# John Thomas

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) (c. 1751–1822), 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