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 Middelhoff

First Name Thomas
Last Name Middelhoff
Born on May 11, 1953 (age 72)

Thomas Middelhoff is a German retired corporate manager. He was on the board of directors of Bertelsmann from 1990–2002, being CEO from 1998. From 2004 to March 2009, Middelhoff was chairman of the supervisory board of Arcandor, and CEO of the company.

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Thomas More

First Name Thomas
Last Name More
Born on February 7, 1478
Died on July 6, 1535 (aged 57)

Sir Thomas More, venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532. He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, which describes the political system of an imaginary island state.

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Thomas Henry Huxley

First Name Thomas
Last Name Huxley
Died on June 29, 1895

Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist and anthropologist specialising in comparative anatomy. He is known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

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Thomas Dörflein

First Name Thomas
Last Name Dörflein
Born on October 13, 1963
Died on September 22, 2008 (aged 44)
Born in Germany

Thomas Dörflein was a German zookeeper at the Berlin Zoological Garden for 26 years. After the baby polar bear Knut was abandoned by his mother shortly after his birth in 2006, Dörflein—who cared for both the zoo's wolves and the bears—was assigned as the cub's caretaker. As a result of the zoo's decision to raise Knut by hand, and the resultant close relationship between keeper and animal, Dörflein became a reluctant celebrity.

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Thomas Hayo

First Name Thomas
Last Name Hayo
Born on January 1, 1969 (age 57)
Born in Germany, Saarland

Thomas Hayo is a German creative director. He has worked with models such as Gisele Bündchen, Naomi Campbell, Toni Garrn, Doutzen Kroes and Alessandra Ambrosio.

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Thomas Thieme

First Name Thomas
Last Name Thieme
Born on October 29, 1948 (age 77)
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Thomas Thieme is a German actor. He is considered to be a profilic stage actor and also appeared in more than 100 film and television productions since 1973.

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Thomas Sattelberger

First Name Thomas
Last Name Sattelberger
Born on June 5, 1949 (age 76)

Thomas Sattelberger is a German manager and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2017.

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Thomas Gibson

Thomas Ellis Gibson
First Name Thomas
Last Name Gibson
Born on July 3, 1962 (age 63)
Height 187 cm | 6'2

Thomas Ellis Gibson is an American actor and director. He portrayed Daniel Nyland in the CBS television series Chicago Hope (1994–2000), Greg Montgomery in the ABC television series Dharma & Greg (1997–2002) and Aaron Hotchner in the CBS television series Criminal Minds (2005–2016).

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Thomas Aikenhead

First Name Thomas
Last Name Aikenhead
Born on November 30, 1675
Died on January 8, 1697 (aged 21)

Thomas Aikenhead was a Scottish student from Edinburgh, who was prosecuted and executed at the age of 20 on a charge of blasphemy under the Act against Blasphemy 1661 and Act against Blasphemy 1695. He was the last person in Great Britain to be executed for blasphemy. His execution occurred 85 years after the death of Edward Wightman (1612), the last person to be burned at the stake for heresy in England.

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Thomas S. Monson

Thomas Spencer Monson
First Name Thomas
Last Name Monson
Born on August 21, 1927
Died on January 2, 2018 (aged 90)

Thomas Spencer Monson was an American religious leader, author, and the 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As president, he was considered by adherents of the religion to be a prophet, seer, and revelator. Monson's early career was as a manager at the Deseret News, a Utah newspaper owned by the LDS Church. He spent most of his life engaged in various church leadership positions and public service.

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