Tubby is a nickname and surname and may refer to:

People

Nickname

Tubby Clayton The Reverend Philip Thomas Byard Clayton (12 December 1885 – 16 December 1972), known as "Tubby" Clayton, was an Anglican clergyman and the founder of Toc H. Life and career Philip Clayton was born in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, ...

(1885–1972), Anglican clergyman, founder of the Christian movement Toc H *

Michael Lindsay Coulton Crawford Captain Michael Lindsay Coulton "Tubby" Crawford DSC & Bar (27 June 1917 – 28 June 2017) was an officer in the Royal Navy and submariner. Early life and family Michael Lindsay Coulton Crawford was born near Cuckfield, Sussex, England, to Walt ...

(1917–2017), Second World War Royal Navy officer and submariner *

A. A. Englander Adolf Arthur Englander, BSC (15 July 1916 – 29 January 2004) was a British television cinematographer. He was one of the first film cameramen to work seriously in the field of television in the UK, which for much of its early period almos ...

(1915–2004), British television cinematographer * D. V. Graves (1886–1960), American college head coach in baseball, football and basketball * Tubby Hall (1895–1945), American jazz drummer *

Tubby Hayes Edward Brian "Tubby" Hayes (30 January 1935 – 8 June 1973) was an English jazz multi-instrumentalist, best known for his tenor saxophone playing in groups with fellow sax player Ronnie Scott and with trumpeter Jimmy Deuchar. Early life H ...

(1935–1973), English jazz musician * Tubby Howard (1894–1969), American National Football League player *

Frank W. Lockwood Frank Wayne "Tubby" Lockwood (July 14, 1890 – June 7, 1954) was an All-Southern college football guard for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University. Early years Frank Wayne Lockwood was born on July 14, 1890, in Anniston, Alabam ...

(1890–1954), American college football player *

Tubby Meyers Melvin J. "Tubby" Meyers (September 5, 1887 – May 2, 1940), sometimes spelled "Myers," was an American college football player and coach. He was the first head coach and first captain of the Western State Normal football program, holding both t ...

(1887–1940), American college football player and coach *

Tubby Raskin Morris "Tubby" Raskin (Hebrew: מוריס "טאבי" רסקין; January 8, 1902 – September 9, 1981) was an American basketball player and coach. He played for the Brooklyn Arcadians in the American Basketball League (ABL). He later coache ...

(1902–1981), American basketball player and coach *

Tubby Raymond Harold R. "Tubby" Raymond (November 14, 1926 – December 8, 2017) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Delaware from 1966 to 2001, compiling a record of 300–119–3 ...

(born 1926), American college football and baseball player and College Football Hall of Fame coach * George Scales (1900–1976), American Negro league baseball player and manager * Tubby Schmalz (1916–1981), Canadian ice hockey administrator * Tubby Spencer (1884–1945), American Major League Baseball catcher *

Tubby Smith Orlando Henry "Tubby" Smith (born June 30, 1951) is an American college basketball coach. He was the men's basketball coach at High Point University, his alma mater. Smith previously served in the same role at the University of Tulsa, the Unive ...

(born 1951), American college basketball coach *

Mark Taylor (cricketer) Mark Anthony Taylor (born 27 October 1964) is a former Australian cricketer and current Nine Network commentator. He was Test cricket, Test opening batsman from 1988 to 1999, as well as captain from 1994 to 1999, succeeding Allan Border. His p ...

(born 1965), Australian batsman and captain

Surname

* Fred Tubby (born 1947), Australian politician * Reg Tubby (1924–2015), Australian politician *

Roger Tubby Roger Wellington Tubby (December 30, 1910 – January 14, 1991) was the seventh White House Press Secretary from 1952 to 1953 and served under President Harry Truman. From 1945 to 1948, he served as the spokesperson of the United States Departm ...

(1910–1991), American government official, reporter and editor, White House Press Secretary from 1952 to 1953 *

William Tubby William Bunker Tubby (21 August 1858 – 1944) was an American architect who was particularly notable for his work in New York City. Tubby was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1875.Christopher ...

(1858–1944), American architect

Other

King Tubby Osbourne Ruddock (28 January 1941 – 6 February 1989), better known as King Tubby, was a Jamaican sound engineer who greatly influenced the development of dub in the 1960s and 1970s. Tubby's innovative studio work, which saw him elevate the ...

, Jamaican electronics and sound engineer Osbourne Ruddock (1941–1989)

Fictional characters

* Tubby, a dog in the ''

Pup Parade ''Pup Parade'' is a British comic strip that features in the comic magazine ''The Beano''. It is a spin-off to ''The Bash Street Kids'', following the lives of their dogs, and appeared in several issues for over two decades. The comic strip h ...

'' comic strip * Thomas "Tubby" Tompkins, a boy in the ''

Little Lulu ''Little Lulu'' is a comic strip created in 1935 by American author Marjorie Henderson Buell. The character, Lulu Moppet, debuted in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' on February 23, 1935, in a single panel, appearing as a flower girl at a wedding a ...

'' comic strip who had a series of his own from 1952 to 1961 * the title character of: ** "Tubby the Tuba" (song) (1945) ** ''Tubby the Tuba'' (1947 film), a movie short based on the song ** ''Tubby the Tuba'' (1975 film), an animated movie based on the song

Animals