Atkinson (surname)
Atkinson is an English-language surname. The name is derived from a patronymic form of the Middle English Atkin. The personal name Atkin is one of many pet forms of the name Adam.
The name corresponds to the Scottish name Aitchison. The name Atkinson is particularly common in Northern England. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Westmorland, followed by Cumberland, County Durham, Northumberland, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Lancashire, Cheshire and Rutland. In Ireland the name is common only in Ulster and particularly in counties Antrim and Down. Some Atkinsons are descended from Planters, although the name was recorded in Ireland before that period.
Acheson is a variation of the name in Scotland and the Border region, having been originally spelled Atzinson.
People with the surname
A
- Al Atkinson, American football player
- Alan Atkinson, Australian Rules footballer
- Alfred Atkinson, British soldier
- Alia Atkinson, Jamaican swimmer
- Anthony Barnes Atkinson, British economist
- Arthur Atkinson, multiple people
- Arthur K. Atkinson, American railroad president
- Ashlie Atkinson, American actress
B
- Barbara Atkinson, English actress
- Basil Atkinson, Under-librarian of Cambridge University, writer on theology
- Bert Atkinson, fictional character from EastEnders
- Bill Atkinson, creator of Apple Computer's QuickDraw, MacPaint and HyperCard
- Bill Atkinson, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Bill Atkinson , English footballer
- Brodie Atkinson, Australian rules footballer
- Brooks Atkinson, New York Times theatre critic
- Bruce Atkinson, Australian politician
- Bruce Atkinson, British poker player
C
- Carl Atkinson, American; Ohlins greatest employee
- Cam Atkinson, American ice hockey player
- Chloe Atkinson, fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale
- Chris Atkinson, Australian rally driver
- Christopher Atkinson , early Quaker missionary from Westmorland and one of the Valiant Sixty
- Christopher Atkinson Saville, alter known as Christopher Atkinson until about 1798, English merchant and politician
- Colin Atkinson, British cricketer and teacher
D
- Dalian Atkinson, British footballer
- Damon Atkinson, Drummer
- Dan Atkinson, British journalist and author
- Denis Atkinson, Barbadian cricketer
- Donald R. Atkinson, American psychologist
- Dorothy Atkinson, English actress and singer
- Dorothy Atkinson , American historian
E
- Edith Atkinson
- Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson, American writer
- Eric Atkinson, Barbadian cricketer, brother of Denis
- Eugene Atkinson, American politician
F
- Frank Atkinson, British actor
- Fred Atkinson, American Director of Education in the Philippines
- Frederick Atkinson, British civil servant
- Frederick Valentine Atkinson, British mathematician
G
- Gemma Atkinson, British actress and model
- George Atkinson, multiple people
- Graham Atkinson, British footballer
H
- Harry Atkinson, New Zealand premier
- Harry E. Atkinson, American politician
- Henry Atkinson, multiple people
- Hugh Atkinson , Irish footballer
I
- Isabel Atkinson, British-Canadian philanthropist and women's rights activist
J
- James Atkinson, multiple people
- Janelle Atkinson, Jamaican freestyle swimmer
- Janette Atkinson, British psychologist and academic
- Janice Atkinson British MEP for the South East England region
- Jerry Atkinson, American politician
- Joanne Atkinson, English swimmer and Olympic athlete
- John Atkinson, multiple people
- Jon Atkinson, English cricketer
- Joseph E. Atkinson, Canadian newspaper editor
- Josh Atkinson, English footballer
- Juliette Atkinson, American tennis player
- June Atkinson, American politician
K
- Kate Atkinson, British writer
- Ken Atkinson, Canadian politician
L
- La'Tangela Atkinson, American basketball player
- Lawrence Atkinson, English artist, musician and poet
- Lefty Atkinson, American baseball player
- Leigh Atkinson, English swimmer
- Leonard Atkinson, British engineer and senior British Army officer
- Leonard A. Atkinson, New Zealand civil servant
- Lily Atkinson, New Zealand temperance campaigner, suffragist and feminist
- Lisle Atkinson, American musician
- Llewellyn Atkinson, Australian politician
- Louis E. Atkinson, American physician, attorney and politician
- Louisa Atkinson, Australian writer, botanist and illustrator
- Lucas Atkinson, American politician
- Lucy Atkinson, English explorer and author
M
- Mark Atkinson, multiple people
- Martin Atkinson, English football referee
- Maudie Atkinson, fictional character from Harper Lee's novel To Kill A Mockingbird
- Michael Atkinson, Australian politician
- Michael Atkinson, American Inspector General of the Intelligence Community
- Mike Atkinson, footballer
N
- Neville Atkinson, Royal Navy pilot
- Norman Atkinson, British politician
P
- Paul Atkinson, multiple people
- Peter Atkinson, multiple people
R
- Rebecca Atkinson, multiple people
- Richard Atkinson, multiple people
- Rick Atkinson, American writer and editor
- Robert d'Escourt Atkinson, physicist
- Robert Atkinson, multiple people
- Ron Atkinson, British football manager
- Ronald Field Atkinson, British philosopher
- Rowan Atkinson, British comedian, known for his role as Mr. Bean
- Ruth Atkinson, American comics artist
S
- Sallyanne Atkinson, Australian politician
- Shane Atkinson, New Zealand spammer
- Sophie Atkinson, English-Canadian landscape painter
- Steve Atkinson, Canadian ice hockey player
- Steve Atkinson , English cricketer
- Stan Atkinson, American news anchor
T
- Ted Atkinson, Canadian jockey
- Terry Atkinson, British artist
- Thomas Lewis Atkinson, English engraver
- Ti-Grace Atkinson, American feminist writer
- Tiffany Atkinson, British poet
- Tom Atkinson, Scholar
V
- Vanessa Atkinson, squash player
W
- William Stephen Atkinson, Indian lepidopterist
- William Walker Atkinson, American writer
- William Yates Atkinson, 55th Governor of Georgia from 1894 to 1898
Species named after a person named Atkinson
- Lethrinus atkinsoni, a fish of the family Lethrinidae from the Pacific Ocean, described by Alvin Seale in 1910.