Thomas Williams may refer to:

Academics

*Thomas Williams,

Gresham Professor of Astronomy The Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1597, when it appointed seven professors; this has since increased to ten and in addition the ...

Thomas Desmond Williams Thomas Desmond Williams (26 May 1921 – 18 January 1987) was an Irish academic and Professor of Modern History at University College Dublin (UCD) from 1949 to 1983 and joint editor of ''Irish Historical Studies'' from 1938 till 1973. Although Wi ...

(1921–1987), Irish academic and Professor of Modern History at University College Dublin * Thomas R. Williams, Canadian educator, 19th principal of Queen's University *

T. Harry Williams Thomas Harry Williams (May 19, 1909 — July 8, 1979) was an American academic and author. For the majority of his academic career between the 1930s to 1970s, Williams taught history at Louisiana State University. While at LSU, Williams was a Boyd ...

(1909–1979), historian at Louisiana State University *Thomas Williams, Assistant Dean, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law *T. C. Williams, American educator for whom

T. C. Williams High School Alexandria City High School (formerly named T. C. Williams High School) is a public high school in the City of Alexandria, Virginia, United States, just outside of Washington, D.C. The school has an enrollment of over 4,100 students. The high sch ...

, Alexandria, Virginia, is named

Arts

Thomas Williams (cartoonist) Thomas Watson Williams (17 October 1940 – 8 May 2002), was an England, English cartoonist. Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Tom Williams attended art college in Newcastle in the early 1960s. He became an animator for leading British animation st ...

(1940–2002), English cartoonist *

Thomas Williams (Christadelphian) image:Thomas Williams (Christadelphian).jpg, Thomas Williams Thomas Williams (1847–1913) was a Welsh Christadelphian who emigrated to America in 1872, and eventually became editor of ''The Christadelphian Advocate'' magazine and author of ''The Gr ...

(1847–1913), editor of the Christadelphian Advocate magazine *

Thomas Williams (writer) Thomas Williams (November 15, 1926 – October 23, 1990) was an American novelist. He won one U.S. National Book Award for Fiction—''The Hair of Harold Roux'' split the 1975 award with Robert Stone's ''Dog Soldiers''

(1926–1990), American novelist * Tennessee Williams (born Thomas Lanier Williams, 1911–1983), American playwright * Thomas Richard Williams (1825–1871), British photographer *

Ras Shiloh Ras Shiloh (born Thomas Williams; January 6, 1975 in Brooklyn, United States)Album Review: Ra ...

(born 1975), stage name for reggae artist Thomas Williams * Thomas Chatterton Williams (born 1981), American writer

Military

* Thomas Williams (Australian Army officer) (1884–1950), Australian major general *

Thomas Williams (Union general) Thomas R. Williams (January 16, 1815 – August 5, 1862) was an antebellum United States Army officer and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was killed as he commanded the Union troops at the Battle of Baton Rouge. Bi ...

(1815–1862), Union general during the American Civil War *

Thomas Williams (Royal Navy officer) Admiral Sir Thomas Williams GCB (c. 1761/62 – 8 October 1841) was a senior British Royal Navy officer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, who served in numerous theatres during the American Revolutionary War, French Revol ...

(1761/62-1841), British admiral *

Thomas Williams (RAF officer) Air Marshal Sir Thomas Melling Williams, (27 September 1899 – 10 June 1956) was an ace pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, scoring nine aerial victories, and a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second Wo ...

(1899–1956), British air marshal * Thomas F. Williams (1885–1985), Canadian First World War flying ace * Thomas J. Williams (1837–1866), American Union general during the American Civil War

Religion

Thomas Williams (priest and translator) Thomas Williams (1658–1726) was a Welsh Anglican priest and translator. Life Williams was born in Eglwysbach in the county of Denbighshire, north Wales in 1658. He studied at the University of Oxford, matriculating as a member of Jesus Colleg ...

(1658–1726), Welsh Anglican priest *

Thomas Williams (vicar apostolic of the Northern District) Thomas Dominic Williams (c. 1661 – 3 April 1740) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District in England from 1725 to 1740. Born in Monmouthshire in 1660, he was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of the ...

(1661–1740), Roman Catholic bishop *

Thomas Williams (Congregational minister) Thomas Williams (1724/1725–1770) was a British Congregational minister. Life as an Independent (Congregational) minister From 1745 to 1749 Williams was a student at Plasterers' Hall, London, which was a dissenting academy that provided for t ...

(1725–1770), Congregational minister * Thomas Williams (1755–1839), author of the ''Cottage Bible'' *

Thomas Williams (1779–1876) Thomas Williams (November 5, 1779 – September 29, 1876) was an American Congregationalist minister and author. Williams was born in Pomfret, Conn., Nov. 5, 1779, the son of Joseph and Lucy (Witter) Williams. He entered the Freshman Class of Wi ...

