Famous People with Name Thomas

Thomas Francis Connolly            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Francis Connolly: is an American gymnast and Olympic medalist.

Thomas "Tom" S. Taylor            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas "Tom" S. Taylor: was a Canadian amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he was a member of the Galt F.C. team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament. He played all two matches as a forward and scored three goals.

Thomas Dwan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Dwan: is an American professional poker player who regularly plays online in the highest-stakes No-Limit Texas hold 'em and Pot-Limit Omaha games, primarily on Full Tilt Poker, where he plays under the screen name "durrrr". In early November 2009, Dwan became a member of Team Full Tilt.

Thomas Keller            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Keller: is an American professional poker player, residing in Scottsdale, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada. He is the brother of Shawn "Lightning" Keller. Keller graduated from Stanford University with a degree in economics in 2002. It was at Stanford where he began playing poker, having been influenced by the movie Rounders. Like David Williams and Noah Boeken, Keller credits his experience of playing Magic: The Gathering as a helpful factor in his poker career.

Thomas K. McEvoy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas K. McEvoy: is a professional poker player and author. He is best known for his win in the 1983 World Series of Poker main event. McEvoy was born and raised in Michigan. He was an accountant, but after he was laid off from his job, he took up poker full time in 1978. He first learned to play poker when he was five years old and would regularly get in trouble for playing it in grade school. Since his two bracelet wins in 1983, McEvoy has gone on to win two more WSOP bracelets. He won the Razz tournament in 1986, defeating Alma McClelland, and a Limit Omaha tournament in 1992, defeating 1986 world champion Berry Johnston.

John Robert Thomas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Robert Thomas: was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and rose from the rank of private to that of captain of Company D, One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He studied law. He was admitted t

William Reuben Thomas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Reuben Thomas: was a politician and businessman from Gainesville, Florida. Major Thomas served six terms as Gainesville’s mayor from 1901 through 1907. He also represented Alachua County for four years in the Florida Senate.

Jesse Burgess Thomas, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jesse Burgess Thomas, Jr.: was born in Lebanon, Ohio and was an Illinois politician who served as the Illinois Attorney General from 1835-1836 and later on the state Supreme Court. By 1830, Thomas was serving as the secretary to the Illinois State Senate. Four years later, he serve

Lowell Jackson Thomas, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lowell Jackson Thomas, Jr.: is a film and television producer who collaborated with his father, the accomplished reporter and author Lowell Thomas, on several projects before becoming an Alaskan State Senator in the early 1970s, and later the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Alaska (197

Richard Malcolm Thomas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Malcolm Thomas: was a Canadian actor, broadcaster, environmentalist and politician. "He introduced me to modern literature, poetry, to (Carl) Jung and the Russians like Dostoevsky and all kinds of music, both classical and folk — Fred Neil, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Bach," recalled Patrick Corrigan, one of Thomas' long time friends. He was a longtime columnist for the Almaguin News. Thomas entered politics as a candidate for the Ontario Liberal Party in the 1981 provincial election, losing in the riding of Parry Sound by only six votes to Progressive Conservative newcomer Ernie Eves. Though he had never been elected to public office, he surprised the 1982 Ontario Liberal Party leadership convention by placing a credible third on the first ballot, coming ahead of two veteran Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) by running on a strong environmentalist platform. He ran for the Liberal Party again in the 1985 provincial election, and this time lost to Eves by 1,440 votes.