Tyson
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- Alan TysonAlan TysonAlan Walker Tyson was a British musicologist who specialized in studies of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven...
(1926-2000), British musicologist - Barbara TysonBarbara TysonBarbara Tyson is a Canadian actress known for appearing in hit TV series Cold Squad, ER and The Twilight Zone.-Filmography:*Wolf Canyon as Carol / Mayor Wyatt*Revolution as Anna...
(born 1964), Canadian actress - Bill TysonBill TysonBill Tyson is a multi-award winning Irish writer and producer.-Financial Journalism :Hard hitting investigative journalism into controversial lending practices at the was the highlight of Tyson's stint as finance reporter with the Irish Independent . For this five-year campaign under unrelenting...
, Irish writer and producer - Cathy TysonCathy TysonCatherine "Cathy" Tyson is an English stage, film and television actress.-Early life:The daughter of a Trinidadian barrister father and an English social worker mother, Tyson and her family moved to Liverpool when she was approximately two years old.-Career:Tyson attended the Everyman Youth...
(born 1965), British actress - Cicely TysonCicely TysonCicely Tyson is an American actress. A successful stage actress, Tyson is also known for her Oscar-nominated role in the film Sounder and the television movies The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and Roots....
(born 1933), American actress - Donald Tyson (born 1954), Canadian author of occult literature
- Donald J. TysonDonald J. TysonDonald John Tyson was an American businessman who was the President and CEO of Tyson Foods during its rise to the top of the food business.-Early life:Don Tyson was born in Olathe, Kansas...
(born 1930), American business executive and billionaire - Edward TysonEdward TysonEdward Tyson was a British scientist and physician, commonly regarded as the founder of modern comparative anatomy, which compares the anatomy between species....
(1650-1708), English scientist and physician - Frank TysonFrank TysonFrank Holmes Tyson is an England cricketer of the 1950s who became a journalist and cricket commentator after he emigrated to Australia in 1960. Nicknamed "Typhoon Tyson" by the press he was regarded by many commentators as one of the fastest bowlers ever seen in cricket and took 76 wickets in...
(born 1930), English cricketer - Ian TysonIan TysonIan Tyson CM, AOE is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known for his song "Four Strong Winds". He was also one half of the duo Ian & Sylvia.-Career:Tyson was born to British immigrants in Victoria in 1933, and grew up in Duncan B.C...
(born 1933), Canadian musician - Isaac TysonIsaac TysonIsaac Tyson, Jr. was a Quaker businessman from Baltimore, Maryland, who held a virtual monopoly on world supplies of chromium minerals during the mid-19th century....
(1792-1861), American mining industrialist - Jacob TysonJacob TysonJacob Tyson was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:Tyson attended the common schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law. He was Supervisor of the Town of Castleton, Staten Island from 1811 to 1821...
(1773-1848), American politician - James TysonJames TysonJames Tyson was an Australian pastoralist. He is regarded as Australia's first self-made millionaire. His name became a byword for reticence, wealth and astute dealing....
(1819-1898), Australian pastoralist - John M. TysonJohn M. TysonJohn Marsh Tyson is an American judge, who currently serves as a Recall Judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, after completing an eight-year statewide elected term, and as an Emergency Superior Court Judge. At Tyson & Associates, he practiced landlord-tenant, land use, and real property...
(born 1953), American judge - June TysonJune TysonJune Tyson was a jazz singer.She performed with keyboardist and bandleader Sun Ra regularly, from at least the early 1970s to her death. Tyson was diagnosed with cancer and grew increasingly ill...
(1936-1992), American jazz singer - Keith TysonKeith TysonKeith Tyson is a British artist. In 2002, he was the winner of the Turner Prize. His work is concerned with an interest in generative systems, and an embrace of the complexity and interconnectedness of existence...
(born 1969), British artist - Laura Tyson (born 1947), American economist and presidential adviser
- Liam TysonLiam TysonLiam "Skin" Tyson is an English guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist for Liverpool band Cast.Prior to joining Cast, Tyson played in the band 'Pyramid Dream' who played around Liverpool in the late 80's and early 90's...
(born 1969), British guitarist - Lawrence TysonLawrence TysonLawrence Davis Tyson was an American general, politician and textile manufacturer, operating primarily out of Knoxville, Tennessee, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He commanded the 59th Brigade of the 30th Infantry during World War I, and served as a Democratic United States...
(1861-1929), American politician - Mike TysonMike TysonMichael Gerard "Mike" Tyson is a retired American boxer. Tyson is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles, he was 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old...
(born 1966), American boxer and former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world - Mike Tyson (baseball)Mike Tyson (baseball)Michael Ray Tyson , is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop. He played in the majors from to for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs....
(born 1950), American baseball player - Nathan TysonNathan TysonNathan Tyson is an English professional football striker, who is currently playing for Derby County.-Reading:...
(born 1982), English football player - Neil deGrasse TysonNeil deGrasse TysonNeil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, a science communicator, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and a Research Associate in the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History...
(born 1958), American astrophysicist - Paul TysonPaul TysonPaul Leighton Tyson was an American football coach. He is one of the most successful high school football coaches of all time, winning four Texas state championships and one mythical national championship in the 1920s...
