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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
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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,
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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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 Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
,
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 ** Portu ...
: Tobias *
Amharic Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all oth ...
: 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 #1 ...
: Tobies *
Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places * Czech, ...
: Tobiáš, Tobias * Croatian: Tobijaš *
Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...
: Topias, Topi *
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
: 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 ...
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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: Tobiasz * Russian: 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, Can ...
: Tobías * Slovak: Tobiáš *
Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ve ...
: 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 o ...
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'' "Yah is good", also k ...
*Tobias the elder; the name used for Tobit in the
Vulgate The Vulgate (; also called (Bible in common tongue), ) is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible. The Vulgate is largely the work of Jerome who, in 382, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Gospels u ...
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 for ...
- 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 o ...
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 state ...
, 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 *
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 Chur ...
, died 726


Given name

* Tobias Abse (professor) *
Tobias Abstreiter Tobias Abstreiter (born July 6, 1970) is a German former ice hockey centre. During his playing career he was described as a two-way player and a faceoff specialist. Professional career He started his career in 1987-88 with EV Landshut, playin ...
(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 2008 FIL World Luge Championships, a silver and a bronze at the 2010 FIL European Luge ...
(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 Ne ...
(magician) *
Tobias Barreto Tobias Barreto de Meneses (June 7, 1839 – June 26, 1889) was a Brazilian poet, philosopher, jurist and literary critic. He is famous for creating the " Condorism" and revolutionizing Brazilian Romanticism and poetry. He is patron of the 38th cha ...
(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 eig ...
(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 1998, ...
(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 th ...
(politician) *
Tobias Bjarneby Tobias Bjarneby was born in 1974 in Stockholm. He is one of Sweden's most noted video game magazine writers. He was the editor in chief of '' Super POWER'' magazine (renamed Super Play in 1996) from 1993 to December 2004 and has written for ''Afto ...
(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 World Cup in the team competition in Willingen Willingen (official name: ''Willingen (Upland)'') is a municipality in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northern Hesse, Germany, ...
(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 Cur ...
(born ), American curator, military historian and jouster *
Tobias Carlsson Johan Tobias Carlsson (born 25 February 1975) is a retired Swedish footballer who played as a defender. His last club was Kalmar FF in Allsvenskan. Honours and awards *Kalmar FF **Allsvenskan: 2008 **Svenska Cupen: 2007 **Svenska Supercupen: 2 ...
(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, San Jose, Costa Rica, on ...
(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 centurie ...
(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 '' ...
(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 Chal ...
(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 Oxfor ...
(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 Tob ...
*
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 Go ...
(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 origi ...
(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 shoul ...
(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 was ...
(character on the TV series "NCIS") *
Tobias Forsberg Hans Tobias Forsberg (born April 5, 1988) is a Sweden, Swedish former professional ice hockey player. He played in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) with Modo Hockey and Leksands IF. Playing career Forsberg is the brother of Johan Forsberg. Forsb ...
(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 ...
(type designer) *
Tobias Fünke ''Arrested Development'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on the Fox network from November 2, 2003, to February 10, 2006. A fourth season of 15 episodes was released on Netflix on May 26, 2013. Created by Mitchell Hurwitz, ...
(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 directions ...
(Royal Navy officer) *Tobías García Mota (Dominican-Mexican) * Tobias Geffen (rabbi) *
Tobias Gentleman Tobias Gentleman (floruit, fl. 1614) was an English mariner and writer, known for his book ''England's way to win wealth'', recommending development of the herring fishery, herring fisheries in England. Life Gentleman was a son of Thomas and Joan G ...
(fl. 1614, English mariner and writer) *
Tobias Grahn Tobias Grahn (born 5 March 1980) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He won the 2002 Norwegian Football Cup with Vålerenga and the 2004 Allsvenskan with Malmö FF. A full international between 20 ...
(Gimnàstic de Tarragona midfielder) *
Tobias Gregson This article describes minor characters from the ''Sherlock Holmes'' stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and from non-canonical derived works. The list excludes the titular character as well as Dr. Watson, Professor Moriarty, Inspector Lestrade, M ...
(fictional character in a number of the "Sherlock Holmes" novels) * Tobias Grünenfelder (Swiss alpine skier) * Tobias Harris (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 the U ...
(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 Fores ...
(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 Tobias Holmberg (born 11 May 1987) is a Swedish Bandy player who currently plays for Västerås SK as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, break ...
(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 loan ...
(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 ''Driver'' is a video game series developed by Reflections Interactive (now Ubisoft Reflections), and originally published by GT Interactive, later by Atari and now by Ubisoft. The gameplay consists of a mixture of action-adventure and driving ...
(fictional character) *
Tobias Jones (writer) Tobias Jones is a British author, journalist, teacher and community-builder. He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, and then worked at the ''London Review of Books'' and the ''Independent on Sunday''. He has written various works of fiction a ...
(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, Paulin ...
(Swedish record producer) * Tobias Kassung (German classical guitarist and composer) *
Tobias Krantz Tobias Kjell Bertil Krantz (born 7 April 1971) is a Sweden, Swedish politician of the Liberal People's Party (Sweden), Liberal People's Party. He served as Ministry of Education and Research (Sweden), Minister for Higher Education and Research i ...
(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 Tobias Lindemann (born 1966) is a German architect, designer and media entrepreneur. He is the youngest of three children of Oskar Lindemann, a Protestant minister of the Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland. The Lindemann family has its roots in ...
(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, Denm ...
(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 i ...
(1619 - 1697, Austrian Jesuit theologian) *
Tobias Mabuta Munihango Tobias Mabuta Munihango (born 1983) is a Namibian amateur boxer. Munihango finished in third place at the 1st AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament held in January 2008 in Algeria but did not qualify for Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olymp ...
(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 Brit ...
(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 Tobias Mehler (born April 1, 1976) is a Canadian actor who has appeared in film and television productions. Career Mehler is known for playing d'Artagnan on ''Young Blades'', Zak Adama on ''Battlestar Galactica'' and Lieutenant Graham Simmons ...
(Canadian actor) * Tobias Menzies (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 fo ...
(jurist) *
Tobias Mikaelsson Tobias Lars Mikaelsson (born 17 November 1988) is a Swedish footballer. He started his professional career with Aston Villa in England in 2007. After loan spells with Ljungskile and Port Vale, he signed with Swedish side Trollhättan in 2009. ...
(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 (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 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'' * Michael Cyril Creighton (as Jake) in '' The Post'' ...
(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 Tobais Palmer (born February 20, 1990) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at North Carolina State. He was a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars, San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints, Buffalo B ...
(American football player) * Tobias Picker (composer) *
Tobias Pflüger Tobias Pflüger (born 1 February 1965) is a German politician of The Left serving as one of six deputy leaders of the party since 2014. From 2017 to 2021 he was a member of the Bundestag, and from 2004 to 2009 a member of the European Parliament ...
(politician) *
Tobias A. Plants Tobias Avery Plants (March 17, 1811 – June 19, 1887) was an American lawyer, newspaperman, and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1865 to 1869. Biography Born at Sewickley, Pennsylvania, Plants apprenti ...
(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 an ...
(Austrian Baroque painter) *
Tobias Pullen Tobias Pullen (1648 – 22 January 1713), or Tobias Pullein, was an Irish bishop. Biography Pullen was Anglican bishop of Cloyne and of Dromore, born at Middleham, Yorkshire in 1648, was, according to Cotton, grandson of Samuel Pullein (1598� ...
(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 Tobias Rathgeb (born 3 May 1982, in Ostfildern) is a German retired football midfielder. Career On 6 January 2010, his contract with FC Hansa Rostock was terminated. One day later, he returned to the second team of VfB Stuttgart Verein für B ...
(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, Lower S ...
(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 Tobias Regner (born 5 August 1982) is a German singer and guitarist who has enjoyed success in the rock music genre. He made his debut under major label Sony BMG Domestic after he won the highly publicized third season of the television series ...
(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 (1606?-1694, benefactor of the University of Cambridge) *Tobias Sammet (vocalist from Edguy) *Tobias Schellenberg (competitive diver) *Tobias Schenke (German actor) *Tobias Schiegl (Austrian luger) *Tobias Schneebaum (artist & activist) *Tobias Schneider (German speedskater) *Tobias Schönenberg (actor & photomodel) *Tobias Schweinsteiger (German footballer) *Tobias Simon (Miami civil rights lawyer) *Tobias Sippel (German football goalkeeper) *Tobias Sjokvist (born 1995), Swedish ice hockey player *Tobias Smollett (Scottish author) *Tobias Steinhauser (former German cyclist) *Tobias Stephan (hockey goaltender) *Tobias Stimmer (painter & illustrator) *Tobias Summerer (German tennis player) *Tobias Tal (Dutch rabbi) *Tobias Tornkvist (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player *Tobias Truvillion (African-American actor) *Tobias Unger (athlete) *Tobias Verhaecht (draughtsman) *Tobias Verwey (Namibian cricketer) *Tobias Viklund (Swedish ice hockey defenceman) *Tobias Weis (German footballer) *Tobias Wendl (German luger) *Tobias Whale (fictional character in DC comics) *Tobias Willi (former German football player) *Tobias Wolff (writer) *Tobias Zachary Ziegler (fictional character in the TV drama ''The West Wing'')


