title: Elkins (surname)
text: # Elkins (surname)
  
  Elkins is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Aaron Elkins (born 1935), American mystery writer
  * Caroline Elkins (born 1959), American academic
  * Carolyn Elkins, American poet, teacher, and editor
  * Charlotte Elkins (born 1948), American author and wife of writer Aaron Elkins
  * Corey Elkins (born 1985), left wing for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League
  * Dane Elkins (born 1999), American professional racquetball player
  * Darren Elkins, American mixed martial artist
  * Davis Elkins (1876–1959), American industrialist, son of Stephen Benton Elkins
  * Gary Elkins (born 1966), English football player
  * Gary Elkins (born 1955), American politician
  * Hillard Elkins ("Hilly" Elkins, 1929–2010), American theatre and film producer
  * Jim Elkins (Oregon criminal), crime boss in Portland, Oregon in the mid-20th century
  * James Elkins (art critic) (born 1954), art critic and art historian based in Chicago
  * John Elkins (1815-1898), American politician
  * Larry Elkins (born 1943), former American football player
  * Luther Elkins (1809–1887), American politician and pioneer in the state of Oregon
  * Margreta Elkins (1939–2009), Australian opera singer
  * Mike Elkins (born 1966), former quarterback in the National Football League and the World League of American Football
  * Bob Elkins (1932–2022), American character actor who has appeared in movies, plays and television productions
  * Stanley Elkins, (1925-2013) American Historian, History Professor, Jewish Nonfiction Author who wrote: “Slavery: a problem in American institutional and intellectual life” and “Age of Federalism”
  * Steve Elkins (born 1951), American Cinematographer and Explorer
  * Steven A. Elkins (born 1966), American Artist and Award-winning Texas BBQ Pitmaster
  * Stephen Benton Elkins (1841–1911), American industrialist, father of Davis Elkins
  * Terence James Elkins (born 1936), American physicist
  * William Lukens Elkins (1832-1903), American businessman and art collector
  * Wilson Homer Elkins (1909–1994), president of the University of Maryland from 1954 to 1978
  