Peter Allen, an entertainer who was born in and spent much of his childhood in Tenterfield, where he lived with his grandfather George Woolnough
Bronwyn Bancroft, an indigenous Australian artist
William Blakely, born in Tenterfield in 1875, a botanist and plant collector
Sir Harry Chauvel, born at nearby Tabulam, the first Australian to command a military Corps
William Folster, politician
Robert Guy Howarth, born in Tenterfield in 1906, scholar, literary critic and poet
Katherine Knight (born 1955), murderer who skinned her partner and cooked his body parts
Billy Moore, NRL footballer
A.B. "Banjo" Paterson
Jenny Saville, professional golfer
Gary Shearston (1939–2013), singer and songwriter .

Dr. Leonard Smith, Aboriginal Artist, Writer, Professional Rugby League Player，Australian Army Veteran and Philanthropist.
Attended Tenterfield High in 1959
Charlie Tapscott, 2 x paralympian silver medalist
Major J.F. Thomas, a solicitor known for his vigorous defence of Harry "Breaker" Morant, and once owned and operated the Tenterfield Star newspaper.
Jack Thompson portrayed Thomas in the 1980 film Breaker Morant
George Woolnough, Allen's grandfather, a saddler, the third person to own the saddlery and the subject of Allen's song "Tenterfield Saddler"
Oliver Woodward, decorated First World War veteran and metallurgist
Peter Allen, an entertainer who was born in and spent much of his childhood in Tenterfield, where he lived with his grandfather George Woolnough
Bronwyn Bancroft, an indigenous Australian artist
William Blakely, born in Tenterfield in 1875, a botanist and plant collector
Sir Harry Chauvel, born at nearby Tabulam, the first Australian to command a military Corps
William Folster, politician
Robert Guy Howarth, born in Tenterfield in 1906, scholar, literary critic and poet
Katherine Knight (born 1955), murderer who skinned her partner and cooked his body parts
Billy Moore, NRL footballer
A.B. "Banjo" Paterson
Jenny Saville, professional golfer
Gary Shearston (1939–2013), singer and songwriter .
Dr. Leonard Smith, Aboriginal Artist, Writer, Professional Rugby League Player，Australian Army Veteran and Philanthropist. Attended Tenterfield High in 1959
Charlie Tapscott, 2 x paralympian silver medalist
Major J.F. Thomas, a solicitor known for his vigorous defence of Harry "Breaker" Morant, and once owned and operated the Tenterfield Star newspaper. Jack Thompson portrayed Thomas in the 1980 film Breaker Morant
George Woolnough, Allen's grandfather, a saddler, the third person to own the saddlery and the subject of Allen's song "Tenterfield Saddler"
Oliver Woodward, decorated First World War veteran and metallurgist
Tenterfield, New South Wales