Thomas, who left Dover on Saturday, had been swimming for about 16 hours.
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Rescuers pulled him out of the water 10 miles from the coast of Calais and administered CPR, but he later died in hospital.
Thomas was taken to Calais and given further treatment by paramedics before being taken to hospital, where he later died.
Enduroman Events, which was tweeting about Mr Thomas’s progress, confirmed his death.
Cross-Channel swimmer Nick Thomas has died after attempting to swim between Dover and Calais.
Mr Thomas, who lived in Ellesmere, Shropshire, described himself as a “Endurance athlete, iron & ultraman triathlon for many years” on his Twitter page.
Freddie Iron, joint victor of Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dare Wins, posted on Facebook: ‘Absolutely devastated to hear that Nick Thomas has tragically passed away on his solo channel swim attempt last night. “Our thoughts are with his family”. “Keep swimming my friend”, he wrote on Facebook.
“He was doing what he loved doing”.
So incredibly sad to hear of the passing of @trismartnick.
“There was an extremely experienced support team on board the support vessel”, the spokesman added.
“It is an extreme sport, we know the risks”.
Thomas, an Englishman, successfully completed a swim across the Channel in 2014.
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Social media posts from Thomas suggested he had completed the event at least once before.
