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of the
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which is a translation of the
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biblical name he, טוֹבִיה, Toviyah, JahGod is good, label=none. With the biblical
Book of Tobias The Book of Tobit () ''Tōbith'' or ''Tōbit'' ( and spellings are also attested) itself from he, טובי ''Tovi'' "my good"; Book of Tobias in the Vulgate from the Greek ''Tōbias'', itself from the Hebrew ''Tovyah'' "Yah is good", also kn ...
being present in the
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of the
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, Tobias is a popular male given name for both Christians and Jews in
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, the
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, and
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n countries. In English-speaking countries, it is often shortened to
Toby Toby is a popular, usually male, name in many English speaking countries. The name is from the Middle English vernacular form of Tobias. Tobias itself is the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew טוביה ''Toviah'', which translates to ''Good i ...
. In German, this name appears as Tobias or Tobi; in French as Tobie; and in Swedish as Tobias or Tobbe. Tobias has also been a surname.


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Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...
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Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...
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German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...
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Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...
, Swedish,
Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Port ...
: Tobias * Amharic: ጦቢያ (T’obīya) *
Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid ...
: Tobies * Czech: Tobiáš, Tobias *
Croatian Croatian may refer to: * Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (disambiguation) * Croatia (disambiguation) * Croatoan (disambiguation) * Hrvatski (disambiguation) * Hrvatsko (disambiguation) * S ...
: Tobijaš * Finnish: Topias, Topi * French: Tobie *
Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
: Τωβίας ''(Tobías)'' *
Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
: Tovia, Tuvya * Hungarian: Tóbiás *
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...
:
Tobia (name) Tobia is a Greek-origin word which is used as a surname and a masculine given name. People with the name include: Surname * Blaise Tobia (born 1953), American artist and photographer * Jacob Tobia (born 1991), American LGBT rights activist and t ...
* Lithuanian: Tobijas *
Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
: Tobiasz *
Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
: Товий ''(Toviy)'' *
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: ** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...
: Tobías * Slovak: Tobiáš * Yiddish: טבֿיה (''Tevye'')


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Biblical

Several people are called Tobias or similar names in
the Bible The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...
era: *Tobias, son of Tobit; "Book of Tobias" is an older name for the
Book of Tobit The Book of Tobit () ''Tōbith'' or ''Tōbit'' ( and spellings are also attested) itself from he, טובי ''Tovi'' "my good"; Book of Tobias in the Vulgate from the Greek ''Tōbias'', itself from the Hebrew ''Tovyah'' "Jah, Yah is good", al ...
*Tobias the elder; the name used for Tobit in the
Vulgate The Vulgate (; also called (Bible in common tongue), ) is a late-4th-century Bible translations into Latin, Latin translation of the Bible. The Vulgate is largely the work of Jerome who, in 382, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus&nbs ...
and
Douay–Rheims Bible The Douay–Rheims Bible (, ), also known as the Douay–Rheims Version, Rheims–Douai Bible or Douai Bible, and abbreviated as D–R, DRB, and DRV, is a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English made by member ...
. *Tobijah, two persons mentioned in the Bible: a Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat ( 2 Chronicles 17:8) and a Jew travelling from Babylon to Jerusalem with precious metal for Zerubbabel ( Zechariah 6:10,14). *
Tobiah (Ammonite) According to the Book of Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, Tobiah was an Ammonite official who attempted to hinder Nehemiah's efforts to rebuild Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile, and took over the storerooms of the Temple ...
- a significant leader of the opponents of
Nehemiah Nehemiah is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period. He was governor of Persian Judea under Artaxerxes I of Persia (465–424 BC). The name is pronounced ...
as recorded in that book. *
Tobiads The Tobiads were a Jewish faction in Ammon at the beginning of the Hasmonean period. They were philhellene, supporters of Hellenistic Judaism, in the early years of the 2nd century BCE. What is known about the Tobiads is a combination of st ...
, a Jewish or Ammonite faction at the beginning of the
Maccabean period The Maccabees (), also spelled Machabees ( he, מַכַּבִּים, or , ; la, Machabaei or ; grc, Μακκαβαῖοι, ), were a group of Jewish rebel warriors who took control of Judea, which at the time was part of the Seleucid Empire. ...


