Elkins (surname)

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Elkins is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Aaron Elkins (born 1935), American mystery writer
  • Bob Elkins (1932–2022), American character actor who has appeared in movies, plays and television productions
  • Caroline Elkins (born 1959), American academic
  • Carolyn Elkins, American poet, teacher, and editor
  • Charlotte Elkins (born 1948), American author and wife of writer Aaron Elkins
  • Corey Elkins (born 1985), left wing for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League
  • Dane Elkins (born 1999), American professional racquetball player
  • Darren Elkins, American mixed martial artist
  • Davis Elkins (1876–1959), American industrialist, son of Stephen Benton Elkins
  • Gary Elkins (born 1966), English football player
  • Gary Elkins (born 1955), American politician
  • Hillard Elkins ("Hilly" Elkins, 1929–2010), American theatre and film producer
  • Jim Elkins (Oregon criminal), crime boss in Portland, Oregon in the mid-20th century
  • James Elkins (art critic) (born 1954), art critic and art historian based in Chicago
  • John Elkins (1815-1898), American politician
  • Larry Elkins (born 1943), former American football player
  • Luther Elkins (1809–1887), American politician and pioneer in the state of Oregon
  • Margreta Elkins (1939–2009), Australian opera singer
  • Mike Elkins (born 1966), former quarterback in the National Football League and the World League of American Football
  • Stanley Elkins, (1925-2013) American Historian, History Professor, Jewish Nonfiction Author who wrote: “Slavery: a problem in American institutional and intellectual life” and “Age of Federalism”
  • Steve Elkins (born 1951), American Cinematographer and Explorer
  • Steven A. Elkins (born 1966), American Artist and Award-winning Texas BBQ Pitmaster
  • Stephen Benton Elkins (1841–1911), American industrialist, father of Davis Elkins
  • Terence James Elkins (born 1936), American physicist
  • William Lukens Elkins (1832-1903), American businessman and art collector
  • Wilson Homer Elkins (1909–1994), president of the University of Maryland from 1954 to 1978

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