Thomas may refer to:

People

List of people with given name Thomas {{short description, People with given name Thomas This article lists notable people with the given name Thomas. * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. ca. 647–648), medieval Christian bishop of Dunwich * Bastiampillai Anthonipillai Thomas ( ...

Thomas (name) Thomas is a male given name of Aramaic origins. The English spelling "Thomas" is a transliteration; through Latin "Thomas", of the approximate Greek transliteration ( el, Θωμᾶς, Thōmâs), from Aramaic; , from Classic Syriac; , meaning 'tw ...

* Thomas (surname) *

Saint Thomas (disambiguation) Saint Thomas or St. Thomas may refer to: People * Thomas the Apostle (died AD 72), Jewish-Christian Apostle and Saint of the 1st century * Thomas the Hermit, Coptic Desert Father and Saint of the 4th century * Thomas of Maurienne or Thomas of ...

Thomas Aquinas Thomas Aquinas, Dominican Order, OP (; it, Tommaso d'Aquino, lit=Thomas of Aquino, Italy, Aquino; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican Order, Dominican friar and Catholic priest, priest who was an influential List of Catholic philo ...

(1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church *

Thomas the Apostle Thomas the Apostle ( arc, 𐡀𐡌𐡅𐡕𐡌, hbo, תוֹמא הקדוש or תוֹמָא שליחא (''Toma HaKadosh'' "Thomas the Holy" or ''Toma Shlikha'' "Thomas the Messenger/Apostle" in Hebrew-Aramaic), syc, ܬܐܘܡܐ, , meaning "twi ...

Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) __NOTOC__ Thomas was a medieval Bishop of the East Angles The Bishop of Dunwich is an episcopal title which was first used by an Anglo-Saxon bishop between the seventh and ninth centuries and is currently used by the suffragan bishop of the Dioc ...

(fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche *

Thomas (bishop of Finland) Thomas ( fi, Tuomas) is the first known bishop of Finland. Only a few facts are known about his life. He resigned in 1245 and died in Visby three years later. Biography The only reference to Bishop Thomas during his episcopate in Finland ...

(1248), first known Bishop of Finland *

Thomas, Earl of Mar Thomas, Earl of Mar, (c. 1330-1377) was a 14th-century Earl of Mar, an earldom located in the County of Aberdeen, Scotland. He is sometimes styled Mormaer of Mar since ''mormaer'' was the Scottish Gaelic equivalent of the English word earl. Becaus ...

(1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland

Geography

Places in the United States

* Thomas, Illinois *

Thomas, Indiana Thomas is an unincorporated community in Daviess County, Indiana, in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North Amer ...

* Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia *

Thomas, Washington Thomas was a former community, north of Auburn in the Green River Valley of King County in the U.S. state of Washington. The also defunct community of Christopher Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek ...

Thomas, West Virginia Thomas is a city and former coal town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 623 at the 2020 census. History Thomas was platted in 1884. Thomas was named for Thomas Beall Davis (1828-1911), brother of Senator Henr ...

* Thomas County (disambiguation) * Thomas Township (disambiguation)

Elsewhere

Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Thomas Glacier ( da, Thomas Gletscher) is a glacier in northern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. The glacier was named by Robert Peary after E. B. Thomas, one of the founding members of the Peary ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 novel by Hester Burton, published in the US under the title ''

Beyond the Weir Bridge ''Thomas'' is a 1969 novel by Hester Burton, published in the US as ''Beyond the Weir Bridge.'' The story follows three friends as they grow up in the political and religious turmoil following the end of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in 1651, ...

'', * ''Thomas'' (2001 film) or ''Gli amici di Gesù - Tommaso'', a 2001 Italian film * ''Thomas'' (Jarvis novel), 1995 novel in the Deptford Histories Trilogy by Robin Jarvis * ''Thomas'' (opera), 1985 Finnish-language opera by Einojuhani Rautavaara * ''

Thomas & Friends ''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...

'', British television series ** '' Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go'', animated television series that acts as a reboot to ''Thomas & Friends''. * "Thomas," a song by A Perfect Circle from their 2000 album ''

Mer de Noms ''Mer de Noms'' (French for ''"Sea of Names"'') is the debut studio album by American rock band A Perfect Circle. The album was released on May 23, 2000, and entered the ''Billboard'' 200 at No. 4, making it the highest ever ''Billboard'' 200 d ...

Companies and brands

Thomas' Thomas' is a brand of English muffins and bagels in North America, established in 1880. It is owned by Bimbo Bakeries USA, one of the largest baking companies in the United States, which also owns Entenmann's, Boboli, Sara Lee, Stroehmann, a ...

, a brand of English muffins and bagels in North America *

Thomas Built Buses Thomas Built Buses, Inc. (commonly known as Thomas) is an American bus manufacturer. Best known for its production of yellow school buses, Thomas produces other bus designs for a variety of usages. Currently, its production is concentrated on s ...

, an American bus manufacturer *

Thomas Cook Group Thomas Cook Group plc was a global travel group, headquartered in the United Kingdom and listed on the London Stock Exchange from its formation on 19 June 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG — successor to Thomas Cook & Son — a ...

, a former British, global travel giant *

Thomas Motor Company E. R. Thomas Motor Company was a manufacturer of motorized bicycles, motorized tricycles, motorcycles, and automobiles in Buffalo, New York between 1900 and 1919. Motorized bicycles, tricycles, and motorcycles In 1896, E.R Thomas (1850 – 193 ...

, a former US manufacturer of motorcycles and automobiles *

Thomas's of York Thomas's of York is a historic pub in the city centre of York, in England. The building which houses the pub was first constructed in about 1700. In about 1800, it became part of Ettridge's Royal Hotel, and at some point in the 1820s, it was ...

, a pub in England *

Thomas & Betts Thomas & Betts is a designer and manufacturer of connectors and components for electrical and communication markets. Thomas and Betts was founded in 1898 by two young engineers from Princeton University, Robert M. Thomas and Hobart D. Betts. The ...

, a designer and manufacturer of connectors and components for electrical and communication markets * Thomas-Detroit (automobile), a former U.S. automobile manufacturer

Religion

Gospel of Thomas The Gospel of Thomas (also known as the Coptic Gospel of Thomas) is an extra-canonical sayings gospel. It was discovered near Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in December 1945 among a group of books known as the Nag Hammadi library. Scholars speculate ...

, a New Testament-era apocryphon *

Infancy Gospel of Thomas The ''Infancy Gospel of Thomas'' is a biographical gospel about the childhood of Jesus, believed to date at the latest to the second century. The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is generally considered to be Gnostic in origin because of references ...

, an infancy gospel * Book of Thomas the Contender, a gnostic book discovered in the Nag Hammadi library *

Acts of Thomas ''Acts of Thomas'' is an early 3rd-century text, one of the New Testament apocrypha within the Acts of the Apostles subgenre. References to the work by Epiphanius of Salamis show that it was in circulation in the 4th century. The complete ve ...

, another gnostic text *

Apocalypse of Thomas The Apocalypse of Thomas is a work from the New Testament apocrypha, apparently composed originally in Greek. It concerns the end of the world, and appears to be influenced by the Apocalypse of John (better known later as the Book of Revelation), ...

, a Christian gnostic apocalypse

Other uses

* Thomas algorithm, a numerical algorithm to solve a tridiagonal system of equations *

Thomas theorem The Thomas theorem is a theory of sociology which was formulated in 1928 by William Isaac Thomas and Dorothy Swaine Thomas: In other words, the interpretation of a situation causes the action. This interpretation is not objective. Actions are a ...

, a theory of belief and their consequences *

THOMAS Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

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