George Thomas may refer to:
Politicians
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Sir George Thomas, 1st Baronet
Sir George Thomas, 1st Baronet (died 1774) was an English colonial government official, who served as Governor of the Leeward Islands.
Thomas served as Deputy Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania between 1738 and 1747. In 1753 he became Gove ...
(died 1774), deputy governor of Pennsylvania 1738–1747, governor of the Leeward Islands 1753–1766
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Sir George Thomas, 3rd Baronet (c. 1740–1815), British MP for Arundel
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George M. Thomas (American politician)
George Morgan Thomas (November 23, 1828 – January 7, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Lewis County, Kentucky.
Born near Poplar Flat, Kentucky, in Lewis County, Thomas was educated in the common schools. He taught school two years. H ...
(1828–1914), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
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George Y. Thomas (1882–1940), merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada
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George T. Thomas (1856–1920), Republican politician from Ohio
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George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy
Thomas George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy, (29 January 1909 – 22 September 1997) was a British politician who served as a member of parliament (MP) and Speaker of the House of Commons from 1976 to 1983. He was elected as a Labour MP.
Born ...
(1909–1997), British Labour Party politician, Speaker of the House of Commons
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George Thomas (Indian politician) (1926–1993), Indian politician
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George M. Thomas (Indian politician) (born 1955), Communist Party of India politician
Sports
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George C. Thomas Jr.
George Clifford Thomas Jr. (October 3, 1873 – February 23, 1932) was an American golf course architect, botanist, and writer. He designed the original course at Whitemarsh Valley Country Club, outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and more than t ...
(1873–1932), American golf course designer
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Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet
Sir George Alan Thomas, 7th Baronet (14 June 1881 – 23 July 1972) was a British badminton, tennis and chess player. He was twice British chess champion and a 21-time All-England badminton champion. He also reached the quarterfinals of the ...
(1881–1972), British chess and badminton player
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George Thomas (halfback)
George Carroll "Spike" Thomas, Jr. (March 4, 1928 – May 23, 1989) was an American football halfback and defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants.
College career
Thomas was a ...
(1928–1989), American football halfback and defensive back
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George Thomas (wide receiver) (born 1964), American football wide receiver
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George Thomas (baseball)
George Edward Thomas Jr. (born November 29, 1937) is a retired American professional baseball player. Primarily an outfielder, he played at least one game at every position except pitcher during a 13-year career in Major League Baseball for the D ...
(born 1937), American baseball player
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George Thomas (badminton) (born 1966), Indian badminton player
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George Thomas (canoeist), canoer from New Zealand
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George Thomas (English cricketer)
George William Thomas (born 14 November 2003) is an English cricketer. He made his List A debut on 10 August 2021, for Somerset in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup. In December 2021, he was named in England's team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Crick ...
(born 2003)
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George Thomas (Indian cricketer), cricketer from India
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George Thomas (footballer, born 1857) (1857–?), Welsh international footballer
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George Thomas (footballer, born 1930) (1930–2014), Welsh football player for Newport County
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George Thomas (footballer, born 1997)
George Stanley Thomas (born 24 March 1997) is a professional footballer who plays for EFL League One team Cambridge United and the Wales national team.
Club career Coventry City
Thomas made his professional debut starting on 28 January 2014 ...
, Welsh football player who plays for Queens Park Rangers
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George Thomas (golfer), American golfer
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George Thomas (rugby, born 1881)
George W. Thomas (1881 – 3 July 1916), also known by the nicknames of "Ponty" and "Stitch", was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played club rugby union (RU) for Pontnewydd RF ...
(1881–1916), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1900s and 1910s for Pontnewydd (RU), Newport, Great Britain (RL), Wales, and Warrington
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George Thomas (rugby union, born 1857)
George Thomas (1857 – 14 June 1934) was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Newport and international rugby for Wales. He was also a professional sprinter and was an All-England Sprint Champion. (1857–1934), rugby union footballer of the 1880s and 1990s for Wales, and Newport
Others
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George Thomas (soldier)
George Thomas, nicknamed Jaharai Jung and Jahazi Sahib, (22 August 1802) was an Irish mercenary and later a Raja who was active in 18th-century India. From 1798 to 1801, he ruled a small kingdom in India, which he carved out of Hisar and Roht ...
(c. 1756–1802), Irish mercenary, active in 18th century India, also known as the "Irish Raja"
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George Thomas (surveyor) (1781–1850), Royal Navy hydrographic surveyor
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George Henry Thomas
George Henry Thomas (July 31, 1816March 28, 1870) was an American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater.
Thomas served in the Mexican–American War and later chose ...
(1816–1870), American Civil War general
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George Housman Thomas (1824–1868), English painter and illustrator
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George Thomas (entrepreneur), African-American valet, impresario in Russia under Tsar Nicholas II
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George Holt Thomas
George Holt Thomas (31 March 1869 – 1 January 1929) aviation industry pioneer and newspaper proprietor. Holt Thomas founded, in 1911, the business which became Aircraft Manufacturing Company Limited or Airco.
Son and grandson of successful ar ...
(1879–1929), aviation industry pioneer and newspaper proprietor
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(1883–1937), American blues and jazz pianist and songwriter
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George B. Thomas (1914–2006), mathematician
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George Leo Thomas
George Leo Thomas (born May 19, 1950) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Archbishop of Las Vegas since 2023. He has been the ordinary of the diocese since 2018, when it was still a suffragan see. He previously serv ...
(born 1950), American Roman Catholic prelate
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George Thomas (educator)
George Thomas (died 1951) was an American academic administrator. He served as the president of the University of Utah from 1921 to 1941. he also served on the faculty at Brigham Young University and Utah State University
Utah State Universi ...
(died 1951), American academic administrator
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K. George Thomas, Indian photochemist
*George Geovonni Thomas (born 1983), American criminal convicted of the 2007 kidnapping, rape, and
murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom
Channon Gail Christian, aged 21, and Hugh Christopher Newsom Jr., aged 23, were from Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. They were kidnapped on the evening of January 6, 2007, when Christian's vehicle was carjacked. The couple were taken to a ...
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