Other

*Tobias, Christian martyr, see
Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Nictopolion, and Companions Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus (Styrax, Istucarius), Tobias (Pactobius), Eudoxius, Nictopolion, and Companions are venerated as Christian martyrs. They were soldiers who were burned at the stake at Sebaste in 315 AD, during the reign o ...
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Tobias of Jerusalem Tobias Bishop of Jerusalem, was the 2nd Century, fifth Bishop of Jerusalem. He was acquainted with Thaddeus of Edessa who was involved in healing, being one of the Seventy disciples. According to Eusebius Tobias was a Jewish Christian born to Je ...
, 2nd-century bishop *
Tobias (bishop of Rochester) __NOTOC__ Tobias was a medieval Bishop of Rochester The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury. The town of Rochester has the bishop's seat, at the Cathedral Churc ...
, died 726


Given name

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Tobias Abse Dr. Tobias Abse is a historian. He was a lecturer in the subject at Goldsmiths College of the University of London from 1994 to 2016. Abse has written extensively on the rise of the Fascist Right in Italy prior to World War II.https://books.google. ...
(professor) * Tobias Abstreiter (hockey center) *
Tobias Angerer Tobias Angerer (born 12 April 1977 in Traunstein, Bavaria) is a German cross-country skier, and skis with the SC Vachendorf club. He graduated from the Skigymnasium Berchtesgaden in 1996. His occupation is "Sports Soldier". Angerer has been com ...
(cross country skier) *
Tobias Arlt Tobias Arlt (born 2 June 1987) is a German luger who has competed since 1991, acting as a backdriver. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships 2008, 2008 FIL World Luge Championships, a silver and a bro ...
(luger) *
Tobias Bamberg Tobias "Theo" Leendert Bamberg (1875–1963) was a professional magician. Born in the Netherlands, Bamberg performed under the name ''Okito'' which is an anagram of Tokio (Tokyo). His father had been court magician to King William III of the N ...
(magician) * Tobias Barreto (critic/poet) *
Tobias Beecher Tobias Beecher is a main character on the television show '' Oz'',Sean O'Sullivan and David WilsonImages of Incarceration: Representations of Prison in Film and Television Drama(Waterside Press, 2004) played by Lee Tergesen. He is one of only ei ...
(from the TV series Oz) *
Tobias Beer Tobias Beer is an English screenwriter and actor. Early life Born in Cambridge, he studied at Oxford University and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. While at Oxford University, he won a blue in rugby union, scoring 11 points in thei ...
(actor) *
Tobias Bernstrup Tobias Bernstrup (born 1970 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish contemporary artist working with videos, interactive works, live performances and electronic music. He received an MFA from Royal College University of Fine Arts Stockholm in 199 ...
(contemporary artist) *
Tobias Billström Tobias Lennart Billström (born 27 December 1973) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 18 October 2022 and has been Member of the Riksdag since the ...
(politician) * Tobias Bjarneby (video game journalist) *
Tobias de Boer Pieter Cornelis Tobias de Boer (21 May 1930 – 2 May 2016) was a Dutch scientist. He was a professor at the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of Cornell University. His research interest were in the field of thermodynamics and ...
(scientist) *
Tobias Bogner Tobias Bogner (born May 28, 1990) is a German ski jumper. He debuted in the Ski jumping World Cup, World Cup in the team competition in Mühlenkopfschanze, Willingen on February 11, 2007. References External links

