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Tadd is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Tadd Dameron (1917–1965), American jazz composer, arranger, and pianist *Tadd Fujikawa (born 1991), American golfer *Tadd Roosevelt (1879–1958), American heir and automobile worker See also *Tad (given name) *Tedd (given name) Tedd is a given name. It is often a re-spelling of "Ted (other), Ted" which, in turn, is a traditional nickname for people named Theodore (name), Theodore or Edward. Those bearing the given name include: * Tedd (1904–1991), American edi ...
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Tadd Dameron
Tadley Ewing Peake Dameron (February 21, 1917 – March 8, 1965) was an American jazz composer, arranger, and pianist. Biography Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dameron was the most influential arranger of the bebop era, but also wrote charts for swing and hard bop players. The bands he arranged for included those of Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Jimmie Lunceford, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine, and Sarah Vaughan. In 1940-41 he was the piano player and arranger for the Kansas City band Harlan Leonard and his Rockets. He and lyricist Carl Sigman wrote " If You Could See Me Now" for Sarah Vaughan and it became one of her first signature songs. According to the composer, his greatest influences were George Gershwin and Duke Ellington. In the late 1940s, Dameron wrote arrangements for Gillespie's big band, who gave the première of his large-scale orchestral piece ''Soulphony in Three Hearts'' at Carnegie Hall in 1948. Also in 1948, Dameron led his own group in New York, which included F ...
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Tadd Fujikawa
Tadd Fujikawa (born January 8, 1991) is an American professional golfer. Playing as an amateur at age 15, he qualified for the 2006 U.S. Open, the youngest golfer ever to do so. In 2007, at age 16 and 4 days, he made the cut in a PGA Tour event at the Sony Open in Hawaii, the second youngest player to ever achieve that feat. As of April 2013, he is the third youngest. In September 2018, Fujikawa came out as gay, becoming the first male professional golfer to do so. Early life Fujikawa was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was born three months premature and doctors gave him a 50-50 chance of survival. He weighed 1 pound, 15 ounces and was so small that he could fit in his grandfather's palm. His parents worried that he would grow up with a mental disability. Partially as a result of his premature birth, at age 18 Fujikawa stood tall. As of March 2007 he stated his weight was 150 pounds. Amateur career In 2006 aged 15, Fujikawa qualified for the U.S. Open at Winged Foot by winning t ...
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Tadd Roosevelt
James Roosevelt "Tadd" Roosevelt Jr. (August 20, 1879 – June 7, 1958) was an American heir and automobile worker. Early life James Roosevelt Roosevelt Jr. was born on August 20, 1879. He was the son of diplomat James Roosevelt "Rosey" Roosevelt (1854–1927) of the Roosevelt family and Helen Schermerhorn (née Astor) Roosevelt (1855–1893) of the Astor family. He had one sister, Helen Rebecca Roosevelt (1881–1962). Among his large and prominent family were uncles Franklin Delano Roosevelt (who was actually three years younger than Tadd), who later became President of the United States, and Colonel John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV, who died during the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic''. Tadd's paternal grandparents were businessman James Roosevelt I and Rebecca Brien (née Howland) Roosevelt, while his maternal grandparents were businessman William Backhouse Astor Jr. and socialite Caroline (née Schermerhorn) Astor, who was known as ''the'' " Mrs. Astor". He and Franklin both ...
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Tad (given Name)
Tad is a male given name or shortened version of Tadhg, Thaddeus, Thomas or other names. It may refer to: People * Tad Boyle (born 1963), University of Colorado men's basketball head coach and former player * Tad Crawford (born 1984), Canadian Football League player * Tad Devine (born 1955), American political consultant * Tad Dorgan (1877–1929), American cartoonist * Edward T. Foote II (born 1937), fourth president of the University of Miami * Tad Gormley (1884–1965), Louisiana State University men's basketball head coach and trainer * Tad Hilgenbrink (born 1981), American actor * Tad Jones (politician) (born 1972), American politician * Tad Kornegay (born 1982), collegiate football and Canadian Football League player * Tad Lincoln (1853–1871), youngest son of Abraham and Mary Lincoln * Tad J. Oelstrom (born 1943), retired US Air Force lieutenant general * Tad Mosel (1922–2008), American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and dramatist * Tad Richards (born 1940), ...
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