Thackeray (surname)
Thackeray is an English surname, most notably borne by William Makepeace Thackeray, 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, Indian politician
- *Bal Thackeray, Indian politician
- *Prabodhankar Thackeray, penname of Keshav Sitaram Thackeray, Indian social reformer
- *Raj Thackeray, Indian politician
- *Rashmi Thackeray, Indian journalist
- *Uddhav Thackeray, Indian politician
Other people with the name
- A. David Thackeray, astronomer, after whom Thackeray's Globules in the IC 2944 nebula are named
- Andy Thackeray, English footballer
- Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie, English writer, the eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray
- Anthony Thackeray, English rugby league footballer
- David Thackeray (footballer), Scottish footballer
- Edward Thackeray, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Francis Thackeray, Church of England clergyman and author
- Fred Thackeray, English footballer
- Frederick Thackeray, English cricketer and clergyman
- Frederick Rennell Thackeray, senior British Army officer
- George Thackeray, English cricketer
- Henry St. John Thackeray, British bible scholar
- Jim Thackeray, English footballer
- John Richard Thackeray, English clergyman
- Lance Thackeray, English illustrator
- Merv Thackeray, Australian politician
- Michael M. Thackeray, South African chemist and battery materials researcher
- Peter Thackeray, Kenyan-born English cricketer
- Smita Thackeray, Indian social activist and film producer
- St John Thackeray, a British East India Company collector and political agent
- Thomas Thackeray, English clergyman and headmaster
Fictional characters
- Mark Thackeray, a fictional character in the 1967 film ''To Sir, with Love''