Tilson

Tilson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Charles Henry Tilson Marshall (1841–1927), British Army Officer, serving in the Punjab, India
• Charles Tilson-Chowne (1881-?), British stage and film actor
• Charlie Tilson (born 1992), American baseball player
• David Tilson (born 1941), politician in Ontario, Canada
• Fred Tilson (1904–1972), association football player for Manchester City and England
• George Tilson (1672–1738), British civil servant, long-serving Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign Office
• Jake Tilson (born 1958) British artist
• Joe Tilson (artist) (1928–2023) British artist
• John Q. Tilson (1866–1958), Republican politician in the United States, on both state and national levels, and a lawyer
• John Tilson (cricketer) (1845–1895), English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1876
• Michael Tilson Thomas (born 1944), American conductor, pianist and composer
• Sumner Dewey Tilson (1898–1964), head coach of the Virginia Tech college football program during the 1942 season
• Steve Tilson (born 1966), English football manager and former player
• Tilson Brito (born 1972), Dominican third baseman
• Tilson Pritchard (1872–1894), English footballer who played in the Football League for Small Heath
• William Josiah Tilson (1871–1949), United States federal judge

See also

• Red Tilson Trophy, annual award given to the most outstanding player in the Ontario Hockey League
• Tilson's Manual, or A Manual of Parliamentary Procedure, a parliamentary authority written by John Q. Tilson and published in 1948