Lamkin is the surname of the following people John Tillman Lamkin (1811–1870), US confederate politician Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins (born 1976), American social justice advocate Patricia Ann Lamkin (1963–2018), American singer and playwright Speed Lamkin (1927–2011), American novelist and playwright Uel W. Lamkin (1877–1956), American university administrator
See also Lamkin, Texas Lamkin, an English murder ballad