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Thomas Ryan

Thomas Ryan

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Thomas, Tom or Tommy Ryan may refer to:

In politics and the military:
  • Thomas Ryan (Canadian politician)
    Thomas Ryan (Canadian politician)
    Thomas Ryan was a footwear manufacturer, municipal politician and Mayor of Winnipeg in 1889.As a youth, Ryan fought the attempted Fenian invasion of Canada in 1866. He then established a trade in making boots and shoes, moving to Winnipeg in 1874 to establish business at what would become the Ryan...

     (1849-1937), Canadian politician
  • Thomas Ryan (congressman)
    Thomas Ryan (congressman)
    Thomas Ryan was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Kansas.-Biography:Born in Oxford, New York, Ryan moved to Bradford County, Pennsylvania with his parents, attended Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1861...

    , (1837–1914), Congressional representative from Kansas
  • Thomas Ryan (Irish Army officer)
    Thomas Ryan (Irish Army Officer)
    Thomas Ryan , was born in Tubrid, County Tipperary, and fought during the Irish War of Independence attached to the 6th Battalion, , Third Tipperary Brigade, I.R.A..
    ...

    , (1893–1980) I.R.A Commander and Lt. Col. Irish Defence Forces
  • Thomas Ryan (Quebec politician)
    Thomas Ryan (Quebec politician)
    Thomas Ryan was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He was a Liberal-Conservative member of the Senate of Canada for Victoria division from 1867 to 1889....

    , (1804–1889), businessman and Senator from Quebec
  • Thomas Ryan (Victorian politician)
    Thomas Ryan (Victorian politician)
    Thomas Ryan was a railway worker, estate agent, trade unionist and politician, and the Nationalist Party Member for Essendon in the Victorian Legislative Assembly ....

     (1870–1943), Australian politician, Member for Essendon in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
  • T. J. Ryan
    T. J. Ryan
    Thomas Joseph Ryan was Premier of Queensland, Australia from May 1915 until October 1919 when he resigned to enter Federal politics.Ryan was primarily known as T. J...

     (1876–1921), Australian politician, Premier of Queensland, Australia (1915–1919), also New South Wales Parliament member (1921)
  • Thomas Jefferson Ryan
    Thomas Jefferson Ryan
    Thomas Jefferson Ryan, or Thomas J. Ryan was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Ryan attended the public schools and the College of the City of New York....

     (1890–1968), Congressional representative from New York
  • Thomas J. Ryan (admiral)
    Thomas J. Ryan (admiral)
    Rear Admiral Thomas John Ryan, Jr. was a career American naval officer who received the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration, for his actions while in Yokohama, Japan during the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake...

     (1901–1970), American admiral and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Thomas P. Ryan, Jr.
    Thomas P. Ryan, Jr.
    Thomas P. Ryan Jr was the 63rd Mayor of Rochester, New York. Ryan began his tenure as Mayor under the old council/city manager system of government, in which the mayor was selected from among members of City Council to be that body's presiding officer...

     (1928–2003), Mayor of Rochester, New York


In business:
  • Thomas Ryan (businessman), executive at CVS Corporation
  • Thomas Fortune Ryan
    Thomas Fortune Ryan
    Thomas Fortune Ryan was a U.S. tobacco and transport magnate. Part of his fortune paid for the construction of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond, Virginia.- Early days :...

     (1851–1928), U.S.
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Thomas, Tom or Tommy Ryan may refer to:

In politics and the military:
  • Thomas Ryan (Canadian politician)
    Thomas Ryan (Canadian politician)
    Thomas Ryan was a footwear manufacturer, municipal politician and Mayor of Winnipeg in 1889.As a youth, Ryan fought the attempted Fenian invasion of Canada in 1866. He then established a trade in making boots and shoes, moving to Winnipeg in 1874 to establish business at what would become the Ryan...

     (1849-1937), Canadian politician
  • Thomas Ryan (congressman)
    Thomas Ryan (congressman)
    Thomas Ryan was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Kansas.-Biography:Born in Oxford, New York, Ryan moved to Bradford County, Pennsylvania with his parents, attended Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1861...

    , (1837–1914), Congressional representative from Kansas
  • Thomas Ryan (Irish Army officer)
    Thomas Ryan (Irish Army Officer)
    Thomas Ryan , was born in Tubrid, County Tipperary, and fought during the Irish War of Independence attached to the 6th Battalion, , Third Tipperary Brigade, I.R.A..
    ...

    , (1893–1980) I.R.A Commander and Lt. Col. Irish Defence Forces
  • Thomas Ryan (Quebec politician)
    Thomas Ryan (Quebec politician)
    Thomas Ryan was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He was a Liberal-Conservative member of the Senate of Canada for Victoria division from 1867 to 1889....

