Larkin (surname)

Larkin is an Irish or English surname. The English name is a diminutive of Laurence, and the source of a patronymic surname. The Irish name is an Anglicization of the Irish surname Ó Lorcáin, and originates from the Gaelic family of Galway. It may refer to:

People with the surname Larkin

• Larkin (baseball), baseball player
• Anatoly Larkin (1932-2005), physicist, worked at Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics and was a professor at the University of Minnesota
• Barry Larkin (born 1964), American baseball player
• Bruce Larkin, children's book author and poet
• Byron Larkin (born 1965), American basketball player and sportscaster; brother of Barry and Stephen Larkin
• Celia Larkin
• Chris Larkin, British actor
• Clarence Larkin, early 20thC US author
• Colin Larkin (disambiguation)
• Denis Larkin (1908-1987), Irish politician
• Dylan Larkin (born 1996), American ice hockey player
• Edward Larkin (disambiguation), several people
• Gene Larkin
• Geri Larkin - Zen teacher
• Henry Larkin
• James Larkin (disambiguation), several people
• Jill H. Larkin (born 1943), American cognitive scientist
• Joan Marie Larkin, better known as Joan Jett (born 1958), American musician
• John Larkin (disambiguation), several people
• Linda Larkin
• Margaret Larkin, American writer and musician
• Matthew Larkin, Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club.
• Moscelyne Larkin, Native American ballerina, one of the "Five Moons"
• Oliver Waterman Larkin (1896–1970), American art historian
• Patrick Larkin
• Patty Larkin, American Folk musician
• Peter Charles Larkin
• Phil Larkin
• Philip Arthur Larkin (1922-1985), English poet
• Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator
• Shane Larkin (born 1992), American basketball player; son of Barry Larkin
• Shannon Larkin
• Stephen Larkin (born 1973), American baseball player; brother of Barry and Byron Larkin
• Steve Larkin (1910–1969), American baseball player
• Thomas O. Larkin (1802-1858), American merchant and diplomatic agent
• Tim Larkin
• Tom Larkin
• Tony Larkin, English professional footballer
• William Larkin (disambiguation)

People with given name Larkin

• Larkin T. Riser (born 1949), Louisiana sheriff

Fictional characters

• Pop Larkin, Ma Larkin, and the Larkin family — characters in H. E. Bates' novel The Darling Buds of May and its sequels and television adaptation
• Theresa Russo (née Larkin), a character from Wizards of Waverly Place, and her parental family
• Maryellen Larkin, a character from the American Girl series of toys and books.
• Bryce Larkin, a character in the TV show Chuck