Tinker (disambiguation)

A tinker is an itinerant tinsmith. It may also refer to:

Arts entertainment, and media

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

Literature

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Places

People with the name

  • Tinker (surname)
  • Tinker Fox (1610-1650), Parliamentarian colonel during the English Civil War, nicknamed "Tinker"
  • Tinker Hatfield (born 1952), Nike shoe designer
  • Tinker Juarez (born 1961), former Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer and current mountain bike racer, nicknamed "Tinker"
  • Tinker Owens (born 1954), American former National Football League player nicknamed "Tinker"

Sports arenas

  • Tinker Field, a baseball stadium in Orlando, Florida, named for Hall-of-Fame baseball player Joe Tinker
  • Tinker Park, a former baseball ground in Indianapolis, Indiana, named for Tinker Street

Other uses

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See also

  • Gypsy Vanner horse, also known as the Tinker horse
  • Tink (disambiguation)
  • "Tinker, Tailor," a traditional nursery rhyme
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
  • Tinker Bell, fairy companion of Peter Pan
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