Leading Figures in History

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

58072 persons found

Thomas Phillips

b. 1770

English painter (1770–1845)

Thomas Picton

British Army officer (1758–1815)

Thomas Piketty

b. 1971

French economist (born 1971)

Thomas Pitt

British merchant, colonial administrator and politician (1653–1726)

Thomas Platter the Younger

b. 1574

Swiss physician and writer

Thomas Playford II

Australian politician (1837–1915)

Thomas Playford IV

20th-century Australian politician and fruit grower (1896–1981)

Thomas Pogge

b. 1953

German philosopher (born 1953)

Thomas Price (South Australian politician)

Australian politician

Thomas Pynchon

b. 1937

American novelist (born 1937)

Thomas Quinn Curtiss

b. 1915

American historian

Thomas R. Gray

American attorney and author (1800–1845)

Thomas R. Marshall

Vice President of the United States from 1913 to 1921

Thomas R. St. George

American novelist

Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex

Lord Deputy of Ireland

Thomas Randolph (poet)

b. 1605

English poet and dramatist (1605–1635)

Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray

Scottish soldier and nobleman

Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray

Scottish military commander (died 1332)

Thomas Reid

b. 1710

Scottish philosopher (1710–1796)

Thomas Richardson (judge)

b. 1569

English politician and judge (1569–1635)

Thomas Rickman

b. 1776

English architect (1776–1841)

Thomas Robert Bugeaud

French soldier and colonial governor (1784–1849)

Thomas Roberts (television journalist)

b. 1972

American television journalist

Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham

British diplomat and politician (1695–1770