Politics and Military
- Thomas Ryan (Canadian politician) (1849–1937), Canadian politician
- Thomas Ryan (congressman) (1837–1914), Congressional representative from Kansas
- Thomas Ryan (Irish Army officer) (1893–1980), I.R.A Commander and Lt. Col. Irish Defence Forces
- Thomas Ryan (Quebec politician) (1804–1889), businessman and Senator from Quebec
- Thomas Ryan (Victorian politician) (1870–1943), Australian politician, Member for Essendon in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- T. J. Ryan (1876–1921), Australian politician, Premier of Queensland, Australia (1915–1919), also New South Wales Parliament member (1921)
- Thomas Ryan (New South Wales politician) (1895–1972), Australian politician, member for Auburn in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- Thomas Jefferson Ryan (1890–1968), Congressional representative from New York
- Thomas J. Ryan (admiral) (1901–1970), American admiral and Medal of Honor recipient
- Thomas M. Ryan, Jr. (born 1928), United States Air Force four star general
- Thomas P. Ryan, Jr. (1928–2003), Mayor of Rochester, New York
- Thomas Ryan (Commandant), soldier and penal administrator
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