Leading Figures in History

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

21506 persons found

Thomas Sandby

English painter (1721-1798)

Thomas Silverstein

American murderer (1952–2019)

Thomas Simpson

British mathematician and inventor

Thomas Sørensen

b. 1976

Danish footballer (born 1976)

Thomas Southerne

Irish dramatist (1660–1746)

Thomas Sprat

English churchman and writer (1635–1713)

Thomas Steen

b. 1960

Swedish ice hockey player and coach

Thomas Strunz

b. 1968

German footballer (born 1968)

Thomas Tickell

English poet (1685–1740)

Thomas Tomkins

Welsh composer

Thomas Tresham (speaker)

English politician, soldier and administrator (died 1471)

Thomas Voeckler

b. 1979

French road racing cyclist

Thomas W. Knox

b. 1835

American writer and world traveler

Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell

14th-century English baron

Thomas Waldrom

b. 1983

England international rugby union player

Thomas Warton

18th-century English literary historian, critic, and poet

Thomas Wedgwood (photographer)

b. 1771

English photographer and inventor

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

American soldier, minister and author (1823–1911)

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford

English supporter of Charles I (1593–1641)

Thomas West, 1st Baron West

English nobleman

Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr

English colonial administrator (1576–1618)

Thomas Winning

Archbishop of Glasgow

Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton

English politician

Thomas Wyatt Turner

American activist, botanist and educator (1877–1978)