Richard Thomas (born June 13 1951) is an American actor, best known as budding author "John-Boy" on the CBS television series The Waltons.

Richard Malcolm Thomas (February 4 1932-February 22, 2006) was a Canadian actor, broadcaster, environmentalist and politician. "He introduced me to modern literature, poetry, to (Carl) Jung and the Russians like Dostoevsky and all kinds of music, both classical and folk — Fred Neil, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Bach," recalled Patrick Corrigan, one of Thomas' long time friends.http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1144318868165 He was a longtime columnist for the Almaguin News.

Richard Thomas (27 December, 1779 - 21 February, 1858) was a civil engineer.

He produced a survey of the navigation of the River Severn, he also created a geological map of the mining district of Cornwall in 1819 which went through several editions.

In 1815, Thomas produced the first "Falmouth Guide" containing "a concise account of the history, trade, port and public establishments of Falmouth; directions to the public offices, lodging-houses, inns, taverns, etc.

Between 1850 and 1852, he wrote 35 letters to the West Briton newspaper, in which he discussed no fewer than 490 barrows, 180 various earthworks and archaeological remains in Cornwall.

Barrows destroyed since he had seen them included 7 barrows on St Breock Downs, the diameter of some being 55 feet, the others smaller.

Although he died in the Isles of Scilly, his funeral took place at Budock, Falmouth.

Richard Thomas is a musician, writer, and comedy actor. He is best known for composing and scoring the award-winning Jerry Springer - The Opera with Stewart Lee. Thomas collected the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Score in 2004.

Richard Thomas's comedy career began in 1987, doing a musical act on keyboards. In 2000, he wrote and performed a one-act opera called Tourette’s Diva with four actors, which aired at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Thomas had the idea for an opera based on Jerry Springer at this time, and wrote it over the next two years, chiefly in workshops at Battersea Arts Centre. Thomas would offer a 'Beer for an Idea', where any audience members submitting a good idea would be rewarded with a can of Fosters (and poor ideas with a supermarket own brand).

After a number of small scale performances of the first act, which was in much the same shape as it remains today, the second act (where the characters descend into Hell) was vague and unformed. Thomas brought his friend Stewart Lee in to assist with the writing. Six months later, the opera was in a far more recognisable state, and was snapped up by the National Theatre.

Thomas has also worked on BBC comedy shows such as Attention Scum and This Morning With Richard Not Judy. Starting on 25 February 2007, BBC Two aired his latest series, Kombat Opera, comprising five standalone musical parodies of well-known television programmes.

Richard Thomas (December 30, 1744 - January 19, 1832) was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in West Whiteland, Pennsylvania, he was educated at home by private teachers. He served in the American Revolutionary War as colonel of the First Regiment, Chester County Volunteers of the Pennsylvania militia.

He was elected as a Federalist to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1795 to March 3, 1801. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and in 1832 died in Philadelphia. Interment was in the Friends Western Burial Ground.

Richard Thomas is the Information Commissioner of the United Kingdom, and has held the post since 2002. He is currently expected to continue in this post until 2009 us/who_we_are/management_board.aspx" target="_blank">Management Board on _ICO official site, accessed September 16 2007 . During his time in office, he has raised concerns over the increased use of closed-circuit television (CCTV) and the introduction of ID Cards in the UK. He is also a visiting professor of Law at Northumbria University.

Born in June 1949, the son of a magistrate, Thomas attended public school and studied law at Southampton University in the late 1960s (he was later awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from this same university). While at university, he became involved in left-wing politics. David Hencke, blank">The Guardian profile: Richard Thomas, _Guardian Unlimited, July 1 2005, accessed September 16 2007

In his early career, he worked as an articled clerk and solicitor with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (from 1971) and the Citizens Advice Bureau, Notting Hill (from 1974). He then went on to work in legal and public affairs positions with the National Consumer Council (from 1979) and the Office of Fair Trading. While at the National Consumer Council he was also involved with the Campaign for Freedom of Information and had a secondary involvement in the publishing of a book of essays entitled Consuming Secrets.

Most recently, he has been a Director of Public Policy at the prestigious law firm Clifford Chance, the first to hold this position.

He has been married to Julia Clark since 1974 and they have three adult children. He and his wife live in Reigate, Surrey.

Richard Thomas Zarvona (October 27, 1833 - March 17, 1875), born Richard Thomas Jr., was an American adventurer and a Confederate Army officer who became known as "the French lady" after a disguised Thomas and a crew of accomplices seized the passenger steamer St. Nicholas during the first year of the American Civil War.

The eldest son of former Maryland House of Delegates speaker Richard Thomas Sr. and the nephew of Maryland governor James Thomas, Richard Thomas Jr. was born and raised in "Mattapany," the Thomas family plantation south of the Patuxent River. Cox, Richard P., Rebel raider disguised in hoop skirt, Washington Times An accomplished athlete and sportsman, Thomas attended Charlotte Hill Academy and another military school in nearby Talbot County, Maryland, before receiving appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1850. Thomas survived his plebe year with 189 demerits, but resigned in October 1851. He then travelled the world, serving for a time with Garibaldi in Italy. It was then that he added "Zarvona" to his name.