List of people with given name Thomas

This article lists notable people with the given name Thomas.


 * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. ca. 647–648), Christian bishop of Dunwich
 * Sir Thomas à Beckett (judge) (1836–1919), Australian solicitor and judge
 * Thomas Boylston Adams (1772–1832), Massachusetts legislator and judge and brother of John Quincy Adams
 * Thomas Boylston Adams (1910–1997), Massachusetts executive, writer, and political candidate
 * Thomas Amarasuriya (1907–1979), Sri Lankan planter and politician
 * Thomas Anders (born 1963) German singer, songwriter and record producer
 * Thomas Andrew (photographer) (1855–1939), New Zealand photographer who lived in Samoa from 1891
 * Thomas Andrews (1873–1912), British businessman and shipbuilder
 * Thomas of Ashborne, English controversialist
 * Thomas Austin (pastoralist) (1815–1871), English settler in Australia who introduced rabbits into Australia in 1859
 * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), Italian philosopher and theologian
 * Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden (c.1488 – 1544), English barrister and judge, Lord Chancellor
 * Thomas Baker (artist) (1809–1864), English landscape painter and watercolourist
 * Thomas Bangalter (born 1975), French DJ and member of Daft Punk
 * Thomas Bardwell (1704–1767), English portrait and figure painter, art copyist, and writer
 * Saint Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170
 * Thomas Binger, American lawyer
 * Thomas Boylston (1644–1695), early-American doctor and patriarch of the influential Boylston family of Massachusetts
 * Thomas Blake Glover, Scottish merchant in Japan in the Bakumatsu and Meiji eras
 * Thomas Bourchier (cardinal) (c.1411 – 1486), English cardinal and Lord Chancellor
 * Thomas Brodie-Sangster (born 1990), English actor
 * Thomas Brugis, English surgeon
 * Thomas Bunday (1948–1983), American serial killer
 * Tom Calma (born 1953), Australian First Nations human rights and social justice campaigner
 * Thomas de Cantilupe (c. 1218–1282), Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Hereford
 * Thomas Cardozo (1838–1881), American educator, politician, and journalist
 * Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881), Scottish essayist, historian, and philosopher
 * Thomas Child (1841–1898), English photographer and engineer
 * Thomas Haden Church (born 1960), American actor
 * Thomas J. Clayton (1826–1900), American lawyer and judge
 * Thomas Sean Connery (1930–2020), Scottish actor
 * Thomas Cook (1808–1892), English businessman
 * Thomas Joshua Cooper (born 1946), American photographer
 * Thomas Cooray (1901–1988), first Sri Lankan cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo, 1947–1976
 * Thomas Cornell (artist) (1937–2012), American artist
 * Thomas Cromwell (1485–1540), English lawyer and statesman who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII
 * Thomas Crooks (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Thomas Crotty (1912–1942), American Coast Guardsman held as POW during World War II
 * Thomas "Tom" Cruise (born 1962), American actor and producer
 * Thomas Dafydd, Welsh elegist and hymn writer
 * Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. (1903–1987), American politician
 * Thomas D'Alesandro III (1929–2019), American attorney and politician
 * Thomas Dang (born 1995), Canadian politician
 * Thomas Delaney (born 1991), Danish professional footballer
 * Chris Thomas Devlin, American screenwriter
 * Thomas Roderick Dew (1802–1846), American professor and president of The College of William & Mary, influential pro-slavery advocate
 * Thomas E. Dewey (1902–1971), American lawyer and politician
 * Thomas Dolby (born 1958), English musician, producer, composer, entrepreneur and teacher
 * Thomas Dörflein (1963–2008), German zookeeper
 * Thomas Doughty (artist) (1793–1856), American artist associated with the Hudson River School
 * Thomas Dutronc (born 1973) French singer and jazz manouche guitarist
 * Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 12th Baronet (1842–1919), British politician
 * Thomas Edison (1847–1931), American inventor and businessman
 * Thomas Edwards (artist) (1795–1869), American artist in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in portraits
 * Thomas Enqvist (born 1974), Swedish professional tennis player
 * Thomas Andrew Felton (born 1987), British actor known for his role in the Harry Potter films as Draco Malfoy
