Perkins

Perkins may refer to:

People

The name is of Welsh origin from Perthyn, relative or belonging to a particular person or family, and also thought to be the Anglicized form of Peredur, from Medieval Welsh. It is also found throughout mid and southern England.

The name is an AngloSaxon corruption of the son(kin) of Pierre, a Norman (1066) conquerer = Pierre Kin = Pierrekin = Perkins That's why there are so many Perkins in the south of England.

Last or surname Perkins

• Al Perkins, musician-guitarist
• Anthony Perkins (1932-1992), American actor
• Bill Perkins (disambiguation)
• Bishop Perkins (1787–1866), U.S. Representative from New York
• Bishop W. Perkins (1841–1894), U.S. Representative and Senator from Kansas
• Bryce Gene Perkins, II., Former Offensive Lineman at Grapevine High School and Southeastern Oklahoma State University
• Brian Perkins, anchor, newsreader on BBC Radio 4 - New Zealand
• Carl Perkins, musician
• Carl Christopher Perkins, politician, Kentucky Representative
• Carl Dewey Perkins (1912-1984), politician, Kentucky Representative
• Charles A. Perkins, American lawyer
• Charles Callahan Perkins (1823-1886), author
• Charles L. Perkins, author
• Charles N. Perkins, Australian football and political figure
• Charles S. Perkins, American baseball player
• Cyril Perkins (1911-), English cricketer
• Daryl Perkins, Australian track cyclist
• Don Perkins, football running-back - Dallas Cowboys
• Edward J. Perkins, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
• Edwin Perkins, inventor of Kool-Aid
• Elisha Perkins (1741-1799), physician
• Elizabeth Perkins, actress
• Emily Perkins, actress
• Emily Perkins, novelist
• Emily Pitkin Perkins, wife of Connecticut Governor & US Senator Roger Sherman Baldwin
• Frances Perkins, labor leader; U.S. Secretary of Labor
• Frank Perkins (1889-1967), founder of Perkins Engines
• Geoffrey Perkins (1953-2008), comedy producer, writer, and performer - BBC
• George Perkins (disambiguation)
• Gil Perkins, Australian film and television actor
• Jack Perkins, actor, television host
• Jack Perkins (racing driver), Australian racing driver
• Jacob Perkins (1766-1849), inventor: bank-note engraving, engravings transfer, bathometer, pleometer
• John Perkins (disambiguation)
• Henry Farnham Perkins (1877-1956), American zoologist and eugenicist
• Ian Perkins, American musician/guitarist, now in band The Horrible Crowes
• Isabel Weld Perkins, socialite philanthropist
• Kendrick Perkins, basketball player - Oklahoma City Thunder
• Kieren Perkins, Olympic gold medal swimmer
• Larry Perkins, Formula 1 race car driver
• Laurence Perkins, a British classical bassoonist
• Luther Perkins (1928-1968), guitarist, including backing guitarist for Johnny Cash
• Ma Perkins, fictional character, radio serial - 1933-to-1960
• Marlin Perkins, ecologist and naturalist
• Maxwell Perkins, editor for F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe
• Michael J. Perkins, American Medal of Honor recipient
• Millie Perkins, actor
• Pinetop Perkins (1913-2011), musician - blues pianist
• Ray Perkins (disambiguation)
• Sam Perkins, basketball player - Dallas Mavericks, LA Lakers
• Shane Perkins, Australian track cyclist
• Stephen Perkins, musician, drummer, and songwriter - Jane's Addiction
• Sue Perkins, television presenter, actress, and writer
• Tex Perkins, Australian singer-songwriter
• Thomas Handasyd Perkins (1764-1854), businessman, philanthropist
• Tom Perkins, founder/principal venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
• Tony Perkins (evangelical Christian figure)
• Tony Perkins (television meteorologist)
• Tracy Perkins, court martialed sergeant - U.S. Army - Iraq
• Troy Perkins, soccer player - Portland Timbers
• William Perkins (Puritan) (1558-1602), preacher, Elizabethan puritan
• William T. Perkins, Jr., United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient

First or middle name Perkins

• Perkins Bass, politician - New Hampshire U.S. Congress representative
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935), feminist writer
• George Perkins Marsh, diplomat, philologist, and environmentalist
• Perkins, a character in the Harry Potter books

Places

United States

Counties:

• Perkins County, Nebraska
• Perkins County, South Dakota

Townships:

• Perkins Township, Ohio (Erie County)
• Perkins Township, Maine (Sagadahoc County)

Towns:

• Perkins, Georgia (Jenkins County)
• Perkins, Iowa (Sioux County)
• Perkins, Missouri (Scott County)
• Perkins, Oklahoma (Payne County)

Companies

• Castlemaine Perkins, brewery - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, venture capital firm
• Perkins Bacon, printed first Penny Black postage stamps - 1840
• Perkins Engines Company Limited, manufacturer of industrial diesel engines - Peterborough, UK
• Perkins Restaurant and Bakery
• Travis Perkins, plc building materials - Northampton, United Kingdom

Schools

• Perkins School for the Blind, located in Watertown, Massachusetts.
• Perkins School of Theology, at Southern Methodist University, University Park, Texas
• Perkins School of Piano Tuning & Technology, Cleveland, Ohio (1962-1992)

Things

• Ships of the United States Navy:
  • USS Perkins (DD-26) (destroyer) 1910-1935
  • USS Perkins (DD-377) (destroyer) 1936-1943
  • USS Perkins (DD-877 - DDR-877) (destroyer) 1945-1973
• Perkins Brailler, machine used to write braille
• Perkins Paste, Australian-made adhesive
• Federal Perkins Loan - a need-based type of student loan of the United States Government

See also

• Perkin, surname
• Perkins Engines