Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853), German poet, novelist and critic
Friedrich Tiedemann (1781–1861), German anatomist and physiologist
Cornelis Petrus Tiele (1830–1902), Dutch theologian and scholar
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770), Italian painter
George Tierney (1761–1830), English Whig politician
Thérèse Tietjens (1831–1877), Hungarian soprano vocalist
Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812–1902), American jeweler
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), American artist
Tigellinus (d. 69), minister and favourite of the Emperor Nero
Mary Tighe (1772–1810), Irish poet
Tiglath-Pileser, name of several Assyrian kings
Tigranes (c. 140–c. 55 B.C.), King of Armenia
Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856–1920), Indian nationalist leader and orientalist
Samuel Jones Tilden (1814–1886), American statesman
Ben Tillett (1860–1943), British Labour politician
Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley (1818–1896), Canadian statesman
John Tillotson (1630–1694), English Archbishop
Johann Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly (1559–1632), General of the Catholic League in the Thirty Years’ War
Theodore Tilton (1835–1907), American writer and author
Timaeus (c. 356–c. 260 B.C.), Greek historian
Timanthes (Fourth Century B.C.), Greek painter
John Timbs (1801–1875), English antiquary
Timocreon (fl. 480 B.C.), Greek lyric poet
Timoleon (c. 411–337 B.C.), Greek statesman and general
Timomachus (First Century B.C.), Greek painter
Timon of Athens (Fifth Century B.C.), noted misanthrope
Timon of Phlius (c. 320–c. 230), Greek sceptic philosopher and satirical poet
Timotheus (d. 354 B.C.), Athenian statesman and general
Timotheus (Fourth Century B.C.), Athenian sculptor
Timotheus of Miletus (c. 446–357 B.C.), Greek musician and dithyrambic poet
Timothy, biblical New Testament figure
Henry Timrod (1828–1867), Southern poet
Timur (1336–1405), commonly known as Tamerlane, renowned Oriental conqueror
Marcelle Tinayre (1872–1948), French novelist
Matthew Tindal (1653?–1733), English deist
Alexandrine Tinné (1839–1869), Dutch traveller in Africa
Tintoretto (1518–1594), one of the greatest painters of the Venetian school
Tippoo Sahib (1753–1799), Sultan of Mysore
Girolamo Tiraboschi (1731–1794), first historian of Italian literature
Pierre-Emmanuel Tirard (1827–1893), French politician
Tirhakah (c. 702–c. 664 B.C.), King of Ethiopia
Tiridates, rulers
Tirmidhī (d. 892), Arabian traditionalist
Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930), German admiral and politician
Constantin von Tischendorf (1815–1874), German biblical critic
Benvenuto Tisio (1481–1559), Italian painter of the Ferrarese school
Tissaphernes (d. 395 B.C.), Persian soldier and statesman
François Félix Tisserand (1845–1896), French astronomer
Pierre-François Tissot (1768–1854), French man of letters
Kálmán Tisza (1830–1902), Hungarian statesman
Sir William Tite (1798–1873), British architect
Titian (c. 1488–1576), one of the greatest painters of the world
Tommaso Tittoni (1855–1931), Italian statesman
Titus, one of the companions of St. Paul
Titus (40–81 A.D.), Roman Emperor
John Tobin (1770–1804), English dramatist
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859), French publicist and writer
James Tod (1782–1835), British officer and Oriental scholar
Isaac Todhunter (1820–1884), English mathematician
Heihachiro Togo (1848–1934), Japanese admiral
Tokugawa, Japanese ruling family
John Toland (1670–1722), English deist
Johan Christopher Toll (1743–1817), Swedish statesman and soldier
Thomas Tollemache (c. 1651–1694), British soldier
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910), Russian novelist and social reformer
Petr Andreevich Tolstoy (1645–1729), Russian statesman
William Lawrence Tomlins (1844–1930), American chorus-instructor
Charles Tomlinson (1808–1897), English scientist and author
Niccolò Tommaseo (1802–1874), Italian author and critic
