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Politicians
- Thomas Wilson (mayor)Thomas Wilson (mayor)Thomas Wilson was Mayor of Adelaide from 1842 to 1843....
of Adelaide, Australia - Thomas Wilson (Virginia politician)Thomas Wilson (Virginia politician)Thomas Wilson was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, father of Edgar Campbell Wilson and grandfather of Eugene McLanahan Wilson....
(1765–1826), US Representative from Virginia - Thomas Wilson (Minnesota)Thomas Wilson (Minnesota)Thomas Wilson was an American lawyer, Minnesota congressman and state legislator, associate justice and the 2nd chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court....
(1827–1910), US Representative from Minnesota - Thomas Stokeley WilsonThomas Stokeley WilsonThomas Stokeley Wilson was a judge and attorney from Iowa. He graduated from Jefferson College in 1833.He was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Iowa Territory 1838-1839 and Judge of the Iowa Supreme Court from 1849-1850....
, judge in Iowa - Thomas Webber Wilson (1893–1948), US Representative from Mississippi
- Thomas Wilson (Pennsylvania)Thomas Wilson (Pennsylvania)Thomas Wilson 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 Niagara to New Orleans. He was engaged in shipbuilding in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1805...
(1772–1824), US Representative from Pennsylvania - Thomas Woodrow WilsonWoodrow WilsonThomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...
(1856–1924), 28th President of the United States (used the name Thomas Wilson until he was a student at Princeton) - Thomas Wilson (1767–1852), UK MP for City of London (UK Parliament constituency)City of London (UK Parliament constituency)The City of London was a United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950.-Boundaries and boundary...
1818–1826 - Thomas Wilson (MP) (1770–1827), sometime MP for Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)Stafford is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The sitting MP is the Conservative Jeremy Lefroy....
- Thomas Fleming WilsonThomas Fleming WilsonThomas Fleming Wilson was Liberal MP for North East Lanarkshire for around a year.He was first elected at the general election of January 1910. He was re-elected in December 1910, but resigned shortly after, forcing a by-election in March 1911.- External links :...
(1862–1929), British Member of Parliament for North East Lanarkshire, 1910–1911 - Tom Wilson (New Jersey)Tom Wilson (New Jersey)Tom Wilson is an American Republican Party leader who served as the chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee from 2004 to 2009.-Biography:...
(born 1967), chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee
Musicians
- Thomas Wilson (composer)Thomas Wilson (composer)Thomas Wilson CBE was a Scottish composer of classical music.One of the greatest musicians Scotland has produced, Thomas Brendan Wilson was born in Trinidad, Colorado, USA to British parents, but moved to Scotland with his family when he was 17 months old. They settled in the Glasgow area where he...
(1927–2001), Scottish composer - Tom Wilson (DJ) (1952–2004), Scottish radio/club DJ
- Tom Wilson (musician)Tom Wilson (musician)Tom Wilson 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 psychobilly sound of the Florida Razors, to the western/roots style of Blackie and the...
, formerly of the band Junkhouse - Tom Wilson (producer) (1931–1978), 1960s music producer
Sportsmen
- Tommy Wilson (American football) (1932–2006), former National Football League running back
- Tom Wilson (American football)Tom Wilson (American football)-References:...
, former Texas A&M University head football coach - Tom Wilson (baseball) (born 1970), Major League Baseball catcher
- Tom Wilson (1910s catcher)Tom Wilson (1910s catcher)Thomas G. Wilson was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Washington Senators for one game on September 8 during the 1914 Washington Senators season....
(1890-1953), Major League Baseball catcher - Tom Wilson (footballer)Tom Wilson (footballer)Thomas "Tom" Wilson was a footballer who was a member of the Huddersfield Town team that won the Football League three times in the 1920s.-Playing career:...
(1896–1948), England and Huddersfield Town footballer - Tom Wilson (footballer born 1917)Tom Wilson (footballer born 1917)Thomas Harold "Tom" Wilson, popularly known as "Tug" Wilson was an English professional association football player. He played for Gillingham between 1936 and 1949.-References:...
, Gillingham F.C. player of the 1930s and 1940s - Tommy Wilson (footballer born 1877)Tommy Wilson (footballer born 1877)Thomas Carter Wilson was an English footballer. His regular position was as a forward. He was born in Preston...
(1877–1940), English footballer - Tommy Wilson (footballer born 1930)Tommy Wilson (footballer born 1930)Tommy Wilson was an English professional footballer who played for Nottingham Forest and Walsall....
(1930–1992), Nottingham Forest and Walsall footballer - Tommy Wilson (footballer born 1961)Tommy Wilson (footballer born 1961)Tommy Wilson is a Scottish former footballer, who is currently the Reserve team coach at Rangers and also a coach with the Scotland national team....
, head coach of Scotland U-19 national team, as of 2006 - Thomas Wilson (cricketer)Thomas Wilson (cricketer)Thomas Henry Wilson was an English 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
Others
- Thomas J. WilsonThomas J. WilsonThomas J. Wilson is chairman, president and chief executive officer of The Allstate Corporation and Allstate Insurance Company.Wilson is also a member of the corporation's board of directors...
