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
• 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 (IPA: [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