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Tom and Ray Magliozzi
Tom and Ray Magliozzi, MIT-educated brothers known as Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers, hosted NPR's Car Talk from WBUR Boston from 1977, nationally from 1987, until retiring in 2012; Tom died in 2014.
Tom Anderson
Tom Anderson, known as "MySpace Tom," is an American entrepreneur who co-founded MySpace in 2003 and sold it to News Corp for $580 million in 2005.
Tom Araya
Tom Araya (born 1961, Viña del Mar, Chile) is a Chilean-American vocalist and bassist, frontman of thrash metal band Slayer from 1981, known for screaming vocals, satanic lyrics, Reign in Blood, and a respiratory-therapy past.
Tom Arnold (actor)
Tom Arnold (Thomas Duane Arnold, born 1959, Ottumwa, Iowa) is an American actor, comedian, and writer known for Roseanne, his marriage to Roseanne Barr, True Lies, and Netflix's FUBAR; distinct from other Tom Arnolds.
Tom Ashley
Tom Ashley (Thomas John Mitchell Ashley, born 1984, Auckland) is a New Zealand windsurfer, 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medallist and 2008 RS:X world champion, who debuted 10th at Athens 2004 and missed London 2012 selection.
Tom Aspinall
Tom Aspinall, also known as Thomas Paul Aspinall, is an English mixed martial artist who won the UFC interim heavyweight title in 2023 and the undisputed title in 2025.
Tom Atcheson
Tom Atcheson (Tom Joseph Atcheson, born 2006, Blackpool) is a Northern Irish centre back for Blackburn Rovers; NI debut March 2026 vs Wales, scored and was sent off vs Guinea in June 2026.
Tom Atkins (actor)
Tom Atkins (born November 13, 1935, per IBDB; IMDb says 1938) is an American character actor from Pittsburgh known for 1980s horror roles in The Fog, Halloween III, and Night of the Creeps, plus a 1973 Drama Desk Award.
Tom Attenborough
Tom Attenborough (born 1986) is an English theatre director, son of Michael and grandson of Richard Attenborough; former voice of Christopher Robin and Harry Potter, director of The Wasp, Speech and Debate, and Private Lives.
Tom Baden
Tom Baden (Thomas Baden) is a British-based neuroscientist, Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, known for work on the functional diversity of the mouse retina.
Tom Bailey (musician)
Tom Bailey (born 1956, Halifax, England) is the British singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer who founded and fronted 1980s synth-pop band Thompson Twins ('Hold Me Now'), later worked as Babble and International Observer, and since 2014 tours as Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey.
Tom Baker
Tom Baker, English actor, the Fourth Doctor in BBC's Doctor Who 1974-1981, longest-serving Doctor; known for the long scarf, jelly babies, Little Britain narration, and Big Finish audio dramas.
Tom Barrass
Tom Barrass, formally Thomas Barrass, is an Australian rules footballer who plays as a key defender for Hawthorn in the AFL, after ten seasons at the West Coast Eagles.
Tom Barrasso
Tom Barrasso, American NHL goaltender (1965- ), only goalie to jump from high school to the NHL; won 1983-84 Calder and Vezina, two Stanley Cups with Pittsburgh (1991, 1992), and entered the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2023.
Tom Basden
Tom Basden (born 1980) is an English comedy writer, actor, and musician, Edinburgh Best Newcomer 2007, Cowards member, co-creator of Plebs, creator of Here We Go, and co-writer and star of The Ballad of Wallis Island.
Tom Beahon
Tom Beahon is a British entrepreneur who co-founded the premium sportswear brand Castore with his brother Phil, a Manchester-based company valued at almost £1bn in 2023.
Tom Bell (actor)
Tom Bell (Thomas George Bell, 1933–2006), English character actor born in Liverpool; star of The L-Shaped Room, Out, Holocaust, The Krays, and Prime Suspect; BAFTA-nominated; distinct from the younger comedian Tom Bell of The Mash Report.
Tom Benson
Tom Benson (1927-2018), New Orleans businessman, owned the NFL's Saints from 1985 and the NBA's Pelicans from 2012, won Super Bowl XLIV, and left both teams to wife Gayle Benson.
Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium
Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, formerly Fawcett Stadium, is a roughly 23,000-seat football stadium in Canton, Ohio, renamed in 2014 after Saints owner Tom Benson's $11 million gift; it hosts the NFL Hall of Fame Game, Enshrinement, and McKinley High School football.
Tom Berendsen
Tom Berendsen is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2026, after sitting in the European Parliament from 2019.
Tom Berenger
Tom Berenger, stage name of Thomas Michael Moore, American actor born 1949 in Chicago; Oscar-nominated as Sgt. Barnes in Platoon (1986), Emmy winner for Hatfields & McCoys (2012), and star of the Sniper franchise.
Tom Bergeron
Tom Bergeron (born 1955, Haverhill, Massachusetts) is an American TV host of Hollywood Squares, America's Funniest Home Videos, and Dancing with the Stars (2005–2020), winner of a 2000 Daytime Emmy and 2012 Primetime Emmy, fired in 2020 and returning as guest judge in 2025.
Tom Bewick
Tom Bewick is a British Army Major General and skills policy specialist. He served in Afghanistan on Operation HERRICK and currently commands British Forces in Cyprus.
Tom Blomfield
Tom Blomfield is a British fintech entrepreneur who co-founded GoCardless in 2011 and the challenger bank Monzo in 2015, later joining Y Combinator as a group partner.
Tom Bodett
Tom Bodett is an American radio commentator and humor writer from Homer, Alaska, the voice of Motel 6 since 1986 with the tagline "We'll leave the light on for you," an NPR All Things Considered commentator, and a Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! panelist since 2005.
Tom Bombadil
Tom Bombadil, also Iarwain Ben-adar, Forn, Orald, is Tolkien's enigmatic Master of the Old Forest, husband of Goldberry, immune to the One Ring, rescuer of the Hobbits in The Fellowship of the Ring, omitted from Jackson's films.
Tom Boon
Tom Boon (Tom Alain Boon) is a Belgian field hockey forward, a leading scorer for the Red Lions who won Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 and the 2018 World Cup.
Tom Bosley
Tom Bosley (1927-2010), American character actor, Tony winner for Fiorello!, best known as Howard Cunningham in all 255 episodes of Happy Days (1974-84), later Sheriff Amos Tupper in Murder, She Wrote and Father Dowling.
Tom Bower (actor)
Tom Bower (Ralph Thomas Bower, 1938-2024), American character actor of The Waltons (Dr. Curtis Willard) and Die Hard 2 (Marvin); SAG board member and SAGindie co-creator, distinct from the British writer Tom Bower.
Tom Bowser
Tom Bowser is an American health insurance executive who served as president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City from 2001 until retiring in 2010.