Wilkinson is a surname of British origin. It is a variant of Williamson, derived from a variant of William, Wilkin, brought to the Anglo-Scottish border during the Viking invasions of England. At the time of the British Census of 1881,[1] the relative frequency of the surname Wilkinson was highest in Westmorland (4.3 times the British average), followed by Yorkshire, County Durham, Lincolnshire, Cumberland, Northumberland, Lancashire, Cheshire and Nottinghamshire. People named Wilkinson include:
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- A. H. Wilkinson, American politician
- Adrienne Wilkinson, American actress
- Adam Wilkinson, Australian businessperson
- Alec Wilkinson, American writer
- Alex Wilkinson, Australian soccer player
- Alfred Robert Wilkinson, British soldier
- Amanda Wilkinson, Canadian country singer
- Andrew Wilkinson, British politician (1697-1784)
- Andrew Wilkinson, Canadian politician (born 1957 or 1958)
- Anne Wilkinson, Canadian poet
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- Ben Wilkinson, English footballer
- Ben Wilkinson, English poet
- Ben Wilkinson, English athlete
- Billy Wilkinson, Scottish footballer
- Brian Wilkinson, Australian swimmer
- Dr Bruce Wilkinson, Christian teacher and writer
- Bud Wilkinson, American football coach
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- Carole Wilkinson, Australian writer
- Charles Wilkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Chris Wilkinson, English tennis player
- Colm Wilkinson, Irish actor
- Crystal Wilkinson, African-American writer from Kentucky
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- Dan Wilkinson, American football player
- David Todd Wilkinson, American observational cosmologist
- Denys Wilkinson, British nuclear physicist
- Dot Wilkinson, American softball and bowling player
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- Ed Wilkinson, baseball player
- Edward Wilkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Rt Hon Ellen Wilkinson, English Labour MP
- Endymion Wilkinson, British diplomat and historian of China
- Ernest L. Wilkinson, American university president
- Ernie Wilkinson (born 1947), English footballer
- Eugene P. Wilkinson, United States naval officer
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- Frank Wilkinson, American activist
- Freddy Wilkinson, English footballer
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- Gary Wilkinson (snooker player), English snooker player
- Gary Wilkinson (rugby league), English rugby league coach
- Gavin Wilkinson, New Zealand soccer player
- Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist and Nobel Prize winner
- George Wilkinson (architect), British architect
- George Wilkinson (music publisher), English music publisher
- George Wilkinson (water polo), English water polo player
- Glen Wilkinson, Australian professional snooker player
- Grant Wilkinson, British criminal
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- Herb Wilkinson, American basketball player
- Howard Wilkinson, English soccer player and manager
- Hubert Wilkinson, Australian pilot, first pilot on Antarctica
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- J. L. Wilkinson, American baseball team owner
- Jack Wilkinson (disambiguation)
- Jack Wilkinson (footballer, born 1902) (died 1979), English footballer with Sheffield Wednesday, Newcastle United, Lincoln City and other clubs
- Jack Wilkinson (footballer, born 1985), English footballer with Hartlepool United
- Jack Wilkinson (footballer, born 1931) (died 1996), English footballer with Sheffield United, Port Vale and Exeter City
- Jack Wilkinson (rugby league) (1930 – death unknown), English rugby league footballer
- General James Wilkinson (1757–1825), US soldier and statesman and Spanish agent
- James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician
- James Harvie Wilkinson III, judge on the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
- James John Garth Wilkinson, English Swedenborgian writer
- Jeannette Wilkinson (1841–1886), English suffragist and trade unionist
- Jemima Wilkinson, charismatic preacher
- Jim Wilkinson (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Jo Wilkinson (disambiguation)
- Jo Wilkinson (athlete), competed in the 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's Marathon
- Jo Wilkinson (musician), worked with Eligh and others
- Joe Wilkinson (disambiguation)
- Joe Wilkinson, British comedian
- Joe Wilkinson (footballer (1934–2007), English football goalkeeper
- Joe Wilkinson (footballer, born 1995), English footballer
- Joe Wilkinson, American member of the former band Dropbox
- Joe Wilkinson (politician) (born 1946), member of the Georgia House of Representatives
- Joseph Wilkinson (disambiguation)
- Joseph Biddle Wilkinson, Jr.
