Richard Thomas
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- Richard Thomas (Pennsylvania)Richard Thomas (Pennsylvania)Richard Thomas was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in West Whiteland, Pennsylvania, he was educated at home by private teachers...
(1744–1832), US Congressman from Pennsylvania. - Richard Thomas (cleric)Richard Thomas (cleric)Richard Thomas was a Welsh Anglican priest and antiquarian.-Life:Thomas, who was the younger brother of the priest and antiquarian John Thomas, was born on 10 December 1753 in Ynyscynhaearn, Caernarfonshire, north Wales. Like his elder brother, he studied at the Friars School and Jesus College,...
(1753–1780), Welsh Anglican priest and antiquarian. - Richard Thomas (civil engineer)Richard Thomas (Civil Engineer)Richard Thomas was an English civil engineer.He produced a survey of the navigation of the River Severn, he also created a geological map of the mining district of Cornwall in 1819 which went through several editions....
(1779–1858), English civil engineer. - Richard Thomas (Zarvona)Richard Thomas (Zarvona)Richard Thomas Zarvona , born Richard Thomas Jr., was an American adventurer and a Confederate Army officer who became known as "the French lady" after a disguised Thomas and a crew of accomplices seized the passenger steamer St...
(1833–1875), Confederate colonel and privateer known as "the French lady" during the American Civil War. - Richard Thomas (tin plate manufacturer)Richard Thomas (tin plate manufacturer)Richard Thomas was an English tin plate manufacturer. He was the founder of Richard Thomas & Co., which later merged with Baldwins Ltd to become Richard Thomas and Baldwins, which in turn was absorbed into British Steel in the 1960s.-Biography:...
(1837–1916), British manufacturer and founder of Richard Thomas & Co Ltd. - Richard Thomas (bishop)Richard Thomas (bishop)Richard Thomas was the second Bishop of Willochra.Born on 24 October 1881 he was educated at Monmouth Grammar School and ordained in 1909. He began his career with a curacy at St John Baptist, Coventry after which he emigrated to Australia to become a Bush Brother...
(1881–1958), Anglican bishop and Archdeacon in Australia. - Richard Thomas (Royal Navy officer) (1932–1998), Admiral and Black Rod in the House of Lords.
- Richard Thomas (politician) (1932–2006), Canadian actor, broadcaster, environmentalist and politician.
- Richard Thomas (lawyer) (born 1949), British lawyer and former Information Commissioner.
- Richard Thomas (actor)Richard Thomas (actor)Richard Earl Thomas is an American actor, best known for his role as budding author John-Boy Walton in the CBS drama The Waltons.- Early life :Thomas was born Richard Earl Thomas in New York,...
(born 1951), American actor who appeared in The Waltons. - Richard Thomas (musician)Richard Thomas (musician)Richard Thomas is British a musician, writer, and comedy actor. He is best known for composing and scoring the award-winning Jerry Springer: The Opera with Stewart Lee. Thomas collected the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Score in 2004....
(born 1951), British musician, writer, and comedy actor. - Richard Thomas (author)Richard Thomas (author)Richard Thomas in an American author. His focus is on neo-noir fiction, typically touching on the darker aspects of life, including elements of violence, mental instability, breaks in reality, and tragedies. His work is rich in setting and sensory details, and often has a sexual element to...
(born 1967), American author. - Richard V. ThomasRichard V. ThomasRichard Van Thomas was a member of the Wyoming Supreme Court, having served from December 1974 until his retirement in February 2001. From 1985–1986, he was chief justice of the Wyoming high court.-Background:...
(1932–2010), former justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court.
- Rick ThomasRick ThomasST1TCH is American sampler for Mushroomhead and Ventana. It has been stated that Thomas was originally called "Stick", due to his slim build, but someone mistakenly called him Stitch and the name stuck. ST1TCH can be identified by his pair of wire "headphones" and stitched forehead...
(born 1980), American music sampler, aka "ST1TCH".
- Dick ThomasDick ThomasEdward John Richard 'Dick' Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union back who played club rugby for Mountain Ash.-Rugby career:...
(1883–1916), Welsh rugby union footballer. - Dick Thomas (rugby)Dick Thomas (rugby)Dick Thomas was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s who at representative level played for Welsh League XIII, playing at , i.e. number 13.-International honours:...
, Welsh rugby league footballer. - Dick Thomas (singer)Dick Thomas (singer)Richard Thomas Goldhahn , known professionally as Dick Thomas, was an American singing cowboy and actor. He was best known for his 1945 single "Sioux City Sue," a Number One country hit and #16 pop hit that year which later became a country music standard and was included in a Gene Autry movie...
(1915–2003), American singing cowboy and actor.