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Tom Jones (opera) Tom Jones is a comic opera in three acts by Edward German founded upon the Henry Fielding's novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling with a libretto by Robert Courtneidge and Alexander M. Thompson and lyrics by Charles H.
Tom Jones (writer) Tom Jones (born in 1928 in Littlefield, Texas) is a lyricist (and often librettist) of musical theatre, best known for the longest running musical in history, The Fantasticks, which ran off-Broadway from 1960 until 2002. Jones is currently directing, and acting in, a revival of The Fantasticks.
Tom Juravich Tom Juravich is a professor of labor studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is also director of the UMass Amherst Labor Relations and Research Center (LRRC), and director of the LRRC's Union Leadership and Administration program.
Tom Kalinske Thomas "Tom" Kalinske is an American businessman, best known as the president and CEO of Sega of America from 1990 to 1996. His aggressive marketing decisions, such as price drops and the famous "Sega Scream" TV campaign, are frequently regarded as key elements in the success of the Sega Genesis.
Tom Kane Tom Kane (born 1959) is a voice actor who has over twenty years of experience. His best known cartoon roles are of Yoda, the Jedi master on Star Wars: Clone Wars; Darwin, Eliza's monkey on The Wild Thornberrys; Professor Utonium on The Powerpuff Girls; Mr.
Tom Keegan Tom Keegan is an American sportswriter and author who currently is sports editor at the Lawrence Journal-World in Lawrence, Kansas. He was born on March 22, 1959 in Rochester, New York, the seventh of ten children.
Tom Kelleher Tom Kelleher was a member of the Irish Republican Army in the 1920s and 1930s. He took part in various engagements of the West Cork Flying Column during the Irish War of Independence, notably the Crossbarry Ambush in March 1921.
Tom Kelly (baseball) Jay Thomas Kelly (born August 15, 1950 in Graceville, Minnesota), also referred to as TK, is the former manager of the Minnesota Twins baseball team from 1986 to 2001. Currently, he serves as a Special Assistant to the General Manager for the Twins.
Tom Kelly (Ireland) Tom Kelly, OBE is a media commentator and former Vice Chairman of the Social Democratic and Labour Party in Northern Ireland. The grandson of the IRA War of Independence veteran and Irish Labour activist Tom Kelly, he attended the Abbey Grammar School in Newry followed by the University of Ulster.
Tom Kendall Thomas Kingston Kendall (born August 24, 1851 in Bedford, England; died August 17, 1924 in Hobart) was an Australian cricketer who played in two Tests in 1877, including the inaugural Test which was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 1877.
Tom Kennedy Tom Kennedy (born James Narz on February 26, 1927, in Louisville, Kentucky) is a television game show host who had his greatest fame in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the younger brother of host Jack Narz and the brother-in-law of Bill Cullen, and changed his name to avoid confusion prior to hosting his first national show, The Big Game, in 1958.
Tom Kennedy (American actor) Tom Kennedy, (born July 15, 1885, in New York, NY, died October 6, 1965, in Los Angeles, CA), was an American actor best known for his roles in Hollywood comedies from the silent days,with such producers as Mack Sennett and Hal Roach, mainly supporting lead comedians such as The Marx Brothers, WC Fields, and Laurel and Hardy.
Tom Kennedy (Neighbours) Tom Kennedy was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera played by Bob Hornery, He first appeared in 1996, returned in 1997 and 1999, when Drew Kirk went to visit Libby at his farm. Tom's most recent appearance was in 2006.
Tom Kenny Thomas James Kenny (born July 13, 1962 in East Syracuse, New York) is an American voice actor who is perhaps best known for his work in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, in which he is the voice of the title character, the narrator, Patchy the Pirate, and a number of other characters. Besides voice acting, he was also a cast member of the HBO sketch comedy program Mr.
Tom Kibler John Thomas "Tom" Kibler (born in 1886 in Queen Anne's County, Maryland) was a coach at Washington College, in various capacities, for over half a century. His duties included coaching the baseball, basketball and football teams.
Tom Kilburn Tom Kilburn (August 11, 1921 - January 17, 2001) was an English engineer. With Freddie Williams he invented the Williams-Kilburn Tube and the first stored-program computer in the world, the Manchester Mark I, while working at the University of Manchester.
