Parkinson is a surname, and may refer to:

• Sir Albert Lindsay Parkinson (1870-1936), British businessman and politician
• 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

• Pansy Parkinson, fictional character in Harry Potter franchise