Thomas Young

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Thomas Young may refer to:

Military

Thomas Young (American revolutionary) (1731–1777), member of the Sons of Liberty
Thomas James Young (1827–1869), recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Indian mutiny
Thomas Young (VC) (1895–1966), recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War I
Tomas Young (1979–2014), Iraq War veteran, subject of the documentary Body of War

Politics

Thomas Young (MP for Shropshire), MP for Shropshire four times between 1380 and 1399
Thomas Young (MP for Winchelsea), 1413–1425, MP for Winchelsea
Thomas Young (died 1427), MP for Bristol 1414
Thomas Yonge or Young, MP for Bristol (1435–1453, 1455) and Gloucestershire, justice of the Common Pleas and the King's Bench
Thomas Ainslie Young (1797–1860), official and political figure in Lower Canada
Thomas Young (Australian politician) (1813–1904), South Australian MHA
Thomas L. Young (1832–1888), governor of Ohio
Thomas Ganley Young (born 1947), mayor of Syracuse, New York, 1986–1993

Religion

Thomas Young (bishop) (1507–1568), Archbishop of York
Thomas Young (Scottish theologian) (1587–1655), Scottish Presbyterian and author
Thomas Young (writer and theologian) (1772–1835), English writer, theologian, educator, and clergyman
Thomas Cullen Young (1880–1955), Scottish Presbyterian anthropologist and missionary