This story is known as los amantes de Teruel and has inspired writers ( for example Hartzenbusch ) and an opera composed by Tomás Bretón.

Francisco Asenjo Barbieri was a key figure in the development of the romantic zarzuela ; whilst later composers such as Ruperto Chapí, Federico Chueca and Tomás Bretón brought the genre to its late 19th-century apogee.

* Tomás Bretón and Ruperto Chapí receive the first prize of the Madrid Conservatory.

Famous alumni of the school include Tomás Bretón, Manuel de Falla, Pablo Casals, Maria Galvany, Joaquín Turina, Amadeo Roldán, Ataúlfo Argenta, Luis de Pablo, Cristóbal Halffter, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Miguel Ángel Coria, Teresa Berganza, María José Montiel, Antón García Abril, Joaquín Achúcarro, Pedro Albéniz, Luis Antonio García Navarro, Emilio Arrieta, Ruperto Chapí, Ricardo Llorca, Miguel Roig-Francolí, and Jaime Mendoza-Nava.

Finally, one of the best-known examples of género chico was La verbena de la Paloma (" The Fair of the Dove ", set at a verbena on the night of the Virgin of the Paloma, August 14 ) ;, by composer Tomás Bretón.

* Tomás Iglesias Bárcones ( 1850 – 1874 )

La Fontaine's model was subsequently emulated by England's John Gay ( 1685 – 1732 ); Poland's Ignacy Krasicki ( 1735 – 1801 ); Italy's Lorenzo Pignotti ( 1739 – 1812 ) and Giovanni Gherardo de Rossi ( 1754 – 1827 ); Serbia's Dositej Obradović ( 1742 – 1811 ); Spain's Félix María de Samaniego ( 1745 – 1801 ) and Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa ( 1750 – 1791 ); France's Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian ( 1755 – 94 ); and Russia's Ivan Krylov ( 1769 – 1844 ).

* Tomás de Iriarte ( Spanish, 1750 – 91 )

* 1989 – Tomás Mejías, Spanish footballer

* 1858 – Tomás Carrasquilla, Colombian writer ( d. 1940 )

* 1894 – Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal ( d. 1987 )

* 1923 – Tomás Ó Fiaich, Irish cardinal ( d. 1990 )

* 1538 – The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established.

* 1942 – Tomás Marco, Spanish composer

* 1750 – Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet ( d. 1791 )

* 1875 – Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist ( d. 1945 )

* 1987 – Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal ( b. 1894 )

* August 23 – Unable to control a rebellion Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma requests United States intervention.

* November 3 – Tomás Ó Fiaich, Northern Irish cardinal ( d. 1990 )

* March 10 – Fray Tomás de Berlanga discovers the Galápagos Islands when blown off course en route to Peru.

* August 27 – Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer ( b. c. 1548 )

* September 16 – Tomás de Torquemada, first grand inquisitor ( b. 1420 )

* August 8 – Fray Tomás de Berlanga, Bishop of Panama ( b. 1487 )

* Tomás Ó Fiaich ( 1923 – 1990 ), born in County Armagh, clergyman, Archbishop of Armagh, Prelate

* Tomás Ó Fiaich ( 1923 – 1990 ), Archbishop of Armagh.

Grammars of non-European languages began to be compiled for the purposes of evangelization and Bible translation from the 16th century onward, such as Grammatica o Arte de la Lengua General de los Indios de los Reynos del Perú ( 1560 ), and a Quechua grammar by Fray Domingo de Santo Tomás.

In the aftermath, a second lieutenant ( Ricardo Massaferro ), a sergeant ( Víctor Sanabria ) and ten soldiers ( Antonio Arrieta, Heriberto Ávalos, José Coronel, Dante Salvatierra, Ismael Sánchez, Tomás Sánchez, Edmundo Sosa, Marcelino Torantes, Alberto Villalba and Hermindo Luna ) were killed and several wounded ; the Montoneros lost 16 men in the fighting and mop-up operations that night.

Somoza gave in to their demands and paid a $ 500, 000 ransom, released 59 political prisoners ( including GPP chief Tomás Borge ), broadcast a communiqué with FSLN's call for general insurrection and gave the guerrillas safe passage to Panama.

But after he passed an MI5 security check conducted by two MI5 officers ( Cyril Mills and Tomás Harris ) and an MI6 officer ( Desmond Bristow ), Mills ( who Pujol only ever knew as Mr Grey ) suggested that his code name be changed to, after Greta Garbo.

14th-century depiction of Averroes ( detail from Triunfo de Santo Tomás by Andrea da Firenze ), who addressed the omnipotence paradox in the 12th century

* Tomás Eloy Martínez ( 1934 – 2010 ), journalist and writer, distinguished professor and director of the department of Latin American Studies at Rutgers, author of ' Santa Evita and The Peron Novel.

* San Tomás ( St. Thomas ), former name of San Benedicto Island, Mexico

Lucas Tomás Muñiz Ramírez ( February 4, 1922 – January 15, 2009 ), better known as Tommy Muñiz, was a Puerto Rican comedy and drama actor, media producer, businessman and network owner.

Boyacá is home to three universities: the Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia ( UPTC ), the Universidad de Boyacá ( UNIBOYACA ), and the Universidad Santo Tomás.

The department of Izabal includes the ports of Puerto Barrios ( the departmental seat ), Santo Tomás de Castilla, Livingston and Guatemala's free trade zone Zolic.

Latina / o literature also became important during this period, starting with acclaimed novels by Tomás Rivera (... y no se lo tragó la tierra ) and Rudolfo Anaya ( Bless Me, Ultima ), and the emergence of Chicano theater with Luis Valdez and Teatro Campesino.

* Tom ( name ), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás ( and a list of people with the name )

* Tomás Estrada Palma ( 1832 – 1908 ), Cuban political figure

Tomás Luis de Victoria, sometimes Italianised as da Vittoria ( 1548 – 20 August 1611 ), was the most famous composer of the 16th century in Spain, and one of the most important composers of the Counter-Reformation, along with Giovanni da Palestrina and Orlando di Lasso.

He has received The California Library Association's John and Patricia Beatty Award ( twice ), a Recogniton of Merit from the Claremont Graduate School for Baseball in April, the Silver Medal from the Commonwealth Club of California, and the Tomás Rivera Prize.

This period also saw remarkable autobiographies from the remote Irish-speaking areas of the south-west-those of Tomás Ó Criomhthain ( 1858 – 1937 ), Peig Sayers ( 1873 – 1958 ) and Muiris Ó Súilleabháin ( 1904 – 1950 ).

In the 18th century, the territory of the modern borough included the villages of Santo Domingo, Mixcoac, La Piedad, Santa Cruz Atoyac, Actipan, San Juan Maninaltongo, Santa María Nonoalco and Xoco along with the la Candelaria, Santo Tomás Tecoyotitla and Atepuxco neighborhoods and the ranches and haciendas of Los Portales, San Borja, Nalvarte ( Navarte ), San Simón, Santa Cruz, La Piedad and San Andrés de las Ladrilleras.

* Tommaso Luigi da Vittoria, the Italian name for Tomás Luis de Victoria ( 1548-1611 ), Spanish composer

Barranquilla is also known as La Arenosa ( meaning The Sandy ), as called by the president of New Granada, Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, during his stay in Barranquilla in 1849.

* Tomás González ( born 1959 ), Cuban track and field sprinter

There are four important universities in the province: the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán ( with 60, 000 students ), the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino and the Universidad de San Pablo-T.