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Thomas F. Ryan

Thomas F. Ryan, businessman, sports promoter (b at Guelph, Ont 1872; d at Toronto 19 Nov 1961). He introduced the first 10-pin BOWLING alley in Canada and attracted many prominent businessmen and professionals to his downtown Toronto facility.
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Thomas Frobisher

Thomas Frobisher, fur trader (born 1744 in Halifax (?), Yorkshire, England; died 12 September 1788 in Montreal, QC).
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Thomas Fuller

Perhaps more than any other architect, he was responsible for defining the character of federal architecture in Canada.
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Thomas Gage

Thomas Gage, British army officer and colonial administrator (born in 1719 or 1720 in England; died 2 April 1787 in London, England). Gage served in North America during the Seven Years’ War and was commander-in-chief of British forces in North America from 1763 to 1775. (See also Canada and the American Revolution.)
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Thomas Gayford

Thomas Gayford, equestrian (born 21 November 1928 in Toronto, ON). An outstanding international competitor, Tom Gayford was a member of the Canadian jumping team from the late 1940s until the early 1970s; he then became team coach. With James Day and James Elder he formed the gold-medal show-jumping team at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
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Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy

Thomas George Shaughnessy, first Baron Shaughnessy, railway executive (b at Milwaukee, Wis 6 Oct 1853; d at Montréal 10 Dec 1923). In 1869 Shaughnessy joined the Milwaukee Road as a clerk. On becoming manager in 1880, W.C.
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Thomas Greenway

Thomas Greenway, merchant, farmer, land speculator, politician, premier of Manitoba (b at Kilkhampton, Eng 25 Mar 1838; d at Ottawa 30 Oct 1908). Instrumental in the formation of the Liberal Party of Manitoba, Greenway was its first leader and premier of Manitoba 1888-1900.
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Thomas Griffith Taylor

Thomas Griffith Taylor, geographer, educator, explorer (b at Walthamstow, Eng 1 Dec 1880; d at Sydney, Australia 4 Nov 1963). A dynamic personality who did research on every continent, Taylor founded the first Canadian department of geography at U of T (1935).
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Thomas Head Raddall

Thomas Head Raddall, historical novelist (b at Hythe, Eng 13 Nov 1903; d at Liverpool, NS 1 Apr 1994). Raddall was brought as a boy to Nova Scotia, the province about which he was to write in a score of books, fictional and nonfictional.
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Thomas H.B. Symons

Thomas “Tom” Henry Bull Symons, CC, OOnt, FRSC, FRGS, teacher, historian, university president, author (born 30 May 1929 in Toronto, ON; died 1 January 2021 in Peterborough, ON). Thomas Symons was founding president of Trent University (1961–72) and founding vice-president of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada(1978–84). He is perhaps best known as chair of the Commission on Canadian Studies (1972–84).
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Thomas Hoppe: Maclean's 1995 Honor Roll

The late August day began like most others in Sniper Alley during the summer of 1994 - with sporadic gunfire.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on December 18, 1995
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Thomas Howarth

Thomas Howarth, professor, architectural historian, collector (b in England 1914, d at Toronto 21 July 2000).
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Thomas James

Thomas James, explorer (b 1593; d 1635). He sailed from Bristol to Hudson Bay in 1631, 2 days before Luke FOX left on a rival voyage from London. The 2 met by chance at Cape Henrietta Maria (named after James's ship).
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Thomas J. Bata

Thomas John Bata, CC, shoe manufacturer, philanthropist (born 17 September 1914 in Prague, Austria-Hungary; died 1 September 2008 in Toronto, ON). Thomas J. Bata established the Bata shoe company in Canada. He was designated a Companion of the Order of Canada and recognized “for his contribution to industrial development.”
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Thomas King

Thomas King, CC, novelist, short-story writer, essayist, screenwriter, photographer (born 24 April 1943 in Roseville, California). A Companion of the Order of Canada and winner of a Governor General’s Literary Award, Thomas King is a renowned author who has published numerous books in both fiction and non-fiction. Throughout his career, King believed himself to be of Cherokee descent through his father. However, in 2025 he confirmed, based on genealogical research, that he is not Cherokee, nor does he belong to another Indigenous nation.
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