Thomas Riley Marshall (March 14, 1854 – June 1, 1925) was an American politician who served as the 28th vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 under President Woodrow Wilson.A prominent lawyer in Indiana, he became an active and well known member of the Democratic Party by stumping across the state for other candidates and organizing party rallies …

Rufus C. Thomas, Jr. (March 26, 1917 – December 15, 2001) was an American rhythm-and-blues, funk, soul and blues singer, songwriter, dancer, DJ and comic entertainer from Memphis, Tennessee.He recorded for several labels, including Chess Records and Sun Records in the 1950s, before becoming established in the 1960s and 1970s at Stax Records.He is best known …

He was a critic of Democratic Representative "Boss" Tweed and the Tammany Hall Democratic party political machine.He created a modern version of Santa Claus (based on the traditional German figures of Sankt Nikolaus and Weihnachtsmann) and the political symbol of the elephant for the Republican Party (GOP). Contrary to popular belief, Nast did not create Uncle Sam (the …

Olive Thomas (born Oliva R. Duffy; October 20, 1894 – September 10, 1920) was an American silent-film actress, art model, and photo model.. Thomas began her career as an illustrator's model in 1914, and moved on to the Ziegfeld Follies the following year. During her time as a Ziegfeld girl, she also appeared in the more risqué show The Midnight Frolic.

Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. (/ ˈ p ɪ n tʃ ˌ ɒ n / PINCH-awn, commonly / ˈ p ɪ n tʃ ˌ ən / PINCH-in; born May 8, 1937) is an American novelist noted for his dense and complex novels. His fiction and non-fiction writings encompass a vast array of subject matter, genres and themes, including history, music, science, and mathematics.For Gravity's Rainbow, Pynchon won the 1973 U.S ...

Thomas Montgomery Newman (born October 20, 1955) is an American composer and conductor best known for his many film scores.In a career that has spanned over four decades, he has scored numerous films including The Player (1992); The Shawshank Redemption (1994); American Beauty and The Green Mile (both 1999); In the Bedroom (2001); Finding Nemo …

Thomas Henry Huxley PC FRS HonFRSE FLS (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) was an English biologist and anthropologist specialising in comparative anatomy.He has become known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.. The stories regarding Huxley's famous 1860 Oxford evolution debate with Samuel Wilberforce were a key moment in …

Thomas Cole (* 1.Februar 1801 in Bolton, Lancashire; † 11. Februar 1848 in Catskills, New York) war ein in England geborener US-amerikanischer Maler.Er gilt als Begründer und bedeutendster Vertreter der Hudson River School, einer Gruppe amerikanischer Künstler in der Mitte des 19.Jahrhunderts, die bekannt wurde für die genaue, detailreiche Wiedergabe amerikanischer …

Henry Andrew "Heck" Thomas (January 3, 1850 – August 14, 1912) was a lawman on the American frontier, most notably in Indian Territory.He was known for helping bring law and order to the region. In 1889 as a deputy in Fort Smith, Arkansas, he tried to capture Ned Christie (), wanted as a suspect in the killing of a US marshal.. Thomas was among the lawmen who …

Biography. Thomas was born on September 5, 1912 in Santa Monica, California to Frank Thomas, a teacher, and Ina Gregg. He had two older brothers, Lawrence and Welburne. He grew up in Fresno. Frank Thomas attended Stanford University, where he was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity and worked on campus humor magazine The Stanford Chaparral with Ollie …