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Actors

* Thomas F. Wilson (born 1959), American actor most famous for his role of Biff Tannen in the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy *
Tom Wilson (actor) Tom Wilson (August 27, 1880 – February 19, 1965) was an American film actor. Biography Wilson was born in Helena, Montana, in 1880. Appearing in more than 300 films between 1915 and 1963, Wilson had notable supporting roles in the silen ...
(1880–1965), American actor * Dan Green (voice actor) (born 1970), American actor sometimes credited as "Tom Wilson" in films


Businessmen

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Thomas Wilson (shipping magnate) Thomas Wilson (1792–1869) was a 19th-century shipping magnate from Kingston upon Hull, England. In 1822, Wilson jointly founded Thomas Wilson Sons & Co., commonly known as the Wilson Line, a shipping company. Wilson Line Thomas Wilson founded ...
(1792–1869), British shipping magnate *Thomas Wilson, London merchant for whom
Wilsons Promontory Wilsons Promontory, is a peninsula that forms the southernmost part of the Australian mainland, located in the state of Victoria. South Point at is the southernmost tip of Wilsons Promontory and hence of mainland Australia. Located at nea ...
is named *
Thomas Wilson (industrialist) Thomas Wilson was a southern American business entrepreneur and magnate. He was active from the early 1850s until his death in the early 20th century. Early life and work Wilson immigrated to the United States in the 1850s from Scotland, wher ...
(fl. 1850s to early 20th century), American business magnate * Thomas E. Wilson (1868–1958), Canadian American businessman, founder of Wilson Sporting Goods and the Wilson and Company meatpacking company * Thomas J. Wilson (born 1958), American businessman


Clergy

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Thomas Wilson (dean of Worcester) Thomas Wilson (d 20 July 1586) was Dean of Worcester from 1559 until his death. Wilson was born in Kendal, educated at St John's College, Cambridge and ordained. He was appointed to a living as Vicar of Church of St Peter and St Paul, Blockley ...
(died 1586), English Anglican priest *
Thomas Wilson (lexicographer) Thomas Wilson (1563–1622) was an English Anglican priest, known as the compiler of an early biblical reference work. Life Born in County Durham, Wilson matriculated at The Queen's College, Oxford on 17 November 1581, aged 18. He graduated B.A. ...
(1563–1622), English Anglican priest, compiler of an early biblical reference work * Thomas Wilson (archdeacon of Cashel) (fl. 1608–1616), Irish Anglican priest * Thomas Wilson (dean of Lismore) (fl. 1611–1622), Irish Anglican priest, also Dean of Dromore *
Thomas Wilson (dean of Carlisle) Thomas Wilson was Dean of Carlisle from 1764 until his death on 25 September 1778. Wilson was educated at Giggleswick School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was Vicar A vicar (; Latin: '' vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or subst ...
(died 1778), English Anglican priest *
Thomas Wilson (bishop) Thomas Wilson (20 December 1663 – 7 March 1755) was Bishop of Sodor and Man between 1697 and 1755. He was born in Burton and Ness, in the Wirral, Cheshire, in December 1663. Having studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordai ...
(1663–1755), English Anglican Bishop of Sodor and Man * Thomas Wilson (schoolmaster) (1747–1813), English cleric known as master of Clitheroe grammar school *
Thomas Wilson (archdeacon of Worcester) Thomas Bowstead Wilson (15 August 1882 – 11 October 1961) was Archdeacon of Worcester from 1944 until his death. Wilson was educated at Charterhouse and Pembroke College, Cambridge and ordained deacon in 1906 and priest in 1907. Crockfords ...
(1882–1961), English Anglican priest


Musicians

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Thomas Wilson (composer) Thomas Wilson CBE FRSE (10 October 1927 – 12 June 2001) was an American-born Scottish composer of classical music. Early life and education Thomas Brendan Wilson was born in Trinidad, Colorado to British parents and moved to Britain wi ...
(1927–2001), Scottish composer *
Tom Wilson (DJ) Tom Wilson (9 October 1951 – 25 March 2004)
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was a Scottish
(1952–2004), Scottish radio/club DJ *
Tom Wilson (musician) Thomas Cunningham Wilson (born 1959) is a Canadian rock musician from Hamilton, Ontario. A veteran of the Canadian music scene, Wilson has been a writer and performer for many years. Wilson's eclectic musical style has ranged from the psychobill ...
(born 1959), Canadian rock musician with the band Junkhouse *
Tom Wilson (record producer) Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr. (March 25, 1931 – September 6, 1978) was an American record producer best known for his work in the 1960s with Bob Dylan, the Mothers of Invention, Simon & Garfunkel, the Velvet Underground, Cecil Taylor, S ...
(1931–1978), American record producer


