Thornhill (surname)

Thornhill is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alan Thornhill Alan Thornhill (1921 – March 4, 2020) was a British artist and sculptor whose long association with clay developed from pottery into sculpture. His output includes pottery, small and large scale sculptures, portrait heads, paintings and dr ...

(1921–2020), British sculptor * Arthur Thornhill (1850–1930), English politician *

Batt Thornhill Bartholomew Thornhill (1 January 1911 – 16 October 1970), better known as Batt Thornhill, was an Irish hurler. A long-time member of the Buttevant club, he was also a four-time All-Ireland Championship winner with the Cork senior hurling t ...

, Irish sportsperson * Charles Thornhill (1814–1881), English cricketer *

Claude Thornhill Claude Thornhill (August 10, 1908 – July 1, 1965) was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. He composed the jazz and pop standards "Snowfall" and "I Wish I Had You". Early years Thornhill was the son of J. Chester Thornhill ...

(1909–1965), American pianist, arranger and bandleader *

Claude E. Thornhill Claude Earl "Tiny" Thornhill (April 14, 1893 – June 30, 1956) was an All-American college football player at Pittsburgh and the head football coach at Stanford from 1933 to 1939. Playing career Thornhill played college football at the Univer ...

(1893–1956), American college football player and coach *

Dorothy Thornhill Dorothy Thornhill, Baroness Thornhill, (born 26 May 1955) was the first directly elected mayor of Watford, Hertfordshire, England. She was the Liberal Democrats' first directly elected mayor, and was also the first female directly elected may ...

(born 26 May 1955), British politician, Mayor of Watford * Frederick Thornhill (1846–1876), English cricketer * George Thornhill (MP) (1783–1852), English member of parliament * George Thornhill (cricketer) (1811–1875), English cricketer *

James Thornhill Sir James Thornhill (25 July 1675 or 1676 – 4 May 1734) was an English painter of historical subjects working in the Italian baroque tradition. He was responsible for some large-scale schemes of murals, including the "Painted Hall" at the ...

(1675/6–1734), English painter *

Juan Thornhill Juan Thornhill (born October 19, 1995) is an American football safety for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Virginia. Early years Thornhill attended Altavista High School in Altavista, ...

(born 1996), American football player *

Leeroy Thornhill Leeroy Thornhill (born 8 October 1968) is a British electronic music artist and formerly a rave dancer and occasionally keyboardist for the British electronic group the Prodigy. Thornhill's live performances throughout the 1990s included his un ...

(born 1969), British electronic music artist * Leonard W. Thornhill (1915–1942), American World War II Naval officer and pilot *

Lisa Thornhill Lisa Thornhill (born September 30, 1966) is an American actress. Early life On September 30, 1966, Thornhill was born in Hardinsburg, Kentucky. Thornhill's parents are J.C. Thornhill and Lynda Beauchamp Thornhill. Thornhill has a sister. Thornh ...

(born 1962), American actress *

Matt Thornhill Matthew Mark Thornhill (born 11 October 1988) is an English footballer who plays for Northern Premier League side Basford United. He has previously played for Nottingham Forest, Brighton & Hove Albion, Cheltenham Town, Hibernian, Buxton, Sha ...

(born 1988), English footballer *

Michael Thornhill Michael Thornhill (29 March 1941 – 22 January 2022) was a film producer, screenwriter, and director. Career Thornhill had a background in freelance journalism and publishing including working as a film critic. He was a member of the WEA Fi ...

(1941–2022), Australian film producer, screenwriter, and director * Nina Thornhill (born 1953), British chemical engineer *

Pauline Thornhill Pauline Thornhill is a Canadian television host and producer of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's longest running regional television program, ''Land and Sea'' on CBC owned-and-operated station CBNT-DT. She served in this capacity from 1993 to ...

, host and producer of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's longest running regional television program, ''Land and Sea'' *

Roland Thornhill Roland John Thornhill (born September 3, 1935) is a Canadian politician. He represented the Electoral district (Canada), electoral district of Dartmouth South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1974 to 1993. He is a member of the Progressi ...

(born 1935), Canadian politician *

Siri Thornhill Siri Karoline Thornhill is a Norwegian classical soprano for concert and opera, known for singing music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Career Thornhill studied singing first in her hometown Stavanger with Marit Storækre and continued with a scholar ...

, Norwegian soprano *

Thomas Thornhill Sir Thomas Thornhill, 1st Baronet (26 March 1837 – 2 April 1900) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1860. He was elected to the House of Commons as one of the two members of parliament (MP ...

(1837–1900), British politician * Tom Thornhill (born 1952), American lawyer and politician *

William Thornhill William Thornhill (c. 1500 – 21 August 1557), of Thornhill in Stalbridge, Dorset, was an English politician. Family Thornhill was the eldest son of Thomas Thornhill of Thornhill and his wife Joan née Hussey, daughter of Thomas Hussey of Sha ...

(c. 1500 – 1557), English politician *

William Pole Thornhill William Pole Thornhill (1807 – 12 February 1876) was a British Whig and then Liberal Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1853 to 1865. Life He was the son of Henry Bache Thornhill (son of Bache Thornhill) and his wife Helen P ...

(1807–1876), English politician and landowner ;Fictitious *Roger O. Thornhill, character played by

Cary Grant Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor. He was known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. He was one o ...

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North by Northwest ''North by Northwest'' is a 1959 American spy thriller film, produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The screenplay was by Ernest Lehman, who wanted to write "the Hitchcock picture to ...

'' *Ernest Thornhill, alias of The Machine in ''Person of Interest'' (TV series) {{surname, Thornhill English-language surnames English toponymic surnames Surnames of English origin