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Thomas Young (American revolutionary) Thomas Young (February 19, 1731 – June 24, 1777) was doctor, philosopher and a member of the Boston Committee of Correspondence and an organizer of the Boston Tea Party. Young was a mentor and teacher to Ethan Allen. Early life and activitie ...
(1731–1777), member of the Sons of Liberty *
Thomas James Young Captain Thomas James Young, VC (1827 – 20 March 1869) was a Royal Navy officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details ...
(1827–1869), recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Indian mutiny *
Thomas Young (VC) Sergeant Thomas Young (born as Thomas Morrell) VC (28 January 1895 − 15 October 1966) was a British Army soldier and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the ene ...
(1895–1966), recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War I *
Tomas Young Tomas Young (November 30, 1979 – November 10, 2014) was an American military veteran of the Iraq War. In 2004, he was wounded and paralyzed by a bullet to the spine five days after he reached Iraq. One of the first veterans to come out publicly ...
(1979–2014), Iraq War veteran, subject of the documentary ''Body of War''


Politics

* Thomas Young (MP for Shropshire), MP for
Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...
four times between 1380 and 1399 * Thomas Young (MP for Winchelsea), 1413–1425, MP for
Winchelsea Winchelsea () is a small town in the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately south west of Rye and north east of Hastings. The ...
* Thomas Young (died 1427), MP for
Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...
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Thomas Yonge Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...
or Young, MP for Bristol (1435–1453, 1455) and Gloustershire, justice of the Common Pleas and the King's Bench *
Thomas Ainslie Young Thomas Ainslie Young (June 12, 1797 – February 8, 1860) was an official and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Quebec City in 1797, the son of John Young (seigneur) and grandson of Thomas Ainslie (colonial official), and studi ...
(1797–1860), official and political figure in Lower Canada * Thomas Young (Australian politician) (1813–1904), South Australian MHA *
Thomas L. Young Thomas Lowry Young (December 14, 1832July 20, 1888) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Young, a Republican, served as the 33rd governor of Ohio from March 2, 1877, to January 14, 1878. Early life Young was born in Killylea ...
(1832–1888), governor of Ohio *
Thomas Ganley Young Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...
(born 1947), mayor of Syracuse, New York, 1986–1993


Religion

* Thomas Young (bishop) (1507–1568), Archbishop of York *
Thomas Young (theologian) Thomas Young (c. 1587–1655) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian, resident in England and a member of the Westminster Assembly. He was the major author of the Smectymnuus group of leading Puritan churchmen. He was also Master ...
(1587–1655), Scottish Presbyterian and author * Thomas Cullen Young (1880–1955), Scottish Presbyterian anthropologist and missionary


Sports

* Thomas Jefferson Young (born 1902), Negro leagues baseball player *
Thomas Young (rugby union) Thomas Young (born 18 May 1992) is a Welsh rugby union player. A flanker, who plays rugby for Cardiff Rugby. Whilst under contract with the Cardiff Blues, he also played for Cardiff RFC and Pontypridd RFC. He is the son of former Wales intern ...
(born 1992), Welsh rugby union player * Thomas Young (swimmer) (born 1991), British Paralympic swimmer *
Thomas Young (footballer) Thomas Young was a Scottish amateur football outside left who played in the Scottish League The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick R ...
, Scottish footballer *
Tommy Young Thomas Machlay (born July 9, 1947), known as Tommy Young, is a professional wrestling referee and retired professional wrestler best known for his time in the National Wrestling Alliance and Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling. ...
(born 1947), wrestler *
Thomas Young (sprinter) Thomas Robert Young (born 27 July 2000) is a British Paralympic athlete who competes in sprinting events at international events, he is a Paralympic Games gold medallist, triple European champion and a World silver medalist. He won the gold ...
(born 2000), British Paralympic sprinter


Other

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Thomas Young (developer) Thomas Young (c. 1650 - ) was an English woodcarver and property developer, best known for Kensington Square. It is thought that he was born in Devon. Young was apprenticed to a joiner and woodcarver, and was admitted to the Joiners' Company as a ...
(c. 1650–?), English woodcarver and property developer *
Thomas Young (scientist) Thomas Young FRS (13 June 177310 May 1829) was a British polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology. He was instrumental in the decip ...
(1773–1829), British polymath, scientist and Egyptologist *
Thomas Young (entrepreneur) Thomas Young (May 26, 1895 – September 11, 1971) was a British entrepreneur from Sunderland, England who founded the Young Electric Sign Company. Biography He was born on May 26, 1895 in Sunderland, England. Young's family converted to th ...
(1895–1971), founder of YESCO, a Las Vegas corporation, in 1920 *
Thomas Young (tenor) Thomas Young is a Grammy and Clio-award winning American lyric tenor. His first appearance at New York City Opera was in the roles of Street and Elijah Muhammed in the world première performance of Anthony Davis's '' X, The Life and Times of ...
, American operatic tenor *
Thomas Daniel Young Thomas Daniel Young (October 22, 1919 – January 29, 1997) was an American academic. He was the first Gertrude C. Vanderbilt professor of English at Vanderbilt University, and the author or editor of a dozen books about the literature of the Sou ...
(1919–1997), American professor of Southern literature *
Tommie Young Tommie Young (born January 14, 1949) is an American soul and gospel singer from Dallas, Texas, United States. Young started singing in Dallas nightclubs, and in 1972, producer Bobby Patterson heard one of her performances and signed her to the l ...
(born 1949), U.S. singer * Thomas Young (mass murderer) (1931–1959), Canadian mass murderer


See also

* Thomas Youngs (disambiguation) *
Thomas Young Duncan Thomas Young Duncan (1836 – 18 August 1914), sometimes referred to as "Tam Duncan", was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party. Early life Born at Plumbridge, County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1836, Duncan was educated at Castledamph Nationa ...
(1836–1914), New Zealand politician * Tom Young (disambiguation) {{hndis, Young, Thomas