Tom Kristensen Tom Kristensen (born 1967-07-07 in Hobro) is a Danish racing driver. He has won many championships in auto racing but his most famous achievement is being the first person to win the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans seven times, six of which have been consecutive.
Tom Kromer Tom Kromer (1906-1969) was an American writer known for his one novel, Waiting for Nothing, a classic account of vagrant life during the thirties. Dedicated "to Jolene, who turned off the gas," the work is an intensely realistic account of life as a homeless man during the Great Depression.
Tom Kurvers Thomas "Tom" Kurvers (born October 14, 1962, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) is a former professional ice hockey defenseman. He was drafted in the seventh round, 145th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.
Tom L. Johnson Tom Loftin Johnson (July 18, 1854–April 10, 1911) was an American politician of the Democratic Party from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He headed relief efforts after the Johnstown, Pennsylvania floods of 1889, was a U.
Tom LaGarde Thomas Joseph LaGarde (born February 10, 1955) was an American professional basketball player who played in the NBA from 1977 to 1985. After playing collegiately at the University of North Carolina, LaGarde was selected 9th overall in the first round of the 1977 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets.
Tom Lamaine Meteorologist Tom Lamaine is a rotating meteorologist for KYW-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and can be seen weekdays at noon. He has been forecasting weather in Philadelphia for over 30 years and also served in the U.
Tom Lane Tom Lane is a software developer based in the United States of America. He is one of the major contributors to the PostgreSQL database project and has made significant contributions to other open source projects.
Tom Lantos Thomas Peter "Tom" Lantos (born February 1, 1928 as Lantos Tamás Péter) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1981, representing California's 12th congressional district, located in the southwest part of San Francisco and the area just south in San Mateo County. He is the chairman of the House International Relations Committee.
Tom Laverty Thomas Russell Laverty II was born in Saginaw, Michigan on December 22, 1980. Known mainly for his musical contributions to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, his collegiate studies are in poetry, Tolkien mythology, and fiction.
Tom Lawless Thomas James Lawless (born December 19, 1956 in Erie, Pennsylvania) was a Major League Baseball player between 1982 and 1990, playing for the Cincinnati Reds, Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals, and Toronto Blue Jays.
Tom Lehrer Revisited Tom Lehrer Revisited (1960) is an album by Tom Lehrer featuring live-recorded versions of songs performed in Songs by Tom Lehrer, as well as two additional tracks performed for the television show The Electric Company.
Tom Leonard (poet) Tom Leonard (born 1944 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a poet who often writes poems, phonetically, in a Glaswegian dialect. His poem "Unrelated Incidents" is compulsory study for a AQA English literature GCSE qualification.
Tom Leveritt Tom Leveritt is half-American, half-British, 30, and currently living in New York City. He has won the Carroll Medal for Portraiture from the UK's Royal Society of Portrait Painters, also various prizes at the National Portrait Gallery.
Tom Lewis (M.D.) Thomas Loftus Townshend Lewis, CBE , MD (Born Hampstead, North London May 27 1918; Died April 9 2004). Served on the council of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists as secretary (1961-1968) and later as senior vice president (1975-1978).
Tom Leykis Thomas Joseph Leykis (born August 1, 1956 in New York, New York) is a radio talk show host, syndicated nationally and internationally (USA and formerly in Canada) by Westwood One. Despite being the subject of frequent criticism and occasional derision, Leykis has continued to command high ratings.
Tom Lockyer Thomas "Tom" Lockyer (born 1 November 1826 in Croydon, Surrey; died 22 December 1869 in Croydon) was a famous English cricketer during the game's roundarm era. He was one of the outstanding wicket-keepers of the 19th century.
Tom London Tom London (August 24, 1889 - December 5, 1963) was an American actor who, by some counts, is credited with appearing in the most movies in the history of Hollywood. Born Leonard Clapham in Louisville, Kentucky, he got his start in movies as a props man in Chicago, Illinois.
Tom Longboat Cogwagee (Thomas Longboat) (1887–1949) was an Onondaga distance runner from the Six Nations of the Grand River Indian reserve near Brantford, Ontario, and for much of his career the dominant long distance runner of the time. When he was a child a Mohawk resident of the reserve, Bill Davis, who in 1901 finished second in the Boston Marathon, interested him in running races.
