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Thomas Jarzombek
Thomas Jarzombek, born 1973, is a German CDU politician who has directly represented Düsseldorf I in the Bundestag since 2009 and serves as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Digital and State Modernisation.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), American Founding Father, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, first U.S. Secretary of State, and third President (1801–1809), known for the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the Embargo Act.
Thomas Jefferson and slavery
Thomas Jefferson and slavery: the author of "all men are created equal" owned more than 600 enslaved people, freed only Hemings family members, is widely believed to have fathered children with Sally Hemings, and after his death 130 enslaved people were auctioned in 1827.
Thomas Jefferson Hadley
Thomas Jefferson Hadley IV (1838–1917) was a North Carolina banker and army captain who co-founded the private banking firm Branch and Hadley in Wilson in 1872.
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), a selective Virginia Governor's School magnet in Alexandria run by Fairfax County Public Schools since 1985, admits about 550 of 3,000 applicants and features nine senior research labs and a contested 2020 holistic admissions overhaul.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, known as Jefferson Lab or JLab, is a Department of Energy laboratory in Newport News, Virginia, operating the CEBAF electron accelerator to study quarks and gluons.
Thomas Jefferson Randolph
Thomas Jefferson Randolph (1792-1875), eldest grandson and executor of Thomas Jefferson, Virginia legislator behind the 1832 gradual-emancipation proposal, UVA Rector, and chairman of the 1872 Democratic National Convention.
Thomas Jefferson Rusk
Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803–1857), Texas soldier, jurist, and statesman; signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, first secretary of war of the Republic, chief justice, and one of Texas's first two U.S. senators.
Thomas Jefferson University
Thomas Jefferson University, founded in Philadelphia in 1824 as Jefferson Medical College, is a private health sciences university that merged with Philadelphia University in 2017.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, flagship of Jefferson Health at 111 S 11th St, Philadelphia; 717-bed academic Level I trauma center, founded 1825, second U.S. teaching hospital (1877), U.S. News top-10 PA hospital.
Thomas Jenuwein
Thomas Jenuwein, born 1956 in Lohr am Main, Germany, is a German molecular biologist known for discovering the first histone lysine methyltransferase and co-proposing the histone code hypothesis.
Thomas Johanson
Thomas Johanson (born 1969, Helsinki) is a Finnish sailor, 2000 Sydney Olympic gold medalist in the 49er with Jyrki Järvi, Laser world champion 1993, and Volvo Ocean Race helmsman, distinct from wrestlers and athletes of similar name.
Thomas Jolly
Thomas Jolly is a French theater director and actor, born in Rouen in 1982, known for marathon Shakespeare stagings, a 2022 Starmania revival, and directing the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic ceremonies.
Thomas Jones (American football)
Thomas Jones (Thomas Quinn Jones, born 1978, Big Stone Gap, VA), NFL running back from Virginia; 7th overall pick in 2000 by Arizona; 12 seasons, 10,591 rushing yards, 68 TDs; 2008 Pro Bowl with Jets.
Thomas Joseph King
Thomas Joseph King Jr. (1921–2000) was an American developmental biologist who with Robert Briggs performed the first successful nuclear transplantation, using frog eggs, in 1952.
Thomas Joseph Shahan
Thomas Joseph Shahan (1857–1932) was an American Catholic priest and historian, fourth rector of The Catholic University of America and a founder of the National Shrine.
Thomas Kail
Thomas Kail (Tommy Kail, born 1977, Alexandria, Virginia) is the American director of the musicals In the Heights and Hamilton, the 2016 Tony winner, the Disney+ Hamilton film, Fosse/Verdon, Grease Live!, Sweeney Todd, and Disney's live-action Moana.
Thomas Kailath
Thomas Kailath, born 1935 in Pune, India, is an Indian-born American electrical engineer and emeritus Stanford professor known for work in signal processing and information theory.
Thomas Kean Jr.
Thomas H. Kean Jr., born 1968, is an American Republican politician and son of former Governor Thomas Kean, serving as U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 7th district since 2023.
Thomas Keller
Thomas Keller (born 1955) is an American chef-restaurateur of The French Laundry and Per Se, the first and only American-born chef with multiple three-star Michelin restaurants, 2017 Bocuse d'Or gold team leader, Legion of Honor Chevalier, and author of six cookbooks.
Thomas Kelly Cheyne
Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1841–1915) was an English Old Testament scholar and Anglican priest who pioneered higher criticism in Britain and held Oxford's Oriel chair of Scripture interpretation.
Thomas Kempner
Thomas Kempner is an American investor who co-founded the New York event-driven and distressed-debt hedge fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management in 1984, leading it until retiring in 2019.
Thomas Keneally
Thomas Keneally, born in 1935, is an Australian novelist and nonfiction writer whose 1982 novel Schindler's Ark won the Booker Prize and inspired Spielberg's Oscar-winning film Schindler's List.
Thomas Kenny (mechanical engineer)
Thomas Kenny is a Stanford mechanical engineer working on MEMS, microscopic silicon resonators and sensors; he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2022.
Thomas Kerr (Scottish politician)
Thomas Kerr, Scottish Reform UK politician, MSP for the Glasgow region since 7 May 2026 and deputy leader of Reform UK Scotland under Lord Malcolm Offord; formerly a Scottish Conservative Glasgow city councillor for Shettleston and 2023 Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election candidate.
Thomas Kilgore Sherwood
Thomas Kilgore Sherwood (1903–1976) was an American chemical engineer at MIT, a world authority on mass transfer; the dimensionless Sherwood number used in mass-transfer design is named for him.
Thomas King
Thomas King (born 1943) is an American-born Canadian novelist, essayist, and broadcaster who has written about Indigenous life in North America; his works include Medicine River, Green Grass, Running Water, and The Inconvenient Indian.
Thomas Kinkade
Thomas Kinkade (1958-2012), American "Painter of Light," built a mass-market art empire selling millions of signed reproductions through 350+ galleries while critics rejected his work; died 2012 of accidental overdose.
Thomas Kinsella
Thomas Kinsella was an Irish poet, translator, and editor, born in Dublin, whose 1969 translation of The Táin became the standard used in classrooms worldwide.
Thomas Kirchartz
Thomas Kirchartz, born 1982 in Karlsruhe, is a German electrical engineer and photovoltaics researcher who directs the Institute of Photovoltaics at Forschungszentrum Jülich and is known for luminescence-based solar cell characterization.