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Thomas also known as "Doubting Thomas" Matthew also known as "Levi" James, son of Alphaeus; Judas, son of James (a.k.a. Thaddeus or Lebbaeus) Simon the Zealot; Judas Iscariot (the traitor) Matthias [3] Others: Paul [4] Barnabas [5] Mary Magdalene (the one who discovered Jesus' empty tomb)
This article lists notable people with the given name Thomas. Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. ca. 647–648), Christian bishop of Dunwich; Sir Thomas à Beckett (judge) (1836–1919), Australian solicitor and judge; Thomas Boylston Adams (1772–1832), Massachusetts legislator and judge and brother of John Quincy Adams
Thomas was a popular name throughout medieval Europe. In Britain the name was rare prior to the Norman Conquest (11th century CE), but by the 13th and 14th centuries it had become common. In 2017 it ranked 13th in popularity in the United Kingdom with 3,246 babies given the name.
The main source is the apocryphal Acts of Thomas, sometimes called by its full name The Acts of Judas Thomas, written circa 180–230 AD. [79] [80] These are generally regarded by various Christian religions as apocryphal, or even heretical. The two centuries that lapsed between the life of the apostle and the recording of this work cast doubt ...
Thomas is a common surname of English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, German, Dutch, and Danish origin. It derives from the medieval personal name , of Biblical origin, from Hebrew תאומא t'om'a , a byname meaning 'twin'.
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 Apostle; Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles; Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203 ...
Lockyer, Herbert, All the men of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958; Lockyer, Herbert, All the women of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28151-2; Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28041-9; Tischler, Nancy M.,
Thomas F. Torrance (1913–2007) Leon Lamb Morris (1914–2006) Thomas Berry (1914–2009) Hebe Charlotte Kohlbrugge (1914–2016) Anthony of Sourozh (Andrei Borisovich Bloom, 1914–2003) Vernon Grounds (1914–2010) Edward Schillebeeckx (1914–2009) Markus Barth (1915–1994) Thomas Merton (1915–1968) Derek Prince (1915–2003) Marie ...