* http://www.kombiundspe ...
(ski jumper) * Tobias Bonhoeffer (neurobiologist) *
Tobias Bridge Sir Tobias Bridge fought for Parliament in the English Civil War, and served the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell during the Interregnum. After the Restoration, he served King Charles II.Papp. 150/ref> During the English Civil War, Bridge fought fo ...
(Major-General in the First English Civil War) * Tobias S. Buckell (science fiction author) *
Tobias Capwell Tobias Emanuel ("Toby") Capwell FSA (born ) is an American historian who lives and works in London. His principal interest is in European arms and armour of the medieval and Renaissance periods (roughly, the 12th century to the 16th). He is Cu ...
(born ), American curator, military historian and jouster * Tobias Carlsson (Kalmar FF footballer) *
Tobías Zúñiga Castro Tobías Zúñiga Castro (February 10, 1854 – June 24, 1918) was a Costa Rican politician. He served as a diplomat and was Secretary of State. He was a member of the People's Party. He was born in San Jose, Costa Rica, on February 10, 1854 ...
(politician) *
Tobias Cohn Tobias Cohn or Tobias Kohn (in Hebrew, Toviyyah ben Moshe ha-Kohen, Tuvia Harofeh - Tuvia the doctor; in Polish, Tobiasz Kohn) (also referred to as Toviyah Kats) (1652-1729) was a Polish-Jewish physician of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries ...
(17/18th century physician) * Tobias Cole (countertenor) *
Tobias Joaquim Dai General Tobias Joaquim Dai (born November 25, 1950) was Minister of National Defence of Mozambique from 2000 to 2008. He took office on January 17, 2000Tobias Dantzig Tobias Dantzig (; February 19, 1884 – August 9, 1956) was an American mathematician, the father of George Dantzig, and the author of '' Number: The Language of Science (A critical survey written for the cultured non-mathematician)'' (1930) and ''A ...
(mathematician) *
Tobias Delius Tobias Delius (born 15 July 1964) is a tenor saxophonist and clarinettist. Early life Delius was born in Oxford, England, on 15 July 1964. His mother was German and his father was Argentine. Delius was brought up largely in England and Germany. ...
(musician) *
Tobias Dier Tobias Dier (born 29 September 1976) is a German professional golfer. Dier was born in Nürnberg. He won the 1998 German Amateur Open Championship and turned professional later that year. He won a European Tour card by finishing sixth on the Cha ...
(golfer) *
Tobias Druitt Tobias Druitt is an author of fantasy novels. Tobias Druitt is the pseudonym of two authors who write together, Diane Purkiss and Michael Dowling. Diane Purkiss is a tutor in English at Keble College, Oxford University, and she is the first Oxfo ...
(author, pseudonym) *
Tobiah ben Eliezer Tobiah ben Eliezer ( he, טוביה בן אליעזר) was a Talmudist and poet of the 11th century, author of ''Lekach Tov'' or ''Pesikta Zutarta'', a midrashic commentary on the Pentateuch and the Five Megillot. Biography Zunz inferred from To ...
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Tobias Ellwood Tobias Martin Ellwood (born 12 August 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician and soldier who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth East since 2005. He has chaired the Defence Select Committee since 2020 and was a ...
(politician) *
Tobias Enhus Tobias Enhus is a Swedish music composer living in the US. His work has appeared in films, such as '' Black Hawk Down''. He has also created music for television commercials, including the haunting score (featuring female operatic singing) heard ...
(composer) *
Tobias Enström Ulf Tobias "Toby" Enström (born 5 November 1984) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League with the Atlanta Thrashers and Winnipeg Jets. He left the NHL after 11 seasons to return and captain origin ...
(hockey defenceman) *
Tobias Exxel Tobias "Eggi" Exxel (born 27 February 1973) is the current bass player for the power metal band Edguy. Tobias was hired by Edguy in 1998 when vocalist Tobias Sammet, who had played bass since the band's formation in 1992, decided the band should h ...
(bass player from Edguy) *
Tobias Forge Tobias Forge (; born 3 March 1981) is a Swedish singer, musician, and songwriter. He is the leader and primary songwriter of the masked rock band Ghost, performing live as their vocalist under the stage names Papa Emeritus and Cardinal Cop ...
(musician - Repugnant, Subvision, Ghost) *
Tobias Fornell ''NCIS'' is an American police procedural television series, revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which investigates crimes involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The series wa ...
