Bodkin (surname)

Bodkin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

* Amby Bodkin (fl. 1777–1795), Irish lawyer and duelist
* Archibald Bodkin (1862–1957), English lawyer and Director of Public Prosecutions
* Christopher Bodkin (died 1572), Irish prelate, Archbishop of Tuam and Bishop of Kilmacduagh
* Dominic Fursey Bodkin (1843–1929), Irish-Australian Catholic priest
* Dominick Dáll Bodkin (died 1740), Irish mass murderer
* Edward Bodkin, American underground surgeon arrested in 1998
* Frances Bodkin (born 1937), Australian botanist
* J. Alexander Bodkin, American psychiatrist
* John Bodkin (disambiguation), various people
* Joseph Bodkin (1902–1950), Australian politician
* Matt Bodkin (born 1968), English footballer
* Matthias McDonnell Bodkin (1850–1933), Irish MP, author, journalist, newspaper editor, barrister and judge
* Matthias Bodkin (1896–1973), Irish Jesuit priest and author, son of the above
* Maud Bodkin (1875–1967), British classical scholar
* Michael Bodkin (referee), Irish hurling referee
* Odds Bodkin (born 1953), pseudonym of an American storyteller, musician, and author
* Peter Bodkin (1924–1994), English cricketer
* Richard Bodkin, mayor of Galway (1610–1611)
* Shane Bodkin, mayor of Carlingford (1830–1844)
* Teresina Bodkin, Montserrat teacher and civil servant, first woman Speaker (2010–2014) of Montserrat's Legislative Council
* Thomas Bodkin (1887–1961), Irish lawyer, art historian, art collector and curator
* Thomas Bodkin (mayor), mayor of Galway (1506–1507)
* Tom Bodkin, American newspaper designer
* William Bodkin (judge) (1791–1874), British barrister and politician
* William Bodkin (New Zealand politician) (1885–1964)

Fictional characters include:

* Monty Bodkin, a recurring character in P. G. Wodehouse novels

## See also

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* Botkin, a surname

Surname list

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