tibbetts

{{About|the surname|the American innovation award|Tibbetts Award}}

Tibbetts is an English-language patronymic surname from the given names Tebald or Tibalt.{{cite book |editor-last=Hanks |editor-first=Patrick |editor-link=Patrick Hanks |title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set |publisher=Oxford University Press | publication-place=Oxford, UK |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-19-508137-4 |oclc=51655476 |volume=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&pg=RA2-PA475 |page=475 |access-date=16 January 2021}} Notable people with the name include:

• Billy Tibbetts (born 1974), ice hockey player
• George W. Tibbetts (1845–1924), American merchant and farmer; critic of violence against Chinese workers
• John C. Tibbetts (born 1946), film critic, historian, and pianist
• Kurt Tibbetts (born 1954), politician
• Mollie Tibbetts (1998–2018), American murder victim
• Philip Tibbetts, HM March Pursuivant Extraordinary - The Court of the Lord Lyon (2021-)
• Steve Tibbetts (born 1954), guitarist and composer
• Tammy Tibbetts, (born {{c.}} 1985), American women's rights activist
• Willard Tibbetts (1903–1992), runner