Stella Jane Thomas (daga baya Stella Marke) (an haife ta a shekarar 1906 - ta mutu 1974) ƴar ƙabilar Yoruba Nijeriya lauya a ƙasar Saliyo. Ta sami digiri na lauya daga jami'ar Oxford kuma a shekarar 1943 ta zama mace ta farko da ta fara yanke hukunci a Najeriya . An haifi Stella Thomas a cikin shekarar 1906, a cikin Lagos, Nijeriya, ƴar Peter John Claudius Thomas, wani ɗan kasuwar Saliyo da ke zaune a Lagos. Mahaifinta shi ne ɗan Afirka na farko da ya shugabanci ƙungiyar ’Yan Kasuwa ta Legas . Ta halarci Makarantar tunawa da Annie Walsh a Freetown, Saliyo, "makarantar sakandare mafi tsufa ga 'yan mata a Afirka ta Yamma." Ɗan uwanta Peter Thomas ya zama matuƙin jirgin sama na farko na Afirka ta Yamma da aka ba da izini a cikin Sojan Sama a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II . Wani ɗan’uwan ta Stephen Peter Thomas, shi ne Babban Alƙalin Kotun farko na yankin Mid-West. Yayin da ta karanci aikin lauya a Oxford kuma ta kasance memba na Middle Temple a Landan, tana aiki tare da ƙungiyar Ɗaliban Afirka ta Yamma, kuma mamba ce ta kafa kungiyar Hadin Kan Masu Launuka, wanda Harold Moody ya shirya .