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Tommy Hill (Twin Peaks)
Tommy "Hawk" Hill, played by Michael Horse, is the deputy and later deputy chief of the Twin Peaks Sheriff's Department in Twin Peaks and The Return, the show's one Indigenous character and expositor of the Black Lodge legend.
Tommy Holohan
Tommy Holohan is an Irish techno DJ and producer from Rush, County Dublin, known for fast, rave-influenced techno and for running his own label, Rave Selekts.
Tommy James
Tommy James (Thomas Gregory Jackson), American pop-rock singer from Tommy James and the Shondells; hits "Hanky Panky," "Crimson and Clover," "Mony Mony"; Roulette Records, mob ties, 110 million records.
Tommy James and the Shondells
American pop rock band formed 1960 in Niles, Michigan, led by Tommy James (Thomas Gregory Jackson); 14 Top 40 hits 1966-1969 on Roulette, including "Hanky Panky," "I Think We're Alone Now," "Mony Mony," "Crimson and Clover."
Tommy Jarvis
Tommy Jarvis (Thomas Jarvis) is the recurring protagonist of Friday the 13th Parts IV-VI (1984-1986), played by Corey Feldman, John Shepherd, and Thom Mathews; he kills Jason in Part IV and accidentally resurrects him in Part VI.
Tommy Kirk
Tommy Kirk, born Thomas Lee Kirk, was an American actor who starred in Disney films like Old Yeller and The Shaggy Dog before being fired in 1964.
Tommy Lee
Tommy Lee (Thomas Lee Bass, born 1962, Athens, Greece) is the American drummer and co-founder of Mötley Crüe, also known for Methods of Mayhem, solo albums including Andro, and aerial drum-solo stunts like the Crüecifly.
Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946, San Saba, Texas) is an American actor; Al Gore's Harvard roommate, Emmy winner for The Executioner's Song, and Oscar winner for The Fugitive, also known for Men in Black and No Country for Old Men.
Tommy Lee Sparta
Tommy Lee Sparta, born Leroy Russell, is a Jamaican dancehall deejay from Montego Bay who rose in Vybz Kartel's Gaza collective and pioneered gothic dancehall.
Tommy Lister Jr.
Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr. (1958–2020), also known as Zeus and Deebo, was an American actor and former wrestler, 6'5", 1982 NCAA Division II shot put champion, famous for Friday and No Holds Barred.
Tommy McCook & Skatalites
Tommy McCook & Skatalites were a Jamaican ska group formed in Kingston in 1964 and led by tenor saxophonist Tommy McCook, frequently credited as the originators of ska.
Tommy McCook & Supersonics
Tommy McCook & Supersonics were the house band of Duke Reid's Treasure Isle studio in Kingston, Jamaica, led by saxophonist Tommy McCook from late 1965 and central to ska and rocksteady.
Tommy Mottola
Tommy Mottola (Thomas Daniel Mottola Jr.), American music executive, longtime chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment (1988-2003), ex-husband of Mariah Carey, credited with the Latin Explosion and artist signings including Celine Dion and Shakira; birth dates conflict across sources (IMDb: July 1, 1948; Encyclopedia.com: July 14, 1949).
Tommy Oliver
Tommy Oliver is the Power Rangers character played by Jason David Frank, debuting as Rita Repulsa's evil Green Ranger in 1993 and later serving as White, Zeo Red, Red Turbo, and Black Dino Thunder Ranger, the franchise's most-appearing Ranger.
Tommy Page
Tommy Page (Thomas Alden Page, 1970-2017) was an American pop singer and music executive whose 1990 single "I'll Be Your Everything" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100; he later ran promotion at Warner Bros. and published Billboard.
Tommy Pickles
Tommy Pickles (Thomas Malcolm Pickles) is the fictional baby protagonist of Nickelodeon's Rugrats, its 2021 reboot, and All Grown Up!, voiced by E.G. Daily, created by Klasky, Csupo, and Germain, and named after Paul Germain's son.
Tommy Pistol
Tommy Pistol (Aramis Sartorio, born 1976, Queens, New York) is an American adult film actor and director, the most-honored AVN Best Actor winner with six awards, AVN Male Performer of the Year 2022, and an independent horror filmmaker.
Tommy Ramone
Tommy Ramone (Erdélyi Tamás, Thomas Erdelyi, born Budapest 1949 or 1952, died 2014) was the Ramones' founding manager, original drummer, co-writer of Blitzkrieg Bop, and co-producer of Leave Home, Rocket to Russia, Road to Ruin, and Too Tough to Die; last surviving original member, Rock Hall 2002.
Tommy Rettig
Tommy Rettig (Thomas Noel Rettig, 1941–1996), American child actor, first boy to star with Lassie as Jeff Miller on CBS (1954), later a dBASE and FoxPro database programmer; also starred in The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
Tommy Roe
Tommy Roe (Thomas David Roe, born 1942, Atlanta) is an American bubblegum pop-rock singer-songwriter whose hits "Sheila" (1962) and "Dizzy" (1969) both topped the Billboard Hot 100, with six top ten hits and four gold records in the 1960s.
Tommy Shaw
Tommy Shaw (Tommy Roland Shaw, born 1953) is the American guitarist-vocalist-songwriter who joined Styx in 1975, wrote "Renegade" and "Too Much Time on My Hands", then fronted Damn Yankees and Shaw Blades.
Tommy Shelby
Tommy Shelby (Thomas Shelby) is the fictional gang leader protagonist of Peaky Blinders, played by Cillian Murphy; a WWI veteran of an Irish Romani Birmingham family who rises from gang boss to MP and concludes his arc in the 2026 film The Immortal Man.
Tommy Sotomayor
Tommy Sotomayor (Thomas Jerome Harris, born 1975, Atlanta) is an American YouTube, radio, and podcast commentator on race and gender, known for bans, the 2016 Dallas podcast controversy, and Fox News appearances.
Tommy Steele
Tommy Steele, born Thomas Hicks in 1936 in Bermondsey, London, is Britain's first home-grown rock 'n' roll star and teen idol, known for "Singing the Blues" and later musicals like Half a Sixpence and Finian's Rainbow; knighted entertainer.
Tommy Stinson
Tommy Stinson (Thomas Eugene Stinson, born 1966, Minneapolis) is an American rock bassist, a founding member of the Replacements, Guns N' Roses bassist 1998-2014, and leader of Bash & Pop, Perfect, and Cowboys in the Campfire.
Tommy Thayer
Tommy Thayer (Thomas Cunningham Thayer, born 1960, Portland, Oregon) is an American guitarist, Black 'n Blue founding guitarist and Kiss's longest-tenured lead guitarist, performing as the Spaceman from 2002 to 2023 and again from 2025.
Tommy Tiernan
Tommy Tiernan, Irish stand-up comedian, actor, and RTÉ chat show host from Navan, County Meath; 1998 Perrier Award winner, Da Gerry in Derry Girls, host of the mystery-guest Tommy Tiernan Show.
Tommy Torres
Tommy Torres is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and record producer in Latin pop, born in San Juan in 1971, known for hits with Ricky Martin and Bad Bunny.
Tommy Tune
Tommy Tune (Thomas James Tune, born 1939, Wichita Falls, Texas) is a Broadway dancer, director, and choreographer; ten-time Tony winner, National Medal of Arts recipient, and donor of a 50,000-item archive to the University of Houston.
Tommy Tutone
Tommy Tutone is a California power pop band formed in 1978 by Tommy Heath and Jim Keller, famous for "867-5309/Jenny," a No. 4 Billboard hit in 1982 whose phone number later became a cancer support helpline.