Thayer (name)

Thayer is an English surname found in Somerset, the name derived from English tawyer, one who dressed skins.

Notable people with the name include:

Family

• Thayer family, a Boston Brahmin family and prominent American political family.

Surname

• Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849–1921), American artist
• Adin Thayer (1816–1890), New York politician
• Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1817–1897), author of The life of Ludwig van Beethoven, a standard biography, and other music biographies
• Albert R. Thayer (1878–1965), painter and etcher
• America Thayer (died 2021), American murder victim
• Amos Madden Thayer (1841–1905), United States federal judge
• Andrew J. Thayer (1818–1873), attorney and legislator
• Betty Thayer (born 1958), businesswoman
• Bronson Thayer (1939–2016), executive
• Brynn Thayer (born 1949), American actress
• Caroline Matilda Warren Thayer, American educator, novelist and children's writer
• Charles W. Thayer (1910–1969), US military officer, diplomat and author (fiction and non fiction)
• Dale Thayer (born 1980), baseball pitcher
• David Thayer (born 1949), birth name of Teddy Harvia, cartoonist
• Deborah Jinza Thayer, choreographer
• Donnette Thayer, vocalist and guitarist
• Douglas Thayer (1929–2017), American writer
• Edwin Pope Thayer, Secretary of the United States Senate 1925–1933
• Eli Thayer (1819–1899), Kansas politician
• Ella Cheever Thayer (1849–1925), playwright and novelist
• Emma Homan Thayer (1842–1908), American botanical artist and author
• Ernest Thayer (1863–1940), American poet, author of "Casey at the Bat"
• Francis S. Thayer (1822–1880), New York politician
• George Thayer (1905–1952), American football player
• Greg Thayer (born 1949), baseball pitcher
• Harry Thayer (disambiguation), several people
• Helen Thayer, explorer
• Helen Rand Thayer (1863-1935), American social reformer
• Henry W. Thayer (1867-1940), co-founder of the Decorative Designers
• James Thayer (author) (born 1949), thriller writer
• James Thayer (Medal of Honor) (1853–86), United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• James Bradley Thayer (1831–1902), American legal writer and educationist
• James B. Thayer (1922–2018), United States military officer and businessman
• Jeritt Thayer (born 1986), American soccer player
• Jesse B. Thayer (1845–1910), educator
• John Thayer (disambiguation), several people
• Joseph Henry Thayer (1828–1901), American biblical scholar
• Lizzie E. D. Thayer (1857–1923), first female train dispatcher in the US
• Lorna Thayer (1919–2005), American actress
• Maria Thayer (born 1975), American actress/comedian
• Marian Thayer, Titanic survivor
• Martin Russell Thayer (1819–1906), politician
• Max Thayer (born 1946), American movie actor
• Nate Thayer (1960-2023), American journalist who interviewed Pol Pot
• Nathaniel Thayer (1769–1840), minister
• Nathaniel Thayer, Jr. (1808–1883), railroad developer
• Orla Ed Thayer, inventor of the Thayer Valve for trombones
• Otis B. Thayer (1862–1935), American actor, director and film producer
• Pauline Revere Thayer (1860–1934), benefactor
• Robert H. Thayer (1901–1984), American lawyer, naval officer and diplomat.
• Samuel J. F. Thayer (1842–1893), American architect
• Samuel J. Thayer (born 1976), American wild food forager and author
• Samuel R. Thayer (1837–1909), attorney and diplomat
• Scofield Thayer (1889–1982), American poet and publisher
• Sigourney Thayer (1896–1944), theatrical producer
• Simeon Thayer (1737–1800), American officer of the American Revolutionary War
• Stella F. Thayer (born 1940), president of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
• Steve Thayer (born 1953), novelist
• Stuart Thayer (1926–2009), American circus historian
• Susan Thayer, American artist
• Sylvanus Thayer (1785–1872), United States general
• Thomas Thayer (1812–1886), theologian
• Tiffany Thayer (1902–1959), founder of the Fortean Society
• Tom Thayer (born 1961), NFL player
• Tommy Thayer (born 1960), lead guitarist of KISS
• W. Paul Thayer (William Paul Thayer, 1919–2010), test pilot
• W. W. Thayer (William Wallace Thayer, 1827–1899), sixth Governor of Oregon
• Wallace Thayer (1866–1944), New York assemblyman
• Webster Thayer (1857–1933), the judge at the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
• Whitney Eugene Thayer (1838–1889), American organist and composer
• William Thayer (disambiguation), several people
• William Thayer Rich V (1990-present)

Given name

• Thayer David (1927–1978), film and TV actor
• Thayer Munford (born 1999), American football player

See also

• Justice Thayer (disambiguation)