Tamaki is both a Japanese surname and a unisex Japanese given name, as well as a Māori name, Ryukyuan surname. In the Okinawan language, Tamaki is read as Tamagusuku, Tamagushiku or Tamashiro.^[1] Notable people with the name include:

• Ellen Tamaki (born 1992), American actor
• Hiroshi Tamaki (玉木 宏; born 1980), Japanese actor and singer
• Jillian Tamaki (born 1980), Canadian American illustrator and comic artist
• Kōji Tamaki (玉置 浩二; born 1958), Japanese singer-songwriter
• Mariko Tamaki (born 1975), Canadian artist and writer
• Nami Tamaki (玉置 成実; born 1988), Japanese singer
• Nozomu Tamaki (環 望; born 1966), Japanese manga artist
• Tomotaka Tamaki (玉木 朋孝; born 1975), Japanese former professional baseball player
• Yuichiro Tamaki (玉木 雄一郎; born 1969), Japanese politician
• Yukiko Tamaki (環有 希; born 1980), Japanese voice actor
• Yutaka Tamaki (玉置 隆; born 1986), Japanese professional baseball player

• Denny Tamaki (玉城 デニー; born 1959), Japanese politician, current Governor of Okinawa Prefecture
• Nina Tamaki (玉城 仁菜; born 1996), Japanese voice actor and singer

• Brian Tamaki (born 1958), New Zealand Christian fundamentalist religious leader
• Hannah Tamaki (born 1960), New Zealand Christian fundamentalist religious leader
• Kiwi Tāmaki (died c. 1741), Māori warrior and paramount chief
• Nireaha Tamaki (born 1835–37 - 1911) New Zealand Māori leader from the Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu iwi
• Suzanne Tamaki New Zealand fibre-based artist
• Teresa Te Tamaki (born 1981) New Zealand former rugby union player

• Tamaki Daido (大道 珠貴; born 1966), Japanese writer
• Tamaki Ishizuka (石塚 瑶季; born 2004), Japanese idol of idol group Hinatazaka46
• Tamaki Katori (香取 環; born 1938), Japanese actress
• Tamaki Kawakubo (川久保 賜紀; born 1979), Japanese-American violinist
• Tamaki Kunishi, Japanese musician, member of post-rock group Mono
• Tamaki Matsumoto (松元 環季; born 1999), Japanese voice actress and actress
• Tamaki Matsuoka (松岡 環; born 1947), Japanese activist
• Tamaki Miura (三浦 環; 1884–1946), Japanese opera singer
• Tamaki Nakanishi (仲西 環; 1976–2020), Japanese actress and singer
• Tamaki Okuma (大熊 環; born 2001), Japanese professional footballer
• Tamaki Saitō (斎藤 環; born 1961), Japanese psychologist and critic
• Tamaki Tokuyama (徳山 璉; 1903–1942), Japanese singer
• Tamaki Uchiyama (内山 環; born 1972), Japanese former football player
• Tamaki Uemura (植村 環; 1890–1982), Japanese YWCA executive, pacifist, and Christian pastor

• Tamaki (たまき), from the Dead or Alive video game series
• Tamaki Amajiki (天喰 環) from My Hero Academia
• Tamaki Honda (本田 珠輝), protagonist of the manga series Magic of Stella
• Tamaki Kawazoe (川添 珠姫) in Bamboo Blade
• Tamaki Kousaka (向坂 環) in ToHeart2
• Tamaki Kotatsu (環 古達) from Fire Force
• Tamaki Suoh (須王 環) in Ouran High School Host Club
• Iroha Tamaki (環 いろは) from Magia Record
• Mari Tamaki (玉木 マリ), a character in the anime series A Place Further than the Universe
• Shinichirō Tamaki (玉城 真一郎) from Code Geass
• Tamaki Yamazaki (山崎 珠姫), a character of the manga series Tamayomi
• Tamaki Irie (イリエ・タマキ), a character of the manga series Majestic Prince