Tambling is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bobby Tambling (born 1941), English footballer Charles Tambling (1871–1958), American college football, college basketball, and college baseball coach Christopher Tambling (1964–2015), British composer, organist, and choirmaster Grant Tambling (1943–2025), Australian politician Jeremy Tambling (born 1948), British writer and critic Lola Tambling (born 2008), British skateboarder Richard Tambling (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
See also Tam Lin, a character in a Scottish ballad
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