Tarleton (surname)
Tarleton or Tarlton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician, namesake of the Tarleton helmet
- Cullie Tarleton, American businessman and politician
- Donald K. Tarlton, Canadian businessman
- Francis Alexander Tarleton, Irish mathematical physicist
- Gael Tarleton, American politician
- John Tarleton (American settler), American rancher
- John Tarleton (Royal Navy officer), British naval officer
- Ken Tarleton, Australian rugby union player
- Nel Tarleton, English boxer
- Richard Tarlton, English actor