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Actors

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Thomas F. Wilson Thomas Francis Wilson Jr. (born April 15, 1959) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Biff Tannen, Griff Tannen, and Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen in the ''Back to the Future'' film trilogy (1985–1990). He also played coach ...
(born 1959), American actor most famous for his role of Biff Tannen in the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy * Tom Wilson (actor) (1880–1965), American actor *
Dan Green (voice actor) James Hadley Snyder (born February 16, 1970), known professionally as Dan Green, is an American voice actor, voice director, and screenwriter. He is best known for being the voice of Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi for ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'', the anime ...
(born 1970), American actor sometimes credited as "Tom Wilson" in films


Businessmen

* Thomas Wilson (shipping magnate) (1792–1869), British shipping magnate *Thomas Wilson, London merchant for whom Wilsons Promontory is named * Thomas Wilson (industrialist) (fl. 1850s to early 20th century), American business magnate *
Thomas E. Wilson Thomas E. Wilson (July 11, 1868 – August 4, 1958) was a Canadian-born American businessman. In 1926, he created one of the most recognizable sports brand names in the world, known as Wilson Sporting Goods. He served as President and Chairman of ...
(1868–1958), Canadian American businessman, founder of Wilson Sporting Goods and the Wilson and Company meatpacking company *
Thomas J. Wilson Thomas J. Wilson (born 1958) is chairman, chief executive officer, and president of The Allstate Corporation. Wilson is also a member of the corporation's board of directors. Early life Wilson was born in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. He graduated ...
(born 1958), American businessman


Clergy

* Thomas Wilson (dean of Worcester) (died 1586), English Anglican priest * Thomas Wilson (lexicographer) (1563–1622), English Anglican priest, compiler of an early biblical reference work *
Thomas Wilson (archdeacon of Cashel) Thomas Wilson was an Irish Anglican clergyman, Chancellor of the Diocese of Cashel from 1608 until 1615 and Archdeacon of Cashel The Archdeacon of Cashel was a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Cashel which later became a post ...
(fl. 1608–1616), Irish Anglican priest *
Thomas Wilson (dean of Lismore) Thomas Wilson was a priest in Ireland during the first half of the 17th century: he was Dean of Lismore from 1611 until 1614 and Dean of Dromore from 1621 until 1622."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Henry Cotto ...
(fl. 1611–1622), Irish Anglican priest, also Dean of Dromore * Thomas Wilson (dean of Carlisle) (died 1778), English Anglican priest * Thomas Wilson (bishop) (1663–1755), English Anglican Bishop of Sodor and Man *
Thomas Wilson (schoolmaster) Thomas Wilson (1747–1813) was an English cleric, known as master of Clitheroe grammar school. Life The son of William and Isabella Wilson, he was born at Priest Hutton, in the parish of Warton, near Lancaster, on 3 Dec. 1747, and educated at Ar ...
(1747–1813), English cleric known as master of Clitheroe grammar school * Thomas Wilson (archdeacon of Worcester) (1882–1961), English Anglican priest


Musicians

* Thomas Wilson (composer) (1927–2001), Scottish composer * Tom Wilson (DJ) (1952–2004), Scottish radio/club DJ * Tom Wilson (musician) (born 1959), Canadian rock musician with the band Junkhouse * Tom Wilson (record producer) (1931–1978), American record producer