 * Thomas Leigh Gatch (1891–1954), American naval officer and attorney
 * Thomas Milton Gatch (1833–1913), American educator and politician
 * Thomas S. Gathright (1829–1880), American educator and masonic leader
 * Thomas Gibson (artist) (c.1680–1751), English portrait painter and copyist
 * Thomas Godfrey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Thomas Gooch (artist) (1750–1802), English artist who specialised in painting animals
 * Thomas Gottschalk (born 1950), German TV host and actor
 * Thomas Gottstein (born 1964), Swiss banker, CEO of Credit Suisse
 * Thomas Graves (Royal Navy officer) (c.1747 – 1814), British naval officer
 * Thomas Green (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Thomas "Tom" Hanks (born 1956), American actor
 * Thomas Hearne (artist) (1744–1817), English landscape painter, engraver and illustrator
 * Thomas Hearns (born 1958), American professional boxer
 * Thomas "Tom" Hiddleston (born 1981), English actor
 * Thomas Lawrence Higgins (1950–1994), American writer and gay rights activist
 * Thomas Higham (artist) (1795–1844), English artist specialising in an antiquary and topographical engravings
 * Thomas Heffernan Ho (born 1989), Hong Kong equestrian
 * Thomas Ho (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), English philosopher
 * Thomas Hogan (artist) (1955–2014), Canadian First Nations artist
 * Thomas Horton (soldier) (1603–1649), English general and judge
 * Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (1561–1626)
 * Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (died 1572)
 * Thomas "Tom" Holland (born 1996), English actor
 * Thomas Jane (born 1969), American actor
 * Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third President of the United States
 * Thomas Jones (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
 * Thomas "Tom" Jones (born 1940), Welsh singer
 * Thomas V. Julien (1838–1906), justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada
 * Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471), German-Dutch Catholic canon regular and author
 * Thomas Keneally (born 1935), Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor
 * Thomas Kittera (1789–1839), American politician
 * Thomas Kretschmann (born 1962), German actor
 * Thomas Lærke (born 1991), Danish basketballer
 * Thomas Lavigne, American politician
 * Thomas Law (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Thomas Leiper (1745–1825), Scottish-American businessman, banker and politician
 * Thomas Lembong (born 1971), Indonesian politician
 * Thomas Lennon (born 1970) American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, director, and novelist
 * Thomas Limpinsel (born 1965), German actor
 * Thomas Lincoln (1778–1851), father of Abraham Lincoln
 * Thomas Lincoln Jr., brother of Abraham Lincoln
 * Thomas "Tad" Lincoln III (1853–1871), fourth son of Abraham Lincoln, whose nickname is Tad
 * Thomas Lodu, South Sudanese politician
 * Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859), British historian, poet, and Whig politician
 * Thomas R. Marshall (1854–1925), American politician who served as the 28th vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921
 * Thomas Massie (born 1971), United States Congressman from Kentucky
 * Thomas J. Mastin (1839–1861), Confederate captain and lawyer
 * Thomas Mathews (1676–1751), British officer of the Royal Navy, who rose to the rank of admiral
 * Thomas N. McClellan (1853–1906), associate justice and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama
 * Thomas "Tom" McClintock (born 1956), American politician and U.S. Representative for California's 4th congressional district
 * Thomas W. Merrill (born 1949), American legal scholar
 * Thomas F. Metz (born 1948), lieutenant general in the United States Army
 * Thomas Meunier (born 1991), Belgian professional footballer
 * Thomas More (1478–1535), English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and Renaissance humanist
 * Thomas Müller (born 1989), German footballer
 * Thomas Muster (born 1967), Austrian tennis player
 * Thomas Newson (born 1994), Dutch DJ and electronic music producer
 * Thomas Nihlén (born 1953), Swedish politician
 * Thomas Nordahl (born 1946), Swedish soccer player
 * Thomas Noret (born 1946), American politician
 * Thomas Burton O'Connor (1914–1952), American journalist & editor
 * Thomas O'Regan (1956–2020), Australian academic
