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Tinker (surname)

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The surname Tinker may refer to:

People:

  • 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 (born 1925), former chairman and CEO of the NBC television network, co-founder of MTM Enterprises and former husband of Mary Tyler Moore
  • 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, on the British soap opera Coronation Street