Parkinson (surname)
Parkinson is a surname, and may refer to:
People
[edit]- Amber Parkinson (born 1976), Australian fencer
- Amy Parkinson (1855–1938), Canadian poet
- Art Parkinson (born 2001), Irish actor
- Bob Parkinson (footballer) (1873–after 1901), English footballer
- Cecil Parkinson (1931–2016), Baron Parkinson of Carnforth, British politician
- C. Northcote Parkinson (1909–1993), historian and author who formulated Parkinson's Law
- Colby Parkinson (born 1999), American football player
- Dave Parkinson (1923–1978), Australian rugby league footballer
- Don Parkinson (politician), Guamanian politician
- Dian Parkinson (born 1944), cast member of the game show The Price is Right
- Eugene D. Parkinson (1850–1936), American politician
- Frank Parkinson (1887–1946), British industrialist
- Georgina Parkinson (1938–2009), English ballet dancer and ballet mistress
- Jack Parkinson (footballer born 1869) (1869–1911), English footballer
- James Parkinson:
- James Parkinson (1755–1824), physician, provided first complete description of Parkinson's disease
- James Parkinson (1730–1813), English land agent and museum proprietor
- James Parkinson (footballer), English footballer
- John Parkinson:
- John Parkinson (botanist) (1567–1650), 17th-century English botanist
- John Parkinson (physician) (1885–1976), English cardiologist remembered for describing Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
- John S. Parkinson, American biologist
- Katherine Parkinson (born 1978), English actress
- Keith Parkinson (1958–2005), American fantasy artist and illustrator
- Kenneth Parkinson, member of Watergate Seven
- Lucy Jane Parkinson, English actor
- Mark Parkinson:
- Mark Parkinson (Kansas politician) (born 1957), Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, Governor of Kansas
- Mark Parkinson (Missouri politician) (born 1972), Missouri politician, Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
- Matthew Parkinson (born 1972), English cricketer
- Sir Michael Parkinson (1935–2023), television presenter, famous for his chat show Parkinson
- Michaël Parkinson (born 1991), Dutch volleyball player
- Mike Parkinson (1948–2009), New Zealand All Black
- Nick Parkinson (1925–2011), Australian public servant and diplomat
- Norman Parkinson (1913–1990), English portrait and fashion photographer
- Paul Parkinson (Scouting)
- Phil Parkinson (born 1967), English football manager
- Richard Parkinson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Roy Parkinson (1901–1945), Australian watercolour artist
- Sacha Parkinson, British actress
- Stephen Parkinson (1823–1889), British mathematician
- Stephen Parkinson, Baron Parkinson of Whitley Bay (born 1983), British politician
- Susan Parkinson:
- Susan Parkinson (1925–2012), English potter
- Susan Parkinson (nutritionist) (1920–2012), New Zealand nutritionist working in the South Pacific
- Sydney Parkinson (1745–71), Scottish natural history artist
Fictional characters
[edit]- Pansy Parkinson, fictional character in Harry Potter franchise