Tatum (surname)
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Tatum is a surname
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
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- Art TatumArt TatumArthur "Art" Tatum, Jr. was an American jazz pianist and virtuoso who played with phenomenal facility despite being nearly blind.Tatum is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time...
, American jazz pianist - Beverly Daniel Tatum, American university president
- Bradford TatumBradford TatumBradford Tatum is an American actor, known for his role as Michael Hubbs in the cult favorite stoner film, The Stoned Age . He also played the bully, John Box in controversial director Victor Salva's Powder . In 1999, Bradford wrote, directed, and starred in the indie film Standing on Fishes...
, American actor - Channing TatumChanning TatumChanning Matthew Tatum is an American actor and film producer. He began his career as a fashion model and appearing in television commercials for Pepsi and Mountain Dew before turning to film roles...
, American actor - Charles "Chuck" TatumCharles "Chuck" TatumCharles "Chuck" Tatum is a World War II veteran and a former racing driver.When Tatum was seventeen he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. He became a machine gunner under Sgt. John Basilone, and served in the Battle of Iwo Jima in Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine...
, American World War II veteran - Donn TatumDonn TatumDonn Tatum was the first non-Disney family member to be president of Walt Disney Productions. Tatum held senior executive positions with Disney for 25 years and was its chairman from 1971 until 1980. He then served as a director until 1992, when he was named "Director Emeritus"...
, American president of Walt Disney - Drederick Tatum, a fictional character on The SimpsonsThe SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
- Edward Lawrie TatumEdward Lawrie TatumEdward Lawrie Tatum was an American geneticist. He shared half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958 with George Wells Beadle for showing that genes control individual steps in metabolism...
, American geneticist - Jack TatumJack TatumJohn David Tatum was an American football defensive back who played ten seasons from 1971 through 1980 for the Oakland Raiders and Houston Oilers in the National Football League...
, American football player - John Tatum (disambiguation), multiple people
- Johnny TatumJohnny TatumJohnny Tatum was a famous rodeo clown and bullfighter. He toured the United States for many years entertaining crowds and protecting bullriders. Early in his career, he traveled to Japan with Casey Tibbs to promote the sport of rodeo in that country...
, American rodeo clown - Kelvin TatumKelvin TatumKelvin Martin Tatum MBE is a former British international motorcycle speedway and Grasstrack rider.-Career:...
, Former British speedway rider - Reece "Goose" Tatum, American basketball player