Tinkle (surname)
Tinkle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Donald W. Tinkle, herpetologist, ecologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Michigan
- Joslyn Tinkle, American basketball player
- Lon Tinkle, historian, author, book critic, and professor who specialized in the history of Texas
- Tres Tinkle, American basketball player
- Wayne Tinkle, American college basketball coach