* Tomáš Baťa ( 1876 – 1932 ), Czech shoe company founder

The company was founded in 1894 in Zlín ( then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, today in the Czech Republic ) by Tomáš Baťa (), whose family had been cobblers for generations.

Tomáš Baťa was recognised for his social consciousness: he established housing, cinemas and advancement programmes for his employees.

In 1932, at the age of 56, Tomáš died in a plane crash at Zlín Airport ( attempting to take off under bad weather conditions ) and his half-brother Jan Antonín Baťa became head of the company.

After the Second World War, the Bata Shoe Organisation was led by Thomas J. Bata ( Tomáš Baťa Junior ), son of Tomáš Baťa and the company grew significantly under Thomas J. Bata's driving leadership.

In 2002, the headquarters was moved to Lausanne, Switzerland and the organisation has been led by Thomas G. Bata, grandson of Tomáš Baťa.

The town grew rapidly after Tomáš Baťa founded a shoe factory there in 1894 when the population was approximately 3, 000 inhabitants.

Tomáš Baťa in his ultimate wisdom, had decided to sell his business to his brother Jan Antonin on May 10, 1931 ( when the company Bata a. s., Zlin was founded ).

* The Villa of Tomáš Baťa was an early architectural achievement in Zlín ( the construction was finished in 1911 ).

Being returned to Tomáš J. Baťa, the son of the company's founder, the building houses the headquarters of the Thomas Bata Foundation.

* The Monument of Tomáš Baťa was built in 1933 by František Lydie Gahura.

* Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín

Tomáš Baťa established the organization in Zlín on 24 August 1894 with 800 Austrian gulden, some $ 320, inherited from his mother.

* Tomáš Baťa ( 1876 – 1932 ), founder of Bata Shoes

* Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín ( UTB ), founded in 2000, 10. 000 students.

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He is most known for his book Botostroj ( The Shoe Machine ) where he depicted the company as an inhuman mechanism destroying lives of people and its boss Tomáš Baťa as a dictator.

Family of Tomáš Baťa sued for defamation and tried in various ways to stop publishing the book.

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Tomáš Jan Baťa, (, September 17, 1914 – September 1, 2008 ), also known as Tomas Bata Jr. and Tomáš Baťa ml.

Tomáš Enge () ( born 11 September 1976 in Liberec ) is a motor racing driver from the Czech Republic, who has competed in many classes of motorsport, including three races in Formula One.

Tomáš Dvořák () ( born 11 May 1972 in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia ) is an athlete from the Czech Republic.

Initially created to raise up Horner's career in 1997, and then reliant on sponsorship from Viktor Maslov from 1999, the team started off poor and didn't have the pace to qualify for many races, However, as the years went on, they began to reap in the results and was the best team of Formula 3000 in its last 3 years, showing new talents to motorsport world like Darren Manning, Tomáš Enge, Björn Wirdheim and Vitantonio Liuzzi.

In the semifinals, he defeated the number 15 seed Tomáš Berdych 6 – 3, 3 – 6, 5 – 7, 6 – 3, 6 – 3 to reach his second consecutive French Open final.

He then played in the first Grand Slam of the year at the 2011 Australian Open, losing in the third round to Tomáš Berdych 2 – 6, 6 – 7, 3 – 7, 2 – 6.

* Tomáš Jančí – preliminary group: 3 losses ( did not advance )

Tomáš Zatloukal ( b. August 3, 1969 in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Union of Independents, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education.

In the last game of the round robin, Ferrer lost to Tomáš Berdych in three sets 6 – 3, 5 – 7, 1 – 6.

However the following week at the 2009 Sydney International, Guccione bounced back with an impressive 6 – 3 6 – 4 win over 6th seed Tomáš Berdych before going on to lose in the following round to eventual finalist Jarkko Nieminen, 7 – 6, 6 – 3.

He lost to Tomáš Berdych in the third round 4 – 6, 3 – 6.

Tomáš Jelínek ( born April 29, 1962 ) is a retired Czech ice hockey player.

As a boy he apprenticed under his father, Tomáš Sr., who began the T. & A. Bata Shoe company in 1894 in Zlín, Czechoslovakia.

* Villa of Tomáš Baťa in Zlín

Most of what Tomáš had built was centralised in Bohemia and Moravia ( 15, 770 employees, 1, 500 shops, 25 enterprises ) and Slovakia ( 250 employees and 2 enterprises ).

* Tomáš Krejčí, leader of the Czech National Union in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from 1942 to 1945, was named Vůdce.

* 1990 – Tomáš Tatar, Slovak ice hockey player

* 1982 – Tomáš Kopecký, Slovak ice hockey player

* 1978 – Tomáš Kaberle, Czech ice hockey player

* 1978 – Tomáš Ujfaluši, Czech footballer

* 1982 – Tomáš Plekanec, Czech ice hockey player

* 1980 – Tomáš Rosický, Czech footballer

* 1976 – Tomáš Enge, Czech race car driver

* December 20 – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk returns to the Czechoslovak Republic.

* May 27 – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk becomes president of Czechoslovakia.

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (), sometimes called Thomas Masaryk in English, ( 7 March 1850 – 14 September 1937 ) was an Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak politician, sociologist and philosopher, who as an eager advocate of Czechoslovak independence during World War I became the founder and first President of Czechoslovakia.

Plaque of Prokop Diviš by Jan Tomáš Fischer ( 1912 – 1957 ) at the former Jesuit grammar school on Jezuitské Square in Znojmo

Henman was defeated in the second round of Indian Wells by up-and-comer Tomáš Berdych in two sets ; 4 – 6, 4 – 6.

* Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk ( 1850 – 1937 ), Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak statesman, sociologist, philosopher, and the first President and founder of Czechoslovakia

* Jan Masaryk ( 1886 – 1948 ), Czech diplomat and politician, the son of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

* Alice Masaryk ( 1879 – 1966 ), Czech sociologist and one of the founding members of the Czechoslovak Red Cross, the daughter of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

* January 16, 2002 – Traded by the Carolina Hurricanes, along with Byron Ritchie, to the Florida Panthers in exchange for Bret Hedican, Kevyn Adams and Tomáš Malec.

During the 2007 – 08 season, Kovalev found a resurgence playing alongside linemates Andrei Kostitsyn and Tomáš Plekanec, recording a total of 35 goals, 49 assists for a total of 84 points in 82 games.

In his next game on 7 October 2006, Demitra scored his first goal with Minnesota, scoring against Tomáš Vokoun of the Nashville Predators in a 6 – 5 victory.

Vasile Stoica (, also known as Basil Stoica ; 1889 – 1959 ) was a Romanian political writer, diplomat, and close assistant of European statesmen Tomáš Masaryk and Ion I. C.

They gained 11 % of the vote and elected three MEPs – Josef Zieleniec, Jana Hybášková and Tomáš Zatloukal.

* National Liberal Party: Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk ( 1850 – 1937 ), but he strictly rejected the label " liberal ".