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 Catherine Tinsley, American organisational scholar Charles James Tinsley (died 1960), Baptist minister in Sydney, Australia Clarice Tinsley (born 1954), American broadcast journalist Colin Tinsley (born 1935), English footballer Dartanyan Tinsley (born 2001), American football player 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 Peter A .Tinsley (1939–2018), American Economist 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 Yvette Tinsley, New Zealand law academic
See also Tinsley (disambiguation) Dawn Tinsley, character in the BBC sitcom The Office Jennifer Tinsley-Williams, a New York City Ballet dancer