Tamayo may refer to:
- Places
- Tamayo (Dominican Republic), a municipality in the Dominican Republic
- Rincón de Tamayo, a community in Celaya, Guanajuato in Mexico
- People
- Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Cuban cosmonaut
- Franz Tamayo (1878-1956), Bolivian intellectual
- Gustavo Tamayo, Colombian ophthalmologist
- José Luis Tamayo (1858-1947), Ecuadorian president
- Manuel Tamayo y Baus (1829-1898), Spanish dramatist
- Rufino Tamayo (1899–1991), Mexican painter