Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Thomas Flamank

Cornish lawyer and rebel

Thomas Gainsborough

b. 1727

English painter (1727–1788)

Thomas Gold

b. 1920

Austrian astrophysicist (1920–2004)

Thomas Gomez

American actor (1905–1971)

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 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

Thomas Hill (American painter)

American landscape painter

Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent

English nobleman (1350–1397)

Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk

English sailor, politician, and courtier (1561–1626)

Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk

English nobleman and statesman (1443–1524)

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk

English politician and nobleman (1536 or 1538–1572)

Thomas Huckle Weller

b. 1915

American virologist

Thomas Hutchinson (governor)

American colonial official (1711–1780)

Thomas J. Higgins

b. 1831

Thomas J. Moyer

b. 1939

American judge

Thomas J. Watson

American businessman (1874–1956)