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Tobin
- Alex TobinAlex TobinAlexander Hugh Tobin is a former Australian football player. Tobin is the second most capped player for the Australia national football team with 87 'A' appearances, including many as captain...
(born 1965), Australian soccer player - Amon TobinAmon TobinAmon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin , known as Amon Tobin, is a Brazilian musician, composer and producer of electronic music. He is described as a virtuoso sound designer and is considered to be one of the most influential electronic music artists in the world...
(born 1972), Brazilian musician - Austin Joseph Tobin (1903-1978), executive director of the Port of New York Authority
- Bill Tobin (baseball) (1854-1912), major-league baseball first baseman
- Bill Tobin (ice hockey)Bill Tobin (ice hockey)Bill Tobin is a former Canadian ice hockey player, executive and head coach. He was president of the Chicago Black Hawks from the team's inception in 1926 until 1954. For the last ten of those years , he was also nominally the team's owner. However, he was actually a puppet for Detroit Red...
(1895-1963), Canadian ice hockey player and coach - Brian TobinBrian TobinBrian Vincent Tobin, PC is a Canadian businessman and former politician. Tobin served as the sixth Premier of Newfoundland from 1996 to 2000. Tobin was also a prominent Member of Parliament and served as a Cabinet Minister in Jean Chrétien's Liberal government.- Early life, education, and family...
(born 1954), Canadian Liberal politician - Candida TobinCandida TobinCandida Tobin, Hon FTCL, LTCL , was the author of the Tobin Method, a music education system for teaching music theory and practice to students of all ages and abilities.-Personal Life:...
, (1926-2008), British music educator - Charlie TobinCharlie TobinCharlie Tobin was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Glen Rovers and was a member of both the Cork and Dublin senior inter-county teams in the 1930s and 1940s....
, Irish hurler - Christine TobinChristine TobinChristine Tobin is an Irish born jazz singer from Dublin who has been part of the London jazz and improvising scene since the second half of the 1980s. She has been influenced by a diverse range of singers and writers including Betty Carter, Bessie Smith, Leonard Cohen, and poets WB Yeats, Paul...
, Irish singer - Ciarán Tobin, Irish citizen involved in a Hungarian legal case
- Daniel J. TobinDaniel J. TobinDaniel Joseph Tobin was an American labor leader and president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1907 to 1952. From 1917 to 1928, he was secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of Labor...
(1875-1955), American union leader - Edmund William TobinEdmund William TobinEdmund William Tobin was a Canadian politician.Born in Brompton Falls, Canada East, he was a lumber merchant and manufacturer who was President of the Lotbiniere Lumber Company in Lester, Quebec and President of the Trois-Pistoles Pulp Company in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec...
(1865–1938), Canadian politician - E Q "Red" Tobin, American pilot who flew for the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain
- Genevieve TobinGenevieve TobinGenevieve Tobin was an American actress.The daughter of a vaudeville performer, Tobin made her film debut in 1910 in Uncle Tom's Cabin as Eva. She appeared in a few films as child, and formed a double act with her sister Vivian. Their brother, George, also had a brief acting career...
(1899-1995), American actress - George TobinGeorge TobinGeorge Tobin is a record producer who has produced albums for a long list of musical artists including Robert John, Smokey Robinson, Kim Carnes, Kicking Harold, and PC Quest. He is best known, however, for discovering, managing, and producing the teenage singer Tiffany and showcasing her in malls...
, record producer - Jack TobinJack TobinJohn Thomas Tobin was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played in the Federal League with the St. Louis Terriers , and for the St. Louis Browns , Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox of the American League. Tobin batted and threw left-handed...
(1892-1969), major-league baseball right fielder - James TobinJames TobinJames Tobin was an American economist who, in his lifetime, served on the Council of Economic Advisors and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and taught at Harvard and Yale Universities. He developed the ideas of Keynesian economics, and advocated government intervention to...
(1918-2002), Nobel Prize-winning economist - James Tobin (political operative)James Tobin (political operative)James Tobin was President George W. Bush's New England campaign chairman. He was convicted on December 15, 2005, of telephone harassment "for his part in a plot to jam the Democratic Party's phones on Election Day 2002"...
, George W. Bush's 2004 New England campaign chairman - Jason TobinJason TobinJason Tobin, credited in Chinese as To Jun Wai , is a British-Chinese film and television actor.-Early life:He was born in Hong Kong where he attended the King George V School in Kowloon, Hong Kong; he is of mixed ancestry, being half English and half Chinese.-Partial filmography:His film...
