List of Famous people named Tom

Name Tom is among the most common names in USA, Canada. Often it's a shorthand for Thomas. Similar names: Thomas, Tommy, Thom, Tomi, Tomoya, Tomie, Tomoe, Tommie, Tomoa, Tomy, Thommi, Tomio, Tommi, Tome, Thommy, Thomy, Toma, Thoma. Here are some famous Toms:

Tom Schieffer

First Name Tom
Last Name Schieffer
Born on October 4, 1947 (age 78)

John Thomas Schieffer is an American diplomat and entrepreneur who served as U.S. Ambassador to Australia from 2001 to 2005 and as U.S. Ambassador to Japan from 2005 to 2009.

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Tom Rothman

First Name Tom
Last Name Rothman
Born on November 21, 1954 (age 71)

Thomas Edgar Rothman is an American film executive and current chairman of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group. In this role, Rothman oversees all of the studio's motion picture production and distribution activities worldwide, including Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony Pictures Animation, and Sony Pictures Classics. Rothman joined Sony Pictures in late-2013 as chairman of TriStar Productions and in 2015 was promoted to Chairman of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, followed by the release in 2017 and 2018 of titles such as Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Venom, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Peter Rabbit, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Previously, he was chairman and chief executive officer of Fox Filmed Entertainment with Jim Gianopulos until his resignation on September 14, 2012, effective January 1, 2013. Rothman began at Fox in 1994 as the founder and President of Fox Searchlight Pictures and served the company for 18 years.

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Tom Plant

First Name Tom
Last Name Plant
Born on November 6, 1957 (age 68)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Thomas John "Tom" Plant is an American former speed skater.

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Tom Fowler

First Name Tom
Last Name Fowler
Born on June 10, 1951 (age 74)

Thomas W. Fowler is an American bass guitarist and musician. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he has played with It's a Beautiful Day, Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention, Jean-Luc Ponty, Ray Charles, Steve Hackett, and many others. His brother Bruce Fowler played trombone in The Mothers and his other brother Walt was also a horn player for Zappa.

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Tom Gullikson

Thomas Robert Gullikson
First Name Tom
Last Name Gullikson
Born on September 8, 1951 (age 74)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Tom Gullikson is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player born in La Crosse, Wisconsin and raised in Onalaska, Wisconsin in the United States.

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Tom Carver

First Name Tom
Last Name Carver
Born on November 2, 1960 (age 65)

Thomas Richard Carver is a writer and former BBC foreign correspondent. He is also the step-grandson of Field Marshal The 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.

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Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater

First Name Tom
Last Name Bridgwater

Thomas Jeremy King, Baron King of Bridgwater, is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet from 1983 to 1992, and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bridgwater in Somerset from 1970 to 2001. He was made a life peer in 2001.

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Tom Livingstone-Learmonth

First Name Tom
Born on January 5, 1906
Died on April 24, 1931 (aged 25)

Thomas Carlisle Livingstone-Learmonth was a British hurdler. He competed at the 1928 Olympics in the 400 metres hurdles and finished in fifth place.

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Tom Slingsby

Thomas David Slingsby
First Name Tom
Last Name Slingsby
Born on September 5, 1984 (age 41)
Height 187 cm | 6'2

Tom Slingsby is a successful Australian competitive sailor. Slinsby's first successes came sailing Laser dingys, where he won three consecutive world championships and the 2012 Olympic gold medal. Slingsby was the strategist for the America's Cup winning Team Oracle USA in 2013. In 2016 He skippered the winner of line honours in the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race line. Following this he skippered the Australian team in the inaugural SailGP competition.

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Tom Spieß

First Name Tom
Last Name Spieß
Born on December 30, 1961 (age 64)
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