Thornycroft (disambiguation)

Thornycroft, Thorneycroft, or Thornicroft may refer to:

Thornycroft family
Thornycroft family, British arts and industry family
 * Thomas Thornycroft (1815–85), sculptor
 * his wife Mary Thornycroft (1814–95), sculptor
 * John Isaac Thornycroft (1843–1928), son of Thomas, marine engineer
 * John Edward Thornycroft (1872–1960), son of John Isaac, mechanical and civil engineer
 * Blanche Coules Thornycroft (1873–1950), daughter of John Isaac, naval architect and marine engineer
 * Isaac Thomas Thornycroft (1881–1955), son of John Isaac, motorboat and yacht racer, 1908 Olympic gold medalist in motor boating
 * Helen Thornycroft (1848–1937), daughter of Thomas, painter
 * Hamo Thornycroft RA (1850–1925), son of Thomas, sculptor
 * Theresa Thornycroft (1853–1947), daughter of Thomas, sculptor, mother of Siegfried Sassoon

Other people

 * Alexander Thorneycroft (1859–1931), British Army general
 * Carla Thorneycroft, Baroness Thorneycroft (1914–2007), British patron of the arts
 * Charles Thorneycroft (1879–1972), English cricketer
 * Craig Thornicroft, former drummer for dance-punk band Youves
 * Diana Thorneycroft (born 1956), Canadian artist
 * Elizabeth Thornicroft (fl. 1723), wife of George Nevill, 14th Baron Bergavenny
 * Gaston Thornicroft (fl.1930s–1960s), businessman and Coloured activist in Southern Rhodesia
 * George Benjamin Thorneycroft (1791–1851), ironmaster and Tory supporter who became the first Mayor of Wolverhampton, after the Borough was incorporated, in 1848
 * Harry Scott Thornicroft (fl.1900s–1930s), colonial administrator in Northern Rhodesia
 * Harry Thorneycroft (1892–1956) British Labour politician
 * John Thornicroft, conductor of the Regina Symphony Orchestra 1955–1958
 * Nick Thornicroft (born 1985), English cricketer
 * Micheen Thornycroft (born 1987), Zimbabwean rower
 * Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft (1909–1994), British Conservative politician
 * Wallace Thorneycroft (1864–1954), mining engineer and geologist

Companies

 * Thornycroft, vehicle manufacturer separated from the shipbuilding company in the early 20th century
 * John I. Thornycroft & Company, shipbuilder started by John Isaac Thornycroft, subsequently VT Group

Football clubs

 * Thornycroft Athletic F.C., in Basingstoke, founded by employees of the vehicle manufacturer
 * Thornycrofts (Woolston) F.C., in Woolston, Southampton, founded by employees of the shipbuilder
 * Vosper Thornycroft F.C., in Sholing, Southampton now known as Sholing F.C.

Other

 * Thorneycroft carbine, 1901 bullpup design rifle