John Thomas may refer to:

Politics

United Kingdom

* John Thomas (c. 1490–1540/42), British Member of Parliament for

Truro Truro (; kw, Truru) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and centre for administration, leisure and retail trading. Its ...

* John Thomas (c. 1531–1581/90), British Member of Parliament for

Mitchell Mitchell may refer to: People *Mitchell (surname) *Mitchell (given name) Places Australia * Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory, a light-industrial estate * Mitchell, New South Wales, a suburb of Bathurst * Mitchell, Northern Territo ...

John Aeron Thomas John Aeron Thomas (24 November 1850 – 1 February 1935), was a British Liberal Party politician and industrialist. Background He was the son of Lewis Thomas, of Panteryrod, Cardiganshire. He was educated at Rhydowen and at Milford grammar ...

(1850–1935), British Member of Parliament for Gower, 1900–1906 *

John Thomas (Welsh politician) John Thomas Alderman was born 1852 at Coity, and was a Welsh politician and trade unionist. Born in Coity, Thomas worked at a coal mine from an early age, and eventually became a hewer at the coal face. He was next elected as a checkweighman i ...

(born 1852), Welsh county councillor and miners' agent *

John Thomas (British politician) John Richard Thomas (8 March 1897 – 4 July 1968) was a British Labour Party politician of Welsh provenance, and a Chartered Accountant. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dover at the 1945 general election, but did not contest ...

(1897–1968), British Member of Parliament for Dover *

John Stradling Thomas Sir John Stradling Thomas (10 June 1925 – 29 March 1991) was a Welsh Conservative Party politician. He was also a farmer, company director and broadcaster. Biography Thomas was educated at Rugby School and the University of London. He serv ...

(1925–1991), Welsh Conservative Party politician *

John Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd Roger John Laugharne Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd, (born Carmarthen, 22 October 1947) is a British judge. He served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2013 to 2017. Early life and education Thomas was born in 1947 to Roger E ...

(born 1947), British judge *

Sir John Thomas, 1st Baronet Sir John Thomas, 1st Baronet of Wenvoe Castle, Wenvoe Glamorganshire was Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1700. Sir John Thomas was the eldest of the three sons of William Thomas, Esq. by his wife, Sarah Powell, the heir to John Powell of Flemingston Gl ...

, Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1700

United States

John Chew Thomas John Chew Thomas (October 15, 1764 – May 10, 1836) was an American politician who served as a Federalist member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Maryland's 2nd congressional district from 1799 to 1801. He also served as a member o ...

(1764–1836), U.S. congressman from Maryland *

John Thomas (New York politician) John Thomas (Jan 27, 1792 – March 5, 1866) was an American politician. Thomas, son of John Thomas, Esq., was born in Woodbridge, Conn., Jan 27,1792. He graduated from Yale College in 1811. He studied law in New Haven, Conn., and practiced h ...

(1792–1866), New York politician * John Warwick Thomas (1800–1871), North Carolina state legislator and founder of

Thomasville, North Carolina Thomasville is a city in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 27,183 at the 2020 census. The city was once notable for its furniture industry, as were its neighbors High Point and Lexington. This Piedmont Triad comm ...

John Addison Thomas John Addison Thomas (May 28, 1810 – March 26, 1858) was an American engineer and military officer who served in the United States Army, and later served as United States Assistant Secretary of State. Early life Thomas was born in Cabarrus C ...

(1811–1858), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State * John J. Thomas (1813–1895), Confederate politician * John E. Thomas (politician) (1829–?), Wisconsin state assemblyman and senator *

John Lewis Thomas Jr. John Lewis Thomas Jr. (May 20, 1835 – October 15, 1893) was an American politician. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Thomas studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1856, commencing practice soon afterwards in Cumberland, Maryland. He also s ...

(1835–1893), U.S. congressman from Maryland * John O. Thomas (1867–1961), Wisconsin state assemblyman * John R. Thomas (1846–1914), U.S. congressman from Illinois *

John W. Thomas (Wisconsin politician) John W. Thomas (March 31, 1846March 8, 1925) was a Welsh American immigrant, dairy farmer, and progressive Republican politician. He was the 8th Wisconsin railroad commissioner—at the time a statewide elected office. He also served four ...

(1846–1925), Wisconsin state legislator and railroad commissioner *

John W. Thomas John William Thomas (January 4, 1874 – November 10, 1945) was an American politician, a United States Senator from Idaho. A Republican, he served for a total of over ten years in two different seats, both times appointed after his predecessor ...

(1874–1945), U.S. Senator from Idaho *

John W. Thomas (sheriff) John Warren Thomas (April 1, 1815 - July 20, 1888) was a shoemaker, and politician who twice served as the Sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, first for one year, from 1852 to 1853, and again for 21 years, from 1857 to 1878. Personal lif ...

