Thayer (name)
Thayer is primarily a surname.
Notable people with the name include:Family
- Thayer family, a Boston Brahmin family and prominent American political family.
Surname
- Abbott Handerson Thayer, American artist
- Adin Thayer, New York politician
- Alexander Wheelock Thayer, author of The life of Ludwig van Beethoven, a standard biography, and other music biographies
- Albert R. Thayer, painter and etcher
- Amos Madden Thayer, United States federal judge
- Andrew J. Thayer, attorney and legislator
- Betty Thayer, businesswoman
- Bronson Thayer, executive
- Brynn Thayer, American actress
- Charles W. Thayer, US military officer, diplomat and author
- Dale Thayer, baseball pitcher
- David Thayer, birth name of Teddy Harvia, cartoonist
- Deborah Jinza Thayer, choreographer
- Donnette Thayer, vocalist and guitarist
- Douglas Thayer, American writer
- Edwin Pope Thayer, Secretary of the United States Senate 1925–1933
- Eli Thayer, Kansas politician
- Ella Cheever Thayer, playwright and novelist
- Emma Homan Thayer, American botanical artist and author
- Ernest Thayer, American poet, author of "Casey at the Bat"
- Francis S. Thayer, New York politician
- George Thayer, American football player
- Greg Thayer, baseball pitcher
- Harry Thayer, several people
- Helen Thayer, explorer
- James Thayer, thriller writer
- James Thayer , United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- James Bradley Thayer, American legal writer and educationist
- James B. Thayer, United States military officer and businessman
- Jeritt Thayer, American soccer player
- Jesse B. Thayer, educator
- John Thayer, several people
- Joseph Henry Thayer, American biblical scholar
- Lorna Thayer, American actress
- Maria Thayer, American actress/comedian
- Marian Thayer, Titanic survivor
- Martin Russell Thayer, politician
- Max Thayer, American movie actor
- Nate Thayer, American journalist who interviewed Pol Pot
- Nathaniel Thayer, minister
- Nathaniel Thayer, Jr., railroad developer
- Orla Ed Thayer, inventor of the Thayer Valve for trombones
- Otis B. Thayer, American actor, director and film producer
- Pauline Revere Thayer, benefactor
- Robert H. Thayer, American lawyer, naval officer and diplomat.
- Samuel J. F. Thayer, American architect
- Samuel R. Thayer, attorney and diplomat
- Scofield Thayer, American poet and publisher
- Sigourney Thayer, theatrical producer
- Simeon Thayer, American officer of the American Revolutionary War
- Stella F. Thayer, president of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
- Steve Thayer, novelist
- Stuart Thayer, American circus historian
- Susan Thayer, American artist
- Sylvanus Thayer, United States general
- Thomas Thayer, theologian
- Tiffany Thayer, founder of the Fortean Society
- Tom Thayer, NFL player
- Tommy Thayer, lead guitarist of KISS
- W. Paul Thayer, test pilot
- W. W. Thayer, sixth Governor of Oregon
- Wallace Thayer, New York assemblyman
- Webster Thayer, the judge at the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
- Whitney Eugene Thayer, American organist and composer
- William Thayer, several people
Given name
- Thayer David, film and TV actor