Mihály Tompa (1817–1868), Hungarian lyric poet
Daniel D. Tompkins (1774–1825), American politician
Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763–1798), Irish rebel
Tonson, name of a family of London booksellers and publishers
John Horne Tooke (1736–1812), English politician and philologist
Thomas Tooke (1774–1858), English economist
John Lawrence Toole (1832–1906), English actor
Robert Toombs (1810–1885), American political leader
Tatya Tope (c. 1810–1859), rebel leader during the Indian Mutiny
Zacharias Topelius (1818–1898), Finnish author
Juan Bautista Topete y Carballo (1821–1885), Spanish naval commander and politician
Rodolphe Töpffer (1799–1846), inventor of pedestrian journeys in Switzerland by schoolboys
Augustus Toplady (1740–1778), Anglican divine
Essad Pasha Toptani (1863–1920), Turkish pasha and Albanian leader
Peter Tordenskiold (1690–1720), eminent Danish naval hero
Otto Torell (1828–1900), Swedish geologist
Francisco de Borja Queipo de Llano y Gayoso, Count of Toreno (1840–1890), Spanish politician
José Maria Quiepo de Llano Ruiz de Saravia, Count of Toreno (1786–1843), Spanish politician and historian
Juan de Torquemada (1388–1468), Spanish ecclesiastic
Tomás de Torquemada (1420–1498), Inquisitor-general of Spain
Robert Torrens (1780–1864), English soldier and economist
Sir Robert Torrens (1814–1884), British colonial statesman
William Torrens McCullagh Torrens (1813–1894), English politician and social reformer
Bartolomé de Torres Naharro (fl. 1517), Spanish dramatist
Diego de Torres Villarroel (1693?–1770), Spanish miscellaneous writer
John Torrey (1796–1873), American botanist
Reuben Archer Torrey (1856–1928), American evangelist
Evangelista Torricelli (1608–1647), Italian physicist and mathematician
Pietro Torrigiano (1472–1528), Florentine sculptor
Arthur Herbert, Earl of Torrington (1647–1716), British admiral
George Byng, Viscount Torrington (1663–1733), English admiral
Lennart Torstensson (1603–1651), Swedish soldier
Totila (d. 552), King of the Ostrogoths
Franz Éduard Ivanovich, Count Totleben (1818–1884), Russian engineer general
George Carew, Earl of Totnes (1555–1629), English politician and writer
Joseph Gilbert Totten (1788–1864), American military engineer
Joshua Toulmin (1740–1815), English theologian
Counts of Toulouse
Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Count of Toulouse (1678–1737), French noble
Jonathan Toup (1713–1785), English classical scholar and critic
Albion Winegar Tourgée (1838–1905), American journalist and author
Eben Tourjée (1834–1891), the founder of the conservatory system of musical instruction in America
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656–1708), French botanist
Cyril Tourneur (1575?–1626), English dramatist
Maurice Tourneux (1849–1917), French man of letters and bibliographer
Judah Touro (1775–1854), Jewish-American philanthropist
Berthold Tours (1838–1897), Dutch musician
Anne-Hilarion de Cotentin, Comte de Tourville (1642–1701), French admiral and Marshal of France
Toussaint L’Ouverture (1743–1803), one of the liberators of Haiti
George Makepeace Towle (1841–1893), American author
Charles Townley (1737–1805), English archæologist and collector of marbles
James Townley (1714–1778), English dramatist
Edward Waterman Townsend (1855–1942), American humorist
George Alfred Townsend (1841–1914), American journalist
Meredith Townsend (1831–1911), English journalist
Virginia Frances Townsend (1836–1920), American authoress
Charles Townshend (1725–1767), English politician
Charles, Viscount Townshend (1674–1738), English statesman
Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend (1861–1924), British general
George, Marquess Townshend (1724–1807), English noble
Crawford Howell Toy (1836–1919), American Hebrew scholar
Arnold Toynbee (1852–1883), English social reformer and economist
Benjamin Franklin Tracy (1830–1915), American lawyer and soldier
John Tradescant (c. 1570–c. 1637), Dutch botanist
Thomas Traherne (1637?–1674), English writer
