Cutting is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alastair Cutting (born 1960), Church of England Archdeacon
• Andy Cutting (born 1969), English folk musician and composer
• Austin Cutting (born 1996), American football player
• Ben Cutting (born 1987), Australian cricketer
• Bronson M. Cutting (1888–1935), U.S. Senator from New Mexico, publisher and military attaché
• Charles Suydam Cutting (1889–1972), American explorer, naturalist, society figure, philanthropist, and author
• Doug Cutting, open-source search advocate
• Elise Justine Bayard Cutting (1823–1853), American poet
• Francis B. Cutting (1804–1870), U.S. Representative from New York
• Francis Cutting (c. 1550–1595/6), English lutenist and composer
• Fred Cutting (1921–1997), English footballer
• Harmon S. Cutting (1830–1884), American mayor of Buffalo, New York
• Henry C. Cutting (1870–?), California entrepreneur
• Iris Margaret Cutting (1902–1988), English born biographer and writer
• Jack Cutting (disambiguation)
• James Cutting (disambiguation)
• Joe Cutting (1885–?), American college football player and coach
• John Cutting (disambiguation)
• Jonas Cutting (1800–1876), American judge
• Justine Bayard Cutting (1879–1975), American educator
• Laurie Cutting, American psychologist
• Mary Stewart Cutting (1851–1928), American author and suffragist
• Olivia Peyton Murray Cutting (1855–1949), American socialite
• Robert Cutting (disambiguation)
• Robbie Cutting (born 2001), English Philosopher
• Skip Cutting (born 1946), American cyclist
• Stan Cutting (1914–2004), English footballer who played for Southampton and Exeter City
• Ted Cutting (1926–2012), British automotive engineer
• William Cutting (1832–1897), American lawyer
• William Bayard Cutting (1850–1912), American sugar beet refiner and financier
• William Bayard Cutting Jr. (1878–1910), American diplomat
• Windsor C. Cutting (1907–1972), American physician