(character on the TV series "NCIS") * Tobias Forsberg (hockey winger) *
Tobias Frere-Jones Tobias Frere-Jones (born Tobias Edgar Mallory Jones; August 28, 1970) is an American type designer who works in New York City. He operates the company Frere-Jones Type and teaches typeface design at the Yale School of Art MFA program. Among his t ...
(type designer) * Tobias Fünke (character in the TV series ''Arrested Development'') *
Tobias Furneaux Captain Tobias Furneaux (21 August 173518 September 1781) was an English navigator and Royal Navy officer, who accompanied James Cook on his second voyage of exploration. He was one of the first men to circumnavigate the world in both directi ...
(Royal Navy officer) *Tobías García Mota (Dominican-Mexican) *
Tobias Geffen Tobias Geffen ( he, טוביה גפן; August 1, 1870 – February 10, 1970) was an American Orthodox rabbi. He served as the leader of Congregation Shearith Israel in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1910 to 1970. Geffen is widely known for his 1935 deci ...
(rabbi) *
Tobias Gentleman Tobias Gentleman (fl. 1614) was an English mariner and writer, known for his book ''England's way to win wealth'', recommending development of the herring fisheries in England. Life Gentleman was a son of Thomas and Joan Gentleman, of Southwold, i ...
(fl. 1614, English mariner and writer) *
Tobias Grahn Tobias Grahn (born 5 March 1980) is a Swedish former professional Association football, footballer who played as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder. He won the 2002 Norwegian Football Cup with Vålerenga Fotball, Vålerenga ...
(Gimnàstic de Tarragona midfielder) * Tobias Gregson (fictional character in a number of the "Sherlock Holmes" novels) * Tobias Grünenfelder (Swiss alpine skier) *
Tobias Harris Tobias John Harris (born July 15, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers before declarin ...
(National Basketball Association player) *
Tobias Hecht Tobias Hecht (born 18 February 1964) is an American anthropologist, ethnographer, and translator. Hecht was born in Seattle, Washington. He received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1986 and his Ph.D. in Social Anthropology in 1995 from th ...
(American anthropologist, ethnographer, and translator) * Tobías Hernández (Major League Baseball player) *
Tobias Hill Tobias Hill (born 30 March 1970 in London, England) is a British poet, essayist, writer of short stories and novelist. Life Tobias Hill was born in Kentish Town, in North London, to parents of German Jewish and English extraction: his maternal ...
(poet/novelist) *
Tobias Hoesl Tobias Hoesl (born 29 September 1961 in Munich, West Germany) is a German television actor. Selected filmography *1984: ', TV miniseries *1985: '' Morenga'' … Baron von Treskow *1985: '' The Feather Fairy'' … Jacob *1986: ''The Black Forest ...
(German television actor) *
Tobias Hogan Tobias Gilmore "T.G." Mealey (August 5, 1823 – April 27, 1904) was a Canadian-born American entrepreneur, politician, and early settler of Minnesota. He grew up in New Brunswick, made his fortune in the California Gold Rush, and became an influ ...
(1823–1904, politician from Monticello, Minnesota) * Tobias Holmberg (Swedish Bandy player) *
Tobias Holmqvist Tobias Holmqvist (born 23 January 1988) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a striker. Career Holmqvist played for Uppåkra between the ages of 6 and 13, before joining Helsingborg in January 2002. While with Helsingborg he spent loa ...
(Swedish footballer) *
Tobias Hume Tobias Hume (possibly 1579 – 16 April 1645) was a Scottish composer, viol player and soldier. Little is known of his life. Some have suggested that he was born in 1579 because he was admitted to the London Charterhouse in 1629, a prerequisit ...
(composer & soldier) * Tobias Hysén (IFK Göteborg footballer) * Detective Tobias Jones (fictional character) * Tobias Jones (writer) (author & journalist) *
Tobias Kamke Tobias Kamke (born 21 May 1986) is a German former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 64 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in January 2011. In 2010, Kamke was awarde ...
(German tennis player) *
Tobias Karlsson (songwriter) Erik Tobias Karlsson is a Swedish songwriter and record producer based in Los Angeles. He has worked with artists such as Halsey, Adam Lambert, Joji, Carolina Liar, James Blunt, Anouk, Linkin Park, Skillet, Kris Allen, Infinite Mass, Pauli ...
