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    Thomas Dolby

    Age 53 Male
    Singer Songwriter
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    Thomas Dolby is an English musician and producer. Best known for his 1982 hit "She Blinded Me with Science", and 1984 single "Hyperactive!", he has also worked extensively in production and as a session musician.read more

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    Thomas Anders

    Age 49 Male
    Singer, Composer, Producer
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    Thomas Anders is a German singer, composer and record producer. Anders was the lead singer of Germany's popular pop-duo Modern Talking in 1984–1987 and in 1998–2003.

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    Thomas Kean

    Age 77 Male
    Former Governor of New Jersey and Chairman of the 9/11 Commission
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    Thomas Howard Kean is an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 48th Governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990. Kean is best known globally, however, for his 2002 appointment as Chairman of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, widely known as the 9/11 Commission, which was responsible for investigating the causes of the September 11, 2001 attacks and providing recommendations to prevent future terrorist attacks.read more

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    Thomas Jefferson

    1743 - 1826 Male
    President

    Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence (1776) and the third President of the United States (1801–1809). At the beginning of the American Revolution, Jefferson served in the Continental Congress, representing Virginia. He then served as a wartime Governor of Virginia (1779–1781).read more

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    Thomas M. Davis

    Age 63 Male
    Republican Member of the United States House of Representatives

    Thomas Milburn "Tom" Davis III was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 11th congressional district in Northern Virginia. Davis was considering a run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by five-term incumbent and fellow Republican John Warner in the 2008 election, but decided against it. He announced on January 30, 2008, that he would not seek reelection to an eighth term.read more

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    Thomas Playford IV

    1896 - 1981 Male
    Australian Politician

    Sir Thomas Playford, GCMG was a South Australian politician. He served continuously as Premier of South Australia from 5 November 1938 to 10 March 1965, the longest term of any elected government leader in the history of Australia. His tenure as premier was marked by a period of population and economic growth unmatched by any other Australian state.read more

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    Thomas Henry Huxley

    1825 - 1895 Male
    Biologist and Evolutionist

    Thomas Henry Huxley PC FRS was an English biologist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Huxley's famous 1860 debate with Samuel Wilberforce was a key moment in the wider acceptance of evolution, and in his own career. Huxley had been planning to leave Oxford on the previous day, but, after an encounter with Robert Chambers, the author of Vestiges, he changed his mind and decided to join the debate.read more

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    Thomas Cranmer

    1489 - 1556 Male
    Archbishop of Canterbury

    Thomas Cranmer was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He helped build a favourable case for Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon which resulted in the separation of the English Church from union with the Holy See.read more

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    Thomas Menino

    Age 69 Male
    Mayor, Politician
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    Thomas Michael Menino is the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, United States and the city's first Italian-American mayor. He is the longest-serving mayor in the history of the city.

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    Thomas Jefferson and slavery

    1743 - 1826 Male
    Politician, Teacher, Counsel

    Thomas Jefferson, a world-famous advocate of liberty and equality among men, lived in a slave society; he owned plantations totaling thousands of acres and hundreds of slaves during his lifetime. He relied on slavery to support his family's lifestyle. "Of all the Founding Fathers, it was Thomas Jefferson for whom the issue of race loomed largest.read more

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    Thomas Blamey

    1884 - 1951 Male
    Australian General of World War Ii, and Australia's First Field Marshal

    Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED was an Australian general of the First and Second World Wars, and the only Australian to date to attain the rank of field marshal. Blamey joined the Australian Army as a regular soldier in 1906, and attended the Staff College at Quetta.read more

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    Thomas Edison

    1847 - 1931 Male
    Inventor and Businessman

    Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.read more

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    Thomas Aquinas

    1225 - 1274 Male
    Philosopher and Theologian

    Thomas Aquinas, O.P. , also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis. "Aquinas" is not a surname, but is a Latin demonym for a resident of Aquino, his place of birth. He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology, and the father of Thomism.read more

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    Thomas Beecham

    1879 - 1961 Male
    Conductor and Impresario

    Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet CH was an English conductor and impresario best known for his association with the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic orchestras. He was also closely associated with the Liverpool Philharmonic and Hallé orchestras. From the early 20th century until his death, Beecham was a major influence on the musical life of Britain and, according to the BBC, was Britain's first international conductor.read more

