Tinsley is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Allan S. Tinsley, Baptist minister in South Australia
• Annie Tinsley (1808–1885, born as Annie Turner), British novelist
• April Tinsley (1980–1988), American murder victim
• Beatrice Tinsley (1941–1981), British-New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist
• Boyd Tinsley (born 1964), American violinist and mandolinist
• Brad Tinsley (born 1989), American basketball player
• Bruce Tinsley (born 1958), American cartoonist
• Charles James Tinsley (died 1960), Baptist minister in Sydney, Australia
• Clarice Tinsley (born 1954), American broadcast journalist
• Colin Tinsley (born 1935), English footballer
• David Alfred Tinsley (1934–2010), Baptist minister in Canberra, Australia
• Henry Tinsley (1865–1938), English cricketer
• Jamaal Tinsley (born 1978), American basketball player
• Jeffrey Tinsley (born 1973), American businessman
• Marion Tinsley (1927–1995), American checkers player
• Michael Tinsley (born 1984), American track and field athlete
• Mitchell Tinsley (born 1999), American football player
• Pauline Tinsley (1929–2021), British soprano
• Samuel Tinsley (1847–1903), English chess player
• Theodore Tinsley (1894–1979), American author
• Walter Tinsley (1891–1966), English footballer
• William Tinsley (architect) (1804–1885), Irish-American architect
• William Tinsley (publisher) (1831–1902), British publisher

• Tinsley (disambiguation)
• Dawn Tinsley, fictional character in the BBC sitcom The Office
• Jennifer Tinsley-Williams, a New York City Ballet dancer

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Tinsley.
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