(Swedish record producer) * Tobias Kassung (German classical guitarist and composer) *
Tobias Krantz Tobias Kjell Bertil Krantz (born 7 April 1971) is a Swedish politician of the Liberal People's Party. He served as Minister for Higher Education and Research in the Swedish government between 17 June 2009 and 5 October 2010. Education Tobi ...
(Swedish politician) *
Tobías Lasser Tobías Lasser CBE (May 24, 1911 – May 25, 2006), was a recognized Venezuelan botanist, being a fundamental pillar in the creation of the Botanical Garden of Caracas, the School of Biology and the Faculty of Sciences of the Central University ...
(Venezuelan botanist) *
Tobias Lear V Tobias Lear (September 19, 1762 – October 11, 1816) was the personal secretary to President George Washington. Lear served Washington from 1784 until the former-President's death in 1799. Lear's journal details Washington's final moments and his ...
(personal secretary) *
Tobias Levels Tobias Levels (born 22 November 1986) is a German former footballer of Dutch descent who played as a defender. Club career After his contract with Fortuna Düsseldorf had expired in summer 2014, Levels was a free agent for more than three months ...
(German-Dutch footballer) * Tobias Lindemann (German architect, designer and media entrepreneur) *
Tobias Linderoth Tobias Jan Håkan Linderoth (; born 21 April 1979) is a professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Swedish club Skövde AIK. He played as a midfielder, and played professionally in Sweden, Norway, England, Den ...
(Galatasaray midfielder) *
Tobias Lohner Tobias Lohner (13 March 1619, in Neuötting in the Diocese of Salzburg – 26 (probably) May, 1697) was an Austrian Jesuit theologian. Life He entered the Society of Jesus on 30 August 1637, at Landsberg am Lech, and spent his first years in ...
(1619 - 1697, Austrian Jesuit theologian) * Tobias Mabuta Munihango (Namibian amateur boxer) *
Tobias Matthay Tobias Augustus Matthay (19 February 185815 December 1945) was an English pianist, teacher, and composer. Biography Matthay was born in Clapham, Surrey, in 1858 to parents who had come from northern Germany and eventually became naturalised Bri ...
(teacher & composer) *
Tobias Matthew Tobias Matthew (also Tobie and Toby; 13 June 154629 March 1628), was an Anglican bishop who was President of St John's College, Oxford, from 1572 to 1576, before being appointed Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1579 to 1583, and Matthew ...
(archbishop of York) *
Tobias Mayer Tobias Mayer (17 February 172320 February 1762) was a German astronomer famous for his studies of the Moon. He was born at Marbach, in Württemberg, and brought up at Esslingen in poor circumstances. A self-taught mathematician, he earned a l ...
(astronomer) * Tobias Mehler (Canadian actor) *
Tobias Menzies Tobias Simpson Menzies (born 7 March 1974) is an English stage, television and film actor. He is known for playing Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the third and fourth seasons of Netflix's series ''The Crown'', for which he won the Primetim ...
(actor) *
Tobias Michael Carel Asser Tobias Michael Carel Asser (; 28 April 1838 – 29 July 1913) was a Dutch lawyer and legal scholar. In 1911, he won the Nobel Peace Prize (together with Alfred Fried) for his work in the field of private international law, and in particular ...
(jurist) * Tobias Mikaelsson (Swedish football player) *
Tobias Mikkelsen Tobias Pilegaard Mikkelsen (; born 18 September 1986) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a winger, he last played for Helsingborgs IF in the Allsvenskan. He has eight senior caps for Denmark, as well as a total of 11 youth ...
(Danish football player) *
Tobias Moretti Tobias Moretti (; born Tobias Bloéb; 11 July 1959) is an Austrian actor. Biography Born in Gries am Brenner, Tyrol, Moretti is the eldest of four brothers, including Thomas, Christoph and fellow actor Gregor Bloéb. Since 1997, he has been marri ...
(actor) *
Tobias Mullen Tobias Mullen (March 4, 1818 – April 22, 1900) was an Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Erie in Pennsylvania from 1868 to until his death in 1899. Biography Early life Tobias Mullen ...
(1818-1900, Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Erie) *
Tobias Müller (disambiguation) Tobias Müller may refer to: * Tobias Müller (footballer, born 1989), Swiss footballer * Tobias Müller (footballer, born 1993), German footballer * Tobias Müller (footballer, born 1994), German footballer * Tobias Müller (darts player) Tob ...
*
