Dawkins 617884 211020687 2008-05-08T12:58:07Z MagnusA.Bot 6809185 robot Adding: [[sv:Dawkins]] '''Dawkins''' is an English surname. It is a compound of 'Daw', a common diminutive of 'David' during the [[Middle Ages]], and [[Wiktionary:kin|Kin]]; literally "the kin of David". It has also been linked with the [[Keynes family]] as a derivative name. It may refer to: * [[Benjamin C. Dawkins, Jr.]] (1911&ndash;1984), [[United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana|US District Judge in Louisiana]]. * [[Benjamin C. Dawkins, Sr.]] (1881&ndash;1966), US District Judge in Louisiana. * [[Brian Dawkins]] (1973-), [[American football]] [[Defensive back|Safety]] for the [[Philadelphia Eagles]]. * Sir [[Clinton Edward Dawkins]] (1859&ndash;1905), British businessman and civil servant. * [[Darryl Dawkins]] (1957-), American [[basketball]] player and coach. * [[Derek Dawkins]], English [[Football (soccer)|football]]er. * Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III aka [[Aloe Blacc]], American soul singer and musician. * [[Gookie Dawkins]] (1979-), [[Major League Baseball]] [[Shortstop]]. * [[Jimmy Dawkins]], Chicago blues musician * [[John Dawkins|John Sydney "Joe" Dawkins]] (1947-), Australian politician, instigator of educational reforms known as the [[Dawkins Revolution]]. * [[John Dawkins (South Australian politician)|John Dawkins]], Australian politician, member of [[South Australian Legislative Council]]. * [[Johnny Dawkins]] (1963-), American basketball player and coach. * [[Marian Stamp Dawkins]], professor of animal behaviour at Oxford, ex-wife of Richard Dawkins. * Marvin Dawkins aka [[MC Romeo]] (1980-), British garage music MC and member of [[So Solid Crew]]. * ''[[Peter Dawkins]]'': ** [[Peter Dawkins (FBRT)|Peter Dawkins]], writer and founder-director of the [[Francis Bacon]] Research Trust. ** [[Peter Dawkins (musician)|Peter Dawkins]] (1946-), New Zealand record producer and musician. ** [[Pete Dawkins|Peter Miller Dawkins]] (1938-) former US Army [[Brigadier General]], [[Heisman Trophy]] winner, [[Rhodes Scholar]], and currently vice chairman of [[Citigroup Private Bank]]. * [[Richard Dawkins]] (1941-), [[ethology|ethologist]], evolutionary biologist, science populariser and noted atheist. * [[Richard MacGillivray Dawkins]] (1871&ndash;1955), British archaeologist. * [[Sean Dawkins]] (1971-), American footballer. * [[William Boyd Dawkins]] (1837&ndash;1929), British geologist and archaeologist. ==Fictional characters== * ''Jack Dawkins'' aka [[The Artful Dodger]], in [[Charles Dickens]] novel [[Oliver Twist]]. * ''Hugh Dawkins'', [[alter ego]] of [[Tasmanian Devil (comics)|Tasmanian Devil]] in the [[DC Comics]] universe. [[category:english surnames]] {{surname|nocat}}<!-- It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a surname --> [[sv:Dawkins]]