Thatcher

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Thatcher most commonly refers to:

• Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013), British stateswoman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979–1990)
• A professional who installs thatch as a roofing material, i.e. by means of thatching

Thatcher may also refer to:

People

Surname

• America Iglesias Thatcher (1907–1989), Puerto-Rican labor activist
• Ben Thatcher (born 1975), retired Welsh footballer
• Betty Thatcher (1944–2011), English writer and lyricist
• Carol Thatcher (born 1953), daughter of Margaret Thatcher
• Colin Thatcher (born 1938), former Saskatchewan cabinet minister and convicted murderer
• Denis Thatcher (1915–2003), husband of Margaret Thatcher
• Eva Thatcher (1862–1942), American film actress
• Frank Thatcher, Dean of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana
• Frederick Thatcher (1814–1890), English and New Zealand architect and clergyman
• George Thatcher (1754–1824), American lawyer
• Heather Thatcher (1896–1987), English actress
• Henry Thatcher (1806–1880), American admiral
• James Thatcher (MP) (fl. 1536–1565), English politician
• James Thatcher, American horn player
• Joe Thatcher (born 1981), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• J. T. Thatcher (born 1978), American football player
• Karen Thatcher (born 1984), American ice hockey player
• Kim Thatcher (born 1964), American politician
• Les Thatcher (born 1940), American wrestler
• Mark Thatcher (born 1953), son of Margaret Thatcher
• Maurice Thatcher (1870–1973), U.S. Congressman
• Moses Thatcher (1842–1909), American Mormon apostle
• Noel Thatcher, British paralympic athlete
• Richard Thatcher (1846–1909). American POW, and university president
• Roger Thatcher (1926–2010), British statistician
• Roland Thatcher (born 1977), American golfer
• Ross Thatcher (1917–1971), ninth Premier of Saskatchewan
• Samuel Thatcher (1776–1872), member of the United States House of Representatives from Maine
• Torin Thatcher (1905–1981), English actor

Given name

• Stanley Thatcher Blake (1910–1973), Australian botanist
• Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (born 1938), American historian
• Thatcher Szalay (born 1979), American football player

Fictional characters

• Walter Parks Thatcher, a character in the film Citizen Kane
• Jeremy Thatcher, a character in the children's novel Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
• Judge Thatcher or Becky Thatcher, characters in Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
• John Putnam Thatcher, a character in novels by Emma Lathen
• Justine Thatcher, a character in the BBC Scotland drama Monarch of the Glen
• Margaret Thatcher (Due South), character in the TV show Due South
• William Thatcher, protagonist in the film A Knight's Tale
• Mike Baker, codename Thatcher, playable character in the game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
• Thatcher Grey, a character in the TV show Grey's Anatomy

Places

• Thatcher Peninsula, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

United States

• Thatcher, Arizona, a town
• Thatcher, Colorado, an unincorporated community
• Thatcher, Idaho, an unincorporated community
• Thatcher, Nebraska, an unincorporated community

Ships

• USS Thatcher (DD-162), first ship named after Henry K. Thatcher
• USS Thatcher (DD-514), second ship named after Henry K. Thatcher

Other uses

Connected with Margaret Thatcher

• Thatcherism, the set of political and economic policies championed by her
• Thatcher baronets, a baronetage of the United Kingdom created for her family
• Thatcher effect, an optical illusion involving facial recognition
• Thatcher on Acid, the 1980s punk band
• Thatchergate, a hoax audio recording by punk band Crass
• Thatcher, an 8-part DVD series about Margaret Thatcher made in 2008 for The Daily Telegraph

Miscellaneous

• Thatchers Cider, a drink
• Thatcher Ferry Bridge, former name of the Bridge of the Americas, Panama

See also

• C/1861 G1 (Thatcher), a comet
• Dethatcher, a device that removes thatch from lawns
• ThatcherJoe (born 1991), YouTube personality
• Thacher (disambiguation), variant of the name Thatcher
• Thacker (disambiguation), variant of the name Thatcher