 * Thomas Orbos, Filipino businessman, government administrator, and politician
 * Thomas Owen (Launceston MP) (1840–1898), British politician
 * Thomas Paine (1737–1809), American philosopher and political activist
 * Thomas Palaiologos (1409–1465), Despot of the Morea and brother of Constantine XI, the last Byzantine emperor
 * Tom Pashby (1915–2005), Canadian ophthalmologist and sport safety advocate
 * Thomas Paxton (1820–1887), Canadian industrial businessman and politician
 * Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693–1768), Prime Minister of Great Britain
 * Thomas Pestock (born 1984), American professional wrestler known by his ring name Baron Corbin
 * Thomas "Tom" Petty (1950–2017), American singer-songwriter and musician
 * Thomas Quasthoff (born 1959), German opera singer
 * Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859), English essayist
 * Thomas Randolph (ambassador) (1523–1590), English diplomat and politician
 * Thomas Randolph of Tuckahoe (1683–1729), Virginia politician
 * Thomas Randolph (academic) (1701–1783), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
 * Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray (died 1332), nephew and companion-in-arms of King Robert the Bruce
 * Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray (died 1332), son of the 1st Earl of Moray
 * Thomas Beverly Randolph (1793–1867), American military officer
 * Thomas Jefferson Randolph (1792–1875), grandson of Thomas Jefferson
 * Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834), English economist, cleric, and scholar
 * Thomas Mann Randolph Sr. (1741–1793), father of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.
 * Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. (1768–1828), son-in law of Thomas Jefferson
 * Thomas Rankine (born 1978), American musician
 * Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872), American poet and painter
 * Thomas Reynolds (Australian politician) (1818–1875), fifth Premier of South Australia
 * Thomas Rhett (born 1990), American country singer-songwriter
 * Thomas Roma (formerly Thomas Germano; born 1950), American photographer
 * Thomas Ruff (born 1958), German photographer
 * Thomas Ryan (artist) (1929–2021), Irish artist, designer and medallist
 * Thomas Sadoski (born 1976), American actor
 * Thomas Saikhom (born 1982), Indian footballer
 * Thomas de Sampayo (1855–1927), Sri Lankan judge
 * Thomas Savundaranayagam (born 1938), Sri Lankan Tamil Roman Catholic priest, Bishop of Jaffna from 1992–2015
 * Thomas Scott (entertainer), British educational YouTuber, game show host, and web developer
 * Thomas Seymour, (1508–1549), 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley
 * Thomas "TomSka" Ridgewell (born 1990), British YouTuber
 * Thomas Sharkey (1871–1953), American boxer
 * Thomas Sheraton (1751–1806), English furniture designer
 * Harry Thomas Silcock (1882–1969), English Quaker missionary
 * Thomas Simons (born 2004), British YouTuber and Twitch streamer known online as TommyInnit
 * Thomas "Tom" Sizemore Jr. (1961–2023), American actor
 * Thomas Smythe (artist) (1825–1906), English artist who painted landscapes, bucolic scenes and animals
 * Thomas Sowell (born 1930), American economist, social philosopher, and political commentator
 * Thomas Stavngaard (born 1974), Danish badminton player
 * Thomas Steinbeck (1944–2016), American screenwriter, photographer, and journalist
 * Thomas Strand (born 1954), Swedish politician
 * Thomas Sutcliffe (artist) (1828–1871), English watercolour painter
 * Thomas Sutton (1819–1875), English photographer, author, and inventor
 * Thomas Tesche (born 1978), German badminton player
 * Thomas Trauttmann (born 1991), French basketball player
 * Thomas Tuchel (born 1973), German football coach
 * Thomas Vermaelen (born 1985), Belgian professional footballer
 * Thomas Vicary (c. 1490–1561), English physician, surgeon, and anatomist
 * Thomas Wedgwood (1771–1805), English photographer and inventor
 * Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938), American novelist
 * Thomas Wolsey (1473–1530), English archbishop, statesman and a cardinal of the Catholic Church
 * Thomas Joseph Wynne (1838–1893), American–Irish photographer and shopkeeper
 * Thomas Yassmin, Australian-American football player
 * Thomas Edward Yorke (born 1968), English musician and the main vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Radiohead
 * Thomas Young (disambiguation), multiple people