, British-Chinese actor - Jesse TobinJesse TobinJames Tobin is an Australian host on children's and music programs on the Seven Network, and a weather presenter on Weekend Sunrise and reporter on Sunrise.-Career:...
, Australian TV personality - Jim TobinJim TobinJames Anthony Tobin, known as Abba Dabba, was a right-handed major league baseball pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Bees/Braves and Detroit Tigers from 1937 to 1945...
(1912-1969), baseball player - Jonathan S. TobinJonathan S. TobinJonathan S. Tobin is the senior online editor of Commentary magazine, a neo-Conservative monthly magazine covering politics, international affairs, Judaism and social, cultural and literary issues....
, American journalist - John Tobin (Boston City Councilor)John Tobin (Boston City Councilor)John M. Tobin, Jr. was Boston City Councilor elected as the District 6 representative to the Boston City Council in 2001 and was re-elected in 2003, 2005, and 2007...
(born 1969), American politician - John Tobin (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
- John Tobin (dramatist)John Tobin (dramatist)John Tobin was a British playwright, who was for most of his life unsuccessful, but in the year of his death made a hit with The Honey Moon...
(1770-1804), author of The Honeymoon - John Michael TobinJohn Michael TobinJohn Michael Tobin was an officer in the Union Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Malvern Hill during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(1841–1898), American Civil War officer - Johnny TobinJohnny TobinJohn Patrick Tobin, known as Johnny or Jackie , was a professional baseball player. He played one season in Major League Baseball for the 1945 Boston Red Sox, primarily as a third baseman....
(1921-1982), baseball player - Joseph TobinJoseph TobinJoseph Tobin is the Nadine Mathis Basha Professor of Education in the College of Education at Arizona State University. Tobin is an educational anthropologist and an early childhood education specialist. He received his B.A. Degree from Earlham College and his PhD in Human Development at the...
(born 1950), American early childhood education specialist - Julia TobinJulia TobinJulia Tobin is an English actress from Newcastle upon Tyne, and is best known for playing Brenda Hope in the comedy drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Joan of Arc in the music video for "Maid of Orleans" by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark...
, British actress - Kevin TobinKevin TobinKevin Tobin is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Murroe-Boher and with the Limerick senior inter-county team.-Club:...
(born 1981), Irish hurler - Laura TobinLaura TobinLaura Elizabeth Brown , is an English broadcast meteorologist, working for the United Kingdom Met Office and the BBC, producing BBC Weather reports for BBC Television and BBC Online....
(born 1981), British broadcast meteorologist - Liam TobinLiam TobinMajor General Liam Tobin was an Irish statesman and officer in the Irish Army. During the Irish War of Independence, he served as an IRA intelligence officer for Michael Collins' Squad.-Early life:...
(1890-?), Irish army officer - Sister Mary Luke TobinSister Mary Luke TobinSister Mary Luke Tobin, S.L., was an American Roman Catholic Religious Sister, and one of only 15 women auditors invited to the Second Vatican Council, and the only American woman of the three women religious permitted to participate on the Council's planning commissions.-Early life:Christened as...
(1908-2006), American Roman Catholic nun - Maurice J. TobinMaurice J. TobinMaurice Joseph Tobin was a Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, the 56th Governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts, and U.S. Secretary of Labor....
(1901-1953), U.S. governor and Secretary of Labor - Neil TobinNeil TobinNeil Tobin is a performer of magical and psychic entertainment.Since his performance material often involves themes of spirit contact—in addition to demonstrations of telepathy, precognition, magic, and even divination—he often performs as "Neil Tobin, Necromancer."-Live Performance:Since Friday...
(born 1966), American magician - Nettie TobinNettie TobinEsther Tobin, known as Nettie, was a widow and mother of two, who worked as a seamstress in Chicago around the turn of the 20th Century. Tobin, who wished to contribute to the construction of the Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois was not able to contribute monetarily...
, American Bahai - Orla TobinOrla TobinOrla Tobin was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1981. She was the winner of the 2003 Rose of Tralee contest. She formerly worked for Bank of Ireland, has been a member of the RTÉ youth choir Cór na nÓg and was featured as an extra in the film Veronica Guerin ....
(born 1981), Irish singer - Pat TobinPat TobinPat Tobin is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Murroe-Boher and was a member of the Limerick senior inter-county team from 2004 until 2008.-Club:...
