Dawkins is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Aubrey Dawkins (born 1995), American basketball player Ben Dawkins, Australian politician Benjamin C. Dawkins Jr. (1911–1984), US District Judge in Louisiana Benjamin C. Dawkins Sr. (1881–1966), US District Judge in Louisiana Boyd Dawkins (1917–1966) South Australian sheep breeder and politician Brian Dawkins (born 1973), American football Safety for the Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos Cecil Dawkins (1927–2019), North American author, also known for her personal correspondence with Flannery O'Connor Sir Charles Tyrwhitt Dawkins (1858–1919), British Army officer Sir Clinton Edward Dawkins (1859–1905), British businessman and civil servant Dalyn Dawkins (born 1994), American football player Darryl Dawkins (1957–2015), American basketball player and coach Derek Dawkins (born 1959), English footballer Dion Dawkins (born 1994), American football player Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III (born 1979) a.k.a. Aloe Blacc, American soul singer and musician James Dawkins (antiquarian) (1722, Jamaica – 6 September 1757, Sutton's Plantation, Jamaica) was a British antiquarian and Jacobite. Jimmy Dawkins, (1936–2013) Chicago blues musician John Sydney "Joe" Dawkins (born 1947), Australian politician, instigator of educational reforms known as the Dawkins Revolution John Dawkins (born 1954), Australian politician, member of South Australian Legislative Council Johnny Dawkins (born 1963), American basketball player and coach Marian Dawkins (born 1945), professor of animal behaviour at Oxford, ex-wife of Richard Dawkins Nick Dawkins (born 2002), American football player Noah Dawkins (born 1997), American football player Paul Dawkins (1957–2019), American-Turkish basketball player Peter Dawkins (musician) (1946–2014), New Zealand record producer and musician Pete Dawkins (Peter Miller Dawkins, born 1938), former US Army Brigadier General and vice chairman of Citigroup Private Bank Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, American academic administrator Richard Dawkins (born 1941), British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and noted atheist Richard MacGillivray Dawkins (1871–1955), British archaeologist Riley Collier-Dawkins (born 2000), Australian football player Sean Dawkins (born 1971), American football player Travis Dawkins (born 1979), baseball player William Boyd Dawkins (1837–1929), British geologist and archaeologist Julian Dawkins (born 2007) Austrian Engineer
Fictional characters Jack Dawkins a.k.a. The Artful Dodger, in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist Hugh Dawkins, alter ego of Tasmanian Devil in the DC Comics universe Cassius Dawkins, a prisoner and a reoccurring character on the ABC series For Life, played by 50 Cent.
See also Josh Dawkin (born 1992), British footballer