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

• Dale Maple (1920–2001), US Army private convicted of a crime equivalent to treason in World War II
• Eddie Maple (born 1948), American thoroughbred horse racing jockey
• Howard Maple (1903–1970), National Football League and Major League Baseball player
• Jack Maple (1952–2001), American police officer
• Marvin L. Maple (1936–2016), American accused of kidnaping his grandchildren
• Sir John Blundell Maple, 1st Baronet (1845–1903), English businessman, MP for Dulwich
• Sam Maple (1953–2001), American thoroughbred horse racing jockey, brother of Eddie Maple
• Sarah Maple (born 1985), British visual artist
• T. M. Maple (pseudonym of Jim Burke, c. 1956–1994), Canadian comic book letter-writer
• William Maple, 14th-century MP for Southampton