Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

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 Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester

b. 1373

English noble

Thomas Dewing

b. 1851

19th/20th-century American painter

Thomas Dick (scientist)

Thomas Digges

English mathematician and astronomer (died 1595)

Thomas Dolby

b. 1958

English musician (born 1958)

Thomas Domingo

b. 1985

France international rugby union player

Thomas Dörflein

German zookeeper

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 E. Watson

b. 1856

American politician (1856–1922)

Thomas Eagleton

b. 1929

American politician (1929–2007)

Thomas Eakins

American artist (1844–1916)

Thomas Edison

American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)

Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie

b. 1825

Irish jurist and economist (1825–1882)

Thomas Erastus

b. 1524

Swiss Calvinist theologian and physician (1524–1583)

Thomas F. Bayard

American lawyer, politician and diplomat (1828–1898)

Thomas F. Connolly

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

Thomas Farnaby

English schoolmaster and scholar (c. 1575 – 1647)