Hoskyns is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Anthony Leigh Egerton Hoskyns-Abrahall (1903–1982), Anglican Bishop of Lancaster Barney Hoskyns, British music critic Bennet Hoskyns, MP for Hereford 1645 and 1654 Bill Hoskyns (1931–2013), British Olympic fencer Chandos Wren-Hoskyns (1812–1876), English landowner Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, 12th Baronet (1851–1925) Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, 13th Baronet (1884–1937) Sir John Hoskyns, 2nd Baronet (1634–1705), baronet and one of the founders of the Royal Society John Hoskyns (1927–2014), policy advisor to Margaret Thatcher (1979–1982)