, Congregational minister *

Thomas Rhondda Williams Thomas Rhondda Williams (1860 – 21 November 1945) was a Welsh Congregational minister. Born at Cowbridge in Glamorgan, Williams' father was a Methodist minister. Williams was one of eighteen children, and was sent out to work at the Penygraig C ...

(1860–1945), Welsh Congregational minister *

Thomas Charles Williams Thomas Charles Williams (28 August 1868 – 29 September 1927) was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist minister, who served as Moderator of the denomination's General Assembly. Life Williams, who was born on 28 August 1868 in Gwalchmai, Anglesey, north ...

(1868–1927), Welsh Calvinistic Methodist minister * Thomas Williams (dean of Bangor) (1870–1941), Welsh Anglican priest *

Thomas Leighton Williams Thomas Cuthbert Leighton Williams (20 March 1877 – 1 April 1946) was an English clergyman who served in the Roman Catholic Church as the Archbishop of Birmingham from 1929 to 1946. He was born in Handsworth, Birmingham on 20 March 1877 to Jam ...

(1877–1946), British Roman Catholic archbishop * Thomas Williams (archdeacon of Craven) (1889–1956), Anglican priest * Thomas Williams (cardinal) (born 1930), Roman Catholic bishop * Thomas Williams (dean of Llandaff) (died 1877), Welsh Anglican priest

Politicians

Australia

* Thomas Williams (South Australian politician) (c. 1794–1881), politician in the colony of South Australia *

Thomas Williams (Australian politician) Thomas Francis Williams (7 April 1897 – 1992) was an Australian politician. Born in Young, New South Wales, Williams was educated at Catholic schools and then the University of Sydney, becoming a barrister in 1923. In 1943 Williams gain ...

(1897–1992), Australian politician * Thomas Williams (New South Wales politician) (1862–1953), Australian politician

United Kingdom

* Thomas Williams (by 1518-79/90), MP for Oxford *

Thomas Williams (speaker) Thomas Williams (1513 or 1514 – 1566) was a Speaker of the House of Commons. He was a lawyer and a member of the Inner Temple, sat as MP for Exeter (UK Parliament constituency) during the first and second Parliaments of Elizabeth I and w ...

(1513/4–1566), Speaker of the House of Commons * Thomas Williams (Warrington MP) (1915–1986), British Labour Co-operative politician *

Thomas Williams of Llanidan Thomas Williams (13 May 1737 – 30 November 1802) was a Welsh industrialist and Member of Parliament. At the time of his death, he was the richest man in Wales. Life Thomas Williams was born in Llanidan, Anglesey, the son of Owen Williams of ...

(1737–1802), Welsh lawyer and businessman known as the “Copper King of Parys Mountain”, MP for Marlow 1790–1802 * Thomas Williams, 1st Baron Williams (1892–1966), British life peer and Labour Party member * Jeremiah Williams (British politician) (Thomas Jeremiah Williams, 1872–1919), Welsh barrister and Liberal politician *

Thomas Peers Williams Lt.-Col. Thomas Peers Williams (27 March 1795 – 8 September 1875) was MP for Great Marlow from 1820 to 1868. He was Father of the House of Commons from December 1867 to 1868. Early life Williams was the son of Owen Williams (1764–1832), MP ...

(1795–1875), MP for Marlow 1820–1868, Father of the House, 1867–1868; grandson of Thomas Williams of Llanidan *

T. Russell Williams Thomas Russell Williams (1869 – 1926) was a British socialist politician. Williams grew up in Huddersfield and largely educated himself. He entered the textile industry and rose to become manager of a mill. He tried to enter the civil servi ...

(1869–1926), socialist activist * Thomas Williams (Kennington MP) (1877–1927), British Member of Parliament for Kennington, 1923–1924 *

Sir Thomas Williams, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Williams, 1st Baronet (c. 1621 – 1712) was a Welsh medical doctor and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1675 to 1679. He was "Chymical Physician" to King Charles II. Early life Williams was the son of Thomas Williams, o ...

(c. 1621–1712), English medical doctor and Member of Parliament for Weobley *Thomas Williams of Edwinsford (died 1762),

Custos Rotulorum of Carmarthenshire This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Carmarthenshire. * Richard Devereux 1543 – bef. 1558 * Sir Thomas Jones bef. 1558 – bef. 1559 * Sir Henry Jones bef. 1562–1586 * Sir Thomas Jones 1586 – bef. ...

from 1745 to 1762

United States

* Thomas Williams (Alabama politician) (1825–1903), US representative *

Thomas Williams (Pennsylvania politician) Thomas S. Williams (August 28, 1806 – June 16, 1872) was a Republican United States Representative from Pennsylvania. Williams was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and graduated from Dickinson College in ...

