Tapley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Amanda Tapley (contemporary), American beauty queen; Miss Alabama 2008 Chase Tapley (born 1991), American basketball player Colin Tapley (1907–1995), New Zealand-born British actor Daisy Tapley (1882–1925), Contralto and Activist David Tapley (born 1990), Lead singer, Irish Band Tandem Felix Harold Tapley (1875–1932), New Zealand politician John Tapley (1911–1956), American Negro league baseball player Lucy Hale Tapley (1857–1932), third president of Spelman College Rose Tapley (1881–1956), American stage and film actress Rufus P. Tapley (1823–1893), justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Given name Tapley Seaton (1950–2023), Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Fictional characters Mark Tapley, body-servant to Martin Chuzzlewit, in Dickens's novel of the same name