    , (1804–1889), businessman and Senator from Quebec
  • Thomas Ryan (Victorian politician)
    Thomas Ryan (Victorian politician)
    Thomas Ryan was a railway worker, estate agent, trade unionist and politician, and the Nationalist Party Member for Essendon in the Victorian Legislative Assembly ....

     (1870–1943), Australian politician, Member for Essendon in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
  • T. J. Ryan
    T. J. Ryan
    Thomas Joseph Ryan was Premier of Queensland, Australia from May 1915 until October 1919 when he resigned to enter Federal politics.Ryan was primarily known as T. J...

     (1876–1921), Australian politician, Premier of Queensland, Australia (1915–1919), also New South Wales Parliament member (1921)
  • Thomas Jefferson Ryan
    Thomas Jefferson Ryan
    Thomas Jefferson Ryan, or Thomas J. Ryan was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Ryan attended the public schools and the College of the City of New York....

     (1890–1968), Congressional representative from New York
  • Thomas J. Ryan (admiral)
    Thomas J. Ryan (admiral)
    Rear Admiral Thomas John Ryan, Jr. was a career American naval officer who received the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration, for his actions while in Yokohama, Japan during the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake...

     (1901–1970), American admiral and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Thomas P. Ryan, Jr.
    Thomas P. Ryan, Jr.
    Thomas P. Ryan Jr was the 63rd Mayor of Rochester, New York. Ryan began his tenure as Mayor under the old council/city manager system of government, in which the mayor was selected from among members of City Council to be that body's presiding officer...

     (1928–2003), Mayor of Rochester, New York


In business:
  • Thomas Ryan (businessman), executive at CVS Corporation
  • Thomas Fortune Ryan
    Thomas Fortune Ryan
    Thomas Fortune Ryan was a U.S. tobacco and transport magnate. Part of his fortune paid for the construction of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond, Virginia.- Early days :...

     (1851–1928), U.S. businessman
  • Tony Ryan
    Tony Ryan
    Thomas Anthony "Tony" Ryan was an Irish multi-millionaire, philanthropist and businessman.He was a founder of Guinness Peat Aviation and co-founder of Ryanair with Christy Ryan and Liam Lonergan...

     (1936–2007), born Thomas Anthony Ryan, the Irish founder of Ryanair


In sports and gaming:
  • Tommy Ryan
    Tommy Ryan
    Tommy Ryan was a famed welterweight and middleweight champion who fought from 1887-1907. Ryan was considered an excellent boxer-puncher, and many consider him one of the all time greatest middleweight champions. His won lost record is 86 wins , 3 losses and 6 draws...

    , (1870–1948), American barenuckle boxer
  • Tom Ryan (gamer) (born 1986), professional computer gamer
  • Tom Ryan (lacrosse)
    Tom Ryan (lacrosse)
    -Playing career:Ryan played his High School ball at Canton Central in NY.Ryan attended Bowdoin College where he was an All-American attackman. He amassed 97-points in his senior year to become the leading scorer in school history....

    , professional lacrosse coach and player
  • Tommy Ryan (rugby league)
    Tommy Ryan (rugby league)
    Tommy Ryan is an Australian former rugby league footballer. A prolific try scorer, He played in Sydney's New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership with the St. George club throughout the 1950s and also represented Australia....

    , Australian rugby league footballer


In books, music and television:
  • Thomas Ryan (musician)
    Thomas Ryan (musician)
    Thomas Ryan was an Irish-American musician.Born in Ireland, Ryan moved to the United States as a teenager in 1844, and pursued his studies in Boston. In 1849, he formed the Mendelssohn Quintette Club along with August Fries , Francis Riha , Eduard Lehmann , and Wulf Fries ; Ryan played viola and...

     (1827–1903), Irish-American musician
  • Thomas J. Ryan (author)
    Thomas J. Ryan (author)
    Thomas Joseph Ryan, born 1942, is a Canadian author.Ryan moved into the USA and worked as a computer troubleshooter. Living in Garden Grove, California in 1977 he wrote his most known work, the science fiction novel The Adolescence of P-1...

     (born 1942)
  • Tom Ryan (Primeval), a fictional character from the TV series Primeval
  • Tom Ryan (The Unit)
    Tom Ryan (The Unit)
    Brigadier General Thomas R. Ryan is a fictional character on the CBS television series The Unit...

    , a fictional character from the CBS drama The Unit


In other usage:
  • Thomas F. Ryan
    Thomas F. Ryan
    Thomas F. "Tommy" Ryan was a Canadian sportsman and entrepreneur who created five-pin bowling.Born in Guelph, Ontario, Ryan moved to Toronto at age 18...

     (1872–1961), Inventor of five-pin bowling
  • Tom Ryan, Detroit-based disc jockey who one went locally by the alter ego Count Scary
    Count Scary
    Count Scary was a character who hosted monthly specials presenting B movie horror films with comedy skits on Detroit television station WDIV from 1982 to the early 1990s....