List of Famous people named Thomas

Name Thomas is among the most common names in USA, Germany, England, France, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Australia. Shortened forms: Tom, Tommy. Similar names: Tom, Tommy, Tomas, Tomasz, Tommaso, Toomas, Thomaz, Tomass, Tomaso, Tomaz, Tomasi. Here are some famous Thomases:

Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie

First Name Thomas
Last Name Kellie
Born on September 1, 1732
Died on October 9, 1781 (aged 49)

Thomas Alexander Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie, styled Viscount Fentoun and Lord Pittenweem until 1756, was a Scottish musician and composer whose considerable talent brought him international fame and his rakish habits notoriety, but nowadays is little known. Recent recordings of his surviving compositions have led to him being re-evaluated as one of the most important British composers of the 18th century, as well as a leading exponent of Scotland's music.

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Thomas Cavalier-Smith

First Name Thomas
Last Name Cavalier-Smith
Born on October 21, 1942
Died on March 19, 2021 (aged 78)

Thomas (Tom) Cavalier-Smith, FRS, FRSC, NERC Professorial Fellow, was a Professor of Evolutionary Biology in the Department of Zoology, at the University of Oxford.

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Thomas Willis

First Name Thomas
Last Name Willis
Born on January 27, 1621
Died on November 11, 1675 (aged 54)

Thomas Willis FRS was an English doctor who played an important part in the history of anatomy, neurology and psychiatry. He was a founding member of the Royal Society.

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Thomas Stangassinger

First Name Thomas
Last Name Stangassinger
Born on September 15, 1965 (age 60)
Born in Austria, Salzburg
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Thomas Stangassinger is an Austrian former alpine skier.

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Thomas H. Cook

First Name Thomas
Last Name Cook
Born on September 19, 1947 (age 78)

Thomas H. Cook is an American author, whose 1996 novel The Chatham School Affair received an Edgar award from the Mystery Writers of America.

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Thomas Urquhart

First Name Thomas
Last Name Urquhart
Born on January 1, 1611
Died on January 1, 1660 (aged 49)

Sir Thomas Urquhart (1611–1660) was a Scottish aristocrat, writer, and translator. He is best known for his translation of the works of French Renaissance writer François Rabelais to English.

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Thomas Perrenot de Granvelle

First Name Thomas
Last Name Granvelle
Born on June 4, 1521
Died on February 1, 1571 (aged 49)
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Thomas Cassin Kinkaid

First Name Thomas
Last Name Kinkaid
Born on April 3, 1888
Died on November 17, 1972 (aged 84)

Thomas Cassin Kinkaid served as an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. He built a reputation as a "fighting admiral" in the aircraft carrier battles of 1942 and commanded the Allied forces in the Aleutian Islands Campaign. He was Commander Allied Naval Forces and the Seventh Fleet under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur in the Southwest Pacific Area, where he conducted numerous amphibious operations, and commanded an Allied fleet during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle of World War II and the last naval battle between battleships in history.

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Thomas Wassberg

First Name Thomas
Last Name Wassberg
Born on March 27, 1956 (age 70)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Thomas Lars Wassberg is a Swedish former cross-country skier. A fast skating style – push for every leg – is still called "Wassberg" after him in several countries. Wassberg's skiing idols when growing up were Sixten Jernberg and Oddvar Brå. He has described his mental strength and physical fitness as his greatest abilities as a skier, with his main weakness being a lack of sprinting ability.

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Thomas Büchner

First Name Thomas
Last Name Büchner
Born on September 22, 1934
Died on August 5, 2016 (aged 81)
Born in Germany
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