Donkin (surname)

Donkin (surname)

Donkin is a surname, and may refer to:


  • Bryan Donkin (1835–1902), mechanical engineer (in DNB
  • John Donkin (1802–1854), engineer (in DNB
  • Bryan Donkin (1768-1855), English engineer, inventor and industrialist
  • Dylan Donkin (21st century), American musician
  • Mike Donkin (1951-2007), English reporter and journalist
  • Robin Donkin (1928-2006), English historian and geographer
  • Rufane Shaw Donkin (1773-1841), British soldier
  • William Donkin, Professor of Astronomy at Oxford
  • Thomas Donkin, son of William Donkin
  • Joel Donkin (b. 1965) an Australian nurse and paramedic

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