Henry Duff Traill (1842–1900), British author and journalist
George Francis Train (1829–1904), American author
Trajan (53–117), Roman Emperor
John Stewart, Earl of Traquair (d. 1659), Scottish statesman
Otto Ferdinand, Graf von Abensperg und Traun (1677–1748), Austrian field marshal
Ambrogio Traversari (1386–1439), French ecclesiastic
Thomas Tredgold (1788–1829), English engineer
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1853–1917), English actor and manager
Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813–1875), English theologian
Jean-Baptiste Treilhard (1742–1810), French revolutionist
Heinrich von Treitschke (1834–1896), German historian and political writer
Edward John Trelawny (1792–1881), English sailor and friend of Shelley and Byron
Sir Jonathan Trelawny (1650–1721), English prelate
François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577–1638), Father Joseph, French Capuchin monk
Herbert Trench (1865–1923), British poet and playwright
Richard Chenevix Trench (1807–1886), Anglican Archbishop and poet
Hugh Montague, Baron Trenchard (1873–1956), British air marshal
Sir John Trenchard (1649–1695), English politician
Franz von der Trenck (1711–1749), Austrian soldier
Baron Friedrich von der Trenck (1726–1794), writer of the celebrated autobiography
Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (1802–1872), German philosopher and philologist
William Henry Trescot (1822–1898), American diplomatist
Francis Tresham (c. 1567–1605), English Gunpowder Plot conspirator
George Macaulay Trevelyan (1876–1962), British historian
George Otto Trevelyan (1838–1928), British author and statesman
Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (1776–1837), German naturalist
Richard Trevithick (1771–1833), English engineer and inventor
Sir John Trevor (1626–1672), English politician
Tribonian (d. c. 545), the famous jurist and minister of Justinian
Charilaos Tricoupis (1832–1896), Greek statesman
Spyridion Tricoupis (1788–1873), Greek author and statesman
Joshua Trimmer (1795–1857), English geologist
Sarah Trimmer (1741–1810), English authoress
Tristan L’Hermite (1601–1655), French dramatist
Henry Baker Tristram (1822–1906), English traveler and author
Johannes Trithemius (1462–1516), German historian and divine
Nicholas Trivet (1258?–1328), English chronicler
Régis de Trobriand (1816–1897), Franco-American soldier
Louis Jules Trochu (1815–1896), French general
Frederik Troels-Lund (1840–1921), Danish historian
Gnaeus Trogus Pompeius (fl. 20 B.C.c. 10 A.D.), Roman historian
Herluf Trolle (1516–1565), Danish naval hero
Anthony Trollope (1815–1882), English novelist
Tromp, name of two famous Dutch admirals
François-Denis Tronchet (1726–1806), French jurist
Leon Trotsky (1879–1940), Russian Communist leader
Catharine Trotter (1679–1749), a most accomplished lady and celebrated writer
Valentin Friedland Trotzendorff (1490–1556), German educationist
Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy (1863–1945), Virginian novelist
Sir Thomas Troubridge (c. 1758–1807), English admiral
Edward Troughton (1753–1835), English instrument maker
John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916), American novelist
Jean-François de Troy (1679–1752), French painter
Counts of Troyes
Constant Troyon (1810–1865), French painter
Antonio de Trueba (1819–1889), Spanish novelist
Sir William Trumball (1639–1716), English politician
Benjamin Trumbull (1735–1820), American theologian
Henry Clay Trumbull (1830–1903), American author
James Hammond Trumbull (1821–1897), American scholar
John Trumbull (1750–1831), American poet
John Trumbull (1756–1843), American artist
Jonathan Trumbull (1710–1785), American political leader
Lyman Trumbull (1813–1896), American jurist and political leader
Thomas Wilde, Baron Truro (1782–1855), Lord Chancellor of England
Thomas Truxtun (1755–1822), American naval officer
Dwight William Tryon (1849–1925), American artist
Sir George Tryon (1832–1893), British admiral