(1815–1888), sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts *

Elmer Thomas John William Elmer Thomas (September 8, 1876 – September 19, 1965) was a native of Indiana who moved to Oklahoma Territory in 1901, where he practiced law in Lawton. After statehood, he was elected to the first state senate, representing the L ...

(John William Elmer Thomas, 1876–1965), U.S. Senator from Oklahoma *

J. Parnell Thomas John Parnell Thomas (January 16, 1895 – November 19, 1970) was a stockbroker and politician. He was elected to seven terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New Jersey as a Republican Party (United States), Re ...

(1895–1970), U.S. congressman from New Jersey * John M. Thomas, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State in the 1970s *

John Charles Thomas (judge) John Charles Thomas (born 1950) is an American attorney and a former justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Thomas graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts in American government in 1972. He next attended the Univ ...

(born 1950), Virginia supreme court justice *

John W. E. Thomas John William Edinburgh Thomas ( May 1, 1847 – December 18, 1899) was an American businessman, educator, and Illinois politician. Born into slavery in Alabama, he moved to Chicago after the Civil War, where he became a prominent community leade ...

, American businessman, educator, and Illinois politician

Military

John Thomas (American general) John Thomas (1724 – 2 June 1776) was an American doctor and soldier from Massachusetts who became a major general in the Continental Army. He was a leader during the siege of Boston. Thomas briefly commanded the withdrawal from Canada after ...

(1724–1776), American general in the American Revolutionary War *

John Thomas (VC) John Thomas VC (10 May 1886 – 28 February 1954) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Detail ...

(1886–1954), English soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross *

John Wallace Thomas John Wallace Thomas (1888–1965) was a Newfoundland merchant mariner who served with distinction in the First and Second World Wars. Early life Thomas was born in Newfoundland in 1885. Service history Royal Naval Reserve At the age of 20, ...

(1888–1965), Newfoundland and Canadian merchant mariner who served in First and Second World Wars *

John Wellesley Thomas Lieutenant-General Sir John Wellesley Thomas, (22 May 1822 – 6 February 1908) was a distinguished British military officer who served in Afghanistan, Australia, and China. He was the commander of the British military and police forces that qu ...

(1822–1908), British military officer

Religion and theology

* John Thomas (bishop of Winchester) (1696–1781), previously Bishop of Salisbury *

John Thomas (bishop of Rochester) John Thomas (14 October 1712 – 22 August 1793) was an English churchman, Bishop of Rochester from 1774. Life Born in Carlisle, Cumbria, he was the eldest son of John Thomas (died 1747), vicar of Brampton, Cumberland, by his wife Ann, daught ...

(1712–1793), previously Dean of Westminster *

John Thomas (bishop of Salisbury) John Thomas may refer to: Politics United Kingdom * John Thomas (c. 1490–1540/42), British Member of Parliament for Truro * John Thomas (c. 1531–1581/90), British Member of Parliament for Mitchell * John Aeron Thomas (1850–1935), Briti ...

(1691–1766), previously Bishop of St Asaph and Bishop of Lincoln *

John Thomas (priest, born 1736) John Thomas (22 October 1736 – 27 March 1769) was a Welsh Anglican priest and antiquarian. Life Thomas was born in Ynyscynhaearn, Caernarfonshire, in north Wales, on 22 October 1736. After studying at the Friars School in Bangor, he went to t ...

(1736–1769), Welsh Anglican priest and antiquarian *

John Thomas (priest, born 1891) John Lloyd Thomas (9 March 1891 – 22 July 1959) was a Welsh Anglican priest in the 20th century and Archdeacon of Brecon from 1958 to 1959. Thomas was educated at St David's College, Lampeter. Crockfords 1955/6 p1151: London, OUP, 1955) After ...

(1891–1959), Welsh Anglican priest *

John Thomas (Christadelphian) John Thomas (12 April 1805 – 5 March 1871) was an English religious leader, the founder of the Christadelphian movement. He was a Restorationist, with doctrines similar in part to some 16th-century Antitrinitarian Socinians and the 16th-century ...

(1805–1871), British Christian theologian, and founder of the Christadelphians *

John Lloyd Thomas John Roland Lloyd Thomas (22 February 1908 – 11 April 1984) was an Anglican priest and the Principal of St David's University College from 1953 to 1975. He was, himself, a graduate of St David's College, gaining a BA from the institution before ...

(1908–1984), Anglican clergyman *

John Christopher Thomas John Christopher Thomas (born c. 1955) is a theologian within the Pentecostal movement and the Clarence J. Abbott Professor of Biblical Studies at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary. Thomas received the B.A. degree from Lee College in 1976, hi ...