(1886-1950), American football coach - Richard TysonRichard TysonRichard Martin Tyson is an American actor.-Biography:His most prominent role was as the villain Cullen Crisp, Sr. in Kindergarten Cop co-starring alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger. He also starred as high school bully Buddy Revell in the 1987 comedy Three O'Clock High...
(born 1956), American actor - Ron TysonRon TysonRon Tyson is an American tenor/falsetto singer and songwriter. Tyson is the current tenor for long-lived singing group The Temptations, filling the role made famous by Eddie Kendricks in the 1960s.-Biography:...
(born 1948), American singer - Sarah Tyson RorerSarah Tyson RorerSarah Tyson Rorer was an American pioneer in the field of domestic science.-Biography:She was born at Richboro, Pa., daughter of Charles Tyson Heston, a pharmacist, and Elizabeth Sagers. Rorer received her early education in East Aurora, New York, and was educated in cooking at the New Century...
(1849-1937), American writer - Stuart Tyson SmithStuart Tyson SmithDr. Stuart Tyson Smith, Ph.D., is an Egyptologist best known for his reconstruction of the ancient Egyptian language for the films Stargate and The Mummy. He is currently a professor in the Anthropology department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his specialty is the...
, American Egyptologist - Sylvia TysonSylvia TysonSylvia Tyson, CM , is a musician, performer, singer-songwriter and broadcaster. From 1959 to 1974, she was half of the popular folk duo Ian & Sylvia with Ian Tyson....
(born 1940), Canadian musician - Tiger TysonTiger TysonTiger Tyson is an American gay pornography actor, model and director, noted for his appearances in ethnic-themed adult films, where he performs regularly as a top. He has also worked as a male escort and gogo dancer, and appears frequently in gay-themed publications...
(born 1977), American pornographic actor - Timothy Tyson (born 1959), American historian
- Turkey TysonTurkey TysonCecil Washington Tyson was a Major League Baseball player. The 29-year-old rookie stood 6'5½" and weighed 225 lbs....
(1914-2000), American baseball player - Ty TysonTy TysonEdwin L. "Ty" Tyson was an American sports broadcaster and radio play-by-play announcer.-Early life:Tyson was born in Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania and he attended Penn State University. As a young man, he played ball and acted in nearby Tyrone, Pennsylvania. While acting in a play, he met another...
(1888-1968), American sports broadcaster
First name
- Tyson BallouTyson BallouTyson Brett Ballou is a male model. Discovered by the modeling agency, Page Parkes, he has become one of the industry's most sought-after male models.-Career:...
(born 1976), American male model - Tyson BeckfordTyson BeckfordTyson Craig Beckford is an American male model and actor, best known as a Ralph Lauren model. He was also the host of both seasons of the Bravo program Make Me a Supermodel.-Biography:...
(born 1970), American male model - Tyson ChandlerTyson ChandlerTyson Cleotis Chandler is an American professional basketball center who most recently played for the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA. He was also a member of the United States men's national basketball team.-High school:...
(born 1982), American basketball player - Tyson DuxTyson DuxTyson Moody is a Canadian professional wrestler, known by his ring name Tyson Dux , and is currently wrestling for various independent promotions. He is the nephew of martial artist Frank Dux-Career:...
(born 1978), Canadian professional wrestler - Tyson Edwards (footballer) (born 1976), Australian football player
- Tyson FuryTyson FuryLuke Tyson Fury is an Irish professional boxer who fights in the heavyweight division. He has represented both Ireland and England at amateur level and won the ABA championship in 2008 before turning professional later that year...
(born 1988), British boxer - Tyson GayTyson GayTyson Gay is an American track and field sprinter. His primary events are the 100 meters and 200 meters. His personal bests establish him as the second fastest athlete in the 100 meters and the fifth fastest athlete in the history of the 200 meters, with times of 9.69 and...
(born 1982), American sprinter - Tyson GriffinTyson GriffinTyson Lee Griffin is an American mixed martial artist from Albany, California. Griffin currently fights as a Featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship .-Early life:...
(born 1984), American mixed martial artist - Tyson Kidd (born 1980), Canadian professional wrestler
- Tyson Mao (born 1984 ), American Rubik's Cube solver
- Tyson MeadeTyson MeadeTyson Todd Meade is best known as the singer and principal songwriter for Norman, Oklahoma-based alternative rock groups Defenestration and the Chainsaw Kittens...
(born 1963), American musician - Tyson NashTyson NashTyson Scott Nash is a former ice hockey left winger. He announced his retirement on September 11, 2008. He last played for the Nippon Paper Cranes in Japan during the 2007–08 season....
(born 1975), Canadian ice hockey player - Tyson RitterThe All-American RejectsThe All-American Rejects are an American rock band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1999. The band consists of lead vocalist and bass guitarist Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist, Nick Wheeler, rhythm guitarist, Mike Kennerty, and drummer Chris Gaylor....
(born 1984), American musician - Tyson Smith (American football) (born 1981), American football player
- Tyson Smith (born 1983), Canadian wrestler
- Tyson StengleinTyson StengleinTyson Stenglein is an Australian rules footballer, who played for the Adelaide Crows and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League .- Adelaide career :...