Tobias Nath Tobias Nath (born 1979 in Bochum, Germany) is a German voice actor. He is married to Rubina Kuraoka. Dubbing roles (excerpt) * Eddie Redmayne (as Balem Abrasax) in ''Jupiter Ascending ''Jupiter Ascending'' is a 2015 space opera film writt ...
(German television actor) *
Tobias Nickenig Tobias Nickenig (born 1 August 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career 1. FC Köln Born in Neuwied, Nickenig came through the 1. FC Köln youth system. In the 2005–06 season, he was called up for th ...
(German footballer) *
Tobias Norris Tobias Crawford Norris (September 5, 1861 – October 29, 1936) was a Canadian politician who served as the tenth premier of Manitoba from 1915 to 1922. Norris was a member of the Liberal Party.J. M. Bumsted"Tobias Crawford Norris" ''The Cana ...
(politician) * Tobias Palmer (American football player) *
Tobias Picker Tobias Picker (born July 18, 1954) is an American composer, artistic director, and pianist, noted for his orchestral works '' Old and Lost Rivers'', ''Keys To The City'', and ''The Encantadas'', as well as his operas ''Emmeline'', '' Fantastic ...
(composer) * Tobias Pflüger (politician) * Tobias A. Plants (1811 – 1887, U.S. Representative from Ohio) *
Tobias Pock Tobias Pock (or Poch, Bock or Pockh) (1609 - 12 June 1683) was an Austrian Baroque painter from Swabian descent, a pioneer of sacral art. Pock was born in Konstanz, where his father worked as a master at the Cathedral. Tobias Pock probably was ...
(Austrian Baroque painter) * Tobias Pullen (Irish bishop) *
Tobias Ragg Tobias is the transliteration of the Greek which is a translation of the Hebrew biblical name he, טוֹבִיה, Toviyah, JahGod is good, label=none. With the biblical Book of Tobias being present in the Deuterocanon/Apocrypha of the Bible, To ...
(from musical ''Sweeney Todd'') * Tobias Rathgeb (German football midfielder) *
Tobias Rau Tobias Rau (born 31 December 1981) is a German former professional footballer who played as a left back. In a career blighted by injuries, he retired from professional play at only 27. Club career Wolfsburg Rau was born in Braunschweig, Lowe ...
(retired German footballer) *
Tobias Read Tobias Read (born July 1, 1975) is an American politician who is the current Oregon State Treasurer. He was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 27 from 2007–2017, which comprises parts of Beaverton, southwest ...
(member of the Oregon House of Representatives) * Tobias Regner (musician) *
Tobias Reinhardt Tobias Reinhardt (born 31 August 1971) is a German classical scholar, specialising in Latin literature and ancient philosophy. Since 2008, he has been the Corpus Christi Professor of Latin at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Corpus Christi ...
(classical scholar) *
Tobias Rustat Tobias Rustat (bapt. 17 September 1608 – 15 March 1694 N. S.) was a courtier to King Charles II and a benefactor of the University of Cambridge. He is remembered for creating the first fund for the purchase of books at the Cambridge Univers ...
(1606?-1694, benefactor of the University of Cambridge) *
Tobias Sammet Tobias Sammet (born 21 November 1977) is a German musician, singer, songwriter, music producer and radio host best known for being the singer and primary songwriter of the power metal band Edguy, and the founder of the metal opera project Avanta ...
(vocalist from Edguy) *
Tobias Schellenberg Tobias Schellenberg (born November 17, 1978, in Leipzig) is a German competitive and synchronized diver. In 2000 he became three-time German Champion in competitive diving, and European Champion in synchronized diving on the 3 m spring ...
(competitive diver) * Tobias Schenke (German actor) *
Tobias Schiegl Tobias Schiegl (born 5 October 1973 in Kufstein) is an Austrian former luger who competed from 1993 to 2010. He won fourteen medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with five golds (Men's doubles: 1996, 1997; Mixed team: 1996,1997, 1999), f ...
(Austrian luger) *
Tobias Schneebaum Tobias Schneebaum (March 25, 1922 – September 20, 2005) was an American artist, anthropologist, and AIDS activist. He is best known for his experiences living and traveling among the Harakmbut people of Peru, and the Asmat people of Papua, ...
(artist & activist) * Tobias Schneider (German speedskater) * Tobias Schönenberg (actor & photomodel) * Tobias Schweinsteiger (German footballer) *
Tobias Simon Tobias is the transliteration of the Greek which is a translation of the Hebrew biblical name he, טוֹבִיה, Toviyah, JahGod is good, label=none. With the biblical Book of Tobias being present in the Deuterocanon/Apocrypha of the Bible, ...
