Lemuel Hopkins (June 19, 1750 – April 14, 1801) was an American poet and physician who was a member of the Hartford Wits, a group of literary satirists active in the late eighteenth century.

A politically conservative Federalist, he coauthored The Anarchiad (1786–1787), a lengthy satiric poem critical of popular democracy and of the Articles of Confederation.

His fellow authors on the poem were three other leading Wits: David Humphreys, Joel Barlow, and John Trumbull.

Hopkins practiced medicine in Litchfield and Hartford and received an honorary Master of Arts degree from Yale University in 1784.

[1][2] Hopkins died of pneumonia[2] and was interred at Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground.