Hinds is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alfred George Hinds, known as "Alfie Hinds", (1917–1991), English prison escapee
- Alfred Walton Hinds (1874–1957), American rear admiral
- Alison Hinds (born 1970), soca artist from Barbados
- Andrew Hinds (born 1984), athlete from Barbados
- Anthony Hinds (1922–2013), film producer and scriptwriter
- Bill Hinds (born 1950), American cartoonist
- Brent Hinds (born 1974), guitarist for Atlanta-based metal band Mastodon
- Ciarán Hinds (born 1953), actor from Northern Ireland
- Damian Hinds (born 1969), British politician
- David Hinds (born 1956), lead vocalist of the reggae group Steel Pulse
- Donald Hinds (1934–2023), Jamaican-born writer, journalist and historian
- Ernest Hinds (1864–1941), American major general
- Franklyn Hinds (born 1967), cricketer from the Cayman Islands
- Horace Andy (born Horace Hinds, 1951), reggae singer from Jamaica
- Jacob Hinds (1800–1873), NY politician
- James M. Hinds (1833–1868), congressman from Arkansas
- John Hamilton Hinds (1898–1993), American major general
- Justin Hinds (1942–2005), ska singer from Jamaica
- Kaylen Hinds (born 1998), British footballer
- Killick Erik Hinds (born 1972), musician from Georgia, U.S.A.
- Lesley Hinds, politician from Scotland
- Lukas Hinds-Johnson, German rugby international
- Martin Hinds (1941–1988), historian who specialised in early Islam
- Mavis Hinds (1929–2009), English meteorologist
- Richard Hinds (born 1980), footballer
- Richard Brinsley Hinds (1811–1846), British naval surgeon, botanist and malacologist
- Ryan Hinds (born 1981), cricketer from Barbados
- Sam Hinds (born 1943), Prime Minister of Guyana from 1999
- Sam Hinds (baseball) (1953–2019), Major League Baseball player
- Samuel S. Hinds (1875–1948), American actor
- Taylor Hinds (born 1999), English women's footballer
- Thomas Hinds (1780–1840), politician from Mississippi
- Wavell Hinds (born 1976), cricketer from Jamaica
- William Hinds (1887–1957), entrepreneur, jeweller, comedian and film studio owner