Thomas O’Brien, Tom O’Brien, or Tommy O'Brien may refer to:

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Thomas J. (Tom) O'Brien (February 20, 1873 – February 3, 1901) was an outfielder/infielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1897 through 1900. O'Brien was born in Verona, Pennsylvania. It is unknown whether he threw and batted left or right-handed.

A valuable utility man, O'Brien was able to play all positions except pitcher and catcher, although he played mostly in the outfield or at first base. He reached the majors in 1897 with the Baltimore Orioles, spending one and a half years with them before moving to the Pittsburgh Pirates (1898), New York Giants (1899), and again with Pittsburgh (1900). His most productive season came in 1899 with the Giants, when he posted career-highs in batting average (.297), home runs (6), RBI (77), runs (100), and games played (150).

In a four-season-career, O'Brien was a .278 hitter (436-for-1569) with 10 home runs and 229 RBI in 427 games.

O'Brien died in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 27, from drinking a large amount of salty seawater after having been told that it would cure his seasickness.

Thomas Patrick "Tom" O'Brien (born April 12, 1965) has been an American actor since the age of sixteen, having first trained at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, where he appeared in ACT's mainstage productions of The Holdup; and A Midsummer Night's Dream as Puck, opposite Annette Bening.

O'Brien's feature film acting credits include his feature film debut in The Big Easy; as well as The Accused, (1989 Winner Academy Award Best Actress - Jodie Foster).

In 2004, established Irreverent Media Ltd. in Vancouver, Canada. Irreverent's feature slate includes the magical romantic comedy Best Restaurant. Currently a Co-creative with Vancouver based Fractious Tribes Productions.

In January 2008 established Whole World Fund (w2f), which seeks to invest in arts related projects which foster storytelling and create awareness of the issues that shape our lives.

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The O'Brien dynasty were a royal dynasty who ruled Thomond, Ireland.

O'Brien is a common surname. See List of people named O'Brien.

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O'Brien is a British talk show presented by James O'Brien. It was broadcast on ITV from 30 March 2015 to 10 April 2015.

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The majority has been negative with Gerard O'Donovan of The Daily Telegraph describing the show as "low rent" and "disappointing".

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O'Brien is a surname of Irish origin which has many variants in the Irish diaspora worldwide, such as O'Bryan, O'Brian, O'Briant, O'Brient, O'Bryant, O'Brine, O'Bryen etc., which all claim a general common ancestry with the original Gaelic surname being Ó Briain or Uí Briain. Notable people with the surname include:

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