Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

39103 persons found

Thomas Domingo

b. 1985

France international rugby union player

Thomas Doughty (explorer)

English explorer executed by Francis Drake (1545–1578)

Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk

b. 1771

Scottish landowner and philanthropist (1771–1820)

Thomas Drury (1551–1603)

b. 1551

British government informer, messenger and swindler

Thomas Dudley

Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1576–1653)

Thomas Dunn English

b. 1819

American politician

Thomas Eakins

American artist (1844–1916)

Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie

b. 1825

Irish jurist and economist (1825–1882)

Thomas F. Connolly

American Navy admiral, aviator and gymnast (1909–1996)

Thomas Farnaby

English schoolmaster and scholar (c. 1575 – 1647)

Thomas Fincke

Danish mathematician and physicist (1561–1656)

Thomas Flamank

Cornish lawyer and rebel

Thomas Flegler

b. 1999

Australia international rugby league footballer

Thomas Fleming (judge)

English politician and lawyer

Thomas Francis Meagher

Irish nationalist and American Union army officer (1823–1867)

Thomas Fuller

English churchman and historian (1608–1661)

Thomas Gabriel Fischer

b. 1963

Swiss musician

Thomas Gainsborough

b. 1727

English painter (1727–1788)

Thomas George Bonney

b. 1833

English geologist

Thomas Gibson

b. 1962

American actor and director (born 1962)

Thomas Gold

b. 1920

Austrian astrophysicist (1920–2004)

Thomas Gomez

American actor (1905–1971)

Thomas Gray

English poet and classical scholar (1716–1771)

Thomas Green Clemson

b. 1807

American politician and statesman (1807–1888)