List of Famous people with last name Thanet

John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet was an English nobleman and supporter of Charles I of England. He was the eldest son of Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet, and Lady Frances Cecil, granddaughter of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley.

Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet (1733–1786) was an English nobleman.

Henry James Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet was a peer in the peerage of England and a noted English cricketer of the 1790s.

John Tufton, 4th Earl of Thanet, styled The Honourable John Tufton until 1679, was an English politician and nobleman.

Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet (1578–1631) was an English peer.

Nicholas Tufton, 3rd Earl of Thanet, styled Lord Tufton until 1664, was an English nobleman.

Sackville Tufton, 7th Earl of Thanet of Newbottle, Northamptonshire, known as Sackville Tufton until 1729, was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 until 1729 when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Thanet.

Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet succeeded to his title in April 1786, following the death of his father Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet. Two of his younger brothers were John Tufton and Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet, both well-known amateur cricketers.

Charles Tufton, 10th Earl of Thanet was an English nobleman. He became Earl of Thanet on 24 January 1825, on the death of his elder brother Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet. He was hereditary High Sheriff of Westmorland from 1825 to 1832.

Richard Tufton, 5th Earl of Thanet, styled The Honourable Richard Tufton until 1680, was an English nobleman.