Thomas or Tom Baker may refer to:

Politicians

* Thomas Cheseman or Thomas Baker ( 1488–1536 or later), Member of Parliament for Rye *

Thomas Baker (died 1625) Thomas Baker (died 1625), of Whittingham Hall in Fressingfield, Suffolk and Leyton, Essex, was an English politician. Early life Baker was the son of Sir Richard Baker (d. 1594), MP for Lancaster, Horsham, New Shoreham and New Romney, and his ...

, Member of Parliament for Arundel *

Tom Baker (Nebraska politician) Thomas C. Baker (born 1948) is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. He served two terms in the Nebraska Legislature from 1999 to 2007. Baker was born on August 24, 1948, in McCook, Nebraska. He graduated from Trenton High School in 19 ...

(born 1948), member of Nebraska Legislature * Thomas Guillaume St. Barbe Baker (1895–1966), Fascist activist and former British Army and RAF officer * Colonel Thomas Baker (1810–1872), founder of Bakersfield, California * Thomas Baker (Alaska politician) (born 1995), Alaska state representative

Sports

* Thomas Baker (cricketer) (born 1981), English cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Northamptonshire County Cricket Club * George Baker (footballer) (1936-2024), Wales international football player, commonly called George *

Tom Baker (bowler) Tom Baker (born September 12, 1954, Buffalo, New York) is a professional bowler in the Professional Bowlers Association and a member of the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame. He has won 10 titles on the regular PBA Tour (including one major), and 12 m ...

(born 1954), American bowler *

Tom Baker (1930s pitcher) Thomas Calvin Baker (June 11, 1913 – January 3, 1991), nicknamed "Rattlesnake", was an American Major League Baseball player. He was a pitcher for four seasons (1935–38) with the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants (NL), New York Giants. ...

(1913–1991), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants *

Tom Baker (1960s pitcher) Thomas Henry Baker (May 6, 1934 – March 9, 1980) was a left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs in 1963. Career In , Baker was signed as an amateur free agent by the St. Louis Cardinals. After year ...

(1934–1980), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs *

Tom Baker (footballer, born 1905) Thomas William Baker (17 August 1905 – 30 March 1975), sometimes known as Billy Baker, was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Brentford, Southport, Northampton Town and Rochdale. Caree ...

(1905–1975), British footballer *

Thomas Southey Baker Thomas Southey Baker (29 June 1848 – 24 June 1902) was an amateur sportsman who was on the winning crew that won The Boat Race in 1869 and played for England in the fourth unofficial football match against Scotland in November 1871. He subseq ...

(1848–1902), English amateur rower and footballer

Military

Thomas Baker (Royal Navy officer) Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Baker KCB (1771 – 26 January 1845) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He had obtained his own command during t ...

(1771–1845), Royal Navy admiral *

Thomas Durand Baker Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Durand Baker KCB (23 March 1837 – 9 February 1893) was a British army officer, and Quartermaster-General to the Forces. Military career Educated at Cheltenham College, Baker was commissioned into the 18th (R ...

(1837–1893), Quartermaster-General to the Forces * Thomas Baker (Medal of Honor recipient) (1916–1944), World War II Medal of Honor recipient *

Thomas Baker (aviator) Thomas Charles Richmond Baker, (2 May 1897 – 4 November 1918) was an Australian soldier, aviator, and flying ace of the First World War. Born in Smithfield, South Australia, he was an active sportsman in his youth and developed a keen in ...

(1897–1918), Australian soldier and aviator of the First World War * Thomas Baker (general) (born 1935), United States Air Force general

Religion

Thomas Baker (missionary) Thomas Baker (6 February 1832 – 21 July 1867) was a Methodist missionary in Fiji, known as being the only missionary in the archipelago to be killed and eaten, along with seven of his Fijian followers. The incident occurred in the Navosa Highland ...

(1832–1867), English Christian missionary cannibalised in Fiji * Sir

Thomas Baker (Unitarian) Sir Thomas Baker (16 May 1810 – 17 April 1886) was a Unitarian minister and Mayor of Manchester, England. Biography Baker was born in Birmingham on 16 May 1810 and attended King Edward's School, Birmingham. He studied divinity at Manchester Co ...

