Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Thomas Boyd-Carpenter

b. 1938

British Army general

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

b. 1990

English actor (born 1990)

Thomas Brown (American football coach)

b. 1986

American football coach and player (born 1986)

Thomas Bulfinch

American compiler of mythologies (1796–1867)

Thomas C. Hart

b. 1877

American Navy admiral and politician (1877–1971)

Thomas Campbell (poet)

Scottish poet (1777–1844)

Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter

b. 1542

English politician and courtier (1542–1623)

Thomas Chalmers

Scottish clergyman, writer and historian (1780 – 1847)

Thomas Clap

b. 1703

American academic and Congregational minister (1703–1767)

Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron Clifford

15th-century English noble

Thomas Cooke (bishop)

Thomas Cooper (bishop)

British bishop (c.1517–1594)

Thomas Cronan

b. 1885

American triple jumper

Thomas Custer

American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk

English nobleman (1385–1405)

Thomas Dewing

b. 1851

19th/20th-century American painter

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 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)