Researching Tom Scott
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The name Tom means "Form of THOMAS. a twin" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Tom Scott on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Tom Scott and the Scott Family History
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Some Famous People called Tom Scott
Tom Everett Scott
Thomas Everett Scott (born September 7, 1970) is an American actor. His film work includes a starring role as drummer Guy Patterson in the film That Thing You Do!, the protagonist in An American Werewolf in Paris, and notable roles in Boiler Room, One True Thing, Dead Man on Campus, The Love Letter, Because I Said So, Danger One, La La Land, and Clouds.
In television, he is well known for his role as Detective Russell Clarke in the television series Southland, Charles Garnett in Z Nation, and for his recurring roles as Eric Wyczenski in ER, Sam Landon in Beauty & the Beast, Kevin Duval in Scream, William in Reign, and Mr. Down in 13 Reasons Why. He co-starred in the truTV sitcom I'm Sorry with Andrea Savage.
Source: Tom Everett Scott, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaTom Scott (Canadian football)
Tom Scott (born November 19, 1951) is a former Canadian Football League receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Edmonton Eskimos and Calgary Stampeders. He was drafted in the 1973 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. In an 11-year professional career from 1974–1984, he caught 649 passes for 10,837 yards and 88 touchdowns. Scott was a part of five Grey Cup winning teams with the Eskimos. He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, where he was inducted in 1998.
Born and raised in northern California, Scott played college football at the University of Washington in Seattle, alongside quarterback Sonny Sixkiller.
Source: Tom Scott (Canadian football), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaTom Scott (linebacker)
Thomas Coster Scott (September 3, 1930 – August 31, 2015) was an American football linebacker and defensive end in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants. He played college football at the University of Virginia, where he was an All-American as an offensive and defensive end. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979. Scott was also an elite lacrosse player and was Virginia's first two-sport All-American. He was also on the U.Va. baseball and basketball squads.
Scott died on August 31, 2015.
Source: Tom Scott (linebacker), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaTom Scott (poet)
Tom Scott (6 June 1918 – 7 August 1995) was a Scottish poet, editor, and prose writer. His writing is closely tied to the New Apocalypse, the New Romantics, and the Scottish Renaissance.
Scott was born in Glasgow, Scotland. During World War II he served in the British Army in Britain and Nigeria. After the war he received an M.A. with Honours in English Literature and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. His first poems were published in 1941. Scott received an Atlantic Award for Literature in 1950 and traveled in France, Italy, and Sicily. During his travels he became interested in literature in Scots, his own native language, which shaped the direction of his work for the rest of his life.
He settled in Edinburgh and in 1953 married Heather Fretwell. He died on 6 June 1995 at the age of 77.
Source: Tom Scott (poet), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaTom Scott (coach)
Tom Scott (January 6, 1908 – November 24, 1993) was a head coach of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team from 1946–1952. While at UNC, Scott amassed a record of 100–65. His last two teams at UNC had losing records and he was consequently replaced by Frank McGuire as head coach.
A graduate of Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg (now Pittsburg State University) in 1930, Scott also coached at Concordia-Moorhead, Central Missouri State, and Davidson College and also serving as Davidson's Athletic Director from 1955 to 1974. As ADat Davidson he hired both Lefty Driesell and Terry Holland as head basketball coaches. He also coached the Davidson golf team to five Southern Conference championships. He was a chairman of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's basketball committee. Scott was inducted into the Davidson Athletics Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Central Missouri State Hall of Fame in 1993.
Source: Tom Scott (coach), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaTom Scott (businessman)
Tom Scott (born February 2, 1966) is an American entrepreneur best known as the CEO and co-founder of Nantucket Nectars, a beverage company Scott founded with Tom First in 1989. The company reached national prominence, appearing on the “Inc. 500” list of fastest growing U.S. companies five years in a row. In 2002, Scott and his partner sold Nantucket Nectars to Cadbury Schweppes.
The success of "Tom and Tom," as the business duo became known, has become a piece of modern business lore. The story of how Scott and First grew their brand is the subject of a popular Harvard Business School case study, which was published in 1998 by Jon Biotti, Joseph Lassiter, William A. Sahlman.
Scott currently serves as CEO of The Nantucket Project, an annual conference that takes place on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket.
Source: Tom Scott (businessman), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Scott
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