Thwaites (surname)

Thwaites is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Ann Thwaytes (1789–1866) English philanthropist also known as Mrs Thwaites and Mrs Thwaytes
• Brenton Thwaites (born 1989), Australian actor
• Bryan Thwaites (born 1923), English applied mathematician, educationalist and administrator
• Caitlin Thwaites (born 1986), Australian netball and volleyball player
• Daniel Thwaites, Sr. (1777–1843), founder of Thwaites Brewery
• Daniel Thwaites (1817–1888), English brewer and Liberal Party politician
• David Thwaites (born 1976), British actor
• Denis Thwaites (1944–2015), English professional footballer who played outside left
• Edward Thwaites (1667–1711), English scholar of the Anglo-Saxon language
• Emily Jane Thwaits (1860–1906), South African botanical illustrator
• F. J. Thwaites (1908–1979), Australian novelist
• George Henry Kendrick Thwaites (1812–1882), British botanist and entomologist whose standard author abbreviation is Thwaites
• Guy Thwaites (born 1971), British professor
• John Thwaites (disambiguation)
  • John Barrass (Jack) Thwaites (1902–1986), Tasmanian bushwalker and conservationist
  • John Anthony Thwaites (1909–1981), British art critic and author
  • John Thwaites (Australian politician) (born 1955)
  • John Thwaites (British politician) (1815–1870)
• Kate Thwaites (born 1980), Australian politician)
• Michael Thwaites (1915–2005), Australian academic, poet and intelligence officer
• Robert Thwaits (15th century), English academic administrator, also known as Thwayts and Thwaytes
• Reuben Gold Thwaites (1853–1913), American historical writer
• Robinson Thwaites (1807-1884), English mechanical engineer and mill-owner
• Ronald Thwaites (born 1945), Jamaican minister and politician; see Constituencies of Jamaica
• Steytler Thwaits (1911–1980), South African cricketer
• Thomas Thwaites (disambiguation)
  • Thomas Thwaites (civil servant) (c.1435–1503), English civil servant
  • Thomas Thwaites (cricketer) (1910-2000), Australian cricketer
  • Thomas Thwaites (designer), British designer and writer
• William Thwaites (1868–1947), former Commander of the British Army of the Rhine

See also

• Thwaites (disambiguation)