Tilden is a surname of English origin. Spelling variants include Tildon, Tileden, Tillden, and Tylden. The name may refer to: Barbara Tilden (born 1955), New Zealand field hockey player Bill Tilden (1893–1953), American tennis player Brad Tilden (born 1961), American businessman Charles Lee Tilden (1857–1950), American lawyer and businessman Charles Lee Tilden, Jr. (1894–1968), American rugby player Charles William Tilden (1832-1914), Col 16th Maine Volunteer Infantry at Gettysburg Daniel R. Tilden (1804–1890), American politician Douglas Tilden (1861–1935), American sculptor Freeman Tilden (1883–1980), American preservationist George Thomas Tilden (1845–1919), American architect Geraldine Tilden, American curler Guy Tilden (1858–1929), American architect Jane Tilden (1910–2002), Austrian actress John Henry Tilden (1851-1940), American physician Josephine Tilden (1869–1957), American scientist Leif Tilden (born 1964), American actor Mark Tilden (born 1961), Canadian robotics physicist Philip Tilden (1887–1956), British architect Samuel J. Tilden (1814–1886), American politician and candidate in the highly contested 1876 Presidential election Samuel Tilden Norton (1877–1959), American architect William A. Tilden (1842–1926), British chemist See also Tilden (disambiguation) Tylden (disambiguation) Surnames