Thackeray (surname)

Thackeray (/ˈθækəri/ THAK-ər-ee) is an English surname, most notably borne by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811−1863), British novelist, author and illustrator. Other notable people with this surname include the following:

Thackeray family of India

• Thackeray family, an Indian political family
  • Aaditya Thackeray (born 1990), Indian politician
  • Bal Thackeray (1926−2012), Indian politician
  • Prabodhankar Thackeray, penname of Keshav Sitaram Thackeray (1885–1973), Indian social reformer
  • Raj Thackeray (born 1968), Indian politician
  • Rashmi Thackeray, Indian journalist
  • Uddhav Thackeray (born 1960), Indian politician

Other people with the name

• A. David Thackeray (1910–1978), astronomer, after whom Thackeray's Globules in the IC 2944 nebula are named
• Andy Thackeray (born 1968), English 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) (1902-?), Scottish footballer
• Edward Thackeray (1836–1927), recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Francis Thackeray (1793–1842), Church of England clergyman and author
• Fred Thackeray (1877–unknown), English footballer
• Frederick Thackeray (1816–1892), English cricketer and clergyman
• Frederick Rennell Thackeray (1775–1860), senior British Army officer
• George Thackeray (1806–1875), English cricketer
• Henry St. John Thackeray (1869–1930), British bible scholar
• Jim Thackeray (1881–1968), English footballer
• John Richard Thackeray (1772-1846), English clergyman
• Lance Thackeray (1869–1916), English illustrator
• Merv Thackeray (1925–2014), Australian politician
• Michael M. Thackeray (fl. from 1973), South African chemist and battery materials researcher
• Peter Thackeray (born 1950), Kenyan-born English cricketer
• Smita Thackeray (fl. from 1997), Indian social activist and film producer
• St John Thackeray (1778–1824), a British East India Company collector and political agent
• Thomas Thackeray (1693–1760), English clergyman and headmaster

Fictional characters

• Mark Thackeray, a fictional character in the 1967 film To Sir, with Love

See also

• All pages with titles containing Thackeray
• Thackray, a surname
• Thackrey, a surname
• Thackery (disambiguation)