Taplin is a family name. People with the surname Taplin include:Andrew Taplin Australian racing car driver Bralon Taplin, Grenadian sprinter Cheryl Taplin, American track and field athlete Rev. George Taplin (1831–1879) Australian Congregationalist minister and anthropologist John Ferguson Taplin (1914-2008) American businessman, repeated donor to Harvard Medical School Jonathan Taplin American writer, film producer and scholar Kim Taplin, English poet and non-fiction writer. Leonard Taplin (1895–1961) South Australian pilot during World War I who moved to Port Hedland, Western Australia Mary-Ellen B. Taplin, research oncologist at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital Oliver Taplin FBA (1943– ) British academic and classicist Walter Taplin (1910-1986) editor of The Spectator between 1953 and 1954 Rabbi Yisroel Taplin American Talmud scholar and author