Thaw or THAW may refer to: Thawing or melting Thaw (weather), the melting of snow and ice Film and television The Thaw (1931 film), a Soviet film The Thaw (2009 film), an American horror film starring Val Kilmer "The Thaw" (Star Trek: Voyager), a 1996 episode of Star Trek Voyager The Thaw (TV series), a Russian television series 2013 Zagar Pyaw Thaw Athe Hnalone, a 1968 Burmese black & white drama film Geography River Thaw, a river in south Wales, United Kingdom Thaw Hill, a cinder cone in British Columbia, Canada Thaw lake, a lake formed in a thermokarst Literature The Thaw (novel), a 1954 novel by Ilya Ehrenburg The Thaw (novelette), a 1979 novelette by Tanith Lee Music Thaw (Foetus album) (1988) Thaw, a 2014 album by Buckethead Political developments Cuban thaw, warming of Cuba–United States relations that began in 2014 Gomułka thaw, Polish thaw or Polish October, a political change in Poland in 1956 Khrushchev Thaw, a period in the history of the Soviet Union from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s Other uses Theaters Against War, a coalition of theaters and theater artists protesting against the Iraq war The Heat and Warmth Fund, a nonprofit organization in Michigan providing energy assistance Thaw Hall, historic academic building at the University of Pittsburgh, United States "The Thaw Session", a jam session by the English rock band The Verve People Surname Alan Thaw (1926–2007), Australian rules footballer Alice Cornelia Thaw (1880–1955), American philanthropist (daughter of William Thaw Sr. and Mary Sibbet Copley) Abigail Thaw (born 1965), British actress (daughter of John Thaw) Benjamin Thaw Sr. (1859–1933), American banker and philanthropist (son of William Thaw Sr., father of William Thaw II) Eugene V. Thaw (1927-2018), American art dealer and collector Evelyn Nesbit ( 1884–1967), also known as Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, artists' model and actress (married Harry Kendall Thaw 1905, div. 1915, mother of Russell Thaw) Florence Thaw (1864–1940), American painter Harry Kendall Thaw (1871–1947), American heir found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity (son of William Thaw Sr. and Mary Sibbet Copley, husband of Evelyn Nesbit, father of Russell Thaw) John Thaw (1942–2002), English actor (father of Abigail Thaw) Kevin Thaw (born 1967), English alpinist Margaret Copley Thaw (1877–1942), American philanthropist (daughter of William Thaw Sr. and Mary Sibbet Copley) Mary Sibbet Copley (1943–1929), also known as Mary Sibbet Copley Thaw, American philanthropist (second wife of William Thaw Sr., mother