(Miami civil rights lawyer) *
Tobias Sippel Tobias Sippel (born 22 March 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach. Career Early career Born in Bad Dürkheim, Sippel began his football career playing for his hometo ...
(German football goalkeeper) * Tobias Sjokvist (born 1995), Swedish ice hockey player *
Tobias Smollett Tobias George Smollett (baptised 19 March 1721 – 17 September 1771) was a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for picaresque novels such as '' The Adventures of Roderick Random'' (1748), '' The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle'' (1751) ...
(Scottish author) *
Tobias Steinhauser Tobias Steinhauser (born 27 January 1972) is a German former professional cyclist. He is the brother-in-law of Jan Ullrich. Steinhauser lives together with his wife and three children in Scheidegg, Bavaria. After his professional career he beca ...
(former German cyclist) * Tobias Stephan (hockey goaltender) *
Tobias Stimmer Tobias Stimmer (7 April 1539 – 4 January 1584In the old style.) was a Swiss painter and illustrator. His most famous work is the paintings on the Strasbourg astronomical clock. Biography He was born in Schaffhausen, and was active in Scha ...
(painter & illustrator) * Tobias Summerer (German tennis player) *
Tobias Tal Tobias Tal (June 16, 1847 – October 24, 1898) was a Dutch rabbi who served as Chief Rabbi of the Hague. Life Tal was born on June 16, 1847 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, son of Z. T. Tal. Tal studied at the rabbinical seminary of Chief Rabbi Joseph ...
(Dutch rabbi) *
Tobias Tornkvist Tobias is the transliteration of the Greek which is a translation of the Hebrew biblical name he, טוֹבִיה, Toviyah, JahGod is good, label=none. With the biblical Book of Tobias being present in the Deuterocanon/ Apocrypha of the Bi ...
(born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player *
Tobias Truvillion Tobias Truvillion (born October 1, 1975) is an American actor. Career In 2006, he received his first major role on ABC series ''One Life to Live'', playing Vincent Jones. He is also known for his roles on ''Empire'' (2016–17) and ''In Conte ...
(African-American actor) *
Tobias Unger Tobias Benjamin Unger (born 10 July 1979 ) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in sprints.
(athlete) *
Tobias Verhaecht Tobias Verhaecht (1561–1631) was a painter from Antwerp in the Duchy of Brabant who primarily painted landscapes. His style was indebted to the mannerist world landscape developed by artists like Joachim Patinir and Pieter Bruegel the Elder. He ...
(draughtsman) *
Tobias Verwey Tobias Verwey (born 2 November 1981) is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He has played first-class cricket with the Namibian cricket team since 2005, having represented the team in 12 Youth One Day Internati ...
(Namibian cricketer) *
Tobias Viklund Tobias Viklund (born 8 May 1986) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman, who is currently under contract with Modo Hockey of the HockeyAllsvenskan (Allsv). Playing career Viklund joined Russian club, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg of ...
(Swedish ice hockey defenceman) *
Tobias Weis Tobias Weis (born 30 July 1985) is a German retired footballer. Club career Weis began his career 1990 with SC Bibersfeld and joined after three years in summer 1993 to Sportfreunde Schwäbisch Hall. He played for SF Schwäbisch Hall until July 1 ...
(German footballer) *
Tobias Wendl Tobias Wendl (born 16 June 1987) is a German luger who has competed since 1993, acting as a front. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany, a silver and a bronze at the FIL E ...
(German luger) *
Tobias Whale Tobias Whale is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the archenemy of Black Lightning. Whale appears in the live-action Arrowverse series '' Black Lightning'', portrayed by Marvin "Krondon" Jones ...
(fictional character in DC comics) *
Tobias Willi Tobias Willi (born 14 December 1979 in Freiburg) is a German former professional football midfielder who played for SC Freiburg, Austria Salzburg, and MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisbu ...
(former German football player) *
Tobias Wolff Tobias is the transliteration of the Greek which is a translation of the Hebrew biblical name he, טוֹבִיה, Toviyah, JahGod is good, label=none. With the biblical Book of Tobias being present in the Deuterocanon/Apocrypha of the Bible, ...
(writer) * Tobias Zachary Ziegler (fictional character in the TV drama ''The West Wing'')


