Dakin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alec Naylor Dakin (1912–2003), cryptographer, Egyptologist and schoolmaster Christine Dakin (born 1949), American dancer, teacher and director Glenn Dakin (born 1960), British cartoonist and author Henry Drysdale Dakin (1880–1952), English chemist after whom is named Dakin's solution and Dakin oxidation Henry H. Dakin (1870–1956), provincial politician from Alberta, Canada James H. Dakin (1806–1852), American architect Janet Wilder Dakin (1910–1994), American philanthropist and zoologist Jonathan Dakin (born 1973), English cricketer Nic Dakin (born 1955), British politician Nigel Dakin (born 1964), Soldier, Diplomat and Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands Rhys Dakin (born 2004), Australian-American football player Thomas Dakin (cricketer) (1829–?), English cricketer Thomas Dakin (distiller) (c.1736–c.1790), English distiller and founder of Greenall's Gin Tim Dakin (born 1958), Bishop of Winchester, England William H. Dakin (1816–1892), American politician in Wisconsin William John Dakin (1883–1950), British-Australian biologist