Tom Lovett Thomas Joseph Lovett (Born: December 07, 1863 in Providence, Rhode Island; Died: March 19, 1928 in Providence, Rhode Island) was a 19th Century Major League Baseball player who pitched a total of six season, mainly for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms of the American Association and the National League.
Tom Lowe Tom Lowe is a writer and filmmaker from Southern California. A decorated Gulf War veteran, Lowe is best known as the author of Spin (ISBN 0-671-01923-6), a roman Ă  clef based on his experience working as an aide for Michael Huffington's 1994 United States Senate run.
Tom Lowry Thomas ("Tom") Coleman Lowry (born 17 February 1898 in Wellington; died 20 July 1976 in Okawa, Hastings) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in the first seven Test matches that New Zealand ever played, captaining in all of them.
Tom Lysiak Tom Lysiak (born April 22, 1953 in High Prairie, Alberta) is a former ice hockey player. He was selected by the Atlanta Flames in Round 1 of the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft (second overall), and was selected by the Houston Aeros in Round 2 of the WHA Amateur Draft (23rd overall).
Tom Macan Thomas Townley Macan (born 1946) was the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the British Virgin Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea, from 14 October 2002 to 10 April 2006. On the advice of the British government, he was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II to represent the Queen in the territory and to act as the de facto head of state.
Tom Malchow Thomas ("Tom") Andrew Malchow (born August 18, 1976 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Tom Malone (musician) Tom Malone is an American jazz musician specializing in trombone. He is famous for being a member of the Blues Brothers Band and a member of the CBS Orchestra, the house band for the Late Show with David Letterman.
Tom Mandel (futurist) Tom Mandel (1946-April 6, 1995) was born in Chicago, Illinois He served in the United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War. In 1972, he was the first graduate of the futures program at the University of Hawaii.
Tom Mandrake Tom Mandrake is a notable comic book artist, perhaps best known for collaborating with John Ostrander on multiple comic books, including Grimjack (from First Comics) and The Spectre, Martian Manhunter, and Firestorm, from DC Comics.
Tom Manley Tom Manley (born 1960 in Berwick, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was one of three co-Deputy Leaders of the Green Party of Canada until 2005, and was considered a leading candidate to be its next leader.
Tom Manning (prisoner) Born to a Boston postal clerk, Tom Manning is known for killing a police officer during a routine traffic stop, and for his involvement with leftist militants who bombed a series of US military and commercial institutes in the 1980s.
Tom Mansi Tom Mansi, born January 5, 1979, in north London. Singer songwriter and frontman of the band Tom Mansi & The Icebreakers - a four-piece made up of Tom Mansi on double bass and lead vocals, James Johnston on drums, Paul White on guitar and Alain Man on keyboards and backing vocals.
Tom Marechek Tom "Hollywood" Marechek (born August 25, 1968 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a professional lacrosse player, Tom currently plays attack for the Baltimore Bayhawks of the MLL, where he's played since 2001.
Tom Marsh Thomas Owen Marsh (born December 27, 1965 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American former Major League Baseball player. He played college baseball at the University of Toledo and made his Major League Baseball debut in 1992 for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Tom Martin Tom Martin is an American television writer. He has written for Saturday Night Live (as a guest writer), Later with Greg Kinnear, Just Shoot Me, The Simpsons and is currently teaching at Walter Johnson High School.
Tom Matera Thomas ("Tom") Matera (born September 23, 1980) best known as Antonio Thomas is a professional wrestler who is currently working for various New England Independent Promotions, is best known for his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand.
Tom Matte Tom Matte (born June 14 1939, in Pittsburgh, PA) was an American football player who played quarterback in college and (mostly) running back in the NFL in the 1960s and 1970s and earned a Super Bowl Ring. He attended Shaw High School in East Cleveland and is an Eagle Scout.
Tom McAlpin Tom McAlpin is the president of Disney Cruise Line, which offers land and sea vacations in the Caribbean. McAlpin oversees Disney's two cruise ships, Disney Magic and Disney Wonder, and is a veteran of the cruise ship industry.
