Thackeray (surname)

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
 * 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