Thomas, Tom, or Tommy Cooper may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Thomas Apthorpe Cooper Thomas Abthorpe Cooper (born London, England, 1776; d. Bristol, Pennsylvania, 4 April 1841) was an English actor. Cooper was born in Harrow on the Hill, London, the son of a physician with the East India Company. He received a good education, ...

(1776–1849), English actor *

Thomas Sidney Cooper Thomas Sidney Cooper (26 September 18037 February 1902) was an English landscape painter noted for his images of cattle and farm animals. Biography Thomas Sidney Cooper was born in St Peter's Street in Canterbury, Kent, and as a small child ...

(1803–1902), English painter *

Thomas Cooper (poet) Thomas Cooper (20 March 1805 – 15 July 1892) was an English poet and a leading Chartist. His prison rhyme the ''Purgatory of Suicides'' (1845) runs to 944 stanzas. He also wrote novels and in later life religious texts. He was self-educated a ...

(1805–1892), English poet and Chartist *

Thomas Cooper de Leon Thomas Cooper De Leon (May 21, 1839 – March 19, 1914) was an American journalist, author, and playwright. Biography Born in Columbia, South Carolina, his parents were Mordecai Hendricks de Leon and Rebecca Lopez. His older brothers were the Con ...

(1839–1914), American journalist, author and playwright *

Tommy Cooper Thomas Frederick Cooper (19 March 1921 – 15 April 1984) was a Welsh prop comedian and magician. As an entertainer, his appearance was large and lumbering at , and he habitually wore a red fez when performing. He served in the British Army f ...

(1921–1984), British magician and comedian * Thomas Joshua Cooper (born 1946), American landscape photographer

Military

Thomas Cooper (pilot) Captain Thomas Cooper (January 15, 1833April 5, 1906) was a 19th-century Boston maritime pilot. He was a well-known Boston pilot that took more battleships on their trial trips than any pilot on the coast. He was a leader among the branch pilots ...

(1833–1906), American maritime pilot *

Thomas Haller Cooper Thomas Haller Cooper (29 August 1919 – 1987 or late 1990s), also known as Tom Böttcher, was a member of the German Waffen-SS British Free Corps and former member of the British Union of Fascists. Biography Early life Thomas Cooper was born ...

(1919–1987), member of the British Free Corps and convicted traitor *

Thomas E. Cooper Thomas Edward Cooper (born 1943) is an American scientist and businessman who served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) from 1983 to 1987. Biography Thomas E. Cooper was born on May 31, 1943. He was educated at the University ...

(born 1943), U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition), 1983–87

Politics

Thomas Cooper (Parliamentarian) Thomas Cooper (died 1659) was a colonel in the Parliamentary Army who fought in the English Civil War and aided in the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Cromwellian occupation of Ireland. He was appointed to the Cromwell's Upper House, and died in ...

(died 1659), colonel in the Parliamentary Army and politician * Thomas Cooper (American politician, born 1759) (1759–1840), American educationalist and political philosopher, commonly associated with South Carolina *

Thomas Cooper (American politician, born 1764) Thomas Cooper (1764–1829) was a Delaware lawyer and politician who was a Federalist member of the United States House of Representatives. He served in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses. Early life and career Cooper was born in Little ...

(1764–1829), U.S. congressman from Delaware *

Thomas Buchecker Cooper Thomas Buchecker Cooper (December 29, 1823 – April 4, 1862) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Thomas B. Cooper was born in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and Pennsyl ...

(1823–1862), U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania * Thomas Valentine Cooper (1835–1909), American politician from Pennsylvania *

Thomas Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross Thomas Mackay Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross (24 September 1892 – 15 July 1956) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician, a judge and a historian, who had been appointed Lord Advocate of Scotland. Background and education Cooper was t ...

(1892–1955), Scottish politician, judge and historian

Sports

Tom Cooper (cyclist) Tom Cooper (December 1, 1874 – November 16, 1906) was an American cyclist and early automobile racing driver. He is best known for his rivalry with cyclist Major Taylor, as well as his later work with Henry Ford and Barney Oldfield. Early ...

(1874–1906), American racing cyclist and early automobile driver *

Tom Cooper (footballer) Thomas Cooper (9 April 1905 – 25 June 1940) was an England international footballer who played for Port Vale, Derby County, and Liverpool. He won 15 caps, and played 430 league games in a 16-year career in the Football League. He helped Derby ...

(1904–1940), England international footballer *

Tom Cooper (baseball) Thomas Cooper was an American professional baseball catcher in the Negro leagues, and minor leagues. He played in the Negro leagues with the Kansas City Monarchs from 1947 to 1952. He played in the Philadelphia Phillies minor league system with th ...

(1927–1985), American Negro league baseball player *

Tom Cooper (cricketer) Tom Lexley William Cooper (born 26 November 1986) is an Australian–Dutch cricketer who played for South Australia in Australian domestic cricket and for the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League (BBL). He is a right-handed middle order batsma ...

(born 1986), Netherlands and South Australia cricketer *

Tom Cooper (rugby union) Tom Cooper (born 18 February 1987, Oxford) is an English rugby union footballer. A centre, he played for Bedwas RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons regional team. Cooper made his debut for the Newport Gwent Dragons against Gloucester on 4 November ...

(born 1987), English rugby union player

Others

* Thomas Cooper (bishop) (c. 1517–1594), English bishop of Lincoln and Winchester *

Thomas Frederick Cooper (watchmaker) Thomas Frederick Cooper (1789 – 9 March 1863) was a well-known Victorian English watchmaker in London who made high quality timepieces, particularly for the American market. Biography Cooper was active for over forty years from about 1819 at ...

(1789–1863), English watchmaker *

Thomas Cooper (brewer) Coopers Brewery Limited, the largest Australian-owned brewery, is based in the Adelaide suburb of Regency Park. Coopers is known for making a variety of beers, the most famous of which are its Pale Ale and Sparkling Ale. In the twelve months ...

(1826–1897), founder of Coopers Brewery * Thomas Thornville Cooper (1839–1878), English traveller in China * Thomas Edwin Cooper (1874–1942), English architect

Other uses

*'' Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This'', 2014 film {{human name disambiguation, Cooper, Thomas