Tom McBreen Thomas ("Tom") Sean McBreen (born August 31, 1952) is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who won the bronze medal in the Men's 400m Freestyle at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
Tom McBride (baseball) Thomas Raymond McBride (November 2, 1914 - December 26, 2001) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. A native of Bonham, Texas, he played for the Boston Red Sox (1943-1947) and Washington Senators (1947-1948).
Tom McCahill Tom McCahill (1907-1975) was an automotive journalist born to a wealthy Mercedes dealer in New York. He is credited with, amongst other things, the creation of the "0 to 60" acceleration measurement universally accepted in automotive testing.
Tom McCarthy (writer) Tom McCarthy (born 1969) is an English novelist, artist and literary theorist. His debut novel Remainder was released as a limited run by the French arts publisher Metronome Press in 2005 before being picked up by British publisher Alma Books in 2006 and re-released to great acclaim.
Tom McCreery Thomas Livingston (Tom) McCreery (October 19, 1874 - July 3, 1941) was an outfielder and pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Louisville Colonels (1895-1897[start]), New York Giants (1897[end]-1898[start]), Pittsburgh Pirates (1898[end]-1900), Brooklyn Superbas (1901-1903[start]) and Boston Beaneaters (1903[end]). McCreery was a switch hitter and threw right handed.
Tom McFadden Tom McFadden is an actor who has starred in film and on television, his first feature movie was in the 1968 movie Hot Spurs, his other films include Wrong Is Right (1982), A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985), 976-EVIL (1989), and Uncle Sam (1997).
Tom McGowan Tom McGowan (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor best known for his recurring roles on Frasier, as KACL station manager Kenny Daley; Everybody Loves Raymond, as Ray's friend Bernie; and on The War at Home, as Dave Gold's friend Joe. McGowan also appeared on Curb Your Enthusiasm as a disgruntled fan of Larry's.
Tom McKean Tom McKean (born October 27, 1963, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire) is a former Scottish middle distance runner who won the European Championships 800m gold medal at Split in 1990. Fellow British athlete David Sharpe finished second.
Tom Merritt Tom Merritt (born June 28, 1970) in Greenville, Illinois is an Executive Editor for CNET and the developer and co-host of CNET networks' daily podcast Buzz Out Loud along with Molly Wood and Veronica Belmont. He is known as "The Segue King" for his renowned ability to craft clever transitions between news stories.
Tom Merry Tom Merry was a character created by Charles Hamilton under the pseudonym of Martin Clifford (more commonly known as Frank Richards the creator of Billy Bunter) and he wrote stories for over thirty years about Tom Merry of St. Jim's in the boy’s weekly paper called the Gem which was launched in 1907.
Tom McHale Tom McHale (1941-1983) was an American novelist. His works include Principato, Farragan's Retreat (nominated for the National Book Award), Alinsky's Diamond, School Spirit, The Lady from Boston, and Dear Friends.
Tom Monfils On the night of November 22nd of 1992, the body of Tom Monfils was found at the bottom of a paper processing pulp vat at his workplace, James River paper mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The subsequent police investigation and criminal trial ultimately left six men convicted of murdering him.
Tom Moody Thomas Masson Moody (born October 2, 1965, Adelaide, South Australia) is a former Australian cricketer. Schooled at Guildford Grammar School in Perth, where his father was headmaster, he exhibited great talent for athletics (particularly the high jump) and Australian rules football but truly excelled at cricket being selected for the 1st XI side, generally comprised of final year students, at the age of 13.
Tom Moran Tom Moran founded Singletrack Photography in 1992 to cover mountain biking, cyclocross, and other sporting competitions worldwide. Singletrack shoots for a variety of publications, corporate sponsors, and events.
Tom Moreland Interchange Tom Moreland Interchange, colloquially also known as Spaghetti Junction, is the intersection of the major roadways Interstate 85 and Interstate 285, along with several access roads, in northern DeKalb County, Georgia, just northeast of Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It is named for Tom Moreland, a former commissioner of the Georgia Department of Transportation (1974-1987).
Tom Morello Thomas Baptist Morello or Tom Morello (born May 30, 1964) is an American guitarist for the band Audioslave and formerly for Rage Against the Machine. He also performs as a solo artist under the pseudonym The Nightwatchman.