(1810–1886), English Unitarian minister and mayor of Manchester *

Thomas Nelson Baker Sr. Reverend Dr. Thomas Nelson Baker, Sr. was a minister, author and philosopher. Born into slavery, Baker was the first African-American to receive a PhD in philosophy in the United States. Biography Baker was born in Eastville, Virginia, on August 11 ...

(1860–1941), African-American minister, author and philosopher *

Tom Baker (priest) Thomas George Adames Baker (called Tom; 22 December 192025 September 2000) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century. He served as Dean of Worcester from 1975 to 1986. Baker was born in Southampton. He was educated at King Edw ...

(1920–2000), Anglican clergyman

Actors

Tom Baker Thomas Stewart Baker (born 20 January 1934) is an English actor and writer. He is well known for his portrayal of the Fourth Doctor, fourth incarnation of The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor in the science fiction television series ''Doctor Wh ...

(born 1934), played The Doctor on ''Doctor Who'' from 1974 to 1981 *

Tom Baker (American actor) Tom Baker (August 23, 1940 – September 2, 1982) was an American actor who starred in the Andy Warhol film ''I, a Man'' (1967). He was a close friend of Jim Morrison of The Doors. Early life Baker was the son of Tom Baker Jr. and Ellie, mi ...

(1940–1982)

Education

Tom Baker (professor) Tom Baker (born 1959) is professor of law and a scholar of insurance law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Education Baker holds both a BA (1982) and a JD (1986) from Harvard University. Professional career Baker clerked for Judge J ...

(born 1959), law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School * Thomas E. Baker, professor of Constitutional law and former administrative assistant to William Rehnquist * Thomas Baker (college president) (1871–1939), president of Carnegie Mellon University * Thomas Baker (entomologist), American professor at Penn State University

Others

Thomas Baker (antiquarian) Thomas Baker (14 September 1656 in Lanchester, Durham – 2 July 1740) was an English antiquarian. Life He was the grandson of Colonel Baker of Crook, Durham, who won fame in the English Civil War by his defence of Newcastle upon Tyne ag ...

(1656–1740), English antiquarian *

Thomas Baker (artist) Thomas Baker (9 October 1809 – 10 August 1864) was a Midlands landscape painter and watercolourist often known as "Baker of Leamington" or "Landscape Baker". Born in Harborne, Birmingham, Baker was a student of Vincent Barber (1788–183 ...

(1809–1864), English landscape painter and watercolourist *

Thomas Baker (Peasants' Revolt leader) Thomas Baker, an English landowner, was one of the leaders who initiated the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Thomas Baker's holding was "Pokattescroft alias Bakerescroft" in Fobbing. This holding still exists, although by the time of the 19th-centur ...

(died 1381), English landowner *

Thomas Baker (musician) Thomas Baker was a nineteenth-century composer and musical producer. A violinist, Baker came to the United States from England with the orchestra of Louis Antoine Jullien in 1853. His first Broadway production, ''Novelty'', opened at Laura Keen ...

(c. 1820–1888), composer and producer of musical stage productions * Thomas Baker (mathematician) (1625?–1689), English mathematician *

Thomas Baker (dramatist) Thomas Baker (c. 1680 – 1749) was an English dramatist and lawyer. Life Baker is said to have been the son of an eminent attorney of London, and is said to have been educated in Oxford. A disparaging estimate of his character and his power ...

(c. 1680–1749), English dramatist and lawyer * R. Tom Baker, inorganic chemist * Thomas Barwick Lloyd Baker (1807–1886), English educationalist, social reformer, and ornithologist

Other uses

Tom Baker Cancer Centre Tom Baker Cancer Centre (TBCC) is a tertiary care facility for Southern Alberta, named for the founding chairman of the ''Alberta Cancer Board'', and is one of two tertiary cancer centres in the province. It is a lead Cancer Centre in southern Al ...

, a hospital in Canada * Tom Baker (''24'' character) * DC Tom Baker, a character on ''

The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983. The programme focused on ...

'' * Tom Baker, protagonist in the 2003 film ''

Cheaper by the Dozen ''Cheaper by the Dozen'' is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, published in 1948. The novel recounts the authors' childhood lives growing up in a household of 12 children. The bestsell ...

'' and its sequel * "Tom Baker", a song by Human League on some versions of ''

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