| Jack R. Thornell | |
| Birth Name: | Jack Randolph Thornell |
| Birth Date: | 29 August 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Photographer |
| Children: | 2 |
| Awards: | Pulitzer Prize for Photography (1967) |
Jack Randolph Thornell (born August 29, 1939) is an American photographer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his photo of James Meredith after the activist was attacked and wounded by a sniper during his June 1966 March Against Fear in Mississippi.
Thornell was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He served in the Army Signal Corps. He worked as a photographer for the Jackson Daily News (1960–1964), and for decades for the Associated Press.
He married Carolyn Wilson in 1964; they had children Candice and Jay Randolph.[1]