(born c. 1955), American Pentecostal theologian * John H. Thomas (born c. 1950), American clergyman, General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ, 1999–2009 *

Jack Thomas (bishop) John James Absalom "Jack" Thomas (17 May 1908 – 27 February 1995) was the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon from 1958 until 1976. Thomas was educated at the University of Aberystwyth and Keble College, Oxford, and was ordained in 1932. He held curac ...

(John James Absalom Thomas; 1908–1995), Bishop of Swansea and Brecon

Sport

John Thomas (American football) John Thomas (born January 25, 1935) is an American former professional football player who was a tackle for 10 seasons with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional ...

(born 1935), American football player for the San Francisco 49ers *

John Thomas (Australian footballer) John Thomas (4 June 1935 – 22 November 2011) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving ...

(1935–2011), Australian rules footballer for Geelong *

John Thomas (athlete) John Curtis Thomas (March 3, 1941 – January 15, 2013) was an American track and field athlete who set several world records in the high jump using the straddle technique. As a youth, he earned the Eagle Scout award. At the age of 17, whi ...

(1941–2013), American high jumper *

John Thomas (Australian cricketer) John Thomas (12 April 1852 – 29 May 1915) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class match for Tasmania in 1870. See also * List of Tasmanian representative cricketers This is a list of cricket players who have played rep ...

(1852–1915), cricketer for Tasmania * John Thomas (English cricketer) (1879–1949), cricketer for Somerset *

John Thomas (basketball) John Thomas (born September 8, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. He was the captain of the Minnesota Golden Gophers team that advanced to the 1997 NCAA Semi-Final. Selected by the New York Knicks with the 25th pick in ...

(born 1975), American basketball player *

John Thomas (figure skater) John Thomas (born September 5, 1960 in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner Joanne French, he is the 1981 & 1982 Canadian Figure Skating Championships bronze medalist. With partner Kelly Johnson, he is the 1983 & 1984 Cana ...

(born 1960), Canadian ice dancer *

John Thomas (Welsh footballer) John William Thomas (date of birth unknown) was a Welsh footballer who played as an outside right for Sheffield United and Gainsborough Trinity. Football career ''The Welshman'' (as he was referred to in the local press) was signed by Sheffield U ...

(died 1920), Welsh footballer for Sheffield United and Gainsborough Trinity in the 1890s * John Thomas (Irish footballer), Irish international footballer *

John Thomas (footballer, born 1958) John William Thomas (born 5 August 1958) is an English former professional footballer. He scored 123 goals from 364 appearances in the Football League playing for Tranmere Rovers, Halifax Town, Bolton Wanderers, Chester, Lincoln City, Presto ...

, English footballer for Preston North End and Bolton Wanderers *

John Thomas (ice hockey) John Thomas (11 March 1936 – 7 February 1995) was an Australian ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belo ...

(1936–1995), Australian ice hockey player *

John Thomas (lacrosse) John "Jack" Thomas was an All-American lacrosse player at Johns Hopkins University from 1972 to 1974. Lacrosse career Thomas was the Baltimore Sun 1970 Athlete of the Year at Towson High School where he played Varsity Lacrosse for his father, ...

(born 1952), American lacrosse player *

John Webster Thomas John Webster Thomas (February 13, 1900 – August 19, 1977) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a Fullback (gridiron football), fullback at the University of Chicago from 1921 to 1923 under Amos Alonzo Stagg. T ...

(1900–1977), American college football player for the Chicago Maroons * Ron Thomas (bowls) (John Ronald Thomas), Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler * John Thomas (baseball), American baseball player

Music

John Charles Thomas John Charles Thomas (September 6, 1891December 13, 1960) was an American opera, operetta and concert baritone. Biography John Charles Thomas was born on September 6, 1891 in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania. He was the son of a Methodist minister of ...

(1891–1960), American baritone opera singer *

John Rogers Thomas John Rogers Thomas (March 26, 1829 – April 5, 1896) was an American composer, pianist, and singer of Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wal ...

(1830–1896), American composer *

John Thomas (harpist) John Thomas (1 March 1826 – 19 March 1913) was a Welsh composer and harpist. The bardic name Pencerdd Gwalia (Chief of the Welsh minstrels) was conferred on him at the 1861 Aberdare Eisteddfod.''Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' ...

(1826–1913), Welsh composer and musician *

John Weston Thomas John Weston Thomas (25 January 1921 – 1992) revived the tradition of Welsh harp making. Thomas was born in Cardiff. After spells in the merchant navy, and teaching carpentry, he began making harps, originally with the aid of old instrum ...

