Leading Figures in History

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

24415 persons found

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 Francis Meagher

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

Thomas Gainsborough

b. 1727

English painter (1727–1788)

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 Green Clemson

b. 1807

American politician and statesman (1807–1888)

Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset

b. 1477

English peer, courtier, soldier and landowner (1477–1530)

Thomas Haden Church

b. 1960

American actor (born 1960)

Thomas Hardy

b. 1840

English novelist and poet (1840–1928)

Thomas Harriot

English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer and translator

Thomas Häßler

b. 1966

German footballer (born 1966)

Thomas Hazlehurst (chapel builder)

b. 1816

Thomas Hearne (antiquarian)

English antiquary and historian

Thomas Henry Burke (civil servant)

Irish civil servant (1829–1882)

Thomas Henry Huxley

b. 1825

English biologist (1825–1895)

Thomas Henry Tracy

b. 1848

Canadian architect (1848–1925)

Thomas Hicks (tennis)

Australian tennis player