Derivative name

*Tobey Maguire (actor) *Toby Isaacs (fictional character from the TV series ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'') *Toby Jessel (British politician)


Fictional

*Tobias Beckett, character in ''Solo: A Star Wars Story'' and mentor to Han Solo *
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 was ...
, character on the CBS show, ''NCIS (TV Series), NCIS'' *
Tobias Fünke ''Arrested Development'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on the Fox network from November 2, 2003, to February 10, 2006. A fourth season of 15 episodes was released on Netflix on May 26, 2013. Created by Mitchell Hurwitz, ...
, character on the Fox sitcom, ''Arrested Development (TV Series), Arrested Development'' *Tobias, character on the CBS daytime drama series, ''The Young and the Restless'' *Tobias Snape, father of Severus Snape from the Harry Potter universe, ''Harry Potter'' series *Tobias Eaton, a protagonist in a series of novels by Veronica Roth known as the Divergent trilogy, ''Divergent'' trilogy *Jeffery Tobias Winger, character on the sitcom Community (TV Series), ''Community'' *Tobias Wilson, character on ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' *Toby Ziegler, Tobias Zachary Ziegler, character on ''The West Wing'' *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'' and its ''Animorphs (TV series), TV adaptation'' *Tobias Rieper, false name used by Agent 47 on the video game Hitman (franchise), Hitman


As a surname

{{main, Tobias (surname)


Places

*Tobias, Nebraska, a village in the United States *Tobias, Ohio, a village in the United States *Tobias Barreto, Sergipe, a municipality in Brazil *Tobias Fornier, Antique, a municipality in the Philippines *Tobías Bolaños International Airport in Costa Rica *Tobias-Thompson Complex, a United States National Historic Landmark


Companies

*Tobias (bass guitar company) *Michael Tobias Design bass guitar company


Other

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