Irving Grant Thalberg

(May 30, 1899, Brooklyn, New York-September 14, 1936, Santa Monica, California). American pioneer film producer. Husband of Norma Shearer. The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Academy Award is named for him.

Michael Tilson Thomas

(December 21, 1944, Los Angeles, California-Alive). American conductor, pianist and composer. Principal Conductor, London Symphony Orchestra, 1987-1995. Music Director, San Francisco Symphony, 1995-Current.

Jacobo ben Nathan Timerman

(January 6, 1923, Bar, Ukraine-November 11, 1999, Buenos Aires, Argentina). Ukrainian-Argentinian journalist, author and publisher. Editor and Publisher, La Opinion. Arrested, tortured and imprisoned by Argentinian authorities for his criticisms of the human rights record of the government, April 15, 1977-1979. In exile from Argentina, 1979-1984.

Melvin Howard "Mel" Torme

September 13, 1925, Chicago, Illinois-June 5, 1999, Los Angeles, California). American jazz singer, composer, arranger, actor and author.

Nina Totenberg

(January 14, 1944, Boston, Massachusetts-Alive). American radio news correspondent. Legal affairs correspondent, National Public Radio. Widow of U.S. Senator Floyd Haskell. Wife of H. David Reines. Noted for her coverage of Anita Hill and the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

Leon Trotsky

(November 7, 1879, Uanovka, Ukraine-August 21, 1940, Mexico City, Mexico). Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. Born Lev Davidovich Bronstein. People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, 1917-1918. People's Commissar of the Army, 1918-1925. Rival of Josef Stalin following the death of Vladimir Lenin. Expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, 1927, and deported from Russia, 1929. Assassinated with an ice pick by Ramon Mercader, a Soviet agent, Mexico City, Mexico, August 21, 1940.

Tevi David Troy

(March, 1967, Queens Village, New York-Alive). Special Assistant to the President, Deputy Cabinet Secretary, and Liaison to the Jewish Community, 2003-2004. Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, 2005-2007. Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, 2007-Current

Richard Tucker

(August 28, 1913, Brooklyn, New York-January 8, 1975, Kalamazoo, Michigan). American tenor. Born Ruvn Ticker. Cantor, Brooklyn Jewish Center. Sang with the Metropolitan Opera, 1945-1975.

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Sophie Tucker

(January 13, 1884, Russia-February 9, 1966, New York, New York). Russian-American singer and comedian. Born Sophia Kalish (later changed to Sophia Abuza). Briefly married to Louis Tuck and took the stage name of Sophie Tucker. Known as the "Last of the Red Hot Mamas."

Scott Turow

(April 12, 1949, Chicago, Illinois-Alive). American author and attorney. Noted for his legal thrillers.

Harry Turtledove

(June 14, 1949, Los Angeles, California-Alive). American historian and novelist. Noted for his historical, fantasy and science fiction novels, especially those works dealing with alternate history Sometimes uses the pseudonyms "Eric G. Iverson" and "Mark Gordian.".