Thomas Burton

Thomas Burton is the name of:

Politicians

• Thomas Burton (16th century MP) for City of York (UK Parliament constituency)
• Thomas de Burton, MP for Rutland (UK Parliament constituency) 1377, 1380
• Thomas Burton (died 1438) (c.1369–1438), MP for Rutland (UK Parliament constituency) 1420,1425 and 1427
• Thomas Burton (politician) (died 1661), British Member of Parliament for Westmorland, 1656–1659
• Thomas Burton Hanly (1812–1880), Confederate politician

Sports

• Tommie Burton (1878–1946), West Indian cricketer
• Tom Burton (died 2010), American professional wrestler
• Tom Burton (sailor)

Others

• Thomas Burton (merchant) (died 1495), Loughborough, England wool merchant
• Thomas Burton or Cee Lo Green (born 1974), musician in Gnarls Barkley
• T. L. Burton (born 1944), professor of medieval English literature
• Stephen Longstreet (1907-2002), American author who also wrote as Thomas Burton
• Thomas Burton Adams, Jr. (1917–2006), commonly known as Tom Burton
• Thomas G. Burton (born 1935), American professor and specialist in Appalachian folk culture

See also

• Burton baronets, several of whom were called Thomas Burton
• Burton (surname)