Thacker may refer to:

People

''Thacker'' is an

occupational surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, ...

, originally denoting a “thatcher”. Notable people with this surname include: * Angela Thacker (born 1964), American long jumper *

Blaine Thacker Blaine Allen Thacker QC, (January 11, 1941 – February 17, 2020) served as a Member of Parliament in the Lethbridge riding from 1979 to 1993 (Elected to the House of Commons in 1979, 1980, 1984 & 1988 for a total of 5,270 days). ''Parliamentar ...

(1941–2020), Member of Canadian Parliament * Brian Thacker (born 1945), American army officer; recipient of the Medal of Honor for action during the Vietnam war *

Cathy Gillen Thacker Cathy Gillen Thacker is an American author of over seventy romance novels. Biography Thacker began writing to occupy herself while she was raising small children. She wrote seven books as she taught herself how to be an author. Her eighth atte ...

(contemporary), American author of romance novels * Charles M. Thacker (1866–1918), Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court *

Charles P. Thacker Charles Patrick "Chuck" Thacker (February 26, 1943 – June 12, 2017) was an American pioneer computer designer. He designed the Xerox Alto, which is the first computer that used a mouse-driven graphical user interface (GUI). Biography Tha ...

(1943–2017), American computer pioneer * David Thacker (born 1950), English award-winning theatre director *

D. D. Thacker D. D. Thacker (1884–1961) better known as Diwan Bahadur D. D. Thacker was a noted coal miner and philanthropist from Jharia, Dhanbad. Biography He was born in a Gujarati people, Gujarati family in Bhuj in Princely State of Cutch and did his pre ...

(1884–1961), Indian coal miner and philanthropist * Edwin Thacker (1913–1974), South African athlete * Eugene Thacker, American philosopher * Frank Thacker (1876–1949), English footballer * Gail Thacker (contemporary), avant-garde photographer and theater manager *

Harry Thacker Harry Joseph Thacker (born 18 February 1994) is an English rugby union player who plays for Bristol Bears in Premiership Rugby. He plays as a hooker. Thacker made 70 appearances for Leicester Tigers between 2013–2018. Thacker is the s ...

, (born 1994), English rugby union footballer *

Henry Thacker Henry Thomas Joynt Thacker (20 March 1870 – 3 May 1939) was a medical doctor, New Zealand Member of Parliament and Mayor of Christchurch. Early life Thacker was born in Okains Bay on Banks Peninsula on 20 March 1870. His parents were Essy Joyn ...

(1870–1939), New Zealand physician and politician; member of Parliament 1914–22 *

Herbert Cyril Thacker Major General Herbert Cyril Thacker (16 September 1870 – 2 June 1953) was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Militia (later the Canadian Army) from 1927 until 1929. Military career Thacker was born the ...

(1870–1953), Canadian army general; Chief of the General Staff 1927–29 *

Jeremy Thacker Jeremy Thacker was a possibly apocryphal 18th-century writer and watchmaker, who for a long time was believed to be the first to have coined the word "chronometer" for precise clocks designed to find longitude at sea, though an earlier reference ...

, 18th-century writer and watchmaker *

Julie Thacker Julie Thacker Scully (born January 1960) is an American television writer. She has written for ''The Simpsons'', and along with her husband ''The Simpsons'' writer and producer Mike Scully she has co-created ''The Pitts'' and ''Complete Savages'' ...

(contemporary), American television writer *

Lawrence Thacker Lawrence William Thacker (19 or 20 March 1909 – 2 March 1952) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played at representative level for England, British Empire and Yorkshire, and at club leve ...

, rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s for England, and Hull *

Mary Rose Thacker Mary Rose Thacker (April 9, 1922 – August 5, 1983) was a Canadian former singles figure skater and a three-time (1939, 1941–1942) national and two-time (1939 and 1941) North American champion. She began skating at the Winnipeg skating club ...

(1922–1983), former Canadian singles figure skater *

Moe Thacker Morris Benton Thacker (May 21, 1934 – November 13, 1997) was an American professional baseball player. A catcher, Thacker's pro career extended for 13 seasons and included the entire campaign and parts of four others in Major League Baseball f ...

(1934–1997), American professional baseball player *

Paul D. Thacker Paul D. Thacker is an American journalist who reports on science, medicine, and the environment. He was a lead investigator of the United States Senate Committee on Finance for Senator Chuck Grassley, where he examined financial links between phys ...

(contemporary), American journalist in medical topics *

Ralph Thacker Ralph William Thacker (September 13, 1880 – April 12, 1962) was an American college football and college basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Central Michigan University in 1907, at Nebraska State Normal School—now known ...

(1880–after 1915), American college football coach * Ransley Thacker 1891–1965), British lawyer and judge *

Robert E. Thacker Robert E. Thacker (February 21, 1918 – November 25, 2020) was an American test pilot, aeromodeling enthusiast and designer, one of the few pilots in history to do tours of duty in two different theaters of operation (Europe and the Pacific) in W ...

(1918–2020), American test pilot and model aircraft enthusiast * Stephanie Thacker (born 1965), United States Circuit Judge *

Tab Thacker Talmadge Layne "Tab" Thacker (March 10, 1962 – December 28, 2007) was a former NCAA wrestler and actor. Early life Thacker was on the football, basketball, track, and wrestling teams while at West Forsyth High School in Clemmons, North ...

(1962–2007), American collegiate wrestler and actor *Thomas Thacker (died 1548), steward of Thomas Cromwell, Repton Priory *

Tom Thacker (basketball) Thomas Porter Thacker (born November 2, 1939) is an American retired basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Cincinnati Royals and the Boston Celtics from 1963 to 1968, and from 1968 to 1971, for the Amer ...

(born 1939), American professional basketball player * Tom Thacker (musician) (born 1974) Canadian singer and lead guitarist

Places

Thacker, West Virginia Thacker is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Thacker is located along the Tug Fork across from the state of Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Sou ...

, U.S. **

Thacker Creek Thacker Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Thacker Creek was named after Reuben Thacker, a pioneer settler. See also *List of rivers of West Virginia This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of West Virginia. List of West Vi ...

Other uses

Thacker Shield The Thacker Shield is a rugby league football trophy awarded on an annual basis to the winner of a match between the champion clubs of the Canterbury Rugby League and West Coast Rugby League. History The shield was donated by Dr Henry Thacker in 1 ...

, a rugby league football trophy * Kevin Thacker, a fictional character in the 2008 film ''

The Coverup ''The Coverup'', previously known as ''The Thacker Case'', is a 2008 crime-thriller film directed by Brian Jun and starring Gabriel Mann and Eliza Dushku. Plot This movie, based on a true story, centers on the 1984 investigation of the death of K ...

'', previously known as ''The Thacker Case'' *William Thacker, a fictional character in the 1999 film '' Notting Hill'' * Thackers, a fictional farm in the novel "A Traveller in Time” by

Alison Uttley Alison Uttley (17 December 1884 – 7 May 1976), ''née'' Alice Jane Taylor, was an English writer of over 100 books. She is best known for a children's series about Little Grey Rabbit and Sam Pig. She is also remembered for a pioneering time s ...