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Tobey Maguire Tobias Vincent Maguire (born June 27, 1975) is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for playing the title character from Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007), a role he later reprised in '' Spider-Man: No Way Hom ...
(actor) *
Toby Isaacs '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore. The series is now considered the first incarnation and premiered on CTV on October 14, 2001, and then ended on MTV Canada and ...
(fictional character from the TV series ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'') *
Toby Jessel Toby Henry Francis Jessel (11 July 1934 – 3 December 2018) was a British Conservative Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Twickenham from 1970 to 1997. Early life Jessel was born at Bearsted in Kent on 11 July 1934, the so ...
(British politician)


Fictional

* Tobias Beckett, character in '' Solo: A Star Wars Story'' and mentor to
Han Solo Han Solo is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise created by George Lucas. The character first appeared in the 1977 film ''Star Wars'' portrayed by Harrison Ford, who reprised his role in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980) and '' ...
*
Tobias Fornell ''NCIS'' is an American police procedural television series, revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which investigates crimes involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The series wa ...
, character on the CBS show, ''
NCIS NCIS or N.C.I.S. may refer to: Law enforcement * National Criminal Intelligence Service, the predecessor to the Serious Organised Crime Agency of the United Kingdom * Naval Criminal Investigative Service, a United States law enforcement and intelli ...
'' * Tobias Fünke, character on the Fox sitcom, ''
Arrested Development The term "arrested development" has had multiple meanings for over 200 years. In the field of medicine, the term "arrested development" was first used, ''circa'' 1835–1836, to mean a stoppage of physical development; the term continues to be use ...
'' *Tobias, character on the CBS daytime drama series, ''
The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City ...
'' * Tobias Snape, father of
Severus Snape Severus Snape is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' series. He is an exceptionally skilled wizard whose sarcastic, controlled exterior conceals deep emotions and anguish. A Professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraf ...
from the ''Harry Potter'' series *
Tobias Eaton This is a list of major and minor characters in the Divergent trilogy, ''Divergent'' book trilogy and its subsequent film adaptation, ''The Divergent Series''. Main characters Tris Prior Beatrice "Tris" Prior is the viewpoint character in ' ...
, a protagonist in a series of novels by Veronica Roth known as the ''Divergent'' trilogy *Jeffery Tobias Winger, character on the sitcom ''Community'' *
Tobias Wilson The ''Amazing World of Gumball'' characters appear in the British-American animated sitcom ''The Amazing World of Gumball''. The series revolves around the daily life of 12-year-old cat Gumball Watterson and his family—adoptive brother Darwi ...
, character on ''
The Amazing World of Gumball ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is an animated sitcom created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network. The series concerns the lives of 12-year-old Gumball Watterson, an anthropomorphic blue cat, and adoptive goldfish brother Darwin, who atten ...
'' * Tobias Zachary Ziegler, character on ''
The West Wing ''The West Wing'' is an American serial (radio and television), serial political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006. The series is set primarily in the ...
'' *Tobias, character on the AMC drama '' Fear The Walking Dead'' *Tobias, character on Pokémon *Tobias Tenma, protagonist of Astro Boy (Movie) *Tobias, character in the book series ''
Animorphs ''Animorphs'' is a science fantasy series of children's books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic. It is told in first person, with all ...
'' and its ''
TV adaptation An adaptation is a transfer of a work of art from one style, culture or medium to another. Some common examples are: * Film adaptation, a story from another work, adapted into a film (it may be a novel, non-fiction like journalism, autobiography, ...
'' *Tobias Rieper, false name used by
Agent 47 Agent 47 is a fictional character, the protagonist and the player character of the ''Hitman'' video game franchise, developed by IO Interactive. He has been featured in all games of the series, as well as various spin-off media, including two th ...
on the video game
Hitman Contract killing is a form of murder or assassination in which one party hires another party to kill a targeted person or persons. It involves an illegal agreement which includes some form of payment, monetary or otherwise. Either party may b ...


As a surname

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Places

* Tobias, Nebraska, a village in the United States *
Tobias, Ohio Tobias is an unincorporated community in Scott Township, Marion County, Ohio, United States. It is located northeast of Marion at the intersection of Tobias Road and Morral-Kirkpatrick Road, at . The Tobias Post Office was established on May 3 ...
, a village in the United States *
Tobias Barreto, Sergipe Tobias Barreto is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region along the Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state ...
, a municipality in Brazil *
Tobias Fornier, Antique Tobias Fornier, officially the Municipality of Tobias Fornier, ( krj, Banwa kang Tobias Fornier; hil, Banwa sang Tobias Fornier; tl, Bayan ng Tobias Fornier), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Antique, Philippines. According to the ...
, a municipality in the Philippines * Tobías Bolaños International Airport in Costa Rica * Tobias-Thompson Complex, a United States National Historic Landmark


Companies

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Tobias (bass guitar company) Tobias is a brand of bass guitars originally made by luthier Michael Tobias starting in the 1970s, and later bought out by Gibson. Nowadays, Tobias bass guitars are sold under the Epiphone division. History Tobias Guitars was established in ...
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Michael Tobias Design Michael Tobias Design (MTD) is a Kingston, New York-based manufacturer of electric bass guitars founded by luthier Michael Tobias in 1994. Tobias, along with two part-time helpers, currently builds about 10 electric basses per month at his shop ...
bass guitar company


Other

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Tobias Tobias is the transliteration of the Greek which is a translation of the Hebrew biblical name he, טוֹבִיה, Toviyah, JahGod is good, label=none. With the biblical Book of Tobias being present in the Deuterocanon/Apocrypha of the Bible, ...
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