Thackeray (surname)
Thackeray (/θækəri/) is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:
- A. David Thackeray (1910–1978), astronomer, director of the Radcliffe Observatory in South Africa
- Andy Thackeray (born 1968), English former professional 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) (born 1902), Scottish footballer
- Edward Talbot Thackeray (1836–1927), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Frederick Thackeray (1816–1892), English cricketer and clergyman
- Henry St. John Thackeray (1869–1930), British scholar at King's College, Cambridge, an expert on Josephus and the Septuagint
- Lance Thackeray (1869–1916), English illustrator
- Michael M. Thackeray, South African materials scientist
- Peter Thackeray (born 1950), a cricketer
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811−1863), English novelist
Thackeray is also an anglicised version of the Marathi surname ठाकरे (Marathi pronunciation: [ʈʰakəɾe]), borne particularly by Prabodhankar Thackeray and his descendants including:
- Aditya Thackeray (born 1990), the son of Uddhav Thackeray
- Bal Thackeray (1926−2012), Indian politician
- Raj Thackeray (born 1968), Indian politician
- Uddhav Thackeray (born 1960), Indian politician
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