Monks (surname)
Monks is the surname of:
- Clifford Monks (1912-1974), English cricketer
- Constance Monks (1911-1989), British politician and teacher
- George Monks (cricketer) (born 1929), English former cricketer
- George Howard Monks (1853-1933), American board game designer and surgeon
- Jason Monks, American politician, Idaho State Representative since 2012
- John Monks (born 1945), member of the British House of Lords, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation and former General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
- John Cherry Monks, Jr. (1910-2004), American author, actor, playwright, screenwriter and director
- John Clark Monks (1760–1827), English sea captain also known as the Hanging Sailor of Perryman
- Joseph M. Monks (born 1968), American writer and film director
- Neale Monks (born 1971), British former palaeontologist
- Victoria Monks (1884–1927), British music hall singer