Thomas Cooper
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Thomas, Tom, or Tommy Cooper may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Thomas Abthorpe Cooper (1776–1849), English actor
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803–1902), English painter
Thomas Cooper (poet) (1805–1892), English poet and Chartist
Thomas Cooper de Leon (1839–1914), American journalist, author and playwright
Tommy Cooper (1921–1984), British magician and comedian
Thomas Joshua Cooper (born 1946), American landscape photographer
Military
Thomas Haller Cooper (1919–1987), member of the British Free Corps and convicted traitor
Thomas E. Cooper (born 1943), US Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition), 1983–87
Tom Cooper (military historian) (born 1970), Austrian military aviation historian
Politics
Thomas Cooper (Parliamentarian) (died 1659), colonel in the Parliamentary Army and politician
Thomas Cooper (Delaware politician) (1764–1829), US congressman from Delaware
Thomas Buchecker Cooper (1823–1862), US congressman from Pennsylvania
Thomas Valentine Cooper (1835–1909), American politician from Pennsylvania
Thomas Cooper, 1st Baron Cooper of Culross (1892–1955), Scottish politician, judge and historian
Thomas Butler Cooper, member of the Alabama House of Representatives
Sports
Tom Cooper (cyclist) (1874–1906), American racing cyclist and early automobile driver
Tom Cooper (footballer) (1904–1940), England international footballer
Tom Cooper (baseball) (1927–1985), American Negro league baseball player
Tom Cooper (cricketer) (born 1986), Netherlands and South Australia cricketer
Tom Cooper (rugby union) (born 1987), English rugby union player
Others
Thomas Cooper (academic) (1759–1840), American educationalist and political philosopher from South Carolina
Thomas Cooper (bishop) (c.
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