William Thomas
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William Thomas, Billy Thomas or Bill Thomas may refer to:
[edit] Politics
- William Thomas (scholar) (died 1554), clerk of Edward VI's privy council, executed for treason after Edward's death
- Sir William Thomas, 1st Baronet (1641–1706), British Member of Parliament for Seaford and Sussex
- William Thomas (politician) (1785–1863), Newfoundland politician
- W. C. E. Thomas (William C. E. Thomas, 1818–1876), first mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin
- William D. Thomas (1880–1936), U.S. Representative from New York
- W. Aubrey Thomas (1866–1951), U.S. Representative from Ohio
- William W. Thomas, Jr. (1839–1927), United States politician from Maine
- William Thomas (Australian settler) (1793–1867), Assistant Protector of Aborigines, Port Phillip District
- William Kernahan Thomas (1911–2001), U.S. federal judge
- William Stanley Russell Thomas (1896–1957), British Member of Parliament for Southampton, 1940–1945
- William Reuben Thomas (1866–1943), Civic leader of Gainesville, Florida
- William Thomas (MP) (died 1653), Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1644
- William Henry Thomas (1920–2009), delegate in the Maryland House of Delegates
- Bill Thomas (born 1941), U.S. Representative from California
- Bill Thomas (Alaska politician) (born 1947), member of the Alaska House of Representatives
- Bill Thomas (writer) (born 1943), American writer
[edit] The arts
- William Thomas (Islwyn) (1832–1878), Welsh 19th century poet
- William Thomas (Gwilym Marles) (1834–1879), Welsh 19th century poet
- William C. Thomas (1903–1984), American movie producer
- William Thomas (actor), Welsh actor
- William Thomas, Jr., American actor
- Will Thomas (born 1958), novelist
- Billie Thomas (1931–1980), child actor
- Bill Thomas (author) (1934–2009), author, photojournalist from Kentucky
- Bill Thomas (actor) (born 1952), stage and screen actor
- Bill Thomas (costume designer), Oscar-winning costume designer
[edit] Science
[edit] Sports
- Bill Thomas (baseball) (1877–1950), Major League outfielder
- Bill Thomas (ice hockey) (born 1983), American ice hockey player for the Florida Panthers
- Bill Thomas (New Zealand footballer), New Zealand international football (soccer) player
- Bill Thomas (19??-2009), American racecar designer/builder and performance tuner, of Bill Thomas Cheetah fame
- Billy Thomas (Australian footballer) (1902–1968), Australian rules footballer
- Billy Thomas (footballer) (1903–1992), Welsh professional footballer
- Billy Thomas (born 1975), American basketball player
- William Earle Thomas, New Zealand international football (soccer) player
- Trevor Thomas (rugby) (William Trevor Thomas, born c. 1909), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1930s and '40s for Wales (RU), Abertillery, Wales (RL), Oldham, and Wigan
- Will Thomas (basketball) (born 1986), American basketball player for George Mason University, and Belgacom Liege
- William 'Digger' Thomas, Australian rules footballer from the WAFL
- William Llewellyn Thomas (1872–1943), rugby union footballer of the 1890s for Wales, Oxford University, Newport, Barbarian F.C.
- William Thomas (English cricketer) (born 1960), played for Worcestershire
- William Thomas (English footballer) (1885–?), English soccer player
- William Thomas (footballer) (1886–?), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne and Richmond
- William Thomas (ice hockey) (born 1983), American ice hockey player for the Florida Panthers
- William Thomas (linebacker) (born 1968), National Football League player for the Philadelphia Eagles and Oakland Raiders
- William Thomas (offensive tackle) (born 1974), also known as "Tra Thomas", American football offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles
- William Thomas (rugby league born circa-1885), rugby league footballer of the 1910s for Wales, and Salford
- William Thomas (rugby league born circa-1905), rugby league footballer of the 1930s for Wales, and York
- Willie Thomas (1866–1921), rugby union footballer of the 1880s for British Isles, Wales, Llandovery College, Cambridge University, London Welsh, Llanelli
- William A. Thomas (born 1948), former American football player and coach
- William Lewis Thomas (1913–1995), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1930s and '40s
[edit] Soldiers
[edit] Business
[edit] Others
- William Thomas (architect) (1799–1860), Anglo-Canadian architect
- William Tutin Thomas (1829–1892), his son, also an architect
- William Thomas (bishop) (1613–1689), bishop of Worcester
- William Thomas (cleric) (1734–1799), Welsh priest and scholar
- William ap Thomas (died 1445), member of a minor Welsh gentry family, responsible for beginning the construction of Raglan Castle
- William Davies Thomas (1889–1954), Professor of English at Saskatchewan and Swansea
- William Henry Griffith Thomas (1861–1924), Anglican clergyman and scholar from the English-Welsh border country
- William Luson Thomas (1830–1900), engraver and founder of The Graphic newspaper
- William Fitz Thomas, prior and Lord Chancellor of Ireland
- William Thomas, the alias of Wilhelm Thomas, who gained notoriety in the Adolph Beck case
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