Thornhill is a surname of English origin, primarily tracing back to Lancashire and Yorkshire and taking its name from any of the nearby places also called Thornhill.^[1][2][3]

• Alan Thornhill (1921–2020), English sculptor
• Arthur Thornhill (1850–1930), English politician
• Batt Thornhill (1911–1970), Irish hurler
• Charles Thornhill (1814–1881), English cricketer
• Claude Thornhill (1909–1965), American musician and bandleader
• Claude E. Thornhill (1893–1956), American college football player and coach
• Dorothy Thornhill (born 1955), English politician
• Frederick Thornhill (1846–1876), English cricketer
• George Thornhill (MP) (1783–1852), English politician
• George Thornhill (cricketer) (1811–1875), English cricketer
• James Thornhill (1675/6–1734), English painter
• Juan Thornhill (born 1996), American football player
• Leeroy Thornhill (born 1969), English musician
• Leonard W. Thornhill (1915–1942), American naval officer and pilot
• Lisa Thornhill (born 1962), American actress
• Matt Thornhill (born 1988), English footballer
• Michael Thornhill (1941–2022), Australian filmmaker
• Nina Thornhill (born 1953), English chemical engineer
• Pauline Thornhill, Canadian host and producer
• Roland Thornhill (born 1935), Canadian politician
• Siri Thornhill, Norwegian opera singer
• Thomas Thornhill (1837–1900), English politician
• William Thornhill (British Army officer) (1768–1851), British Army officer
• William Thornhill (MP for Poole) (c. 1500–1557), English politician
• William Pole Thornhill (1807–1876), English politician and landowner

• Ernest Thornhill, a fake identity used by an AI the series Person of Interest (2011–2016)
• Roger O. Thornhill, Cary Grant's character in the film North by Northwest (1959)

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Thornhill.
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