Thackeray ( ) 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
  • Francis Thackeray (paleontologist), South African paleontologist and anthropologist
  • 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

  • Thackray, a surname
  • Thackrey, a surname
  • Thackery (disambiguation)