Tom Morey Tom Morey (born Detroit, Michigan, August 15, 1935) also known by the moniker "Y" is a musician, engineer, and surfer responsible for several technological innovations that have heavily influenced modern developments in surfing equipment design.
Tom Morgan Tom Morgan (born 1970) is an Australian musician and songwriter best known for fronting 90s indie pop group Smudge. Morgan also famously wrote and co-wrote a number of major songs for Boston power pop group The Lemonheads.
Tom Murphy (U.S. politician) Thomas Bailey "Tom" Murphy (b. March 10, 1924) of Georgia was Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1973 till his defeat in the general election of 2002, making him the longest serving Speaker in the history of the state.
Tom Murton Thomas Murton (1928 - October 10, 1990), generally known as Tom Murton, was a penologist best known for his wardenship of the prison farms of Arkansas. In 1969, he published an account of the endemic corruption there which created a national scandal, and which was popularized in a fictional version by the 1980 Robert Redford movie, Brubaker.
Tom Newnham Tom Newnham is a New Zealand political activist and former educationalist. He was heavily involved in several left wing causes: attacking institutional racism in New Zealand, and opposing the 1981 Springbok Tour and apartheid in general (both carried out in his role as Secretary of CARE).
Tom Nugent Tom Nugent (February 24 1913 – January 19 2006) was an NCAA Division I college football head coach, sportscaster, public relations man, and inventor of the I formation. He coached at the Florida State University, the University of Maryland, College Park, and the Virginia Military Institute.
Tom o' Bedlam "Tom O' Bedlam" is the name of a critically acclaimed"Part of the fascination of the Popular Ballads is their anonymity. Not even the best among them is quite of the eminence of the greatest anonymous lyrics in the language, "Tom O'Bedlam", first discovered in a commonplace book of about 1620, four years after the death of Shakespeare.
Tom of Finland Tom of Finland (May 8, 1920 – November 7, 1991) (born Touko Laaksonen in Kaarina, Finland) was a fetish artist notable for his stylized homoerotic art and his influence on late twentieth century gay culture. Over the course of four decades he produced some 3500 illustrations, mostly featuring men with exaggerated primary and secondary sex traits: heavily muscled torsos, limbs, and buttocks, and improbably large penises.
Tom O'Brien (II) (actor) Tom O'Brien is an American Actor since age sixteen, O'Brien first trained at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, where he took to the stage in ACT's mainstage productions of 'The Holdup'; A Midsummer Night's Dream as Puck, opposite Annette Bening; Dial M for Murder; The Sleeping Prince; The Lower Depths; Horton Foote's '1918' and A Christmas Carol. Other stage appearances include 'Da Carravaggio' in New York, at the Manhattan Class Company; 'A Dog Called Bitch' at the 2004 Vancouver Fringe Festival; and 'School Inc.
Tom O'Dell Thomas (Tom) O'Dell is the host of a satellite television shopping show, sometimes referred to as a network, dedicated to selling fine cutlery and assorted medieval bladed weaponry. 'Cutlery Corner Network', sometimes referred to as Knife Show is featured on cable on Dish Network, DirecTV (Channel 227) and i in the United States.
Tom O'Folliard Born in Texas, Tom O'Folliard (1858-1880) was the best friend of the famous outlaw William Bonney aka Billy the Kid. Both were members of the Regulators, a gang of cattle rustlers operating in the New Mexico Territory, and the two eventually became co-leaders of the gang.
Tom O'Leary Golf Course The Tom O'Leary Golf Course is an 18-hole golf course located at 1200 North Washington Street in Bismarck, North Dakota. The course is par 68, contains three tees per hole, and measures 5,515 yards from the back tees.
Tom O'Neil Tom O'Neil is a film and television critic, and a Hollywood commentator who often appears as a pundit on shows featuring pop culture content. He has also worked as a producer for the TV Land network, writer for the New York Times and more recently as editor of the Hollywood gossip rag In Touch Weekly.
Tom Ognibene Thomas Ognibene ran for mayor of New York City against incumbent Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the 2005 mayoral election. Ognibene is a conservative Republican and sought to beat Bloomberg who has been considered a Republican In Name Only.
