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 Lanier Clingman

First Name Thomas

Last Name Clingman

Born on July 27, 1812

Died on November 3, 1897 (aged 85)

Born in United States of America, North Carolina

Thomas Lanier Clingman, known as the "Prince of Politicians," was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and from 1847 to 1858, and U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1858 and 1861. During the Civil War he refused to resign his Senate seat and was one of ten senators expelled from the Senate in absentia. He then served as a general in the Confederate States Army.

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Thomas Henry Bolitho

First Name Thomas

Last Name Bolitho

Born on September 11, 1833

Died on December 15, 1833

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Thomas Kilby

First Name Thomas

Last Name Kilby

Born on July 9, 1865

Died on October 22, 1943 (aged 78)

Born in United States of America, Tennessee

Thomas Erby Kilby Sr. was an American politician. He was the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Alabama and the 36th Governor of Alabama.

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Thomas Robins Evelyn Bolitho

First Name Thomas

Last Name Bolitho

Born on September 2, 1875

Died on January 9, 1944 (aged 68)

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Thomas Freke

First Name Thomas

Last Name Freke

Born on January 1, 1610 (age 416)

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Thomas McKean

First Name Thomas

Last Name McKean

Born on March 19, 1734

Died on June 24, 1817 (aged 83)

Thomas McKean was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphia. During the American Revolution he was a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. McKean served as a President of Congress. He was at various times a member of the Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties. McKean served as President of Delaware, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania. He is also known for holding copious public positions.

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Thomas Gerald Glyn Bolitho

First Name Thomas

Last Name Bolitho

Born on January 1, 1890 (age 136)

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Thomas Pollock Anshutz

First Name Thomas

Last Name Anshutz

Born on October 5, 1851

Died on June 16, 1912 (aged 60)

Born in United States of America, Kentucky

Thomas Pollock Anshutz was an American painter and teacher. Known for his portraiture and genre scenes, Anshutz was a co-founder of The Darby School. One of Thomas Eakins's most prominent students, he succeeded Eakins as director of drawing and painting classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

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Thomas H. Watts

First Name Thomas

Last Name Watts

Born on January 3, 1819

Died on August 16, 1892 (aged 73)

Born in United States of America, Alabama

Thomas Hill Watts was the 18th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1863 to 1865, during the Civil War.

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Thomas Corwin

First Name Thomas

Last Name Corwin

Born on July 29, 1794

Died on December 18, 1865 (aged 71)

Born in United States of America, Kentucky

Thomas Corwin, also known as Tom Corwin, The Wagon Boy, and Black Tom was a politician from the state of Ohio. He represented Ohio in both houses of Congress and served as the 15th Governor of Ohio and the 20th Secretary of the Treasury. After affiliating with the Whig Party, he joined the Republican Party in the 1850s. Corwin is best known for his sponsorship of the proposed Corwin Amendment, which was presented in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid the oncoming American Civil War.

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