Thomas Tryon (1634–1703), English humanitarian
William Tryon (1729–1788), American colonial governor
Tschudi, name of one of the most distinguished families of the land of Glarus, Switzerland
Abraham Tucker (1705–1774), English moralist
George Tucker (1775–1861), American lawyer and author
Henry St. George Tucker (1780–1848), American lawyer
John Randolph Tucker (1812–1883), American naval officer
John Randolph Tucker (1823–1897), American lawyer
Josiah Tucker (1712–1799), English economist and divine
Nathaniel Beverly Tucker (1784–1851), American lawyer and author
St. George Tucker (1752–1827), colonial jurist
Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (1821–1873), American poet
Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1813–1871), American author
Tudor, House that gave five sovereigns to England
William Tudor (1779–1830), American author and journalist
Tuke, name of an English family
Tulasīdāsa (1532–1623), greatest and most famous of Hindī poets
Jethro Tull (1674–1741), English agricultural writer and farmer
John Tulloch (1823–1886), Scottish theologian
Tullus Hostilius (r. 672–640 B.C.), third legendary King of Rome
Cuthbert Tunstall (1474–1559), English prelate
Sir Charles Tupper (1821–1915), British colonial statesman
Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–1889), English writer
George Turberville (1540?–1610?), English poet
Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne (1611–1675), Marshal of France
Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883), Russian novelist
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot (1727–1781), French statesman and economist
James Turle (1802–1882), English organist and composer
Adrien Turnèbe (1512–1565), French classical scholar
Charles Turner (1774–1857), English engraver
Charles Tennyson Turner (1808–1879), English poet
Sir James Turner (1615–1686), Scottish soldier and military writer
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851), English painter
Nat Turner (1800–1831), Negro leader of a slave insurrection in Virginia
Sharon Turner (1768–1847), English historian
William Turner (d. 1568), English divine, botanist and physician
Turpin (d. c. 800), Archbishop of Reims
François Henri Turpin (1709–1799), French man of letters
Richard Turpin (1706–1739), English robber
István Türr (1825–1908), Hungarian soldier of fortune
Turretin, name of three Swiss divines
Marie Tussaud (1761–1850), founder of “Madame Tussaud’s Exhibition” of wax figures in London
Thomas Tusser (c. 1515–1580), English poet
Herbert Tuttle (1846–1894), American historian and educator
Mark Twain (1835–1910), nom de plume of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American author
William Marcy Tweed (1823–1878), American politician
Marquesses of Tweeddale
David Emanuel Twiggs (1790–1862), American soldier
Louisa Twining (1820–1912), English philanthropic worker
Thomas Twining (1735–1804), English classical scholar
Horace Twiss (1787–1849), English writer and politician
Travers Twiss (1809–1897), English jurist
Sir Roger Twysden (1597–1672), English antiquary and royalist pamphleteer
Pontus de Tyard (1521–1605), French poet and member of the Pléiade
Christopher Tye (1497?–1572), English musician
Daniel Tyler (1799–1882), American soldier
John Tyler (1790–1862), tenth President of the United States
Moses Coit Tyler (1835–1900), American author
Royall Tyler (1757–1826), American jurist
Wat Tyler (d. 1381), English rebel
William Seymour Tyler (1810–1897), American clergyman
Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (1832–1917), English anthropologist
William Tyndale (c. 1490–1536), translator of the New Testament and Pentateuch
John Tyndall (1820–1893), British natural philosopher
Tyng, name of a family of clergymen in the Episcopal Church
Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnell (1630–1691), Irish Jacobite
Earls of Tyrone
George Tyrrell (1861–1909), Irish divine
Sir James Tyrrell (c. 1455–1502), supposed murderer of the English King Edward V.
