Thayer family
The Thayer family is an American Boston Brahmin family. They are descended from early settlers and brothers Thomas Thayer and Richard Thayer.Notable members
- Thomas Thayer, Pilgrim.
- Richard Thayer, Pilgrim.
- Simeon Thayer, American Revolutionary War officer
- Sylvanus Thayer, United States general, Father of West Point, and relative of Fisher Ames
- Nathaniel Thayer, Jr., financier, philanthropist, and one of the most generous citizens of Boston
- * Nathaniel Thayer, III, capitalist and pioneer railroad promoter
- *Bayard Thayer, millionaire sportsman, horticulturist
- *John Eliot Thayer ornithologist
- Eugene Van Rensselaer Thayer, financier and capitalist
- * Eugene Van Rensselaer Thayer, Jr., banker and businessman
- Adin Thayer, New York politician
- Alexander Wheelock Thayer, American librarian, journalist, and biographer
- Andrew J. Thayer, United States Representative from Oregon
- William Wallace Thayer, Governor of Oregon and brother of Andrew J. Thayer
- James Bradley Thayer, American legal writer and educationist
- Amos Madden Thayer, United States federal judge
- Francis S. Thayer, New York politician
- William Roscoe Thayer, American historian
- Harry Irving Thayer, United States Representative from Massachusetts
, American poet
- Ernest Thayer, American poet, author of "Casey at the Bat", and uncle of Scofield Thayer
- Scofield Thayer, American poet and publisher
- Eli Thayer, United States Representative from Massachusetts
- *John A. Thayer, United States Representative from Massachusetts
- John Milton Thayer, Governor of Nebraska, Governor of Wyoming, United States Senator, and Civil War general
- Samuel R. Thayer, United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
- John R. Thayer, United States Representative from Massachusetts
- Abbott Handerson Thayer, American painter, naturalist, and teacher
- Webster Thayer, the judge at the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
- William Greenough Thayer, American educator
- Sigourney Thayer, poet, theatrical producer, and aviator
- Robert H. Thayer, American lawyer, naval officer, and diplomat
- Edwin Pope Thayer, Secretary of the United States Senate from 1925–1933
- Martin Russell Thayer, United States Representative, great uncle of John Borland Thayer
- John Borland Thayer, American businessman who died on the RMS Titanic
- * Jack Thayer, his son, survivor of the Titanic sinking
- James B. Thayer, United States Brigadier General
- *Tommy Thayer, lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss
- Tom Thayer, retired American football player for the Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins
