Tinkle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Donald W. Tinkle (1930–1980), herpetologist, ecologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Michigan Joslyn Tinkle (born 1990), American basketball player Lon Tinkle (1906–1980), historian, author, book critic, and professor who specialized in the history of Texas Tres Tinkle (born 1996), American basketball player Wayne Tinkle (born 1966), American college basketball coach
See also Tinkle, Indian magazine Tinkler (surname)