Thomas Paine
American political activist (1737–1809)
- Born: 1737-02-09 (Thetford)
- Died: 1809-06-08 (Greenwich Village)
- Country of citizenship: France (period: 1792-08-26 through 1802-01-01); Great Britain (period: 1787-01-01 through 1776-01-01); Kingdom of France (period: 1790-01-01 through 1791-01-01, 1791-01-01 through 1792-01-01); United States of America (period: 1776-01-01 through 1787-01-01)
- Occupation: entrepreneur; journalist; opinion journalist; philosopher; politician; prosaist; writer
- Member of: American Philosophical Society; Pennsylvania Abolition Society
- Position held: member of the French National Assembly (electoral district: Pas-de-Calais; period: 1792-09-06 through 1795-10-26)
- Educated at: Thetford Grammar School
- Spouse: Elizabeth Ollive; Mary Lambert
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/4934659
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000108643658
- WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79021666
- Library of Congress authority ID: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021666