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

• Berlinda Tolbert (born 1949), American film and television actress, The Jeffersons

• Caroline Tolbert, American political scientist

• Emanuel Tolbert (born 1958), American football player

• Frank Tolbert (disambiguation), multiple people

• Jalen Tolbert (born 1999), American football player

• Jim Tolbert (born 1944), American football player

• John Tolbert, American local education activist

• Lynda Tolbert-Goode (born 1967), American hurdler and sprinter

• Margaret Tolbert (born 1943), American chemist

• Matt Tolbert (born 1982), American baseball player

• Mike Tolbert (born 1985), American football player

• Miles Tolbert, Secretary of the Environment of the State of Oklahoma

• Paden Tolbert (1870–1904), American law enforcement officer and railroad agent

• Ray Tolbert (born 1958), American basketball player

• Sara Tolbert, American professor of environmental education in New Zealand

• Skeets Tolbert (1909–2000), American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and band leader

• Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert (born 1974), American basketball player

• Stephen A. Tolbert (1921–1975), Liberian politician and businessman

• Tom Tolbert (born 1965), American basketball player and sports broadcaster

• Tony Tolbert (born 1967), American football player

• Tyke Tolbert (contemporary), American football player and coach

• Tyler Tolbert (born 1998), American baseball player

• Victoria Tolbert (1916–1997), First Lady of Liberia

• William Tolbert (1913–1980), President of Liberia 1971–80

• Given name:

• Tolbert Lanston, American founder of Monotype

• Tolbert McCoy, victim in the Hatfield-McCoy feud

See also

• Tolbert, Netherlands, a town in the Netherlands