John Thomas (1724 – 2 June 1776) was an American doctor and soldier from Massachusetts who became a major general in the Continental Army. He was a leader during the siege of Boston. Thomas briefly commanded the withdrawal from Canada after the unsuccessful invasion by the Continental Army.
Dr. John Thomas (April 12, 1805 - March 5, 1871) is generally considered to be the founder of the Christadelphian church, a Restorationist Christian church with doctrines similar in part to the 16th century Anti-Trinitarian Rationalist Socinians and the 16th century Swiss-German pacifist Anabaptists.
John Thomas (1886 – 1954) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
John B.E Thomas was a Calvinistic Methodist preacher from Wales. John Thomas, a fine preacher who died of a brain haemorrhage in his early forties at the end of the 1960s. He was the pastor of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church ("Forward Movement") in Aberavon, Dr Martyn Lloyd Jones' former church.
John Thomas is an American track and field athlete who set several world records in the high jump using the straddle technique. At the age of 17, while a freshman at Boston University, Thomas became the first man to clear 7 feet indoors. He subsequently pushed the world indoor record to 7'1-1/2", and broke the world outdoor record three times, with a career best jump of 7'3-1/2" in 1960 while just 20 years old.
John Thomas (born September 8 1975 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American professional basketball player. He was the captain of the Minnesota Golden Gophers team that advanced to the 1997 NCAA Final.
John Thomas is a screenwriter living in California. With his brother Jim Thomas he wrote or was substantially involved in the screenplays of the following films: Predator (1987), Predator 2 (1990), Executive Decision (1996), Wild Wild West (1999), Mission to Mars (2000), and Behind Enemy Lines (2001).
Born Wednesbury, West Midlands, August 8 1958 John Thomas was an English professional footballer who plied his trade in the lower reaches of the Football League.