Thackeray (surname)
Thackeray (/θækəri/) is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:
- A. David Thackeray (1910–1978), astronomer, director of the Radcliffe Observatory in South Africa
- Andy Thackeray (born 1968), English former professional footballer
- Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie (1837–1919), English writer, the eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray
- Anthony Thackeray (born 1986), English rugby league footballer
- David Thackeray (footballer) (born 1902), Scottish footballer
- Edward Talbot Thackeray (1836–1927), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Frederick Thackeray (1816–1892), English cricketer and clergyman
- Henry St. John Thackeray (1869–1930), British scholar at King's College, Cambridge, an expert on Josephus and the Septuagint
- Lance Thackeray (1869–1916), English illustrator
- Michael M. Thackeray, South African materials scientist
- Peter Thackeray (born 1950), a cricketer
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811−1863), English novelist
Thackeray is also an anglicised version of the Marathi surname ठाकरे (Marathi pronunciation: [ʈʰakəɾe]), borne particularly by Prabodhankar Thackeray and his descendants including:
- Aditya Thackeray (born 1990), the son of Uddhav Thackeray
- Bal Thackeray (1926−2012), Indian politician
- Raj Thackeray (born 1968), Indian politician
- Uddhav Thackeray (born 1960), Indian politician
See also
- Thackray, surname
This page lists people with the surname Thackeray.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.