John Thomas is the name of:

Politics

United Kingdom

  • John Thomas (c. 1490–1540/42), British Member of Parliament for Truro
  • John Thomas (c. 1531–1581/90), British Member of Parliament for Mitchell
  • John Thomas (British politician) (1897–1968), British Member of Parliament for Dover
  • John Thomas (Welsh politician) (1852–?), Welsh county councillor and miners' agent
  • John Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd (born 1947), British judge
  • Sir John Thomas, 1st Baronet, Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1700
  • John Aeron Thomas (1850–1935), British Member of Parliament for Gower, 1900–1906
  • John Stradling Thomas (1925–1991), Welsh Conservative Party politician

United States

  • Elmer Thomas (John William Elmer Thomas, 1876–1965), U.S. Senator from Oklahoma
  • J. Parnell Thomas (1895–1970), U.S. congressman from New Jersey
  • John Thomas (Idaho politician) (1874–1945), U.S. Senator from Idaho
  • John Thomas (New York politician) (1792–1866), New York politician
  • John Thomas (Ohio politician) (1857–1936), Ohio politician
  • John Addison Thomas (1811–1858), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State
  • John B. Thomas (politician) (1819–1893), American politician and judge from Maryland
  • John Charles Thomas (judge) (born 1950), Virginia supreme court justice
  • John Chew Thomas (1764–1836), U.S. congressman from Maryland
  • John E. Thomas (politician) (1829–1910), Wisconsin state assemblyman and senator
  • John J. Thomas (1813–1895), Confederate politician
  • John Lewis Thomas Jr. (1835–1893), U.S. congressman from Maryland
  • John M. Thomas (1926–2012), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State in the 1970s
  • John O. Thomas (1867–1961), Wisconsin state assemblyman
  • John R. Thomas (1846–1914), U.S. congressman from Illinois
  • John W. Thomas (sheriff) (1815–1888), sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  • John W. Thomas (Wisconsin politician) (1846–1925), Wisconsin state legislator and railroad commissioner
  • John W. E. Thomas (1847–1899), American businessman, educator, and Illinois politician
  • John Warwick Thomas (1800–1871), North Carolina state legislator and founder of Thomasville, North Carolina

Military

  • John Thomas (American general) (1724–1776), American general in the American Revolutionary War
  • John Thomas (colonel) (1720–1811), American colonel in the American Revolutionary War
  • John Thomas (VC) (1886–1954), English soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • John Wallace Thomas (1888–1965), Newfoundland and Canadian merchant mariner who served in First and Second World Wars
  • John Wellesley Thomas (1822–1908), British military officer

Religion and theology

  • Jack Thomas (bishop) (John James Absalom Thomas; 1908–1995), Bishop of Swansea and Brecon
  • John Thomas (Christadelphian) (1805–1871), British Christian theologian, and founder of the Christadelphians
  • John Thomas (bishop of Rochester) (1712–1793), previously Dean of Westminster
  • John Thomas (bishop of Salisbury) (1691–1766), previously Bishop of St Asaph and Bishop of Lincoln
  • John Thomas (bishop of Winchester) (1696–1781), previously Bishop of Salisbury
  • John Thomas (priest, born 1736) (1736–1769), Welsh Anglican priest and antiquarian
  • John Thomas (priest, born 1891) (1891–1959), Welsh Anglican priest
  • John Christopher Thomas (born c. 1955), American Pentecostal theologian
  • John H. Thomas (born c. 1950), American clergyman, General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ, 1999–2009
  • John Lloyd Thomas (1908–1984), Anglican clergyman

Sport

  • John Thomas (American football) (born 1935), American football player for the San Francisco 49ers
  • John Thomas (athlete) (1941–2013), American high jumper
  • John Thomas (Australian cricketer) (1852–1915), cricketer for Tasmania
  • John Thomas (Australian footballer) (1935–2011), Australian rules footballer for Geelong
  • John Thomas (baseball), American baseball player
  • John Thomas (basketball) (born 1975), American basketball player
  • John Thomas (English cricketer) (1879–1949), cricketer for Somerset
  • John Thomas (figure skater) (born 1960), Canadian ice dancer
  • John Thomas (footballer, born 1958), English footballer for Preston North End and Bolton Wanderers
  • John Thomas (ice hockey) (1936–1995), Australian ice hockey player
  • John Thomas (Irish footballer), Irish international footballer
  • John Thomas (lacrosse) (born 1952), American lacrosse player
  • John Thomas (Welsh footballer) (died 1920), Welsh footballer for Sheffield United and Gainsborough Trinity in the 1890s
  • John Webster Thomas (1900–1977), American college football player for the Chicago Maroons
  • Ron Thomas (bowls) (John Ronald Thomas), Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler

Music

  • John Thomas (harpist) (1826–1913), Welsh composer and musician
  • "Big" John Thomas (1952–2016), British lead guitarist with Budgie
  • John Charles Thomas (1891–1960), American baritone opera singer
  • John Rogers Thomas (1830–1896), American composer
  • John Weston Thomas (1921–1992), Welsh harpmaker

Art

  • John Thomas (sculptor) (1813–1862), British sculptor who worked on British palaces
  • John Evan Thomas (1810–1873), Welsh sculptor
  • John Paul Thomas (1927–2001), American artist, principally in Hawaii

Film

  • John Thomas (cinematographer), winner of the 1995 Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
  • John Thomas (screenwriter) (fl. late 20th century), co-screenwriter for the movie Predator
  • John G. Thomas (born 1948), American filmmaker

Education

  • John Hunter Thomas (1928–1999), American botanist
  • John L. Thomas (c. 1927–2005), American historian
  • John Martin Thomas (1869–1952), Twelfth president of Rutgers University
  • John Peyre Thomas Sr. (1833–1912), South Carolina educator, politician and historian
  • John R. Thomas (professor), American intellectual property professor

Other areas

  • John Thomas (fur trader) (–1822), Canadian fur trader
  • John Thomas Idlet (1931–2002), American Beat poet
  • John Thomas (photographer) (1838–1905), Welsh photographer
  • John B. Thomas (1925–2018), American electrical engineer, educator and professor
  • John E. Thomas (1926–1996), Canadian philosopher
  • John Floyd Thomas Jr. (born 1936), Californian murderer
  • John Henry Thomas (1854–1928), Australian composer, editor, and conductor
  • John Henry Thomas (shipping) (1869–1931), American shipping business and port director
  • John Henry Malamah Thomas, Sierra Leonean entrepreneur and mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • John Hudson Thomas (1878–1945), American architect
  • John Jacob Thomas (1841–1889), Trinidadian linguist and writer
  • John Meurig Thomas (1932–2020), British chemist and materials scientist
  • John Rochester Thomas (1848–1901), American architect

See also

  • Johnny Thomas (disambiguation)
  • John Thomas sign, a slang or joke term in radiology