Thain is a name.
Surname
Notable people with the surname include:
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Bradley Thain (born 1997), South African rugby union player
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Caryl Thain (1895–1969), English cricketer
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Colin Thain (born 1959), political scientist
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Gary Thain (1948–1975), musician
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Gillian Stroudley (née Thain, 1925–1992), English painter and printmaker.
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James Thain (1921–1975), British aviator, pilot in the 1958
Munich air disaster
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John Thain
John Alexander Thain (born May 26, 1955) is an American businessman, investment banker, and former chair and CEO of the CIT Group.
Thain was the last chairman and chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch before its merger with Bank of America. ...
(born 1955), businessman
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John Thain (footballer)
John William Thain (3 February 1903 – December 1977) was an English professional association football, footballer who played as an outside right in the The Football League, Football League for Brentford F.C., Brentford, Grimsby Town F.C., Gri ...
(1903–1977), English professional footballer
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Kevin Thain (born 1969), shinty player
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Thomas Thain
The Hon. Thomas Thain (baptised January 7, 1778 – January 26, 1832). He was a Scottish-born merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He was a partner in the North West Company and a member of the Beaver Club. He represented Montreal East ...
(died 1832), politician
Given name
Notable people with the given name include:
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Thain Simon
Thain Andrew Simon (April 24, 1922 — September 18, 2007) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He played three games in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings during the 1946–47 season. Thain is the brother of the former NHL pl ...
(1922–2007), ice hockey player
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Thain Wendell MacDowell (1890–1960), recipient of the Victoria Cross
See also
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Thain (Middle-earth)
The Shire is a region of J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, described in ''The Lord of the Rings'' and other works. The Shire is an inland area settled exclusively by hobbits, the Shire-folk, largely sheltered from the goings-on in the ...
, fictional title
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Thane (disambiguation)
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Thein
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Thegn
In Anglo-Saxon England, thegns were aristocratic landowners of the second rank, below the ealdormen who governed large areas of England. The term was also used in early medieval Scandinavia for a class of retainers. In medieval Scotland, there ...
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