Robert Yelverton Tyrrell (1844–1914), Irish classical scholar
Tyrtæus, Greek elegiac poet
Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt (1870–1951), British Admiral
Thomas Tyrwhitt (1730–1786), English classical scholar and critic
William Tytler (1711–1792), of Woodhouselee, Scottish historian and antiquarian
John Tzetzes (Twelfth Century), Byzantine poet and grammarian
 
Baldo degli Ubaldi (1327–1400), Italian jurist
Paolo Uccello (1397–1475), Italian painter
Nicholas Udall (1505–1556), English schoolmaster, translator and playwright
Friedrich Ueberweg (1826–1871), German historian of philosophy
Ugolino della Gherardesca (c. 1220–1289), the head of the powerful family of Gherardesca
Fritz von Uhde (1848–1911), German painter
Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787–1862), German poet
Louis Ulbach (1822–1889), French writer
Korfits Ulfeldt (1606–1664), Danish statesman
Ulfilas (c. 311–381?), Apostle of Christianity to the Gothic race
William Bernard Ullathorne (1806–1889), English Roman Catholic Bishop
Carl Ullmann (1796–1865), German Protestant theologian
Girolamo Ulloa (1810–1891), Italian general
Ulpian (c. 160–228), Roman jurist
Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (1487–1550), German noble
Titus Ulrich (1813–1891), German poet
Hermann Ulrici (1806–1884), German philosopher
Earls of Ulster
Ulugh Beg (1394–1449), Persian astronomer
Umberto I. (1844–1900), King of Italy
Umfraville, name of an English baronial family
Umra Khan of Jandol (c. 1860–1903), Pathan chief on the northwestern frontier of India
Uncas (c. 1590–c. 1683), American Indian chief
Francis Henry Underwood (1825–1894), American author
Oscar Wilder Underwood (1862–1929), American politician
Maria Stella Petronilla, Baroness Ungern-Sternberg (1773–1843), Self-styled legitimate daughter of Philip, duke of Orléans
Samuel Untermyer (1858–1940), American lawyer
Sir Henry Unton (c. 1557–1596), English diplomatist
Sir Raymond Unwin (1863–1940), English architect
John Jorden Upchurch (1822–1887), American organizer
Charles Wentworth Upham (1802–1875), American clergyman and author
Thomas Cogswell Upham (1799–1872), American educator
Richard Upjohn (1802–1878), American architect
Abel Parker Upshur (1790–1844), American statesman
John Henry Upshur (1823–1917), American naval officer
Anson Judd Upson (1823–1902), American educator and theologian
Emory Upton (1839–1881), American soldier
George Putnam Upton (1834–1919), American musical critic and journalist
Aḥmad ‘Urābī (1840/1–1911), or Pasha Arabi, Egyptian soldier and revolutionary leader
Urban, name of eight popes
Andrew Ure (1778–1857), Scotch chemist
Honoré d’Urfé (1567–1625), French novelist and miscellaneous writer
David Urquhart (1805–1877), British diplomatist and publicist
Sir Thomas Urquhart (1611–1660), Scottish author and translator of Rabelais
Marie-Anne de La Trémoille, Princesse des Ursins (1642–1722), lady of the Spanish court
Saint Ursula, and her companions, virgins and martyrs
Christopher Urswick (1448?–1522), English diplomatist
Hermann Usener (1834–1905), German educator
Thomas Usk (d. 1388), author of The Testament of Love
James Ussher (1581–1656), Anglican divine and Archbishop
Utamaro (1753?–1806), one of the best known of the Japanese designers of colour-prints
Uthmān ibn ‘Affān (579–656), third of the Mahommedan caliphs
Johann Peter Uz (1720–1796), German poet
Uzziah, King of Judah
 
Văcărescu, name, according to tradition, of one of the oldest noble families in Walachia
Vacarius (1115?–1200?), Italian civilian and canonist
Horace Annesley Vachell (1861–1955), English novelist and playwright
Étienne Vacherot (1809–1897), French philosophical writer
Auguste Vacquerie (1819–1895), French journalist and man of letters
Theodore Newton Vail (1845–1920), American capitalist
Valdemar I. (1131–1182), King of Denmark
Valdemar II. (1170–1241), King of Denmark
Valdemar IV. (c. 1320–1375), King of Denmark
Juan de Valdés (d. 1541), Spanish religious writer
Valens (c. 328–378), East Roman Emperor
Francis Annesley, Viscount Valentia (1585–1660), Anglo-Irish statesman
Valentine, name of a considerable number of saints
Valentine (d. 827), Pope
Valentinian I. (321–375), Roman Emperor of the West
Valentinian III. (419–455), Emperor of the West
Valentinus (Second Century), the most prominent leader of the Gnostic movement
Fernando de Valenzuela (1630–1692), Spanish royal favourite and minister