List of Famous people named Thomas

Thomas Joseph Riley was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston from 1959 to 1976.

Thomas Eyre Lambert was an Irish soldier and landlord.

Thomas Joseph Shahan was an American Catholic theologian and educator, born at Manchester, New Hampshire, educated at Collège de Montréal (1872) at the Pontifical North American College, and at the Propaganda in Rome.

Thomas Brackett Reed, was an American politician from the state of Maine. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives 12 times, first in 1876, and served as Speaker of the House, from 1889 to 1891 and again from 1895 to 1899.

Thomas Tallis was an English Renaissance composer who occupies a primary place in anthologies of English choral music. He is considered one of England's greatest composers, and he is honoured for his original voice in English musicianship.

Thomas FitzThomas FitzGerald, 3rd Baron of Desmond, succeeded to the barony of Desmond, which lay in Munster, in the south of Ireland, in 1296, at the age of six, upon the death of his father, Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Baron Desmond. Thomas died young while still unmarried and childless, and was succeeded by his brother, Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald.

Thomas FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Desmond, was the only son of John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond. Upon John's death in 1399, Thomas succeeded to the earldom of Desmond, which lay in Munster, in the southwest of Ireland.