Thomas Gates

Thomas Gates

Thomas Gates may refer to:

*Sir Thomas Gates (governor) (1585–1621), of the Virginia Company, an early leader and governor of the Colony of Virginia
*Thomas Sovereign Gates (1873–1948), U.S. educator, first president of the University of Pennsylvania
*Thomas Sovereign Gates, Jr. (1906–1983), U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Dwight D. Eisenhower
*Thomas Gates, 19th-century Tuscon, Arizona area pioneer, rancher, and saloonkeeper; Gates Pass is named after him
*USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51)
*Thomas Gates, fictional character in , portrayed by Joel Gretsch


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