People
- Ebby Thacher, early member of the sobriety movement that later became Alcoholics Anonymous
- James Thacher, physician from Massachusetts Colony who served as a surgeon during the American Revolution
- Jeff Thacher, vocal percussionist and member of the a cappella group, Rockapella
- Several members of the prominent Thacher family of Albany, New York, each of whom served as mayor of the city:
- George Thacher (mayor)
- John Boyd Thacher, son of George Thacher
- John Boyd Thacher II, nephew of John Boyd Thacher
- Notable descendants of Thomas Anthony Thacher, professor of Latin at Yale College:
- Sherman Day Thacher, son and founder of the Thacher School
- Sherman Hill Thacher' great grandson of Sherman Day Thacher and founder of Thacher Winery
- Thomas Thacher, son and lawyer
- Thomas D. Thacher, grandson and Solicitor General of the United States
- Thomas Chandler Thacher, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts who served in the 63rd United States Congress
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