Pilkington (surname)
Pilkington is a surname, and may refer to:
- Sir Alastair Pilkington (1920-1995), British industrialist
- Anthony Pilkington, an association football player for Norwich City F.C.
- Brian Pilkington (footballer), English footballer
- Brian Pilkington (illustrator) (born 20 July 1950), an English-Icelandic illustrator and artist
- Charles Pilkington, British Mountaineer, and explorer of the Skye Cuillin
- Dianne Pilkington (born 7 June 1975), an English theatre actress and singer
- Danny Pilkington, an association football player for Stockport County F.C.
- Declan Pilkington (born 1969 in Birr, County Offaly), an Irish sportsman
- Doris Pilkington Garimara (born Nugi Garimara in 1937, and also known as Doris Pilkington), an Australian author
- Florian Pilkington-Miksa (born 3 June 1950, Roehampton, South West London), was the drummer in the original line-up of the British rock group Curved Air
- Francis Pilkington (ca 1565-1638), English composer, lutenist and singer
- Frederick Thomas Pilkington (1832 – October 1898), was a Scottish architect
- George Pilkington (born 1981), English footballer
- George Pilkington Mills (born 1867, died London, 8 November 1945), English racing cyclist
- Harry Pilkington, Baron Pilkington born 1905 - died 1983
- James Pilkington may refer to:
- Joel Pilkington (born 1 August 1984), an English footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Ramsbottom United
- Johnny Pilkington (born 1970) is a former Irish sportsman
- Karl Pilkington (born 1972), English radio producer and personality
- Kevin Pilkington (born 1974), English footballer
- Laetitia Pilkington (c. 1709-1750), British poet
- Leonard Pilkington (1527–1599), was an English academic and clergyman
- Liam Pilkington, Irish activist
- Lorraine Pilkington (born 1975), Irish actress
- Luke Pilkington, an Australia n football (soccer) player
- Mark Pilkington (golfer) (born 1978), a Welsh professional golfer
- Mark Pilkington (writer) (born 1973), an English writer
- Matthew Pilkington (1701-1774), wrote a standard text on painters, what would become known as Pilkington's Dictionary
- Mary Pilkington (née Mary Hopkins) (1766-1839), was an English novelist and poet.
- Peter Pilkington, Baron Pilkington of Oxenford (born 1933), British politician
- Rachel Pilkington Irish Actress (born 1974)
- Sir Richard Antony Pilkington (1908-1976), British Conservative politician
- Richard Pilkington (bowls), a former lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand
- Robert Rivington Pilkington (1870–1942), Irish politician