Politicians

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Thomas Wilson (record keeper) Sir Thomas Wilson (1560?–1629) was an English official. He is known as a government agent, Member of Parliament, Keeper of the Records, translator and author. Life Born probably about 1560, Wilson was educated apparently at Stamford School, and ...
(1560?–1629), English official and Member of Parliament *
Thomas Wilson (c.1767–1852) Thomas Wilson (c.1767–1852) was an English West India merchant and politician. Life He was the son of Robert Wilson of Wood House, East Ham, in Essex. By 1794 he was in partnership with the Agassiz family of Fenchurch Street, London. With a ba ...
, MP for the City of London, 1818–1826 *
Thomas Wilson (mayor) Thomas Wilson (5 September 1787 – 31 March 1863) was a solicitor, author and Mayor of Adelaide from 1842 to 1843. He was born in England but educated in Germany. On his return to England he was articled to Bartlett & Beddome, a London firm of ...
(1787–1863), mayor of Adelaide, Australia *
Thomas Wilson (Minnesota politician) Thomas Wilson (May 16, 1827 – April 3, 1910) was an American lawyer, Minnesota congressman and state legislator, associate justice and the second chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. Wilson was born in Dungannon, County Tyr ...
(1827–1910), U.S. Representative from Minnesota *
Thomas Wilson (Pennsylvania politician) Thomas Wilson (1772 – October 4, 1824) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Thomas Wilson was born near Sunbury, Pennsylvania. He had the contract for supplying the western forts of the United States from Nia ...
(1772–1824), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania * Thomas Wilson (Virginia politician) (1765–1826), U.S. Representative from Virginia *
Thomas Wilson (Queensland politician) Thomas Wilson (5 May 1865 – 19 May 1933) was an Australian miner and a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was also Mayor of Brisbane in 1909 and 1925. Biography Wilson was born in Riddells Creek, Victoria, to parents James Wi ...
(1865–1933), miner and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly *
Thomas B. Wilson Thomas Burrell Wilson (December 12, 1852 in Hall, Ontario County, New York – January 11, 1929 in Hall, Ontario Co., NY) was an American politician from New York. Life He attended the district schools and Canandaigua Academy. Then he worked on th ...
(1852–1929), New York state senator * Thomas Fleming Wilson (1862–1929), British Member of Parliament for North East Lanarkshire, 1910–1911 * Thomas Spencer Wilson (1727–1798), British Army officer and Member of Parliament * Thomas Stokeley Wilson (1813–1894), judge in Iowa *
T. Webber Wilson Thomas Webber Wilson (January 24, 1893 – January 31, 1948) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Born in Coldwater, Mississippi, Wilson attended the public schools of his native city. He was graduated from the law department of the Univ ...
(1893–1948), U.S. Representative from Mississippi *Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924), 28th President of the United States (used his first name until he was a student at Princeton) * Tom Wilson (New Jersey lobbyist) (born 1967), chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee


Sportsmen


Association football

* Tom Wilson (footballer, born 1896) (1896–1948), England and Huddersfield Town footballer * Tom Wilson (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1992), English footballer * Tom Wilson (footballer, born 1930) (1930–2010), English footballer *
Tommy Wilson (footballer, born 1877) Thomas Carter Wilson (20 October 1877 – 30 August 1940) was an English footballer who played as a forward. Born in Preston, he played for Manchester United, Ashton-in-Makerfield, West Manchester, Ashton Town, Ashton North End, Oldham Count ...
(1877–1940), English footballer *
Tommy Wilson (footballer, born 1930) Thomas Wilson (15 September 1930 – 21 April 1992) was an English professional footballer who played for Nottingham Forest and Walsall. Signed for Nottingham Forest from local club Cinderhill Colliery in 1951, originally played as a winger; ...
(1930–1992), Nottingham Forest and Walsall footballer *
Tommy Wilson (footballer, born 1961) Tommy Wilson (born 24 August 1961 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley) is a Scottish former footballer, who is currently the director of the Philadelphia Union Academy. He was formerly the Reserve team coach at Rangers F.C., Rangers, and a coach ...
, head coach of Scotland U-19 national team, as of 2006 *
Tug Wilson (footballer) Thomas Harold "Tug" Wilson (23 November 1917 – 1959) was an English professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association f ...
(Thomas Harold "Tom" Wilson, 1917–1959), Gillingham F.C. player of the 1930s and 1940s


Baseball

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Tom Wilson (1910s catcher) Thomas G. Wilson (June 3, 1890 – March 7, 1953), nicknamed "Slats", was a catcher in Major League Baseball who appeared in one game for the Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators in 1914 Washington Senators season, its 1914 season. ...
(1890–1953), Major League Baseball catcher * Tom Wilson (2000s catcher) (born 1970), Major League Baseball catcher * Tommy Wilson (shortstop), American baseball player


Cricket

* Thomas Wilson (cricketer, born 1841) (1841–1929), English cricketer *
Thomas Wilson (cricketer, born 1849) Thomas Ward Wilson (1 April 1849 – 4 January 1924) was an English first-class cricketer active 1869–1871 who played for Cambridge University Cricket Club, Cambridge University. He was born in Nocton and died in Broadstone, Dorset. He appeare ...
(1849–1924), English cricketer * Thomas Wilson (New Zealand cricketer) (1869–1918), New Zealand cricketer * Thomas Wilson (Middlesex cricketer) (fl. 1880s), English cricketer *
Thomas Wilson (cricketer, born 1936) Thomas Crichton Wilson (born 18 November 1936) is an English former first-class cricketer. Educated at Eastbourne College, Wilson played a single first-class cricket match for L. C. Stevens' XI against Cambridge University at Eastbourne in 196 ...
(born 1936), English cricketer *
Tommy Wilson (umpire) Thomas 'Tommy' Guy Wilson (born 5 November 1937) is a former English cricket umpire from Bretherton, Lancashire. Wilson first stood as an umpire in a Minor Counties Championship match between Shropshire and Cambridgeshire in 1969. Seven years la ...
(born 1937), former English cricket umpire


