Politicians
- Thomas Skinner (died c.1411), MP for Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)
- Thomas Skinner (Lord Mayor of London, 1596) (fl. 1590), clothworker, Alderman, and Lord Mayor of London
- Thomas Skinner (Lord Mayor of London, 1794), in List of Lord Mayors of London
- Thomas Gregory Skinner (1842–1907), US Representative from North Carolina
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