Leading Figures in History

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

39103 persons found

Thomas Cichon

b. 1976

German footballer

Thomas Clap

b. 1703

American academic and Congregational minister (1703–1767)

Thomas Clark (Long Beach)

b. 1926

American politician (1926–2020)

Thomas Clayton

American politician (1777–1854)

Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh

b. 1630

English statesman

Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron Clifford

15th-century English noble

Thomas Cook

English businessman (1808–1892)

Thomas Cooke (bishop)

Thomas Cooper (bishop)

British bishop (c.1517–1594)

Thomas Corneille

b. 1625

French lexicographer and dramatist (1625-1709)

Thomas Cranmer

b. 1489

Archbishop of Canterbury from 1533 to 1555

Thomas Cromwell

English statesman (1485–1540)

Thomas Cronan

b. 1885

American triple jumper

Thomas Crooks

Attempted assassin of Donald Trump (2003–2024)

Thomas Custer

American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

Thomas de Cantilupe

13th-century Bishop of Hereford and saint

Thomas de Littleton

English judge (c. 1407–1481)

Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk

English nobleman (1385–1405)

Thomas De Quincey

b. 1785

English essayist, translator and political economist (1785–1859)

Thomas Dekker (writer)

English dramatist and pamphleteer (c. 1572–1632)

Thomas Dempster

b. 1579

Scottish scholar and historian (1579–1625)

Thomas Dewing

b. 1851

19th/20th-century American painter

Thomas Dick (scientist)

Thomas Digges

English mathematician and astronomer (died 1595)