24 January: Timothy Name Day

If your name is Timothy, today is your name day.

Timothy, often shortened to Tim, is a masculine name. It comes from the Greek meaning "honouring God", "in God's honour", or "honoured by God". 10 famous people called Timothy:

1. Timothy Dalton: British actor who gained international prominence as the fourth actor to portray James Bond.

2. Tim Berners-Lee: founder of the World-Wide Web.

3. Timothy Leary: American writer, psychologist, and psychedelic drug advocate.

4. Tim Brooke-Taylor: One third of The Goodies.

5. Timothy Spall: English actor.

6. Tim Burton: American film maker and artist. Known for popularising Goth culture in the American film industry.

7. Saint Timothy: companion and co-worker of Paul the Apostle, a 1st-century Christian bishop whose name is associated with two books of the New Testament.

8. Timothy "Tiny Tim" Cratchit: character from the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

9. Tim Curry (pictured): English actor and singer. He rose to prominence as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the musical film The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

10. Tiny Tim: American singer, ukulele player, and musical archivist best known for Tiptoe Through the Tulips.

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