Thomason
Thomason is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Thomas" or a misspelling of the French surname Thomasson, Thomesson "little Thomas". There are varied spellings. Thomason may refer to:
People
- Alex Thomason, (born 1975) game show contestant
- Art Thomason, (1889–1944) US Baseball player
- Bob Thomason, is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of the Pacific.
- Bobby Thomason, (March 26, 1928) was an American football player.
- Sergeant Clyde A. Thomason, (1914–1942), in the United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism at the cost of his life while leading an assault on Makin Island on 17 August 1942
- Dustin Thomason, a writer who studied anthropology and medicine at Harvard University.
- George Thomason, (d. April 1666), English book and tract collector. created the Thomason Tracts (see below).
- Harry Thomason, (born 1940), is an American film and television producer and director best known for the television series Designing Women.
- James Thomason (British colonial governor), (1804–1853) British Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces in India
- Jasin Thomason, (born Jason Wayne Thomason in Franklin, Indiana on March 4, 1976) was the guitarist for American rock band The Ataris on their first record, Anywhere But Here.
- Jeff Thomason, (born December 30, 1969) was an American football tight end.
- Jim Thomason, (1920–2007) American football player
- John Thomason, (1893–1944), US Marine and author
- Marsha Thomason, (born November 22, 1976 in Manchester, England) is an English actress, who is best known in the USA for playing Nessa Holt in the NBC series Las Vegas for the first two seasons, and the role of Naomi Dorrit in ABC's Lost.
- R. Ewing Thomason, (30 May 1879, Bedford County, Tennessee – 8 November 1973, El Paso, Texas) was a Texas politician, a member and Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, the mayor El Paso, a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, and a federal district judge.
- Roy Thomason, (born 14 December 1944) is a British Conservative Party politician who was a local government leader and served one term as a Member of Parliament before business problems forced him to stand down.
- Sarah Thomason, a linguist known particularly for her work on language contact, historical linguistics, pidgins and creoles, Slavic Linguistics, typological universals, and xenoglossy.
- Trent Thomason, (born on February 4, 1972 in Inglewood, California) is a Christian artist and songwriter.
- Theresa Thomason, is an African-American gospel singer.
- Yeoville Thomason, (1826–1901) was an architect in Birmingham, England. He was born in Edinburgh to a Birmingham family. Thomason set up his own practice in Birmingham 1853-1854.
- Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, (born Linda Joyce Bloodworth April 15, 1947, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri) is an American writer and television producer.
- Lorene Thomason Coates, a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the U.S. state's seventy-seventh House district, including constituents in Rowan county.
- Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, (February 28, 1865-October 9, 1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador.
Other uses
- University Medical Center of El Paso, Texas, formerly known as Thomason Hospital, is a non-profit public hospital in El Paso, Texas and is licensed by the State of Texas and accredited by the Joint Commission.
- Thomason Collection of English Civil War Tracts a collection of more than 22,000 pamphlets, broadsides, manuscripts, books, and news sheets, most of which were printed and distributed in London from 1640 to 1661. Currently housed in the British Library.
- USS John W. Thomason (DD-760), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, United States Navy ship named in honor of John Thomason
- USS Thomason (DE-203), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy named in honor of Clyde A. Thomason
See also