(born 1982), Irish hurler - Paul E. Tobin, Jr.Paul E. Tobin, Jr.Rear Admiral Paul Edward Tobin, Jr., United States Navy, served as Oceanographer of the Navy from 1996 to 1998 and Director of Naval History from 2005 to 2008.-Early life and education:...
, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy - Peter TobinPeter TobinPeter Britton Tobin is a convicted Scottish serial killer and sex offender now serving a sentence of life imprisonment for the murders of three young women....
(born 1946), British serial killer - Peter J. TobinPeter J. TobinPeter J. Tobin served as Chief Financial Officer of the Chase Manhattan Corporation from 1996 to 1997. Prior to that he held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Chemical Bank from 1991 to 1996 and CFO of Manufacturers Hanover Trust from 1985 to 1991.He has led his companies through several...
, American businessman - Robert T. TobinRobert T. TobinRobert Terry Tobin was an African-American educator who became the first and, to date, only member of his race to have served as mayor of Minden, a small city of about 13,000 residents and the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
(1910-2007), African-American educator and politician - Robert TobinRobert TobinRobert "Rob" John Tobin is an English sprinter. He currently has a PB in the 400 m of 45.01 seconds.-Personal life:...
(born 1983), British sprinter - Stanley TobinStanley TobinStanley Gilbert Tobin was a farmer, businessman, teacher and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and a Member of the Canadian House of Commons....
(1871-1948), Canadian farmer and politician - Stephen TobinStephen TobinStephen Tobin was a Canadian merchant and political figure. He represented Halifax in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1874 as a Liberal member....
(1836-1905), Canadian political figure - Thomas TobinThomas TobinSir Thomas Tobin was a British merchant. He moved to Ballincollig in 1863 to become managing director of Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills...
(1807–1881), British business man - Thomas Joseph TobinThomas Joseph TobinThomas Joseph Tobin is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He serves as the eighth and current Bishop of Providence.-Early life and ordination:...
(born 1948), American Roman Catholic Bishop - Thomas Tate TobinThomas Tate TobinTom Tobin was an American adventurer, tracker, trapper, mountain man, guide, US Army scout, and occasional bounty hunter. Tobin explored much of southern Colorado, including the Pueblo area. He associated with men such as Kit Carson, "Uncle Dick" Wootton, Ceran St. Vrain, Charley Bent, John C....
(1823–1904), American adventurer and US Army scout - Tony TobinTony TobinTony Tobin is a celebrity chef who has been a regular on the BBC food show Ready Steady Cook since 1995. His other notable British TV appearances were as the presenter of the 13-part series Spice World and The Green Gourmet on the Carlton Food Channel...
, celebrity chef - Vince TobinVince TobinVincent Michael Tobin is a longtime American football coach and former head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. He is currently a special assistant to the Green Bay Packers.-College coaching career:...
, (born 1943) American football coach - William TobinWilliam TobinWilliam Joseph Tobin was an American newspaper journalist, reporter and editor. Tobin was the first correspondent for The Associated Press to be based in Juneau, Alaska.-Early life:...
, (1927-2009), news editor
Toibin
- Brendan TóibínBrendan ToibinBrendan Patrick Toibin is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Richmond. Brendan played at Monacan High School in Richmond, Virginia....
(born 1964), American football player - Colm TóibínColm TóibínColm Tóibín is a multi-award-winning Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic, and, most recently, poet.Tóibín is Leonard Milberg Lecturer in Irish Letters at Princeton University in New Jersey and succeeded Martin Amis as professor of creative writing at the...
(born 1955), Irish novelist - Niall TóibínNiall ToibinNiall Tóibín is an Irish comedian and actor. Born in Cork into an Irish speaking family, Tóibín grew up on the north-side of the city in Bishop's Field. He has appeared in Ryan's Daughter, Bracken, The Irish R.M., Caught in a Free State, Ballykissangel, Far and Away, and Veronica Guerin, and has...
(born 1929), Irish comedian and actor - Nioclás TóibínNioclas ToibinNioclás Tóibín was a Sean-nós singer from the Déise tradition of County Waterford in Ireland. Nioclas was winner of Corn Chomhlucht an Oideachais consecutively from 1961 to 1963. The corn is the principal national singing competition in Ireland....
(1928–1994), Irish traditional singer - Peadar TóibínPeadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He was elected as a Teachta Dála for the Meath West constituency at the 2011 general election....
