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 (1851–1939), British politician
Alister Hopkinson (1941–99), New Zealand rugby union player
Amanda Hopkinson (born 1948), British scholar and literary translator
Austin Hopkinson (1879–1962), British politician
Barney Hopkinson (born before 1965), British Anglican priest
Bertram Hopkinson (1874–1918), 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 (1869–1962), American artist
Deborah Hopkinson (born before 2004), American writer of children's books
Eddie Hopkinson (1935–2004), English football goalkeeper
Edward Hopkinson (1859–1922), British politician and engineer
Emilius Hopkinson (1869–1951), British medical doctor, ornithologist and writer
Francis Hopkinson (1737–91), 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 (1908 – after 1935), English footballer
Frederick Hopkinson (1922–2004), British sports shooter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
George F. Hopkinson (1896–1943), British general
Gerald Hopkinson (before 1930 – after 1952), British general
Glen S. Hopkinson (born 1946), American painter of Latter Day Saint art
Greta Hopkinson (1901–93), British wood sculptor
Harry Hopkinson (1902–79), English yodeler
Henry Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton (1902–96), British diplomat and politician
Hopkinson (MCC cricketer) (fl. 1817), English cricketer
Ian Hopkinson (born 1950), English footballer
John Hopkinson (1849–98), 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 1904 – 1957), British Anglican priest
Joseph Hopkinson (1770–1842), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, later a federal judge
Mark Hopkinson (1949–92), American convicted murderer
Mick Hopkinson (born 1942), English footballer
Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960), Jamaican writer
Peter Hopkinson (1920–2007), British film-maker and director
Rusty Hopkinson (active from 1990s), Australian drummer
Samuel Hopkinson (cricketer) (1825–87), Australian cricketer
Samuel Hopkinson (1903–58), English footballer
Simon Hopkinson (born 1954), British chef and cookery writer
Thomas Hopkinson (1709–51), American lawyer and public official
Tom Hopkinson (1905–90), British journalist, picture magazine editor, author, and teacher
W. C. Hopkinson (1880–1914), British intelligence agent
William John Hopkinson (1887–1970), Canadian artist
Given name
Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915), American author, artist and engineer
Hopkinson Smith (born 1946), American lutenist
William Hopkinson Cox (1856–1950), American politician in Kentucky
