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Tiyo Soga

Tiyo Soga (1829–1871) was a Xhosa minister, translator, journalist, and hymn writer, the first black South African ordained to the Christian ministry and the first to study overseas.

Tiyul

Tiyul (تيول) was an Iranian fiscal practice granting officials the right to collect taxes from a district in place of salary, first recorded under the Timurids in 1407.

Tizanidine

Tizanidine (Zanaflex, Sirdalud) is a short-acting central alpha-2-adrenergic agonist muscle relaxant for spasticity; discovered by Sandoz, approved in Switzerland 1983 and the US in 1996, contraindicated with strong CYP1A2 inhibitors.

Tizen

Tizen, also known as Tizen OS, is a Linux-based, open-source operating system hosted by the Linux Foundation and developed with Intel and Samsung for smart TVs, phones, and wearables.

Tizer

Tizer is a British carbonated soft drink, launched in Manchester in 1924 by Fred and Tom Pickup and now owned by Scottish drinks maker AG Barr.

Tizi Ouzou Province

Tizi Ouzou Province (Tizi Wezzu, wilaya 15) in Grande Kabylie, northern Algeria, capital Tizi Ouzou city; Djurdjura mountains, Mediterranean coast, 1,290,575 people (2008), tourism and handicrafts.

Tiziano Barbui

Tiziano Barbui, born in 1938, is an Italian hematologist at Bergamo who led the ECLAP trial of low-dose aspirin in polycythemia vera and won the 2013 Jean Bernard award.

Tiziano Ferro

Tiziano Ferro is an Italian singer-songwriter, author, and producer born in Latina in 1980 who has sold more than twenty million records and sings in five languages.

Tizita

Tizita (Amharic ትዝታ, also transliterated tezeta) is one of the four main pentatonic modes of Ethiopian secular music and a beloved song form of longing and nostalgia, known internationally through Mulatu Astatke's Ethio-jazz.

Tizoc

Tizoc (Tizoc: Amor indio) is a 1957 Mexican romantic drama by Ismael Rodríguez starring Pedro Infante and María Félix, who won a posthumous Berlin Silver Bear.

Tizón Oil and Gas Field

Tizón is an oil and gas field in Tabasco, Mexico, operated by Pemex as part of the Delta del Grijalva project, producing light oil and condensate since November 2004.

Tizona

Tizona, also spelled Tizón, is a sword traditionally identified as one of El Cid's weapons, named in the Cantar de Mio Cid and displayed in the Museo de Burgos.

Tizqar

Tizqar, rendered Tizkar in some translations, is a legendary ruler of the First Dynasty of Kish, son of Samug and grandson of Barsal-nuna, known only from the Sumerian King List.

TJ Aquarium & Pets Shop

TJ Aquarium & Pets Shop (特级水族及宠物店) is an aquarium and pet shop at 643 Jalan Ipoh, 51200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, selling tropical fish, pet food, and aquarium equipment, with pond and aquarium maintenance services.

TJ Hall

TJ Hall (Terrence Javaughn Hall, born 2004) is an NFL cornerback for the New Orleans Saints, drafted 219th overall in 2026 out of Iowa; a Third-team All-Big Ten senior with 10 pass breakups, now on the Saints practice squad.

TJ Harden

TJ Harden (Tomarion Harden), American football running back from Los Angeles; UCLA 2022-2024, SMU 2025, undrafted 2026 signed by Browns then Seahawks; physical downhill runner.

TJ Maxx

TJ Maxx, known as TK Maxx in Europe and Australia, is an American off-price retailer founded in 1976 as the first banner of The TJX Companies.

TJ Monterde

TJ Monterde (Titus John Dabuan Monterde, born 1989, Cagayan de Oro) is a Filipino singer-songwriter of OPM love songs; "Palagi" was Billboard Philippines' No. 1 song of 2024, and he sold out multi-night Araneta Coliseum runs with wife KZ Tandingan.

TJ Rumfield

TJ Rumfield (Toby Joseph Rumfield, born 2000) is a Colorado Rockies first baseman, drafted 12th round 2021 by the Phillies, traded from the Yankees for Angel Chivilli; 2026 rookie: .300, 16 HR, 73 RBI.

TJ-II

TJ-II is a medium-size heliac-type stellarator operated by Spain's National Fusion Laboratory at CIEMAT in Madrid, producing its first plasma in 1997 with a 1 T magnetic field.

Tjaart du Plessis

Tjaart du Plessis (Tjaart Andries du Plessis, born 1967) is a South African freestyle wrestler who competed in featherweight at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics and won the 1995 and 1999 All-African Games titles.

Tjaart van der Walt

Tjaart van der Walt is a South African engineer and fintech entrepreneur who co-founded Tyme in 2012, the company behind TymeBank and GoTyme Bank in the Philippines.

Tjahapimu

Tjahapimu was an ancient Egyptian prince and general of the Thirtieth Dynasty, left as regent of Egypt while King Teos campaigned in Asia around 360 BC.

Tjaihorpata

Tjaihorpata, also rendered Tjaiharpta or Tchahorpata, was a high official of Egypt's Thirtieth Dynasty under Nectanebo II, High Priest of Bastet, Isis, and Nephthys at Hermonthis, known from inscribed shabtis and a sarcophagus found at Saqqara.

Tjalling C. Koopmans

Tjalling Koopmans was a Dutch-American economist at Yale who shared the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for the theory of optimum allocation of resources.

Tjålmejaure-Laisdalen

Tjålmejaure-Laisdalen, Ramsar Site no. 30 in Norrbotten, Sweden, designated 1974; 21,602 ha of two converging alpine valleys forming a delta in Lake Yraft, with intact hydrology, rich bird life, and Saami reindeer husbandry.

Tjan (queen)

Tjan was an Egyptian queen consort of the Thirteenth Dynasty, the only known wife of King Sobekhotep IV, attested by a scarab in the Louvre and flourishing around the mid-18th century BC.

Tjanefer (Third Prophet of Amun)

Tjanefer was a Theban priest of the 21st Dynasty, Third and later Second Prophet of Amun, son of Menkheperre A and half-brother of Pinedjem II.

Tjanuny

Tjanuny, also known as Tjanuni, was an Egyptian royal scribe and military officer of Dynasty 18 who served Thutmose III, Amenhotep II, and Thutmose IV, and owned Theban tomb TT74.

Tjark Ernst

Tjark Ernst (born 2003, Stuttgart) is a German goalkeeper from VfL Bochum's academy who became Hertha BSC's first-choice keeper in the 2. Bundesliga and joined Feyenoord in July 2026 for a reported €5 million.