Thomas Baker

Thomas Baker or Tom Baker may refer to:

Politicians

• Thomas Cheseman or Thomas Baker (ca. 1488–1536 or later), MP for Rye
• Thomas Baker (died 1625), MP
• Tom Baker (Nebraska politician) (born 1948), member of Nebraska Legislature
• Thomas Guillaume St. Barbe Baker, Fascist activist and former British Army and RAF officer

Sports

• Thomas Baker (cricketer) (born 1981), cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
• Tom Baker (footballer, born 1934), Wales international football player, commonly called George
• Tom Baker (bowler) (born 1954)
• Tom Baker (1930s pitcher) (1913–1991), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants
• Tom Baker (1960s pitcher) (1934–1980), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
• Tom Baker (footballer, born 1905) (1905–?), British footballer
• Thomas Southey Baker (1848–1902), English amateur rower and footballer

Military

• Thomas Baker (Royal Navy officer) (1771–1845), Royal Navy admiral
• Thomas Durand Baker (1837–1893), Quartermaster-General to the Forces
• Thomas Baker (Medal of Honor) (1916–1944), World War II Medal of Honor recipient
• Thomas Baker (Peasants' Revolt leader) (died 1381), English landowner
• Thomas Baker (aviator) (1897–1918), Australian soldier and aviator of the First World War

Religion

• Thomas Baker (missionary) (died 1867), Christian missionary cannibalised in Fiji
• Sir Thomas Baker (Unitarian) (1810-1886), Unitarian minister and Mayor of Manchester
• Tom Baker (priest) (1920–2000), Anglican clergyman
• Tom Baker, Lutheran pastor and radio host on KFUO-AM

Actors

• Tom Baker (English actor) (born 1934), played The Doctor on Doctor Who from 1974 to 1981
• Tom Baker (American actor) (1940–1982)

Education

• Tom Baker (professor), law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Thomas E. Baker, professor of Constitutional law and former administrative assistant to William Rehnquist
• Thomas Baker (college president) (1871–1939), president of Carnegie Mellon University

Others

• Thomas Baker (antiquarian) (1656–1740), English antiquarian
• Thomas Baker (artist) (1809–1864), English landscape painter and watercolourist
• Thomas Baker (attorney) (c. 1680–1749), English attorney and author of Fine Lady's Airs
• Thomas Baker (musician), composer and producer of musical stage productions
• Thomas Baker (mathematician) (ca. 1625–1689)
• Thomas Baker (dramatist), English dramatist

Characters

• Tom Baker (24 character)
• DC Tom Baker, a character on The Bill
• Tom Baker, protagonist in the 2003 film Cheaper by the Dozen and its sequel

Songs

• "Tom Baker", a song by Human League on some versions of Travelogue