(1921–1992), Welsh harpmaker * "Big" John Thomas (1952–2016), British lead guitarist with

Budgie Budgie may refer to: Arts * Budgie (album), ''Budgie'' (album), the debut album by the Welsh heavy metal band Budgie * Budgie (band), a Welsh heavy metal band from Cardiff * Budgie (musician) (born 1957), English drummer * Budgie (TV series), ''Bu ...

Art

John Thomas (sculptor) John Thomas (1813–1862) was a British sculptor and architect, who worked on Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Westminster. Life John Thomas was born in Chalford, Gloucestershire. Apprenticed to a stonemason after being left an orphan, he lat ...

(1813–1862), British sculptor who worked on British palaces *

John Evan Thomas John Evan Thomas, FSA (15 January 1810 – 9 October 1873) was a Welsh sculptor, notable for many sculptures both in Wales and elsewhere in the UK, such as his portrait sculptures in London. He was especially notable for the ''Death of Tewdri ...

(1810–1873), Welsh sculptor *

John Paul Thomas John Paul Thomas (4 February 1927, Bessemer, Alabama – 5 September 2001, Honolulu, Hawaii) was an American artist specializing in oil painting, watercolor and drawing in several media. He was also an educator and arts scholar. Life John P ...

(1927–2001), American artist, principally in Hawaii

Film

* John G. Thomas (born 1948), American filmmaker * John Thomas (cinematographer), winner of the 1995 Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography *

John Thomas (screenwriter) John C. Thomas is an American screenwriter based in California. With his brother Jim Thomas, he wrote and/or was substantially involved with the screenplays of numerous films - including ''Predator'' (1987), ''Predator 2'' (1990), ''Executive ...

(fl. late 20th century), co-screenwriter for the movie ''Predator''

Education

John L. Thomas John "Jack" Lovell Thomas (28 October 1926 – June 11, 2005) was the George L. Littlefield Professor of American History at Brown University, Rhode Island, USA. He entered Bowdoin College, Maine in 1944 to study history. He then taught for a ...

(c. 1927–2005), American historian *

John Martin Thomas John Martin Thomas (December 27, 1869 – February 26, 1952) was the ninth president of Middlebury College, the ninth president of Penn State, and the twelfth president of Rutgers University. Biography Born in Fort Covington, New York, Th ...

(1869–1952), Twelfth president of Rutgers University * John Peyre Thomas Sr. (1833–1912), South Carolina educator, politician and historian * John R. Thomas (professor), American intellectual property professor

Other areas

John Thomas (photographer) John Thomas (14 April 1838 – 14 October 1905) was a Welsh photographer, specialising in landscape images of Wales and Nonconformist (Protestantism), Welsh chapels, and portraits of notable Welsh people, particularly church and chapel Minister ...

(1838–1905), Welsh photographer *

John Jacob Thomas John Jacob Thomas, who published as J. J. Thomas (1841 – 1889) was a Trinidadian linguist and writer. He wrote a grammar of Trinidadian French Creole (1869), but is best known for '' Froudacity'' (1889), a rebuttal of J. A. Froude's 1888 book ''T ...

(1841–1889), Trinidadian linguist and writer *

John Rochester Thomas John Rochester Thomas (June 18, 1848 – August 28, 1901) was an American architect credited in his time with being the nation's most prolific designer of public and semi-public buildings. His work was characterized by originality, moderation a ...

(1848–1901), American architect * John Henry Thomas (1854–1928), Australian composer, editor, and conductor * John Henry Thomas (shipping) (1869–1931), American shipping business and port director *

John Hudson Thomas John Hudson Thomas (1878-1945) was an American architect who practiced in the northern California area. Biography John H. Thomas was born in Nevada in 1878. His family relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area when he was still young. He attended Y ...

(1878–1945), American architect * John B. Thomas (1925–2018), American electrical engineer, educator and professor * John E. Thomas (1926–1996), Canadian philosopher *

John Meurig Thomas Sir John Meurig Thomas (15 December 193213 November 2020), also known as JMT, was a Welsh scientist, educator, university administrator, and historian of science primarily known for his work on heterogeneous catalysis, solid-state chemistry, a ...

(1932–2020), British chemist and materials scientist *

John Floyd Thomas Jr. John Floyd Thomas Jr. (born July 26, 1936) is an American serial killer, serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the murders of seven women in the Los Angeles area during the 1970s and 1980s. Police suspect Thomas committed ...

(born 1936), Californian murderer * John Henry Malamah Thomas, Sierra Leonean entrepreneur and mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone *

John Thomas Idlet John Thomas Idlet (John Thomas) (December 31, 1930 – March 29, 2002) was an American Beat poet who wrote sporadically and had an aversion to publishing his work. Charles Bukowski called him "the best unread poet in America." Early life Joh ...

(1931–2002), American Beat poet

Other uses

* UK slang for

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