Perkins
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Perkins may refer to:
[edit] People
[edit] Last or surname Perkins
- Al Perkins, musician-guitarist
- Anthony Perkins, actor
- Bill Perkins, several well-known people
- Brian Perkins, anchor, newsreader on BBC Radio 4 - New Zealand
- Carl Perkins, musician
- Carl Christopher Perkins, politician, Kentucky Representative
- Carl Dewey Perkins (1912-1984), politician, Kentucky Representative
- Charles Perkins, Aboriginal activist
- Charles Callahan Perkins (1 March 1823 - 25 August 1886), author
- Don Perkins, football running-back - Dallas Cowboys
- Edward J. Perkins, politician - U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
- Edwin Perkins, inventor of Kool-Aid
- Elisha Perkins (16 January 1741 - 6 September 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 (20 February 1889 - ), 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 (9 July 1766 - 8 July 1849), inventor: bank-note engraving, engravings transfer, bathometer, pleometer
- John Perkins, economist, activist, and author
- Kendrick Perkins, basketball player - Boston Celtics
- Kieren Perkins, Olympic gold medal swimmer
- Larry Perkins, Formula 1 race car driver
- Luther Perkins, 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 guitarist
- 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
- Thomas Handasyd Perkins (15 December 1764 - 11 January 1854), businessman, philanthropist
- Tom Perkins, founder/principal venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
- Tony Perkins (evangelical Christian figure)
- Tony Perkins (television meteorologist)
- Tracy Perkins, court martialed sergeant - U.S. Army - Iraq
- Troy Perkins, soccer player - D.C. United
- William Perkins (1558-1602), preacher, Elizabethan puritan
- The Comedian, also known as Perkins
[edit] First name Perkins
- Perkins Bass, politician - New Hampshire U.S. Congress Representative
[edit] Companies
- Perkins Bacon, printed first Penny Black postage stamps - 1840
- Perkins Engines, manufacturer of industrial diesel engines) - Peterborough, UK
- Perkins Restaurant and Bakery
[edit] Things
- Ships of the United States Navy:
- USS Perkins (DD-26) (destroyer) 1910-1935 [1]
- USS Perkins (DD-377) (destroyer) 1936-1943 [2]
- USS Perkins (DD-877 - DDR-877) (destroyer) 1945-1973 [3]
- Perkins Brailler, machine used to write braille
[edit] Places
[edit] United States
Counties:
Townships:
- Perkins Township, Ohio (Erie County)
Towns:
- Perkins, Maine (Penobscot County)
- Perkins, Missouri (Scott County)
- Perkins, Oklahoma (Payne County)
[edit] Other
- Castlemaine Perkins, brewery - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman (July 3, 1860 - August 17, 1935), feminist writer
- George Perkins Marsh, diplomat, philologist, and environmentalist
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, venture capital firm
- Travis Perkins, plc building materials - Northampton, United Kingdom
[edit] See also
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