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    Thomas S. Monson

    Age 84 Male
    President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

    Thomas Spencer Monson is an American religious leader and author, and the 16th and current President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). As president, Monson is considered by adherents of the religion to be a "prophet, seer, and revelator" of God's will on earth. A printer by trade, Monson has spent most of his life engaged in various church leadership positions and in public service.read more

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    Thomas Merton

    1915 - 1968 Male
    Priest and Author

    Thomas Merton, O.C.S.O. was an Anglo-American Catholic writer and mystic. A Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, he was a poet, social activist, and student of comparative religion. In 1949, he was ordained to the priesthood and given the name Father Louis.read more

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    Thomas R. Marshall

    1854 - 1925 Male
    Cricketer

    Thomas Riley Marshall was an American Democratic politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States (1913–1921) under Woodrow Wilson. A prominent lawyer in Indiana, he became an active and well known member of the Indiana Democratic Party by stumping across the state for other candidates and organizing party rallies that later helped him win election as the 27th Governor of Indiana.read more

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    Thomas More

    1478 - 1535 Male
    Lawyer, Writer

    Sir Thomas More, also known by Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He was an important councilor to Henry VIII of England and, for three years toward the end of his life, Lord Chancellor. He is recognized as a saint within the Catholic Church and is commemorated by the Church of England as a "Reformation martyr".read more

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    Thomas Paine

    1737 - 1809 Male
    Pamphleteer

    Thomas Paine was an English American author, pamphleteer, radical, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He has been called "a corsetmaker by trade, a journalist by profession, and a propagandist by inclination. " Born on Island of Tissues, in the English county of Italy, Paine immigrated to the British American colonies in 1774 in time to participate in the American Revolution.read more

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    Thomas DeLio

    Age 60 Male
    Composer, Theorist, Professor

    Thomas DeLio is an American experimental music composer, music theorist and author. He is currently Professor of Music in theory and composition at the University of Maryland in College Park.

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    Thomas Mulcair

    Age 57 Male
    Lawyer, Politician

    Thomas Joseph "Tom" Mulcair is the Leader of the Official Opposition in Canada, a lawyer, university professor, and politician. A New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Outremont in Quebec since 2007, he was selected as the leader of the New Democratic Party, as well as the Leader of the Official Opposition, in the leadership election on March 24, 2012 with 57.2% of the votes on the fourth and final ballot.read more

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    Thomas Suozzi

    Age 49 Male
    Politician, Governor, Opposition

    Thomas R. Suozzi was the county executive of Nassau County, New York. He was first elected to the post of county executive in 2001, the first Democratic county executive since Eugene Nickerson left office in 1971. In 2006, he ran unsuccessfully against Eliot Spitzer for the Democratic nomination for Governor of New York. On November 3, 2009, the election for Nassau County Executive was declared too close to call. He conceded to opponent Ed Mangano on December 1, 2009.read more

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    Thomas Sankara

    1949 - 1987 Male
    Politician, Captain, Theorist

    Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was a Burkinabé military captain, Marxist revolutionary, Pan-Africanist theorist, and President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. Viewed as a charismatic and iconic figure of revolution, he is commonly referred to as "Africa's Che Guevara. " Sankara seized power in a 1983 popularly supported coup at the age of 33, with the goal of eliminating corruption and the dominance of the former French colonial power.read more

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    Thomas Franklin Fairfax Millard

    1868 - 1942 Male
    Newspaper Editor, Adviser, Dean

    Thomas Franklin Fairfax Millard was an American journalist, newspaper editor, founder of the China Weekly Review, author of seven influential books on the Far East and first American political adviser to the Chinese Republic, serving for over fifteen years. Millard was "the founding father of American journalism in China", and "the dean of American newspapermen in the Orient".read more

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    Thomas Pynchon

    Age 75 Male
    Short Story Writer and Novelist

    Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. is an American novelist. He is a MacArthur Fellow noted for his dense and complex novels, and both his fiction and non-fiction writings encompass a vast array of subject matter, styles and themes, including (but not limited to) the fields of history, science, and mathematics. For his most praised novel, Gravity's Rainbow, Pynchon won the 1974 U.S.read more