Tinker (disambiguation)
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Fictional characters
- Tinker, the fictional assistant to detective Sexton Blake in British comic strips and novels
- Colonel Tinker, a minor fictional character in the Southern Victory Series novel How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove
- Tinker Dill, a fictional character in the British TV series Lovejoy
- Tinkers, the main protagonists of Vernor Vinge's book The Peace War
- Tuatha'an (or Tinkers) of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
- Tinker Knight, a boss in Shovel Knight
- Alexander Graham Bell ("Tinker"), the title character of Wen Spencer's 2003 novel Tinker
Literature
- Tinker, a novel by Wen Spencer
- Tinkers (novel), a novel by American author Paul Harding
- "The Tinker", a short story from Orson Scott Card
Other uses in arts and entertainment
- Microsoft Tinker, a puzzle game
- Tinker, a 1949 British film directed and co-written by Herbert Marshall
- Tinker (band), a Canadian alternative rock band
- Tinker!, an American science-fiction film (2018) starring Clayne Crawford
Places
United States
- Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma
- Tinker Cobblestone Farmstead, on the National Register of Historic Places in Henrietta, New York
- Tinker Creek, a river in South Carolina
- Tinker Creek (Virginia), see List of rivers of Virginia
Elsewhere
- Tinker, New Brunswick, Canada
- Tinker Dam, New Brunswick, Canada
- Tinker Glacier, Antarctica
People
Surname
- Tinker (surname), includes a list of people with this surname
Given name
- Tinker Hatfield (born 1952), Nike shoe designer
- Tinker Keck (born 1976), American fitness trainer and former professional gridiron football player
Nickname
- Tinker Beets (Derrick John Beets, born 1941), Rhodesian former field hockey player and cricketer
- Tinker Fox (John Fox, 1610–1650), Parliamentarian colonel during the English Civil War
- Tinker Juarez (David Juarez, born 1961), American former bicycle racer
- Tinker Owens (Charles Wayne Owens, born 1954), American former professional gridiron football player