, CEO Allstate - Thomas Wilson (rhetorician)Thomas Wilson (rhetorician)Thomas Wilson was an English diplomat, judge, and privy councillor in the government of Elizabeth I. He is now remembered for his Logique and The Arte of Rhetorique , an influential text...
(1524–1581), English diplomat, judge, and privy councillor - Thomas Wilson (philanthropist)Thomas Wilson (philanthropist)Thomas Wilson was a Congregationalist benefactor of chapels and educational institutions and founder member of the Council of University College London from 1825....
(1764–1843), English Congregationalist benefactor - Thomas Wilson (bishop)Thomas Wilson (bishop)Thomas Wilson was Anglican 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 ordained priest in 1689...
(1663–1755), Bishop of Sodor and Man - Thomas Wilson (shipping)Thomas Wilson (Shipping)Thomas Wilson was a 19th century shipping magnate from Hull in the East Riding of the English county of Yorkshire.-Life:He was founder of the Wilson Line of Hull in 1822 as a joint venture with his partner John Beckinton and two others...
(1792–1896), 19th century shipping magnate - Thomas Wilson (poet)Thomas Wilson (poet)Thomas Wilson was a Tyneside poet, from Low Fell in Gateshead. His most famous work, an example of Tyneside Dialect Literature, is The Pitman's Pay, originally published between 1826 and 1830.-Works:*The Pitman's Pay...
(1773–1858), Tyneside poet, writer of The Pitman's Pay - Thomas F. WilsonThomas F. WilsonThomas F. Wilson is an American actor, writer, musician, painter, voice-over artist and stand-up comedian. He is best known for playing Biff Tannen in the Back to the Future trilogy and Coach Ben Fredricks on NBC's Freaks and Geeks.-Early life:Thomas Francis Wilson, Jr. was...
(born 1959), American actor most famous for his role of Biff Tannen in the Back to the Future trilogy - Tom Wilson (cartoonist)Tom Wilson (cartoonist)Thomas Albert Wilson , better known as Tom Wilson, was an American cartoonist. Wilson was the creator of the comic strip Ziggy, which he drew from 1971 to 1987. The strip was then continued by his son, Tom Wilson, Jr.Wilson served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955. He attended the Art Institute...
(1931—2011), US cartoonist whose most famous creation was the cartoon Ziggy - Tom Wilson (actor)Tom Wilson (actor)Tom Wilson was an American film actor. He appeared in 254 films between 1915 and 1963. He was born in Helena, Montana, and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* Little Marie...
(1880–1965), American actor - Thomas Wilson, London merchant for whom Wilsons PromontoryWilsons PromontoryWilsons Promontory is a peninsula that forms the southernmost part of the Australian mainland and is located at . South Point at is the southernmost tip of Wilsons Promontory and hence of mainland Australia...
is named, but little else is known - Thomas M. Wilson (born 1978), United States Ambassador to IraqUnited States Ambassador to IraqThis is a list of United States ambassadors, or lower-ranking heads of a diplomatic mission to Iraq.* Alexander K. Sloan - Chargé d'Affaires* Paul Knabenshue - Minister* Thomas M. Wilson - Minister* Loy W...
- Dan Green (voice actor)Dan Green (voice actor)Daniel Alexander Green , is an American voice actor, voice director and script adapter who has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, DuArt Film and Video, NYAV Post and Central Park Media...
(born 1975), sometimes credited as "Tom Wilson" in films - Thomas D. WilsonThomas D. WilsonDr. Thomas D. Wilson has been an active contributor to the world of information science since 1961, when he received his Fellowship from the British Library Association. His research has focused on information management and information seeking behaviour....
(born 1935), information scientist researching information-seeking behaviors - Thomas Wilson (shipwreck)Thomas Wilson (shipwreck)The Thomas Wilson was a whaleback freighter built in 1892 and used to haul bulk freight on the Great Lakes. The ship sank in the harbor of Duluth, Minnesota, on Lake Superior, on 7 June 1902, after a collision with the George Hadley...
, name of a shipwreck in Lake Superior in Duluth, Minnesota - Tom Wilson, one of the people behind the Martian MonkeyMartian MonkeyThe Martian Monkey is the name given to the monkey used by Edward Watters, Tom Wilson and Arnold Payne to perpetrate a hoax in Atlanta, Georgia in 1953.- The hoax :...
hoax - Thomas Braidwood WilsonThomas Braidwood WilsonThomas Braidwood Wilson FRGS was an Australian surgeon and explorer. He was born in Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland, the son of James, and Catherine Boak.-Sea Voyages:...
(1792–1843), Scottish explorer, medical practitioner and settler after whom Wilson Inlet in Western Australia is named - Thomas Wilson (industrialist)Thomas Wilson (industrialist)Thomas Wilson was a southern American business magnate who was active from the early 1850s until his death in the early 20th century. He immigrated to the United States in the 1850s from Scotland, where he had been raised by his grandfather, a Scottish laird...
, American business magnate