Thacker

Thacker may refer to:

People
Thacker is an occupational surname, originally denoting a “thatcher”.

Notable people with this surname include:


 * Angela Thacker (born 1964), American long jumper
 * Blaine Thacker (1941–2020), Member of Canadian Parliament
 * Brian Thacker (born 1945), American army officer; recipient of the Medal of Honor for action during the Vietnam war
 * Cathy Gillen Thacker (contemporary), American author of romance novels
 * Charles M. Thacker (1866–1918), Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
 * Charles P. Thacker (1943–2017), American computer pioneer
 * David Thacker (born 1950), English award-winning theatre director
 * D. D. Thacker (1884–1961), Indian coal miner and philanthropist
 * Edwin Thacker (1913–1974), South African athlete
 * Eugene Thacker, American philosopher
 * Frank Thacker (1876–1949), English footballer
 * Gail Thacker (contemporary), avant-garde photographer and theater manager
 * Harry Thacker, (born 1994), English rugby union footballer
 * Henry Thacker (1870–1939), New Zealand physician and politician; member of Parliament 1914–22
 * Herbert Cyril Thacker (1870–1953), Canadian army general; Chief of the General Staff 1927–29
 * Jeremy Thacker, 18th-century writer and watchmaker
 * Julie Thacker (contemporary), American television writer
 * Lawrence Thacker, rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s for England, and Hull
 * Mary Rose Thacker (1922–1983), former Canadian singles figure skater
 * Moe Thacker (1934–1997), American professional baseball player
 * Paul D. Thacker (contemporary), American journalist in medical topics
 * Ralph Thacker (1880–after 1915), American college football coach
 * Ransley Thacker 1891–1965), British lawyer and judge
 * Robert E. Thacker (1918–2020), American test pilot and model aircraft enthusiast
 * Stephanie Thacker (born 1965), United States Circuit Judge
 * Tab Thacker (1962–2007), American collegiate wrestler and actor
 * Thomas Thacker (died 1548), steward of Thomas Cromwell, Repton Priory
 * Tom Thacker (basketball) (born 1939), American professional basketball player
 * Tom Thacker (musician) (born 1974) Canadian singer and lead guitarist

Places

 * Thacker, West Virginia, U.S.
 * Thacker Creek

Other uses

 * Thacker Shield, a rugby league football trophy
 * Kevin Thacker, The true story of the victim of a murder by a police officer in the 2008 film The Coverup, previously known as The Thacker Case
 * William Thacker, a fictional character in the 1999 film Notting Hill
 * Thackers, a fictional farm in the novel "A Traveller in Time” by Alison Uttley