Thrower is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ben Thrower (born 2000), French Horn player Debbie Thrower (born 1957), British television presenter Edd Thrower (born 1982), English rugby union footballer Francis Thrower Fairey (1887–1971), Canadian politician, member of the Canadian House of Commons James Thrower (1936–1999), British academic and writer Norma Thrower (born 1936), retired Australian hurdler Percy Thrower MBE (1913–1988), British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer Peter Thrower (born 1938), professor emeritus of materials science and engineering at Pennsylvania State University Randolph W. Thrower (1913–2014), IRS commissioner under Nixon Stephen Thrower (born 1963), English musician and author Thomas Thrower (1870–1917), Australian politician Willie Thrower (1930–2002), American football quarterback
See also Bolt Thrower, British death metal band from Coventry, England Hat thrower (Pilobolus crystallinus var. crystallinus), species of fungus in the Mucorales order Mammoth spear thrower, spear thrower in the form of a mammoth, discovered at the rock shelter of Montastruc, Tarn-et-Garonne, France Thrower flashlight, (also call a thrower, long throw, or high powered flashlight) Rocket Thrower, bronze sculpture located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens New York City The Knife Thrower and Other Stories by Steven Millhauser, first published in 1998 by Crown Publishers, Inc., New York "The Star Thrower", part of a 16-page essay of the same name by Loren Eiseley (1907–1977)