Taplin is a family name. People with the surname Taplin include:
Andrew Taplin Australian racing car driverBralon Taplin (born 1992), Grenadian sprinterCheryl Taplin (born 1972), American track and field athleteRev. George Taplin (1831–1879) Australian Congregationalist minister and anthropologistJohn Ferguson Taplin (1914-2008) American businessman, repeated donor to Harvard Medical SchoolJonathan Taplin (born 1947) American writer, film producer and scholarKim Taplin (born 1943), English poet and non-fiction writer.Leonard Taplin (1895–1961) South Australian pilot during World War I who moved to Port Hedland, Western AustraliaMary-Ellen B. Taplin, research oncologist at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's HospitalOliver Taplin FBA (1943– ) British academic and classicistWalter Taplin (1910-1986) editor of The Spectator between 1953 and 1954Rabbi Yisroel Taplin American Talmud scholar and author