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Tatum

American  
[tey-tuhm] / ˈteɪ təm /

noun

  1. Art, 1910–56, U.S. jazz pianist.

  2. Edward Lawrie 1909–75, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1958.


Tatum British  
/ ˈteɪtəm /

noun

  1. Art, full name Arthur Tatum. 1910–56, US jazz pianist

  2. Edward Lawrie. 1909–75, US biochemist, who showed how genes regulate biochemical processes in an organism and demonstrated that bacteria reproduce sexually; Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1958) with Beadle and Lederberg

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Johnny and Johnathon Tatum will leave on trip to England this summer for international cricket tournament.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Few have been playing the sport in the United States for as long as the Tatum brothers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Murrieta Mesa 13, Great Oak 0: Tatum Wolff hit a three-run home run and also threw five shutout innings with nine strikeouts and no walks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Sixteen hours after Tatum was writhing on the court against the New York Knicks, he was stretched out on O’Malley’s operating table on the West side of Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Then Dalton Tatum was in front of them.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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