Tinker (surname)

The surname Tinker, originally an occupational surname for a "mender of pots and pans", may refer to:

People:
 * Annie Rensselaer Tinker (1884–1924), volunteer nurse in WWI, suffragist, and philanthropist
 * Bonnie Tinker (1948–2009), American activist
 * Carson Tinker (born 1989), American National Football League long snapper
 * Clarence L. Tinker (1887–1942), first Native American major general
 * Frank Glasgow Tinker (1909–1939), American mercenary pilot and top American ace in the Spanish Civil War
 * Grant Tinker (1925–2016), former chairman and CEO of the NBC television network, co-founder of MTM Enterprises and former husband of Mary Tyler Moore
 * Gerald Tinker (born 1951), American former track and field runner and National Football League player
 * HP Tinker (born 1969), British short story writer
 * Irene Tinker (born 1927), American Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley
 * Jack Tinker (1938–1996), English theatre critic
 * Joe Tinker (1880–1948), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player
 * John Tinker (disambiguation)
 * Mark Tinker (born 1951), American television producer and director
 * Miles Tinker (1893–1977), American author and professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota
 * Ronald Tinker (1913–1982), New Zealand World War II officer
 * Thomas Tinker (c.1581–1620/21), a passenger on the Mayflower

Fictional characters:
 * Beth Tinker, a character in the British soap opera Coronation Street
 * Sinead Tinker, the niece of Beth Tinker in Coronation Street
 * Alice Tinker, a character in British sitcom The Vicar of Dibley