Thaxter

Thaxter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
 * Celia Thaxter (1835–1894), American writer of poetry and stories
 * Edward Thaxter Gignoux (1916–1988), United States federal judge
 * John Thaxter (1927–2012), British theatre critic
 * Phyllis Thaxter (1919–2012), American actress
 * Roland Thaxter (1858–1932), American mycologist, the son of Celia Thaxter and Levi Thaxter
 * Samuel Thaxter (1665–1740), colonel and magistrate in Plymouth, New England
 * Winfred Thaxter Denison (1873–1919), United States Assistant Attorney General and Secretary of the Interior