, Irish politician
Tobin as a first name
- Tobin BellTobin BellTobin Bell is an American film and television character actor. After years of work doing stand-ins and background work on films, he got his first major acting job in Mississippi Burning and went on to star in made-for-television films and guest star in television shows throughout the 1990s.Bell...
, American actor - Tobin HeathTobin HeathTobin Powell Heath is an American soccer player, an Olympic Gold medalist, and a FIFA Women's World Cup Finalist. According to United States Soccer Federation, Heath is "perhaps the USA's most skillful player" and is "one of the team's best and most crafty dribblers"...
(born 1988), American soccer player - Tobin SorensonTobin SorensonTobin Sorenson was an American rock climber famed for establishing bold first ascents on Yosemite big walls, in the Alps, Canadian Rockies, and New Zealand.. A California native, Sorenson honed his climbing skills in Tahquitz, Joshua Tree National Park, and Yosemite Valley.Sorenson is considered...
, (1954-1980) - Tobin SproutTobin SproutTobin Sprout is an American artist and musician, best known for his contributions as a member of indie rock group Guided by Voices.-History:A self taught musician. From an early age he played with and was a major collaborator to the Dayton, OH band Guided By Voices...
, musician - Tobin Esperance, musician
Places in the United States
- Tobin, CaliforniaTobin, CaliforniaTobin is a census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States. The population was 12 at the 2010 census, up from 11 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Tobin is located at ....
- The Tobin BridgeTobin BridgeThe Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge is a cantilever truss bridge that spans more than two miles from Charlestown to Chelsea over the Mystic River in Massachusetts. The bridge is the largest in New England...
, near Boston, Massachusetts - The Tobin RangeTobin RangeThe Tobin Range is a mountain range in Pershing County, Nevada....
, a mountain range in Nevada - Tobin Township, Perry County, IndianaTobin Township, Perry County, IndianaTobin Township is one of seven townships in Perry County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 709.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Tobin Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and is water.-Unincorporated towns:* Dodd at * Gerald at *...
- Tobin, Wisconsin
Fictional characters
- Princess Tobin, a character in Melanie Rawn's fantasy novels of the Dragon Prince series
- Russ TobinRuss TobinRuss Tobin is a fictional character in a paperback book series by author Stanley Morgan. These books were written by Morgan in the late 1960's through to the late 1970's...
, a character in a book series by Stanley Morgan
Other uses
- The Breitmeyer-Tobin BuildingBreitmeyer-Tobin BuildingThe Harmonie Centre, also known as the Breitmeyer-Tobin Building, is an eight-story commercial building located at 1308 Broadway Street in Detroit, Michigan. It is part of the Broadway Avenue Historic District. It is also known as the Tobin Building. The building was listed on the National...
, also known as the Tobin building - Gilbert + TobinGilbert + TobinGilbert + Tobin is a corporate law firm headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with offices in Melbourne and Perth.Gilbert + Tobin was established in 1988 by Danny Gilbert and Tony Tobin and firm employs more than 400 lawyers and professionals...
, Australian law fim - Mundell-Tobin effectMundell-Tobin effectThe Mundell–Tobin effect suggests that nominal interest rates would rise less than one-for-one with inflation because in response to inflation the public would hold less in money balances and more in other assets, which would drive interest rates down...
, concerning interest rates - Tobin ArmsTobin ArmsTobin Arms was a firearms company started in 1905 in Norwich, Connecticut, USA. It produced side-by-side and double-barrel shotguns in various grades. The company moved to Woodstock, Ontario, Canada in 1909 or 1910. It then made shotguns until 1925 before shutting down.Frank Major Tobin was born in...
, American fire arms company - Tobin BronzeTobin BronzeTobin Bronze was an Australian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse who competed with great success during the 1960's.A chestnut son of Arctic Explorer from the Masthead mare Amarco he proved to be a crowd favourite due to his stunning good looks and winning 24 of his 44 Australian race starts.His...
, Australian racehourse - Tobin taxTobin taxA Tobin tax, suggested by Nobel Laureate economist James Tobin, was originally defined as a tax on all spot conversions of one currency into another...
, the currency exchange tax first proposed by James Tobin - Tobin's qTobin's qTobin's q was developed by James Tobin as the ratio between the market value and replacement value of the same physical asset:One, the numerator, is the market valuation: the going price in the market for exchanging existing assets. The other, the denominator, is the replacement or reproduction...
, a ratio developed by James Tobin