Thomas Carter may refer to:

Arts and entertainment Thomas Carter (composer) (1769–1800), Irish composer Thomas Carter (director) (born 1953), American actor and film director Thomas Carter (sculptor) (1702–1756), British sculptor T. K. Carter (Thomas Kent Carter, 1956–2026), American actor

Politics Thomas Carter (1690–1763), Irish politician, MP for Trim, Hillsborough, Dungarvan, and Lismore Thomas Carter (died 1726) (1650–1726), Irish politician, MP for Fethard and Portarlington Thomas Carter (died 1835), British politician and Member of Parliament for Tamworth Thomas Carter (Hull MP) (c. 1714–1767), English politician, MP for Kingston upon Hull 1747–1754 Thomas Carter (Old Leighlin MP) (1720–1765), Irish politician, MP for Old Leighlin 1745–1761 Thomas Carter (New Zealand politician) (1827–1900), third superintendent of Marlborough Province Thomas Carter (TD) (1882–1951), Irish Sinn Féin/Cumann na nGaedhael/Fianna Fáil politician Thomas Carter (Virginia politician) (1731–1803), Virginia delegate Thomas H. Carter (1854–1911), American politician from Montana

Religion Thomas Carter (minister) (1608–1684), English-born American Puritan minister Thomas Carter (Dean of Tuam) (fl. early 19th century), Irish Anglican priest Thomas Thellusson Carter (1808–1901), English Protestant clergyman

Sports Thomas Nevile Carter (1851–1879), English footballer Thomas Carter (born 1974), American professional wrestler known as Reckless Youth

Other Thomas Carter (ornithologist) (1863–1931), English ornithologist active in Australia Thomas Carter (writer) (died 1867), British Army clerk and military writer Thomas Carter (inventor), inventor of Carterfone Thomas Francis Carter (1882–1925), American scholar who wrote about the origins of printing in China Thomas Henry Carter (soldier) (1831–1908), American army officer Thomas L. Carter, commercial pilot and major general in the Air Force Reserve Command Thomas S. Carter (1921–2019), American engineer, president of Kansas City Southern Railway Thomas Carter of the Carter Brothers, partner of the California railroad car manufacturing firm Thomas Carter (entrepreneur), American entrepreneur

See also Charles Thomas Carter (c. 1735–1804), Irish composer Tom Carter (disambiguation)