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Famous People in History - T

This category of our A to Z of famous people in history is for famous people with surnames beginning with the letter ''T''.

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Tenniel, Sir John (1820-1914)

Sir John Tenniel was an English caricaturist and cartoonist. He illustrated Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass'.

Tennyson, Alfred, 1st Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

Alfred, first Lord Tennyson was an English poet. In 1850 he was appointed poet laureate. His many poems include 'Idylls of the King', 'Locksley Hall', 'In Memoriam' and 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'.

Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863)

William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist and satirist. His novels include 'Vanity Fair', 'Henry Esmond' and 'The Newcombes'.

Thomas, Dylan Marlais (1914-1953)

Dylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh poet. He also wrote short stories and scripts for movies and radio. His outstanding work is considered to be the radio play 'Under Milk Wood'.

Thomson, Sir Joseph (18S6-1940)

Sir Joseph Thomson was a physicist and mathematician. He discovered the electron.

Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862)

Henry David Thoreau was an American writer and philosopher. He wrote 'A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers' and 'Walden'.

Thurber, James (1894-1961)

James Thurber was an American cartoonist and author. Much of his work first appeared in the New Yorker magazine. He wrote 'The Owl in the Attic', 'My Life and Hard Times' and 'The Secret Life of walter Mitty'.

Tolstoy, Count Leo (1828-1910)

Count Leo Tolstoy was a Russian novelist. He was the author of the famous novel "War and Peace".

Torricelli, Evangelista (1608-1647)

Evangelista Torricelli was an Italian physicist. He invented the first barometer and was first to propose that the atmosphere is finite and space is a vacuum.

Tschaikovsky, Peter Ilyitch (1840-93)

Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky was a Russian composer.

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