This article is about the surname. For the unincorporated community in Wisconsin, see
Tibbets, Wisconsin.
Tibbets, a variant spelling of Tibbetts, is an English-language patronymic surname from the given names Tebald or Tibalt.[1] Notable people with the name include:
- Andrew W. Tibbets (c.1830–1898) American Union soldier, and Medal of Honor recipient
- Daniel Tibbets (born ?), American media executive
- Eliza Tibbets (1823–1898), American citrus pioneer, suffrage activist, spiritualist, and a founder of Riverside, California; wife of Luther
- Jane Tibbets: see List of Joseph Smith's wives
- Luther C. Tibbets (1820–1902), American merchant, citrus pioneer, abolitionist, and a founder of Riverside, California; husband of Eliza
- Paul Tibbets (1915–2007), American military officer; pilot of the airplane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima; grandfather of Paul IV
- Paul W. Tibbets IV (born 1966), United States Air Force brigadier general; grandson of Paul