Wilkins
Appearance
Wilkins or Wilkin is a name variant of William, and may refer to:
People
[edit]Given name: Wilkin
[edit]- Wilkin Castillo (born 1984), Dominican baseball catcher
- Wilkin Mota (born 1981), Indian cricketer
- Wilkin Ramírez (born 1985), Dominican baseball outfielder
- Wilkin Ruan (born 1978), Dominican baseball outfielder
Given name: Wilkins
[edit]- Wilkins (singer) (Germán Wilkins Vélez Ramírez, born 1953), Puerto Rican pop music singer and composer
- Wilkins P. Horton (1889–1950), American lawyer, lieutenant governor of North Carolina 1937–1941
- Wilkins Micawber, character in Charles Dickens's novel David Copperfield
- Wilkins F. Tannehill (1787–1858), American politician and author
Surname
[edit]Places and geographical features
[edit]- Edness K. Wilkins State Park, a state park in Wyoming
- Fort Wilkins Historic State Park, a historical location in Michigan
- Wilkins Coast, a portion of the eastern coast of Antarctica
- Wilkin County, Minnesota
- Wilkins (crater), a crater on the Moon
- Wilkins Gulch, a valley in California
- Wilkins Ice Shelf, an ice shelf located in Wilkins Sound
- Wilkins Island, an Island in Antarctica
- Wilkins Peak, a small mountain in Wyoming
- Wilkins Sound, an island sound off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula
- Wilkins Strait (Canada), a waterway in northern Canada
- Wilkins Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Structures
[edit]- Glover Wilkins Lock, a lock in Mississippi
- Roy Wilkins Auditorium, an arena in Minnesota
- Wilkins Mill Covered Bridge, an American historic bridge
- Wilkins Public School, an Australian school
- Wilkins Runway, an aerodrome in Antarctica
Business
[edit]- Wilkins Lecture, a series of lectures led by the Royal Society of London
- Wilkin & Sons, an English manufacturer of preserves and associated products
- Wilkins Coffee, a Washington DC–based coffee company, best known for its commercials starring the Muppet characters Wilkins and Wontkins.