Tom Dooley
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Tom Dooley or Thomas Dooley may refer to:
- Tom DulaTom DulaThomas C. Dula was a former Confederate soldier, who was tried, convicted, and hanged for the murder of his fiancée, Laura Foster. The trial and hanging received national publicity from newspapers such as The New York Times, thus turning Dula's story into a folk legend...
, American legend hanged in North Carolina after the Civil War- Tom Dooley (song)Tom Dooley (song)"Tom Dooley" is an old North Carolina folk song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina. It is best known today because of a hit version recorded in 1958 by The Kingston Trio. This version was a multi-format hit, reaching #1 in Billboard, the...
, American folksong based upon the above incident
- Tom Dooley (song)
- Thomas Anthony Dooley III (1927–1961), American humanitarian who worked in Laos and Vietnam
- Dr Tom Dooley FundDr Tom Dooley FundThe Dr Tom Dooley Fund was started in Ireland in 1961 in tribute to the work of the humanitarian Dr. Tom Dooley. It continues his work for sick people in the Developing World.The fund is based in Dublin and is intentionally small...
, Irish charity named after the humanitarian
- Dr Tom Dooley Fund
- Thomas E. DooleyThomas E. DooleyThomas E. Dooley is chief operating officer of Viacom. He was named COO in May 2010. He had previously held the position of senior executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer....
, American media executive - Thomas P. DooleyThomas P. DooleyThomas P. Dooley, PhD, is the author of Praying Faith, Hope When Everything Seems Hopeless, and Half-Truths are Lies,. He is the founder and President of Path Clearer Inc., and has been a co-founder and/or board member of various Judeo-Christian ministries and other nonprofit organizations...
, Judeo-Christian author, biomedical scientist, inventor - Tom Dooley (American football official) (born 1934)
- Thomas Dooley (born 1961), retired German-American footballer
- Tom Dooley (editor) (born 1970), American magazine editor