Politicians

*Sir Thomas Wilson (record keeper) (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 b ...
, 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 Tyrone ...
(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 Ni ...
(1772–1824), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania *
Thomas Wilson (Virginia politician) Thomas Wilson (September 11, 1765January 24, 1826) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, father of Edgar Campbell Wilson and grandfather of Eugene McLanahan Wilson. Early life Wilson was born in Staunton in the Colony of Virginia, and ...
(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 (1852–1929), New York state senator *
Thomas Fleming Wilson Sir Thomas Fleming Wilson (2 June 1862 – 2 April 1929) was a Liberal MP for North East Lanarkshire for around a year. He was educated at the High School of Glasgow and the University of Glasgow. He was first elected at the general election o ...
(1862–1929), British Member of Parliament for North East Lanarkshire, 1910–1911 *
Thomas Spencer Wilson General Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson, 6th Baronet (25 January 1727 – 29 August 1798) was an officer of the British Army and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780. The son of Sir Thomas Wilson, 4th Baronet, he was educated at ...
(1727–1798), British Army officer and Member of Parliament *
Thomas Stokeley Wilson Thomas Stokeley Wilson (October 13, 1813 – May 16, 1894) was a judge and attorney from Iowa. Born in Steubenville, Ohio, he graduated from Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College) in 1833. He served in the Iowa House of Represe ...
(1813–1894), judge in Iowa * T. Webber Wilson (1893–1948), U.S. Representative from Mississippi *Thomas
Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of ...
(1856–1924), 28th President of the United States (used his first name until he was a student at Princeton) *
Tom Wilson (New Jersey lobbyist) Tom Wilson (born 1967) is an American Republican Party leader who served as the chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee from 2004 to 2009. Biography Wilson grew up in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey and graduated from Bridgewater ...
(born 1967), chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee


Sportsmen


Association football

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Tom Wilson (footballer, born 1896) Thomas Wilson (16 April 1896 – 2 February 1948) was a footballer who was a member of the Huddersfield Town team that won the Football League three times in the 1920s. Playing career Born in Seaham, County Durham, Wilson started his profess ...
(1896–1948), England and Huddersfield Town footballer *
Tom Wilson (footballer, born 1902) Thomas Henry Wilson (9 December 1902 – September 1992) was an English footballer who appeared in The Football League for Charlton Athletic, Wigan Borough, Cardiff City and Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional ...
(1902–1992), English footballer *
Tom Wilson (footballer, born 1930) Thomas Frederick Wilson (3 July 1930 – 29 March 2010) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Fulham and Brentford. He later returned to Fulham as a director. As a player, he was describe ...
(1930–2010), English footballer * Tommy Wilson (footballer, born 1877) (1877–1940), English footballer * Tommy Wilson (footballer, born 1930) (1930–1992), Nottingham Forest and Walsall footballer * Tommy Wilson (footballer, born 1961), head coach of Scotland U-19 national team, as of 2006 * Tug Wilson (footballer) (Thomas Harold "Tom" Wilson, 1917–1959), Gillingham F.C. player of the 1930s and 1940s


Baseball

* Tom Wilson (1910s catcher) (1890–1953), Major League Baseball catcher *
Tom Wilson (2000s catcher) Thomas Leroy Wilson (born December 19, 1970) is a former professional baseball player. He played all or parts of four seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily as a catcher. Career Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 23rd round of the 1990 ...
(born 1970), Major League Baseball catcher *
Tommy Wilson (shortstop) Tommy Wilson is an American former Negro league shortstop Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball or softball fielding position between second and third base, which is considered to be among the most demanding defensive positions. Histo ...
, American baseball player


Cricket

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Thomas Wilson (cricketer, born 1841) Thomas Henry Wilson (10 June 1841 – 31 January 1929) was an English first-class cricketer. Wilson occasionally played as a wicketkeeper. Wilson made his debut in county cricket for Huntingdonshire in 1862 against North Northamptonshire. ...
(1841–1929), English cricketer * Thomas Wilson (cricketer, born 1849) (1849–1924), English cricketer *
Thomas Wilson (New Zealand cricketer) Thomas Wilson (1869 – 13 November 1918) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played one first-class match for Auckland in 1891/92. See also * List of Auckland representative cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played fir ...
(1869–1918), New Zealand cricketer *
Thomas Wilson (Middlesex cricketer) Thomas Wilson ( fl. 1880s) was an English cricketer who played for Middlesex in a single match in the 1880 cricket season. His birth and death details are not known. Wilson was described in a contemporary reference as "a fast right-handed bowler ...
(fl. 1880s), English cricketer * Thomas Wilson (cricketer, born 1936) (born 1936), English cricketer * Tommy Wilson (umpire) (born 1937), former English cricket umpire


