Adkins is a surname of English origin.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Adele Adkins (born 1988), British singer
• Amanda Adkins (born 1974/1975), American politician and businesswoman
• Amanda Adkins (born 1976), American swimmer
• Bennie G. Adkins (1934–2020), United States soldier; recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Bertha Adkins (1906–1983), American educator, political activist, public servant, and community leader
• Betty Adkins (1938–2001), American politician
• Betty Viana-Adkins (born 1971), Venezuelan bodybuilder
• Bob Adkins (1917–1997), American football player
• Brad Adkins (born 1973), American artist
• Bradley Adkins (born 1993), American track and field athlete
• Cecelia Adkins (1923–2007), American publisher
• Charles Adkins (politician) (1863–1931), American politician
• Charles Adkins (boxer) (1932–1993), American boxer
• Damien Adkins (born 1981), Australian footballer
• Dan Adkins (1937–2013), American illustrator
• Sinbad (born David Adkins in 1956), American actor/comedian
• David E. Adkins, American businessman, pastor, and politician
• Derrick Adkins (born 1970), American sprinter
• Dewey Adkins (1918–1998), American baseball player
• Dick Adkins (1920–1955), American baseball player
• Doc Adkins (1872–1934) American pitcher in Major League Baseball
• Dorothy Adkins (1912–1975), American psychologist
• Doug Adkins (born 1963), American country musician and songwriter
• Elizabeth W. Adkins (born 1957), American archivist
• George Adkins (1910–1976), New Zealand rugby player
• Grady Adkins (1897–1966), American baseball player
• Greg Adkins (born 1968), American football player and coach
• Hasil Adkins (1937–2005), American musician
• Homer Burton Adkins (1892–1949), American chemist
• Homer Martin Adkins (1890–1964), Governor of Arkansas
• James Adkins (born 1985), American baseball player
• James A. Adkins (born 1954), Adjutant General of Maryland
• James C. Adkins (1915–1994), American politician
• James Edward Adkins (1867–1939), Irish organist and composer
• Janet H. Adkins (born 1965), American politician
• Jesse C. Adkins (1876–1955), American politician
• Jim Adkins (born 1975), American singer and guitarist for the band Jimmy Eat World
• John Rainey Adkins (1941–1989), American guitarist and songwriter
• John Scudder Adkins (1872–1931), American architect
• Jon Adkins (born 1977), American baseball player
• Joseph Adkins (1815–1869), American politician
• Lesley Adkins (born 1955), English writer and archaeologist
• Margene Adkins (born 1947), American football player
• Mark Adkins, lead vocalist of the band Guttermouth
• Minnie Adkins (born 1934), American folk artist
• Monty Adkins (born 1972), British composer
• Nate Adkins (born 1999), American football player
• Nigel Adkins (born 1965), English footballer
• Patricia Adkins Chiti (died 2018), English singer and musicologist
• Patrick H. Adkins (1948–2015), American fantasy author
• Robert Adkins (1626–1685), English minister
• Rocky Adkins (born 1959), American politician
• Roy Adkins (born 1951), English writer and archaeologist
• Roy Francis Adkins (1947–1990), English gangster
• Roy Adkins (American football) (1898–1975), American football player
• Rutherford H. Adkins (1924–1996), American soldier
• Ryland Adkins (1862–1925), English barrister, judge and politician
• Sally D. Adkins (born 1950), American judge
• Sam Adkins (born 1955), American football player
• Sam Adkins (born 1965), American mixed martial artist
• Sam Adkins (born 1991), English footballer
• Scott Adkins (born 1976), English actor and martial artist
• Seth Adkins (born 1989), American actor
• Spencer Adkins (born 1987), American football player
• Steve Adkins (born 1964), American baseball player
• Taylor Adkins, American translator (of François Laruelle & Félix Guattari) and Independent Researcher
• Terry Adkins (1953–2014), American artist
• Tom Adkins (born 1958), American political pundit, political writer, public speaker and real-estate investor
• Tommy Adkins (born 1932), American football player
• Trace Adkins (born 1962), American country singer-songwriter
• W. J. Adkins (1907–1965), American educator
• Walter Knight-Adkin (1880–1957), Anglican priest
• Walter Scott Adkins (1890–1956), American geologist and paleontologist
• Winthrop Adkins (1932–2015), Syrian-born American psychologist and educator