(1806–1872), US representative * Thomas Edward Williams (politician) (1849–1931), American politician in Wisconsin and Nebraska *

Thomas Hickman Williams Thomas Hickman Williams (January 20, 1801May 3, 1851) was a United States Senator from Mississippi. Born in Williamson County, Tennessee, he attended the common schools, moved to Mississippi and settled in Pontotoc County, and engaged in planting ...

(1801–1851), US senator from Mississippi, 1837–1838 *

Thomas Hill Williams Thomas Hill Williams (January 14, 1773 – December 7, 1850)H.B. Faint, "Thomas Hill Williams," in William S. Powell (ed.), ''Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 6.'' (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1979–1996. was ...

(1780–1840), US senator from Mississippi, 1817–1828 *

Thomas Scott Williams Thomas Scott Williams (June 26, 1777 – December 15, 1861) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. He was a descendant of immigrant Robert Williams of Roxbury, a cordwainer of Great Yarmouth and Norwich, England, who arrived in Roxbury, Mas ...

(1777–1861), US representative from Connecticut *

Thomas Sutler Williams Thomas Sutler Williams (February 14, 1872 – April 5, 1940) was a United States representative from Illinois and a United States federal judge, judge of the United States Court of Claims, Court of Claims. Education and career Born on February ...

(1872–1940), US representative from Illinois *

Thomas Wheeler Williams Thomas Wheeler Williams (September 28, 1789 – December 31, 1874) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut from 1839 to 1843. Biography Born in Stonington, Connecticut, Williams attended the public schools. At the age of fifteen was employ ...

(1789–1874), US representative from Connecticut *

Thomas W. Williams (Los Angeles) Thomas W. Williams (ca. 1867–1931) was a former coal miner, school principal and church minister who was a member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council between 1929 and 1931. He was the first councilman elected under the 1925 city chart ...

(c. 1867–1931), church minister and member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council

Sport

Thomas Williams (American football) Thomas Ray Williams (born December 25, 1984) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Southern California. Williams has been a memb ...

(born 1984), American football player * Thomas Williams (cricketer, born 1884) (1884–1954), Welsh cricketer * Thomas Williams (Irish cricketer) (1908–1982), Irish cricketer * Thomas Williams (figure skater) (born 1991), Canadian ice dancer * Thomas Williams (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1910s for Wales, and Oldham *

Thomas Williams (soccer) Thomas Ivory Williams III (born August 15, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Orlando City in Major League Soccer. Career Orlando City As a member of the Orlando City academy since 2015, Williams pla ...

(born 2004), American soccer player *

Thomas Williams Jr. Thomas Williams Jr. (born August 25, 1987) is an American professional boxer from Fort Washington, Maryland. He challenged for the WBC and Lineal light heavyweight titles in 2016. Professional career Williams turned professional at 2010 after a ...

(born 1987), American boxer

Others

* Thomas H. Williams (California official) (1828–1886), attorney general of California, 1858–1862 *

Thomas Lyle Williams Thomas Lyle Williams Sr (January 19, 1896 – September 26, 1976) was an American cosmetician and business executive. He was the founder of cosmetic firm The Maybelline Company. Early life and family Thomas Lyle Williams Sr. was born in Morga ...

(1896–1976), American businessman * Thomas Williams (manufacturer) (1846–?), New Zealand ironfounder and businessman * Thomas Williams (Mayflower), signatory of the Mayflower Compact *

Thomas Williams (pioneer) Thomas Williams (died November 30, 1785), originally from Albany, New York, settled in Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, in 1765. He married Cecile Campeau from a prominent French-Canadian family that had settled in Michigan in 1710. Williams was a merc ...

(died 1785), early settler to Detroit, Michigan and grandfather of general Thomas Williams *Thomas Williams (died 1831), murderer, one of the

London Burkers The London Burkers were a group of body snatchers operating in London, England, who apparently modeled their activities on the notorious Burke and Hare murders. They came to prominence in 1831 for murdering victims to sell to anatomists, by luring ...

Thomas Walter Williams Thomas Walter Williams (1763–1833) was an English barrister, known as a legal writer. Life He was the son of Walter Williams, a London attorney living in Lamb's Conduit Street, and entered St Paul's School, London on 6 November 1772. He then st ...

(1763–1833), English barrister, known as a legal writer *

Thomas Williams (Northern Rhodesian speaker) Sir Thomas Williams (1893 – 25 February 1967) was the last Speaker of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia. Biography Born in 1893, Williams was educated at Normanton Grammar School in Yorkshire between 1905 and 1911,''The University ...

(1893–1967), Speaker of the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia