Robert Thomas
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Robert Thomas, Rob Thomas or Bob Thomas is the name of:
- Rob Thomas (musician)Rob Thomas (musician)Robert Kelly "Rob" Thomas is an American rock recording artist and songwriter. He is the primary songwriter and lead singer of the band Matchbox Twenty. Thomas also records and performs as a solo artist...
(born 1972), singer-songwriter, lead singer of Matchbox Twenty - Robert Thomas (counterfeiter), 18th-century British counterfeiter, see Cragg Coiners
- Robert Thomas (director)Robert Thomas (director)Robert Thomas was a French writer, actor and film director.He is something of a forgotten man in French theatre and cinema...
(1927–1989), French writer, actor and director - Robert Thomas (linebacker)Robert Thomas (linebacker)Robert Wayne Thomas is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams 31st overall in the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at UCLA....
(born 1980), US football player - Robert Thomas (fullback)Robert Thomas (fullback)Robert Lee Thomas, IV is a former professional American football player who played fullback for five seasons for the Dallas Cowboys.-Early years:...
(born 1974), Arena Football League player; formerly of the Dallas Cowboys - Robert Thomas (newspaper proprietor)Robert Thomas (newspaper proprietor)Robert Thomas was a newspaper proprietor, printer and early settler of South Australia.In 1836, Thomas migrated to the new colony with his wife Mary and family on the Africaine, arriving at Holdfast Bay on 8 November...
(1781–1860), founder of the South Australian Register - Robert Thomas (sculptor)Robert Thomas (sculptor)Robert Thomas was a Welsh sculptor born in Cwmparc in the Rhondda Valley. He is best known for his work in bronze sculptures, many of which are on public display...
(1926–1999), Welsh sculptor - Sir Robert Thomas, 1st BaronetSir Robert Thomas, 1st BaronetSir Robert John Thomas, 1st Baronet was a Welsh businessman and Liberal Party politician, who was twice elected to parliament. Thomas was a ship and insurance broker. He was Member of Parliament for Wrexham from 1918 to 1922, and for Anglesey from 1923 to 1929...
(1873–1951), former Liberal Member of Parliament in Wales - Sir Robert Thomas, 2nd Baronet, MP for CardiffCardiff (UK Parliament constituency)Cardiff was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Cardiff in South Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.- MPs 1542-1645 :- MPs 1645–1832 :...
, 1661–1681 - Robert J. ThomasRobert J. ThomasRobert J. Thomas is a former President and Chief Executive Officer of Nissan Motor Corporation, U.S.A., and Clinton Administration appointee for the One America Initiative. Thomas was President and CEO of Nissan Motors USA from 1993 to 1997...
, former President and Chief Executive Officer of Nissan in the U.S.A., and Clinton Administration appointee - Robert Jermain ThomasRobert Jermain ThomasRobert Jermain Thomas was a Protestant Christian missionary who served with the London Missionary Society in late Qing Dynasty China and Korea....
, Christian missionary - Robert K. ThomasRobert K. ThomasRobert Kemeys Thomas FRS is a physical chemist working in the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory at the University of Oxford....
(born 1941), physical chemist - Robert K. Thomas (BYU)Robert K. Thomas (BYU)Robert K. Thomas was a professor of English at Brigham Young University as well as the founder of that university's honors program and later the academic vice president of BYU....
(1918–1998), English professor and academic vice president at BYU. - Robert Lindsay ThomasRobert Lindsay ThomasRobert Lindsay Thomas is an American politician and businessman.Thomas was born in Patterson, Georgia. After graduating from Patterson High School in 1961, he attended the University of Georgia in Athens and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966...
(born 1943), US Representative from Georgia - Robert McG. ThomasRobert McG. ThomasRobert McGill Thomas, Jr. was an American journalist who worked for many years at The New York Times, and who has become particularly noted for the obituaries he wrote for that newspaper. He wrote under the name Robert McG. Thomas; more than thirty of his obituaries were included in the...
(1939–2000), American journalist - Robert R. ThomasRobert R. ThomasRobert R. Thomas is a justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois and a former professional football player. He has served as the Illinois Supreme Court Justice for the Second District since December 4, 2000 and as Chief Justice from September 6, 2005, to September 5, 2008...
(born 1952), Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, former NFL kicker - Robert Y. Thomas, Jr.Robert Y. Thomas, Jr.Robert Young Thomas, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Russellville, Kentucky, Thomas attended the common schools, and was graduated from Bethel College, Russellville, Kentucky, in 1878.He studied law....
(1855–1925), US Representative from Kentucky - Rob Thomas (writer)Rob Thomas (writer)Rob Thomas is an American author, producer, and screenwriter, best known as the author of the 1996 novel Rats Saw God and creator of the critically acclaimed television programs Veronica Mars and Party Down.-Education and early career:Thomas graduated from San Marcos High School in 1983 and went...
(born 1965), television producer, creator of the television program Veronica Mars - Robb ThomasRobb ThomasRobb Douglas Thomas is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played from 1989 to 1998.-High school career:...
(born 1966), American football player - Bob Thomas (actor) (born 1965), radio personality, actor, and writer
- Bob Thomas (footballer)Bob Thomas (footballer)Bob Thomas was an Irish soccer player during the 1920s and 1930s.Thomas was a left half during this era in the League of Ireland and was part of the All-Conquering Bohemians team of 1927/28 who won every trophy on offer that season - League of Ireland, FAI Cup, Shield and Leinster Senior Cup.After...
, Irish soccer player - Bob Thomas (footballer born 1919)Bob Thomas (footballer born 1919)Bob Thomas was a professional association footballer who played as a half back. He played for Fulham between 1947 and 1952, playing 167 league matches and scoring 56 goals. He made 176 appearances in all competitions for the club, scoring 57 goals. He also appeared as a guest player for West Ham...
(died 1990), English footballer with Plymouth Argyle, Fulham and Crystal Palace - Bob Thomas (athlete)Bob Thomas (athlete)Bob Thomas was a New Zealand long jump competitor who still holds the current national long jump record of 8.05m. He won 3 national titles in the long jump.-Personal Bests:-External links:...
, New Zealand long jumper - Bob Thomas (musician), founder member of Silly WizardSilly WizardSilly Wizard was a Scottish folk band that began forming in Edinburgh in 1970. The founder members were two like-minded university students—Gordon Jones and Bob Thomas...
- Bob Thomas (reporter)Bob Thomas (reporter)Bob Thomas is an American Hollywood film industry biographer and reporter who has worked for the Associated Press since 1944.-Personal life:...
(born 1922), American reporter for the AP covering Hollywood - Bob Thomas (rugby player)Bob Thomas (rugby player)Robert "Bob" Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Morriston and Swansea. Thomas was a Triple Crown winner, after representing Wales for all three matches on the 1900 Home Nations Championship....
(1871–1910), Wales international rugby player - Bob Thomas, creator of the Creeper virusCreeper virusCreeper was an experimental self-replicating program written by Bob Thomas at BBN in 1971. It was designed not to damage but to demonstrate a mobile application. It is generally accepted to be the first computer worm, although the notion of a "computer virus" did not exist in the 1970s. Creeper...