Thomas Baker
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Thomas or Tom Baker may refer to:
Entertainment
Thomas Baker (dramatist) (c. 1680–1749), English dramatist and lawyer
Thomas Baker (musician) (c. 1820–1888), English composer and producer of musical stage productions
Tom Baker (born 1934), British actor who played The Doctor in Doctor Who from 1974 to 1981
Tom Baker (American actor) (1940–1982), American actor
Military
Sir Thomas Baker (Royal Navy officer) (1771–1845), British admiral
Sir Thomas Durand Baker (1837–1893), British general
Thomas Baker (aviator) (1897–1918), Australian soldier and aviator of the First World War
Thomas Baker (Medal of Honor) (1916–1944), American World War II Medal of Honor recipient
Thomas Baker (American general) (born 1935), United States Air Force general
Politics
Thomas Cheseman (or Thomas Baker, c. 1488–c. 1536), English Member of Parliament for Rye, 1523
Thomas Baker (Arundel MP) (died 1625), English Member of Parliament for Arundel, 1601
Sir Thomas Baker (mayor of Plymouth) (died 1926), mayor of Plymouth, England, 1913–1916
Thomas Guillaume St Barbe Baker (1895–1966), British Fascist
Tom Baker (Nebraska politician) (born 1948), member of the Nebraska Legislature
Thomas G. Baker Jr. (1956–2016), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Thomas Baker (Alaska politician) (born 1995), Alaska state representative
Religion
Sir Thomas Baker (Unitarian) (1810–1886), English Unitarian minister and mayor of Manchester
Thomas Baker (missionary) (1832–1867), English Christian missionary cannibalised in Fiji
Thomas Nelson Baker Sr. (1860–1941), African-American minister, author and philosopher
Tom Baker (priest) (1920–2000), English Anglican clergyman
Sports
Thomas Southey Baker (1848–1902), English amateur rower and footballer
Tom Baker (footballer, born 1905) (1905–1975), English footballer
Tom Baker (1930s pitcher) (1913–1991), American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants
Tom Baker (1960s pitcher) (1934–1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
George Baker (footballer) (Thomas George Baker, 1936–2024), Welsh footballer
Tom Baker (bowler) (born 1954), American bowler
Thomas Baker (cricketer) (born 1981), English cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Science and academia
Thomas Baker (mathematician) (c.
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