Famous People with Name Hawkins

Hersey R. Hawkins Jr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hersey R. Hawkins Jr: is a retired American professional basketball player. After starring at Westinghouse High School in Chicago, the 6' 3" (1.90 m) shooting guard attended Bradley University, where he averaged an NCAA Division I-high 36.3 points per game in 1988. He was then drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the 1988 NBA Draft, but his rights were immediately traded to the Philadelphia 76ers for the draft rights to Charles Smith. Hawkins earned NBA All-Rookie First Team Honors in 1989, and in 1991 he averaged 22.1 points and appeared in the NBA All-Star Game. Hawkins was well-known for his outside-shooting ability and his defensive skills. On the 76ers, "Hawk" was the second scoring option after Charles Barkley.

Steven Michael Hawkins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Steven Michael Hawkins: is an American professional basketball player formerly in the NBA and currently playing with Al Jalaa Aleppo of the Syrian basketball league.

Thomas Jerome Hawkins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Jerome Hawkins: is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'5" forward, Hawkins starred at Chicago's Parker High School before playing at the University of Notre Dame, where he became the school's first African American basketball star and gained national recognition in 1958 for his 43-point game against the United States Air Force Academy [1]. He was then selected by the Minneapolis (later Los Angeles) Lakers in the first round of the 1959 NBA Draft, and he would have a productive ten-year career in the league, playing for the Lakers as well as the Cincinnati Royals as he registered 6,672 career points and 4,607 career rebounds.

Jaq D. Hawkins,            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jaq D. Hawkins,: She first became known as a writer in the magical scene in the 1980s through articles in various magazines. Most notable was Mezlim, an American quarterly. Her first book, Understanding Chaos Magic, was published in 1996. Since then she has become known internationally to some of those within the occult and pagan subcultures as both a writer and lecturer on the subject.

Ronald "Ronnie" Hawkins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ronald "Ronnie" Hawkins: is a pioneering rock and roll musician and cousin to fellow rockabilly pioneer Dale Hawkins. Known as "Rompin' Ronnie" Hawkins or "The Hawk," he was a key player in the 1960s rock scene in Toronto and for the next 40 years, performed all over North America, recording more than twenty-five albums. His best-known hits are "Forty Days" and "Mary Lou" (about the song narrator's experiences with a gold digging woman), both were major hits for him in 1959.