(born 1980), Australian football player - Tyson ThompsonTyson ThompsonTyson Calvin Thompson is a gridiron football running back who is currently a member of the Allen Wranglers of the Indoor Football League. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at San Jose State.-Early years:Thompson played high school...
(born 1981), American football player - Tyson TomkoTravis TomkoTravis David Tomko is an American professional wrestler, known by his ring name Tomko, who most recently worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he previously was a member of Christian's Coalition and the Angle Alliance and often worked alongside A.J. Styles. He was also notable for his...
(born 1976), American professional wrestler - Tyson WahlTyson WahlTyson Wahl is an American soccer player who currently plays for Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer.-Youth and College:...
(born 1984), American soccer player - Tyson WalterTyson WalterTyson Barrett Walter is a former American football player who played offensive tackle and center in the National Football League. The Dallas Cowboys drafted Walter in the sixth round of the 2002 NFL Draft...
(born 1978), American football player
Fictional characters
- Tyson GrangerTyson GrangerTyson Granger, known in Japan as ', is the main character of the anime and manga series of Beyblade.-About Tyson:Tyson is a strong-willed kid who is not afraid to speak his mind and in so doing, he seems to get into more trouble than most kids his age...
, fictional character in the manga series Beyblade - Tyson (Pokémon), two fictional characters in the anime series Pokémon
- Tyson the CyclopsTyson the CyclopsTyson is a fictional character in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. He is a cyclops and the half brother of the protagonist of the series, Percy Jackson, with whom he shares a father, Poseidon. He first appears as a homeless boy in the second book of the series, The Sea of...
, fictional character in the Percy Jackson & The Olympians novels by Rick Riordan - Tyson Rios, fictional character in the video game Army of TwoArmy of TwoArmy of Two is a third person shooter video game developed and published by Electronic Arts. It was released on March 4, 2008 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles. The game is centered upon two mercenaries fighting through war, political turmoil, and a conspiracy from 1993 to 2009...
- Kyla TysonKyla TysonKyla Tyson is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama Holby City, portrayed by actress Rakie Ayola. She appeared from 7 February 2006 to 9 December 2008, from the series eight episode "I'll Be Back" to the series eleven episode "Sweet Bitter Love"...
, fictional character in the television series Holby City
Films
- Tyson (1995 film)Tyson (1995 film)Tyson is a 1995 television film based on the life of American heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson. Directed by Uli Edel, it is an adaptation of the 1987 book Fire and Fear: The Inside Story of Mike Tyson by José Torres, former boxer and former chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission...
, HBO television movie about heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson - Tyson (2008 film), 2008 documentary about Mike Tyson
Places
- Tysons GalleriaTysons GalleriaTysons Galleria is an upscale three-level super-regional mall owned by General Growth Properties located at 2001 International Drive, McLean, Virginia, in Tysons Corner.-History:...
, shopping mall - Tyson Lake, Yellow Medicine County, MinnesotaYellow Medicine County, Minnesota-External links:***...
- Tyson Research Center, biological field station in Missouri
- Tyson WashTyson WashTyson Wash is one of the larger eastern-bank dry washes that enter the Colorado River in western Arizona. It drains the La Posa Plain south-to-north and is also coincident with the Plain, ....
, Arizona - Tyson Event Center/ Gateway Arena, Sioux City, Iowa
- 13123 Tyson13123 Tyson13123 Tyson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 16, 1994 by C. S. Shoemaker and D. H. Levy at Palomar Observatory. It is named after Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium.- External links :*...
, an asteroid
Other uses
- Tyson FoodsTyson FoodsTyson Foods, Inc. is a multinational corporation based in Springdale, Arkansas, that operates in the food industry. The company is the world's second largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef, and pork only behind Brazilian JBS S.A., and annually exports the largest percentage of beef out of...
, multinational agribusiness corporation - Tyson (dog)Tyson (dog)Tyson is a bulldog that is famous for his ability to skateboard. He has appeared on numerous TV shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and Rob & Big , and has been featured on Internet video sites such as YouTube. His owner, Jim Blauvelt says that the dog was self-taught, starting in Huntington...
, skateboarding bulldog - Tyson turbineTyson turbineThe Tyson Turbine is a hydropower system that extracts power from the flow of water. This design doesn't need a casement, as it is inserted directly into flowing water. It consists of a propeller mounted below a raft, driving a power system, typically a generator, on top of the raft by belt or gear...
, a hydropower system - Tyson MedalTyson MedalThe Tyson Medal is a prize awarded for the best performance in subjects relating to astronomy at the University of Cambridge. It is currently awarded for achievement in the CASM examinations in years when there is a candidate deserving of the prize...
, an astronomy prize at the University of Cambridge - T.Y.S.O.N.T.Y.S.O.N."T.Y.S.O.N." is a poem by Banjo Paterson, first published in The Australasian Pastoralists' Review on 15 December 1898.James Tyson was an Australian pastoralist and is regarded as Australia's first self-made millionaire...
, a poem published in 1898