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Theo Albrecht

Theo Albrecht (1922–2010) was a German retail entrepreneur who, with his brother Karl, built Aldi, the hard-discount pioneer; he ran Aldi Nord, acquired Trader Joe's, and was kidnapped in 1971.

Theo Benedet

Theo Benedet (born 2001) is a Canadian professional football offensive lineman for the Chicago Bears, who became their starting left tackle in 2025 despite undrafted status.

Theo Burrell

Theo Burrell (Theodora Helen Burrell, 1986–2026) was a Scottish antiques specialist, auctioneer at Lyon & Turnbull, and BBC Antiques Roadshow ceramics expert who campaigned for brain tumour research after a 2022 glioblastoma diagnosis.

Theo Colborn

Theo Colborn (Theodora Colborn, 1927–2014) was an American zoologist who coined the term "endocrine disruption," convening the 1991 Wingspread conference and co-authoring Our Stolen Future.

Theo Deutinger

Theo Deutinger (born 1971) is an architect, illustrator, and author known for Handbook of Tyranny (2017), a book of technical drawings documenting state cruelty, and founder of The Department.

Theo Epstein

Theo Epstein is an American baseball executive whose rosters won the 2004 and 2007 World Series with Boston and the Cubs' drought-breaking 2016 title in Chicago.

Theo Faure

Theo Faure (born 1999, Pessac, France) is a French opposite spiker, son of Stéphane Faure and Beate Bühler; Paris 2024 Olympic gold medalist, 2023 VNL bronze, top scorer of the Italian regular season with Cisterna, now at Itas Trentino.

Theo Francken

Theo Francken, born 1978, is a Belgian N-VA politician serving as Minister of Defence since 2025, after serving as Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration from 2014.

Théo Hernandez

Théo Hernandez (born 1997, Marseille) is a French left-back for Al-Hilal and France; 49 caps, 2021 Nations League winner, 2022 World Cup finalist, Milan's record-scoring defender with 34 goals.

Theo James

Theo James (Theodore Peter James Kinnaird Taptiklis, born 1984) is an English actor known as Four in Divergent, Cameron in The White Lotus (Emmy-nominated), and Eddie Horniman in The Gentlemen; also a UNHCR ambassador.

Theo Katzman

Theo Katzman (born 1986) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, founding member of Vulfpeck and a solo artist on his label 10 Good Songs; albums include Heartbreak Hits and Be the Wheel, and he left Vulfpeck touring in 2026.

Theo Kgosinkwe

Theo Kgosinkwe (born 1973) is a South African singer and composer, best known as a member of the kwaito and Afro-pop group Mafikizolo since the mid-1990s.

Theo of Golden

Theo of Golden, debut 2023 novel by Allen Levi, self-published then reissued by Atria in 2025; elderly Portuguese stranger Theo buys 92 coffeehouse portraits of Golden, Georgia residents and gifts each to its subject for their story; #1 NYT bestseller, over one million US copies, Tom Hanks film in talks.

Theo Paphitis

Theo Paphitis (Theodoros Paphitis) is a British-Cypriot retail entrepreneur who revived distressed chains like Ryman and became known as an investor on BBC Two's Dragons' Den from 2005.

Théo Pourchaire

Théo Pourchaire (born 2003, Grasse) is a French racing driver, 2023 FIA Formula 2 champion with ART Grand Prix, youngest ever F2 and F3 race winner, later in Super Formula, IndyCar, Peugeot WEC, and Opel Formula E.

Theo Rose

Theo Rose, stage name of Theodora Maria Diaconu (born 1997, Ploiești), Romanian singer, presenter, and actress; Vocea României coach since 2022, lead in Clanul, partner of Anghel Damian.

Theo Rossi

Theo Rossi, American actor and producer born 1975 in Staten Island, New York; known as Juice Ortiz in Sons of Anarchy, Shades in Luke Cage, Dr. Julian Rush in The Penguin, and Youcef in Emily the Criminal.

Theo van Gogh (art dealer)

Theo van Gogh (Theodorus van Gogh, 1857-1891), Dutch art dealer, younger brother of painter Vincent; Goupil & Cie/Boussod, Valadon & Cie Paris branch manager, Vincent's financial supporter, co-collector; distinct from his namesake great-grandnephew.

Theo van Gogh (film director)

Theo van Gogh (1957-2004) was a Dutch film director, columnist, and provocateur, maker of Luger, Blind Date, and Interview, murdered in Amsterdam in 2004 after the film Submission with Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Theo Von

Theo Von (Theodor Capitani von Kurnatowski III, born 1980) is an American comedian from Covington, Louisiana, host of the podcast This Past Weekend since 2016, a former MTV Road Rules contestant, and interviewer of Donald Trump in 2024.

Theo Vos

Theo Vos is a Dutch-trained physician, epidemiologist, and health economist who is Professor Emeritus at IHME in Seattle and led the Global Burden of Disease study's non-fatal burden estimates.

Theo Walcott

Theo Walcott (born 1989), English winger/forward for Southampton, Arsenal (397 apps, 108 goals) and Everton; youngest-ever England debutant at 17, 47 caps, 8 goals; retired August 2023 aged 34.

Theo Wease Jr.

Theo Wease Jr., NFL wide receiver for the Los Angeles Chargers (formerly Miami Dolphins), former five-star recruit at Oklahoma and Missouri; 173 college catches, 2,610 yards, 20 TDs; undrafted in 2025.

Theo Willems

Theo Willems (Theodorus Willems, 1891-1960), Dutch archer from Uden, club De Unie Veghel; won team target archery gold (28 m) for the Netherlands at Antwerp 1920, scoring 374 of 540.

Theobald

Theobald, also known as Theobald of Bec, was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1138 to 1161, a Norman abbot of Bec who defied King Stephen and helped broker Henry II's accession.

Theobald Billican

Theobald Billican, born Diepold Gerlach, was a German Reformation theologian who led the Reformation in Nördlingen from 1522 to 1535 and later became a law professor at Marburg.

Theobald Mathew

Theobald Mathew, baptized Tobias Mathew, was an Irish Capuchin friar and priest, the "Apostle of Temperance", who led a mass total-abstinence crusade in Ireland from 1838.

Theobald Smith

Theobald Smith (1859–1934), American bacteriologist and comparative pathologist; proved tick-borne Texas cattle fever, distinguished bovine and human tubercle bacilli, pioneered killed vaccines and anaphylaxis research.

Theobald Thamer

Theobald Thamer, also spelled Dammer, was a German theologian who trained at Wittenberg, taught Lutheran theology at Marburg, then converted to Catholicism, dying in 1569 as a professor at Freiburg.

Theobalda family

Theobalda family, asteroid family around (778) Theobalda in the outer main belt near 3.175 au; 128 members, 6.9 ± 2.3 Myr old, from a cratering impact on a ~78 km parent body; linked to main-belt comets P/2016 J1 and 427P.