Perkins

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.

Last or surname Perkins

* Al Perkins, musician-guitarist
* Anthony Perkins (1932-1992), actor
* Bill Perkins, several well-known people
* 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 Perkins, Aboriginal activist
* Charles B. Perkins, Boston area architect circa 1900
* Charles Callahan Perkins (1823-1886), author
* 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, actor
* Emily Perkins, actor
* 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, comedy producer, writer, and performer - BBC
* George Clement Perkins (1839-1923), politician, California Senator/Governor
* George H. Perkins (1836-1899), commodore/captain United States Navy
* Gil Perkins, Australian film and television actor
* Jack Perkins, actor, television host
* Jacob Perkins (1766-1849), inventor: bank-note engraving, engravings transfer, bathometer, pleometer
* John Perkins (b. 1945-), economist, activist, and author
* Isabel Weld Perkins, socialite philanthropist
* Kendrick Perkins, basketball player - Boston Celtics
* 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
* Millie Perkins, actor
* Pinetop Perkins, musician - blues pianist
* Ray Perkins, American football player and coach
* Sam Perkins, basketball player - Dallas Mavericks, LA Lakers
* 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 - Vålerenga I.F
* William Perkins (1558-1602), preacher, Elizabethan puritan
* William T. Perkins, Jr., United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient
* The Comedian, also known as Perkins

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, 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, manufacturer of industrial diesel engines - Peterborough, UK
* Perkins Restaurant and Bakery
* Travis Perkins, plc building materials - Northampton, United Kingdom
* Perkins Communications, Supplier and installer of telecommunication, and structured cabling systems - Newquay, UK

chools

* Perkins School for the Blind, located in Watertown, Massachusetts.

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

ee also

* Perkin
* Perkins Engines


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