Military History
- John Thomas (general) (1724–1776), American general in the American Revolutionary War
- John Thomas (VC) (1886–1954), English soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Wallace Thomas (1888–1965), Newfoundland and Canadian merchant mariner who served in both First and Second World Wars
- John Wellesley Thomas (1822–1908), British military officer
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