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Tomahawk missile

The Tomahawk missile, also called the Tomahawk cruise missile, is a Raytheon-built, long-range subsonic cruise missile launched from US Navy ships and submarines, first used in combat in the 1991 Gulf War.

Tomakomai

Tomakomai (苫小牧市) is a Pacific-coast city in Hokkaido, Japan, south of Sapporo; a paper-industry city since 1910 with Tomakomai Port, a major international trading port handling about a third of Hokkaido's cargo.

Tomakovka

Tomakovka (Ukrainian Tomakivka, Томаківка) is a rural settlement in Nikopol Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, at the confluence of the Tomakivka and Kyslichuvata rivers; also a Pleiades-recorded ancient tumulus site, the Tomakovka Miocene Beds, and a meteorite.

Tomalley

Tomalley is the lobster's hepatopancreas, a green digestive gland acting as liver and pancreas, eaten as a delicacy but subject to US and Canadian advisories due to accumulated PCBs, dioxins, and PSP biotoxins; lobster meat remains safe.

Tomara (Lydia)

Tomara, also Tomaris, was a small civic community of ancient Lydia in western Asia Minor, known almost solely through bronze coins struck from AD 138 into the 3rd century.

Tomara dynasty

The Tomara dynasty (तोमर वंश) was a Rajput dynasty that ruled the Delhi region and Haryana, founding Delhi under Anangapala before the Chauhan conquest in the 12th century.

Tomara dynasty of Gwalior

The Tomara dynasty of Gwalior (ग्वालियर के तोमर) was a Rajput ruling house that held the Gwalior fort from 1394, best known under King Man Singh.

Tomari nuclear power plant

The Tomari nuclear power plant is a three-unit plant in Tomari Village, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Electric Power Company; all units have been suspended since 2012.

Tomas A. Palacios

Tomas A. Palacios is a Spanish-trained electrical engineer at MIT, the Clarence J. LeBel Professor, director of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories, and a pioneer of two-dimensional electronics.

Tomas Ackerman

Tomas Ackerman is an American private-equity investor who co-founded Houston's Carnelian Energy Capital in 2015, a firm that has raised about $4 billion for North American energy investments.

Tomás Antônio Gonzaga

Tomás Antônio Gonzaga, pen name Dirceu, was a Portuguese-born poet and jurist in colonial Brazil who wrote Marília de Dirceu and took part in the 1789 Inconfidência Mineira.

Tomas Arana

Tomas Arana (Thomas Clifford Arana), American character actor born 1955 in Auburn, California; trained at American Conservatory Theatre, worked at Lucio Amelio's Naples gallery and Falso Movimento theater; known for Quintus in Gladiator, The Bodyguard, The Hunt for Red October, The New Pope.

Tomás Aranda

Tomás Leandro Aranda (born 2007, Ciudadela) is an Argentine attacking midfielder for Boca Juniors; 2026 breakout with 1 goal, 3 assists, Argentina senior debut June 7, 2026, fibula fracture August 26, 2026.

Tomas B. Hirschfeld

Tomas B. Hirschfeld (1939–1986) was a Uruguayan-born analytical chemist whose 1976 report on antibodies tagged with 80–100 fluorophores is credited by the Nobel Committee as the beginning of the road to single-fluorophore detection.

Tómas Bent Magnússon

Tómas Bent Magnússon, Icelandic midfielder born 2002; ÍBV and Valur player who joined Heart of Midlothian in August 2025 on a contract to 2028; no senior Iceland cap yet.

Tomáš Berdych

Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player (born 1985, Valašské Meziříčí), 2002–2019 pro, career-high No. 4 (2015), 13 ATP titles, 2010 Wimbledon runner-up to Nadal, Davis Cup winner 2012 and 2013, now Czech Davis Cup captain.

Tomás Berl

Tomás Berl is an American nephrologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado, known for research on water excretion, hyponatremia, and vasopressin antagonists, and a past president of the American Society of Nephrology.

Tomás Borge

Tomás Borge Martínez (1930–2012) was a Nicaraguan revolutionary and writer who co-founded the Sandinista National Liberation Front in 1961 and served as Interior Minister from 1979 to 1990.

Tomas Brolin

Tomas Brolin, Swedish forward born 1969 in Hudiksvall; Parma star (190 apps, 31 goals) winning Coppa Italia, Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup; 47 Sweden caps, 1994 World Cup bronze, Guldbollen 1990 and 1994.

Tomás Carrasquilla

Tomás Carrasquilla was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, and journalist, regarded as the leading figure of Antioquia's literary tradition and best known for La Marquesa de Yolombó.

Tomáš Chorý

Tomáš Chorý (born 1995, Olomouc) is a 200 cm Czech centre-forward at Slavia Praha and the Czech national team; four-time Czech league champion, Euro 2024 and 2026 World Cup squad member.

Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera

Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera (1798–1878) was a Colombian general and statesman who served four times as president, first as a Conservative and later as a Liberal.

Tomás de Iriarte

Tomás de Iriarte (1750–1791) was a Spanish Neoclassical fabulist, poet, playwright, and translator, best known for the Fábulas literarias of 1782, original verse fables on literary themes.

Tomás de Torquemada

Tomás de Torquemada, also known as Thomas of Torquemada, was a Spanish Dominican friar and the first Inquisitor General of the Spanish Inquisition, serving from 1483 to 1498.

Tomáš Drucker

Tomáš Drucker is a Slovak politician of Hlas-SD, a deputy leader of the party and Minister of Education, Research, Development and Youth of Slovakia.

Tomás Eloy Martínez

Tomás Eloy Martínez (1934–2010) was an Argentine novelist, journalist, and Rutgers professor whose novels La novela de Perón (1985) and Santa Evita (1995) blend history and myth about Peronism.

Tomás Estrada Palma

Tomás Estrada Palma (1835–1908), Cuban general and politician, first president of the Republic of Cuba (1902–1906), former head of the New York Cuban junta and president of the Republic in Arms in 1876; resigned in 1906, triggering the second U.S. occupation.

Tomas Ganz

Tomas Ganz, born 1948 in Prague, is an American physician-scientist at UCLA known for discovering hepcidin and erythroferrone, the two principal hormones of iron homeostasis.

Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez

Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez was a Costa Rican soldier who seized power by coup in 1870 and dominated the country as president until his death in 1882.

Tomas Gustafson

Tomas Gustafson (born 1959, Katrineholm, Sweden), Swedish speed skater, three-time Olympic champion: 5,000 m Sarajevo 1984 and Calgary 1988, 10,000 m Calgary 1988 with world record 13:48.20; also 10,000 m silver 1984.