Hopkinson is a surname of English and Welsh origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Abdur Rahman Slade Hopkinson (born 1934), West Indian writerAlfred Hopkinson (1851–1939), British politicianAlister Hopkinson (1941–99), New Zealand rugby union playerAmanda Hopkinson (born 1948), British scholar and literary translatorAustin Hopkinson (1879–1962), British politicianBarney Hopkinson (born before 1965), British Anglican priestBertram Hopkinson (1874–1918), British engineerSplit-Hopkinson pressure bar, an apparatus for testing the dynamic stress-strain response of materials, named after Bertram HopkinsonBobby Hopkinson (born 1990), English footballerCarl Hopkinson (born 1981), English cricketerCharles Hopkinson (1869–1962), American artistDeborah Hopkinson (born before 2004), American writer of children's booksEddie Hopkinson (1935–2004), English football goalkeeperEdward Hopkinson (1859–1922), British politician and engineerEmilius Hopkinson (1869–1951), British medical doctor, ornithologist and writerFrancis Hopkinson (1737–91), American writer and signer of the Declaration of IndependenceFrancis Hopkinson House, a historic home in Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, onetime residence of Francis HopkinsonFred Hopkinson (1908 – after 1935), English footballerFrederick Hopkinson (1922–2004), British sports shooter who competed in the 1956 Summer OlympicsGeorge F. Hopkinson (1896–1943), British generalGerald Hopkinson (before 1930 – after 1952), British generalGlen S. Hopkinson (born 1946), American painter of Latter Day Saint artGreta Hopkinson (1901–93), British wood sculptorHarry Hopkinson (1902–79), English yodelerHenry Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton (1902–96), British diplomat and politicianHopkinson (MCC cricketer) (fl. 1817), English cricketerIan Hopkinson (born 1950), English footballerJohn Hopkinson (1849–98), British physicistHopkinson and Imperial Chemical Industries Professor of Applied Thermodynamics, University of Cambridge, named after John HopkinsonHopkinson's law, the magnetic analogy to Ohm's law, named after John HopkinsonJohn Hopkinson (priest) (before 1904 – 1957), British Anglican priestJoseph Hopkinson (1770–1842), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, later a federal judgeMark Hopkinson (1949–92), American convicted murdererMick Hopkinson (born 1942), English footballerNalo Hopkinson (born 1960), Jamaican writerPeter Hopkinson (1920–2007), British film-maker and directorRusty Hopkinson (active from 1990s), Australian drummerSamuel Hopkinson (cricketer) (1825–87), Australian cricketerSamuel Hopkinson (1903–58), English footballerSimon Hopkinson (born 1954), British chef and cookery writerThomas Hopkinson (1709–51), American lawyer and public officialTom Hopkinson (1905–90), British journalist, picture magazine editor, author, and teacherW. C. Hopkinson (1880–1914), British intelligence agentWilliam John Hopkinson (1887–1970), Canadian artistGiven nameFrancis Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915), American author, artist and engineerHopkinson Smith (born 1946), American lutenistWilliam Hopkinson Cox (1856–1950), American politician in Kentucky