Robert Lindsay Thomas (born November 20, 1943) is an American politician and businessman. Thomas was born in Patterson, Georgia and graduated from Patterson High School in 1961. He attended Gordon Military Academy in Barnesville for one year and graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966. After college, Thomas served in the Georgia Air National Guard from 1966 until 1972 and was in the 165th Tactical Airlift Group. He also worked as an investment banker and a farmer at Grace Acres Farm, a family owned farm in Screven, Georgia.