinson, American politician
Frank Atkinson (actor), British actor
Fred Atkinson, American Director of Education in the Philippines (1900–1902)
Frederick Atkinson (born 1919), retired British civil servant
Frederick Valentine Atkinson, British mathematician
Gemma Atkinson, British actress
George Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
Graham Atkinson, British footballer, brother of Ronald Frederick "Big Ron" Atkinson
Harry Atkinson, New Zealand premier
Harry E. Atkinson, American politician
Henry Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
Hugh Atkinson (footballer) (born 1960), Irish footballer (Wolves, Exeter)
Isabel Atkinson (1891–1968), British-Canadian philanthropist and women's rights activist
James Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
Janelle Atkinson (born 1982), Jamaican freestyle swimmer
Janice Atkinson British MEP for the South East England region
Jerry Atkinson, American politician
Joanne Atkinson, English swimmer and Olympic athlete
John Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
Jon Atkinson, English cricketer
Joseph E. Atkinson, Canadian newspaper editor
Josh Atkinson, English footballer
Juliette Atkinson, American tennis player
June Atkinson, American politician
Kate Atkinson, British writer
Ken Atkinson, Canadian politician
Lawrence Atkinson, British artist
Louisa Atkinson, Australian writer
Mark Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
Martin Atkinson, English football referee
Maudie Atkinson, fictional character from Harper Lee's novel To Kill A Mockingbird
Michael Atkinson, Australian politician
Mike Atkinson (born 1994), footballer
Neville Atkinson, Royal Navy pilot
Norman Atkinson (1923–2013), British politician
Paul Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
Peter Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
Richard Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
Rick Atkinson, American writer and editor
Robert d'Escourt Atkinson, physicist
Robert Atkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
Ron Atkinson ("Big Ron"), British football manager
Rowan Atkinson, British comedian, known for his role as Mr. Bean
Ruth Atkinson, American comics artist
Sallyanne Atkinson, Australian politician
Shane Atkinson, New Zealand spammer
Sophie Atkinson, English-Canadian landscape painter
Steve Atkinson, Canadian ice hockey player
Steve Atkinson (cricketer) (born 1952), English cricketer
Ted Atkinson, Canadian jockey
Terry Atkinson, British artist
Thomas Lewis Atkinson, English engraver
Ti-Grace Atkinson, American feminist writer
Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972), British poet
Tom Atkinson, Scholar
Vanessa Atkinson, squash player
William Stephen Atkinson, Indian lepidopterist
William Walker Atkinson (Yogi Ramacharaka), American writer
William Yates Atkinson, 55th Governor of Georgia from 1894 to 1898
Lethrinus atkinsoni, a fish of the family Lethrinidae from the Pacific Ocean, described by Alvin Seale in 1910.
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