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
• 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

• Tolbert, Netherlands, a town in the Netherlands