Leading Figures in History

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

24415 persons found

Thomas Blanchard (inventor)

b. 1788

American inventor

Thomas Blondeau

b. 1978

Belgian writer, poet and journalist

Thomas Boston

Scottish Presbyterian church leader and theologian

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 Cichon

b. 1976

German footballer

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 Cranmer

b. 1489

Archbishop of Canterbury from 1533 to 1555

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 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