The surname Tinker, originally an occupational surname for a "mender of pots and pans", may refer to:
People: Annie Rensselaer Tinker (1884–1924), American 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 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
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