Other sports

* Tom Wilson (basketball) (born 1997), Australian basketball player and footballer *
Thomas Wilson (equestrian) Thomas B. Wilson (born 18 May 1962) is a Puerto Rican equestrian. He competed in the individual eventing at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as ...
(born 1962), Puerto Rican Olympic equestrian *
Bubba Wilson Thomas Eugene "Bubba" Wilson (born August 7, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player. He played for the Golden State Warriors in the National Basketball Association for 16 games during 1979–80 after a collegiate career at West ...
(Thomas Eugene Wilson, born 1955), American professional basketball player *
Tom Wilson (American football) Tom Wilson (February 24, 1944 – August 10, 2016) was an American football player and coach. He served as a head coach at the high school and collegiate level. He was the head football coach at Texas A&M University team from 1978 to 1981. Play ...
(1944–2016), Texas A&M University head football coach * Tom Wilson (curler), Canadian curler *
Tom Wilson (ice hockey) Thomas Wilson, Tom Wilson or Tommy Wilson may refer to: Actors * Thomas F. Wilson (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 Gre ...
(born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player *
Tommy Wilson (American football) Thomas Lee Wilson (September 1, 1932 – December 31, 2006) was a professional American football player. Professional career Wilson played running back for eight seasons in the National Football League The National Football League (NFL ...
(1932–2006), former National Football League running back * Tommy Wilson (gymnast) (born 1953), British Olympic gymnast


Others

* Thomas Wilson (academic) (1726–1799), Irish academic and clergyman * Thomas Wilson (economist) (1916–2001), British economist *
Thomas Wilson (rhetorician) Thomas Wilson (1524–1581), Esquire, LL.D., was an English diplomat and judge who served as a privy councillor and Secretary of State (1577–81) to Queen Elizabeth I. He is remembered especially for his ''Logique'' (1551) and ''The Arte of ...
(1524–1581), English diplomat, judge, and privy councillor *
Thomas Wilson (philanthropist) Thomas Wilson (11 November 1764 – 17 June 1843) was a Congregational benefactor of chapels and educational institutions and founder member of the Council of University College London from 1825. Thomas Wilson was a man of considerable wealth, hi ...
(1764–1843), English Congregationalist benefactor * Thomas Wilson (poet) (1773–1858), Tyneside poet, writer of ''The Pitman's Pay'' *
Thomas Braidwood Wilson Thomas Braidwood Wilson FRGS (bapt. 29 April 1792 – 11 November 1843) was an Australian surgeon and explorer. He was baptised in Kirknewton, West Lothian, Scotland, the son of James, and Catherine Boak. Sea voyages Wilson studied at Edinbur ...
(1792–1843), Scottish explorer, medical practitioner and settler after whom Wilson Inlet in Western Australia is named *
Thomas Bellerby Wilson Thomas Bellerby Wilson (1807–1865) was an American naturalist. Wilson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and educated first at a Quaker school there, then in Darlington, England, and then at the University of Paris, France and Trinity Coll ...
(1807–1865), American naturalist * A. T. M. Wilson (1906–1978), known as Tommy, British psychiatrist * Thomas Wilson (shipwreck), American whaleback freighter wrecked in Lake Superior in 1902 *Tom Wilson, one of the people behind the Martian Monkey hoax *
Tom Wilson (cartoonist) Thomas Albert Wilson (August 1, 1931 – September 16, 2011),"Tom Wilson." ''Contemporary Authors Online''. Detroit: Gale, 2002. ''Gale Biography In Context''. Web. 9 Nov. 2010. was an American cartoonist. Wilson was the creator of the comic str ...
(1931–2011), US cartoonist whose most famous creation was the cartoon ''Ziggy'' * Thomas D. Wilson (born 1935), information scientist researching information-seeking behaviors * Thomas Edmonds Wilson (1859–1933), Canadian outfitter and guide *
Thomas R. Wilson Thomas Ray Wilson (born 4 March 1946) is a retired United States Navy vice admiral. He previously served as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from July 1999 to July 2002. Overview Vice Admiral Thomas R. Wilson, USN was the 13th Dir ...
(born 1946), director of the Defense Intelligence Agency *
Tom Wilson (filmmaker) Tom Wilson (born 1980) is a British filmmaker based in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hung ...
(born 1980), British filmmaker based in Romania *Thomas Wilson, fictional US President in the ''
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See also

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Thomas Willson Thomas Leopold "Carbide" Willson (March 14, 1860 – December 20, 1915) was a Canadian inventor. He was born on a farm near Princeton, Ontario, in 1860 and went to school in Hamilton, Ontario. By the age of 21, he had designed and patented ...
(1860–1915), Canadian inventor and industrialist {{disambiguation Wilson, Thomas