Perkins
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Perkins may refer to:
[edit] 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.
[edit] Last or surname Perkins
- Al Perkins, musician-guitarist
- Anthony Perkins (1932-1992), actor
- Bill Perkins, several well-known people
- Blayze Perkins, pilot - Southeastern Oklahoma State University
- Brian Perkins, anchor, newsreader on BBC Radio 4 - New Zealand
- Bryce Perkins, football player - Southeastern Oklahoma State University
- 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
- Tom Perkins, an upcoming triathlete from Australia
- 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
- The Comedian, also known as Perkins
[edit] 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
[edit] Places
[edit] United States
Counties:
Townships:
- Perkins Township, Ohio (Erie County)
- Perkins Township, Maine (Sagadahoc County)
Towns:
- Perkins, Georgia (Jenkins County)
- Perkins, Missouri (Scott County)
- Perkins, Oklahoma (Payne County)
[edit] 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
[edit] Schools
- Perkins School for the Blind, located in Watertown, Massachusetts.
[edit] 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
[edit] See also
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