Tom or Thomas French may refer to:
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Thomas French
Thomas M. French (born January 3, 1958) is an American writer and journalist.
Personal details
Thomas M. French was born Jan. 3, 1958 to Hans and Katherine (née Darst) French in Columbus, Ohio and was raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. While at ...
, journalist for the ''St. Petersburg Times''
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Thomas French (cricketer)
Thomas Lee French (10 June 1821 – 7 April 1909) was an English landowner and clergyman who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Cambridge Town and minor cricket for amateur teams in East Anglia. He was born at Eye, Suffolk ...
(1821–1909), English cricketer and cleric
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Thomas French (footballer)
Thomas French was an amateur English footballer, who won the FA Cup with Old Etonians in 1882, playing as a full-back.
Family background
French was the son of Frederic French, rector of St Mary's Church in Worlingworth, Suffolk. He was educa ...
(1859–1908), played on the winning side in the
1882 FA Cup Final
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Valpy French
Thomas Valpy French (1 January 1825 – 14 May 1891) was an English Christian Missionary in India and Persia, who became the first Bishop of Lahore, in 1877, and also founded the St. John's College, Agra, in 1853. (Thomas Valpy French: 1825–1891), British bishop and missionary
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Tom French (jockey)
Thomas French (1844–1873), born in Liverpool, was a Derby winning English jockey.
At the age of 12, he was apprenticed to James Godding at Palace House, Newmarket, before becoming stable jockey to Mathew Dawson in the 1860s, when Fred Arc ...
(1844–1873), English jockey
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Tom French (poet)
Tom French (born 1966 in Kilkenny) is an Irish poet.
Life
He was born in Kilkenny
Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks o ...
, winner of the 2002 Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection
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Tom French (politician)
Tom French (1934 – 12 March 2023) was president of the Workers' Party (Ireland), Workers' Party (from 1996-2000) and an elected member of Craigavon Borough Council (from 1978-1993).
Born in Belfast in 1934, French joined Sinn Féin as a yo ...
, former President of the Workers' Party of Ireland
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Tom French (rugby union), currently in the London Wasps squad
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Tom French Cup
In rugby union, the Tom French Cup is an honour awarded by New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) to the Tom French Memorial Māori player of the year. The cup has been awarded annually since 1949, when it was donated to the New Zealand Māori coach To ...
, awarded by the New Zealand Rugby Union to the Māori player of the year
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