Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk

b. 1300

English prince and nobleman (1300–1338)

Thomas Paine

American philosopher and author (1737–1809)

Thomas Palaiologos

Despot of the Morea from 1428 to 1460

Thomas Pennant

b. 1726

Welsh naturalist (1726–1798)

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 Playford II

Australian politician (1837–1915)

Thomas Playford IV

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

Thomas Price (South Australian politician)

Australian politician

Thomas Pynchon

b. 1937

American novelist (born 1937)

Thomas Quinn Curtiss

b. 1915

American historian

Thomas R. Marshall

Vice President of the United States from 1913 to 1921

Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex

Lord Deputy of Ireland

Thomas Randolph (poet)

b. 1605

English poet and dramatist (1605–1635)

Thomas Reid

b. 1710

Scottish philosopher (1710–1796)

Thomas Rickman

b. 1776

English architect (1776–1841)

Thomas Robert Bugeaud

French soldier and colonial governor (1784–1849)

Thomas Romney Robinson

b. 1792

Irish astronomer (1792–1882)

Thomas Ros, 4th Baron Ros

English nobleman (1335–1384)

Thomas Ros, 9th Baron Ros

15th-century English nobleman

Thomas Rotherham

Archbishop of York from 1480 to 1500

Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset

English politician and poet (1536–1608)

Thomas Sanchez

Spanish theologian (1550–1610)