Profiles — Creators
Directors, broadcasters, animators and makers whose work shaped what audiences watched.
French Discalced Carmelite nun, Doctor of the Church (1873–1897)
Thérèse of Lisieux, religious name Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, was a French Discalced Carmelite who is widely venerated in modern times.
Read biography ↗Greek film director, screenwriter and film producer (1935–2012)
Theodoros "Theo" Angelopoulos was a Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer.
Read biography ↗German canon regular
Thomas à Kempis was a German-Dutch Catholic canon regular of the Augustinians and the author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the best known Christian devotional books.
Read biography ↗Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
Thomas Aquinas was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, theologian, and philosopher.
Read biography ↗British historian and politician (1800–1859)
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay was a British historian, poet and Whig politician who served as the Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841, and as the Paymaster General between 1846 and 1848.
Read biography ↗Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher.
Read biography ↗American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman known for his work on the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, electric power distribution and early motion pictures.
Read biography ↗English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788)
Thomas Gainsborough was an English painter, draughtsman and printmaker who specialised in portrait and landscape painting.
Read biography ↗English novelist and poet (1840–1928)
Thomas Hardy was an English novelist, poet and architect.
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