Pilkington (surname)

Pilkington is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alan Pilkington (born c. 1964), British engineer and professor
• Alastair Pilkington (1920–1995), British industrialist
• Anthony Pilkington (born 1988), English footballer who has represented Ireland
• Brian Pilkington (footballer), English footballer
• Brian Pilkington (illustrator) (born 1950), English-Icelandic illustrator and artist
• Charles Pilkington (cricketer, born 1837), English cricketer and clergyman
• Charles Pilkington (cricketer, born 1876), English cricketer
• Charlie Pilkington, Irish-American professional boxer
• Dianne Pilkington (born 1975), English theatre actress and singer
• Danny Pilkington, English footballer
• Declan Pilkington (born 1969), Irish sportsman
• Doris Pilkington Garimara (born Nugi Garimara, 1937–2014, also known as Doris Pilkington), Australian author
• Elliot Pilkington (1890–1945), English footballer
• Esther Pilkington, British performance artist
• Florian Pilkington-Miksa (1950–2021), drummer in the original line-up of the British rock group Curved Air
• Francis Pilkington (c. 1565–1638), English composer, lutenist and singer
• Frederick Thomas Pilkington (1832–1898), British architect
• George Pilkington (disambiguation), several people
• Harry Pilkington (1905–1983), British businessman and academic administrator
• Jackie Pilkington, Irish-American professional boxer
• James Pilkington (bishop) (1520–1576), Bishop of Durham
• Joel Pilkington (born 1984), English footballer
• Johnny Pilkington (born 1970), Irish sportsman
• Karl Pilkington (born 1972), English radio producer and personality
• Kevin Pilkington (born 1974), English footballer
• Konnor Pilkington (born 1997), American baseball player
• Laetitia Pilkington (c. 1709–1750), British poet
• Leonard Pilkington (1527–1599), English academic and clergyman
• Liam Pilkington (1894–1977), Irish activist
• Lorraine Pilkington (born 1975), Irish actress
• Luke Pilkington, Australian football (soccer) player
• Mark Pilkington (golfer) (born 1978), Welsh professional golfer
• Mark Pilkington (writer) (born 1973), English writer
• Matthew Pilkington (1701–1774), Irish author of a standard text on painters which become known as Pilkington's Dictionary
• Mary Pilkington (née Mary Hopkins) (1766–1839), English novelist and poet
• Pat Pilkington (1928–2013), co-founder of Bristol Cancer Help Centre
• Peter Pilkington, Baron Pilkington of Oxenford (1933–2011), British politician
• Rachel Pilkington (born 1974), Irish actress
• Richard Pilkington (disambiguation), several people
• Robert Pilkington (politician, born 1870) (1870–1942), Irish politician who sat in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and the British House of Commons
• Robert Pilkington (English MP) (c. 1560–1605), English politician
• Roger Pilkington (disambiguation), several people
• William Pilkington (architect) (1758–1848), English architect