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Thomas Wolfe

Thomas Clayton Wolfe was an American writer from North Carolina known for his autobiographical novels, especially Look Homeward, Angel and You Can't Go Home Again. He grew up in rural North Carolina…

Thomas Pynchon

Name at birth: Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr.Literary critics loved Thomas Pynchon's first novel, V, published in 1963. Instantly he was considered one of the great new prose modernists, and he was soon…

Thomas Piketty

Thomas Piketty is a French economist who became a best-selling author in the United States after his 2013 book Capital in the Twenty-First Century was translated into English in 2014. Piketty studied…

Kurt Thomas

Gymnast Kurt Thomas was the first American to win a gold medal at the world championship, in 1978. The next year he won a record six championship medals (a feat matched in 2018 by Simone Biles).…

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States and one of the key drafters of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson served two full terms as president (1801-09) and also served…

Thomas Eakins

Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins was an American artist from Philadelphia whose most famous works are Max Schmitt in a Single Scull (1871) and The Gross Clinic (1875). Eakins studied at the Pennsylvania…

Thomas Carvel

Name at birth: Athansios KarvelasThomas Carvel founded the Carvel ice cream company and was a pioneer in soft ice cream and retail franchising. The son of Greek immigrants, he began selling ice…

Marlo Thomas

Marlo ThomasactressBorn: 11/21/1937Birthplace: Deerfield, Mich. Emmy Award-winning actress who is best known for her role as one of television's first independent women, Ann Marie, on That Girl (1966…

Thomas Hearns

Thomas HearnsBorn: Oct. 18, 1958Boxer has held world titles as welterweight, junior middleweight, middleweight and light heavyweight; four career losses have come against Ray Leonard, Marvin…

Frank Thomas

Frank ThomasBorn: May 27, 1968Baseball 1B 2-time AL MVP with Chicago (1993,94); 5-time All Star; first player in MLB history to hit .300, hit at least 20 home runs and have over 100 walks,…