Other sports

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Tom Wilson (basketball) Thomas Glen Joseph Wilson (born 24 June 1997) is an Australian former professional basketball player, turned Australian rules football player who played for the Collingwood Football Club. Early life Wilson was born in Melbourne, Victoria (Aus ...
(born 1997), Australian basketball player and footballer * Thomas Wilson (equestrian) (born 1962), Puerto Rican Olympic equestrian * Bubba Wilson (Thomas Eugene Wilson, born 1955), American professional basketball player * Tom Wilson (American football) (1944–2016), Texas A&M University head football coach *
Tom Wilson (curler) Thomas R. Wilson is a Canadian curler. He is a and a . Awards *Canadian Curling Hall of Fame: 1985 (with all 1980 World champions team skipped by Rick Folk) * Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame: ** 1980 (1980 Rick Folk Curling Team) ** 2004 (1 ...
, Canadian curler * Tom Wilson (ice hockey) (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player * Tommy Wilson (American football) (1932–2006), former National Football League running back *
Tommy Wilson (gymnast) Thomas Arthur Wilson (born 17 August 1953) is a British gymnast. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye ...
(born 1953), British Olympic gymnast


Others

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Thomas Wilson (academic) Thomas Wilson (1726-22 September 1799) was an Irish academic and clergyman most of whose career was spent at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), where he served as the fifth Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy (1769-1786). ...
 (1726–1799), Irish academic and clergyman *
Thomas Wilson (economist) Thomas Wilson (23 June 1916 – 27 July 2001) was a 20th-century British economist, who spoke out strongly against the introduction of the poll tax in Britain. Life He was born in Belfast on 23 June 1916, the son of John Bright Wilson, an Ulster ...
(1916–2001), British economist * Thomas Wilson (rhetorician) (1524–1581), English diplomat, judge, and privy councillor * Thomas Wilson (philanthropist) (1764–1843), English Congregationalist benefactor *
Thomas Wilson (poet) Thomas Wilson (1773 – 9 May 1858) was a Tyneside poet, from Low Fell in Gateshead. His most famous work, written in the Geordie dialect, is '' The Pitman's Pay'', originally published between 1826 and 1830. Early life Wilson, was born on 1 ...
(1773–1858), Tyneside poet, writer of ''The Pitman's Pay'' * Thomas Braidwood Wilson (1792–1843), Scottish explorer, medical practitioner and settler after whom Wilson Inlet in Western Australia is named * Thomas Bellerby Wilson (1807–1865), American naturalist *
A. T. M. Wilson Alexander Thomson Macbeth Wilson Medical Doctor, MD Royal Army Medical Corps, RAMC FRCPsych FBPsS Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, FRSA (also known as 'Tommy') (1906 – 14 September 1978) was a British psychiatrist who was a pioneer of Ther ...
(1906–1978), known as Tommy, British psychiatrist *
Thomas Wilson (shipwreck) The ''Thomas Wilson'' was a whaleback freighter built in 1892 and used to haul bulk freight on the Great Lakes. The ship sank in Lake Superior just outside the harbor of Duluth, Minnesota, United States, on 7 June 1902, after a collision with th ...
, American whaleback freighter wrecked in Lake Superior in 1902 *Tom Wilson, one of the people behind the
Martian Monkey The Martian Monkey is the name given to the monkey used by Edward Watters, Tom Wilson and Arnold Payne to perpetrate a hoax in Atlanta, Georgia in 1953. The hoax In 1953, young Atlanta barbers Edward Watters and Tom Wilson, along with butcher A ...
hoax * Tom Wilson (cartoonist) (1931–2011), US cartoonist whose most famous creation was the cartoon ''Ziggy'' *
Thomas D. Wilson Dr. Thomas D. Wilson has been an active contributor to the world of information science since 1961, when he received his Fellowship from the British Library Association. His research has focused on information management and information seeking be ...
(born 1935), information scientist researching information-seeking behaviors *
Thomas Edmonds Wilson Thomas Edmonds Wilson (August 21, 1859 – September 20, 1933) was a Canadian outfitter and guide. Early life Wilson was born in Ontario, Canada and graduated from grammar school in Barrie, Ontario, in 1875. In October 1878 he enrolled in the O ...
(1859–1933), Canadian outfitter and guide * Thomas R. Wilson (born 1946), director of the Defense Intelligence Agency * Tom Wilson (filmmaker) (born 1980), British filmmaker based in Romania *Thomas Wilson, fictional US President in the ''
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See also

* Thomas Willson (1860–1915), Canadian inventor and industrialist {{disambiguation Wilson, Thomas