- Joseph Wilkinson, member of Laura (band)
- John Wilkinson (footballer born 1979)
- John Wilkinson (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- John Wilkinson (Australian politician)
- John Wilkinson (Canadian politician), from Ontario
- John Wilkinson (industrialist), English industrialist who suggested the use of iron for many roles where other materials had previously been used
- John Wilkinson (poet), English poet born in London in 1953
- John Arbuthnot Du Cane Wilkinson (1940– ), politician in the United Kingdom
- John Gardiner Wilkinson (1797–1875), English traveller, writer and pioneer Egyptologist of the 19th century
- John Wilkinson (footballer, born 1949)
- Jonathan Wilkinson (Canadian politician, born 1965)
- Jonny Wilkinson (English rugby union player, born 1979)
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- Kate Wilkinson, American actress
- Kate Wilkinson (politician), New Zealand politician
- Keith Wilkinson (reporter), British television reporter
- Kendra Wilkinson, American model
- Kevin Wilkinson, English drummer
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- Laura Wilkinson, American diver
- Len Wilkinson, English cricketer
- Lisa Wilkinson, Australian television personality
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- Marian Wilkinson, Australian journalist and author
- Marianne Wilkinson, Canadian politician
- Mark Wilkinson (disambiguation)
- Mark Wilkinson, British album cover artist
- Mark Wilkinson (designer), carpenter, furniture designer, founder of MWF FURNITURE U.K.
- Martha Wilkinson (1941–2014), American literacy campaigner; First Lady of Kentucky (1987–1991)
- Monty Wilkinson (1908–1979), English footballer
- Morton S. Wilkinson, American politician
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- Naomi Wilkinson, English TV presenter
- Neil Wilkinson (disambiguation)
- Neville Wilkinson, British designer of dolls' houses
- Rt Hon Nicholas Browne-Wilkinson, English jurist
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- Ollie Wilkinson, Irish politician
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- Paul Wilkinson, English academic
- Peter Wilkinson (bass guitarist), British musician
- Peter Wilkinson (politician), New Zealand politician
- Peter Wilkinson (Royal Navy), senior Royal Navy officer
- Peter Wilkinson (SOE), British officer, spy and diplomat
- Philip Wilkinson (author), writer
- Philip Wilkinson (banker), British banker
- Philip Wilkinson (entrepreneur), British entrepreneur
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- Raven Wilkinson (1935–2018), American ballerina
- Rhian Wilkinson, Canadian football (soccer) forward
- Richard G. Wilkinson (born 1943), researcher in the field of public health
- Richard James Wilkinson (1867–1941), British colonial administrator, scholar of Malay, and historian
- Richard Norton Wilkinson (d. 1804), judge and political figure in Upper Canada
- Robert Wilkinson (cartographer)
- Robert M. Wilkinson, American politician
- Rorden Wilkinson, British author and academic
- Roy Wilkinson, British music journalist
- Ruth Wilkinson (1901–1985), community leader and local historian in New Zealand
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- Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson, English writer of children's books
- Scott Wilkinson, actor
- Scott Wilkinson, British musician Yan (musician)
- Signe Wilkinson, editorial cartoonist
- Stephen Wilkinson, one of several people including:
- Stephen Wilkinson, British music producer Bibio
- Stephen Wilkinson (musician), choral conductor
- Suzanne Jane Wilkinson, New Zealand engineering academic
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- Tate Wilkinson, English actor
- Theodore S. Wilkinson, American admiral
- Toby Wilkinson, an English Egyptologist
- Thomas Wilkinson (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Thomas Wilkinson, Royal Marines, during the Crimean War
- Thomas Wilkinson, Royal Naval Reserve, during the Second World War
- Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson, during the First World War
- Tom Wilkinson (actor), English actor
- Tom Wilkinson (Canadian football), Canadian football player
- Tom Wilkinson (football player), American football player
- Tom Wilkinson (footballer), English football (soccer) player
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- Wallace Wilkinson (1941–2002), American businessman and Democratic Governor of Kentucky from 1987–1991
- Walter Butler Wilkinson, politician in Upper Canada
- W. Scott Wilkinson, Louisiana state representative from 1920–1924
See also
References
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