Tom Osborne (Nebraska) Thomas William "Tom" Osborne (born February 23, 1937 in Hastings, Nebraska) is a former football coach for the Nebraska Cornhuskers and a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska's 3rd congressional district.
Tom Otterness Tom Otterness (b. 1952 in Wichita, Kansas) is an American sculptor whose works adorn parks in New York---most notably in Battery Park City""The Real World"" The Battery Park City Authority and in the 14th Street/8th Avenue subway station---and other cities around the world.
Tom Owen (politician) Tom Owen is a historian and Democratic politician in Louisville, Kentucky, currently councilman for Metro Council District 8, a position he has held since it was created in 2002. Prior to that, he had served on the old Board of Aldermen from 1990 to 1998.
Tom Padden Thomas Francis Padden (October 6, 1908 - June 10, 1973) was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1932-1937), Philadelphia Blue Jays (1943), and Washington Senators (1943). He stood 5'11 1/2" and weighed 170 lbs.
Tom Palin Tom Palin (born in 1974) is an award winning painter and educator based in the North West of England. He graduated from Liverpool John Moores University with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art in 1996, and from the University of Manchester with an MA in Art History in 2006.
Tom Parker Bowles Thomas Henry Parker Bowles (born 18 December, 1974) is the son of the Duchess of Cornwall (formerly Camilla Parker Bowles) and Andrew Parker Bowles. His stepfather and godfather is The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.
Tom Parlon Tom Parlon (Members of the Government (Ministers) 29th Dáil — official Oireachtas website; accessed 20 December 2006.; born 19 August, 1953) is an Irish Progressive Democrats politician and president of the party.
Tom Pate Memorial Award Every year the Canadian Football League Players' Association presents the Tom Pate Award. It is not a "Jock Award," but rather an award given to players who display qualities that distinguish them from their peers.
Tom Patey Tom Patey (1932 — 25 May 1970) was a Scottish climber, mountaineer and writer. Although he was a leading Scottish climber of his day, particularly excelling on winter routes, he his probably best known for his humorous writings about climbing, many of which were published posthumously in the collection One Man's Mountains.
Tom Paulin Thomas Neilson Paulin (born January 25, 1949 in Leeds, England) is a Northern Irish poet and critic well-known for his strong political views. He lives in England, where he is the GM Young Lecturer in English Literature at Hertford College, Oxford.
Tom Pazik Tom Pazik (1940-1993) began his dance training in Detroit, Michigan where he studied under Sandra Severo. He continued his training with Leon Danelian, Yurek Lazowski, Michael Maule, Richard Thomas, and Vera Volkova.
Tom Peake Tom Peake (died 1767, probably at Orpington in Kent) was a noted English cricketer of the mid-18th century. He is believed to have come from Chelsfield in Kent and is known to have lived there and at nearby Orpington.
Tom Pendergast Thomas Joseph Pendergast (July 22, 1873 – January 26, 1945) controlled Jackson County, Missouri as a political boss. "Boss Tom" Pendergast gave workers jobs and helped elect politicians during the Great Depression, becoming wealthy in the process.
Tom Penny Tom Penny (born April 13, 1974) is a professional skateboarder from Oxford, England. He is well known in the skateboarding community for his calm style and natural abilities and as a master of Frontside 180 Kickflips and many kickflip variations.
Tom Pepper Tom Pepper (born August 25, 1975 in Des Moines, Iowa) is a computer programmer best known for his collaboration with Justin Frankel on the invention of the Gnutella peer-to-peer system. He and Frankel co-founded Nullsoft, whose most popular program is Winamp, which was sold to AOL in May of 1999.
Tom Petersson Tom Petersson (born Tom Peterson on May 9, 1950, Philadelphia, PA) is the bassist for the rock band Cheap Trick. Petersson contributes heavily to the writing of music and is credited as the inventor of the 12-string bass guitar, although only in concept.
Tom Petri Thomas Evert Petri (born May 28 1940), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1979, representing the Sixth Congressional District of Wisconsin (map).
Tom Phoebus Tom Phoebus, born Thomas Harold Phoebus (April 7, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland), was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Baltimore Orioles (1966-70), San Diego Padres (1971-72) and Chicago Cubs (1972). He batted and threw right-handed.

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