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Thatcher may refer to:
People
Most commonly
- Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, née Roberts (1925–2013), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979–1990)
- Denis Thatcher (1915–2003), her husband
- Mark Thatcher (born 1953), their son
- Carol Thatcher (born 1953), their daughter
- Premiership of Margaret Thatcher, cabinets of Margaret Thatcher's governments
Other
- America Iglesias Thatcher, Puerto-Rican labor activist
- Ben Thatcher, Welsh football (soccer) player
- Betty Thatcher, English writer and lyricist
- George Thatcher, American lawyer
- Heather Thatcher, English actress
- Henry K. Thatcher, American admiral
- James Thatcher, American horn player
- Joe Thatcher (born 1981), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- J. T. Thatcher (born 1978), American football player
- Les Thatcher, American wrestler
- Maurice Thatcher, U.S. Congressman
- Moses Thatcher, Mormon apostle
- Noel Thatcher, British paralympic athlete
- Roland Thatcher, American golfer
- Samuel Thatcher, member of the United States House of Representatives from Maine
- Torin Thatcher, English actor
- W. Ross Thatcher (1917–1971), Premier of Saskatchewan (1964–1971)
- Colin Thatcher (born 1938), his son, former Saskatchewan cabinet minister, convicted of killing his ex-wife
Given name
- Stanley Thatcher Blake, Australian botanist
- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, American historian
- Thatcher Szalay, American football player
Business and work
- Thatcher (profession), a person who thatches buildings, i.e. roofs them with reeds or straw
- Thatchers Cider, a drink
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
Places
- Thatcher, Arizona, USA
- Thatcher, Colorado, USA
- Thatcher, Idaho, USA
- Thatcher, Nebraska, U.S.
- Thatcher Peninsula, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Ships
See also
- C/1861 G1 (Thatcher), a comet
- Thatcher baronets, a baronetage of the United Kingdom
- Thatcher effect, an optical illusion involving facial recognition
- Thatcher Ferry Bridge, former name of the Bridge of the Americas, Panama
- Thatcher On Acid, the 1980s punk band
- Thatchergate, a hoax audio recording by punk band Crass
- Thatcherism, the set of political and economic policies championed by Margaret Thatcher while she was Prime Minister
- Dethatcher, a device that removes thatch from lawns