Elkins (surname)
# Elkins (surname)

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

* Aaron Elkins (born 1935), American mystery writer
* 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
* Bob Elkins (1932–2022), American character actor who has appeared in movies, plays and television productions
* 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
