Tichenor or Ticknor is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bridget Bate Tichenor (1917–1990), Mexican surrealist painter
Dylan Tichenor (born 1968), American film editor
George C. Tichenor (1838–1902), member of the Board of General Appraisers
George H. Tichenor (1837–1923), American physician
Harold Lee Tichenor (born 1946), Canadian film producer and writer
Henry M. Tichenor (1858-1922), American writer and magazine writer
Isaac Tichenor (1754–1838), American lawyer and politician. Governor of and Senator from Vermont
Isaac T. Tichenor (1825–1902), president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, now known as Auburn University
Martin Tichenor (1625 - 1681), early colonist and original settler of Newark, New Jersey, origin of surname in U.S.
Stephen W. Tichenor (1813 - 1883), judge and mayor of Orange, New Jersey
Todd Frederick Tichenor (born 1976), American baseball umpire
Trebor Jay Tichenor (1940-2014), American pianist, composer and a recognized authority on Scott Joplin and the ragtime era
Vernon Tichenor (1815-1892), American politician
Walter Reynolds Tichenor (1877-1935), college football player and coach at Auburn and Georgia
Warren W. Tichenor (born 1960), American diplomat
Captain William V. Tichenor (1813-1887), founder of Port Orford, Oregon
