* 1950 – Steve Ferrone, English drummer ( Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Average White Band

A number of notable musicians sent flowers, including: George Thorogood, Tom Petty, and Jerry Lee Lewis.

King, Tom Petty, Robert Plant, Bonnie Raitt, George Thorogood, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, the Black Lips and Ronnie Wood.

ELO effectively disbanded after that final show in Stuttgart in 1986, but there was no announcement made of it for the next two years, during which George Harrison's Lynne-produced album Cloud Nine and the pair's follow-up ( with Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty as Traveling Wilburys ) Traveling Wilburys Vol.

* 1952 – Scott Thurston, American musician ( Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Iggy and the Stooges )

* 1955 – Howie Epstein, American bass player ( Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ) ( d. 2003 )

" Little Nemo in Slumberland " is also the inspiration for the video of the 1989 song Runnin ' Down a Dream by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.

In 1979, Tom Petty and Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers would adopt the Rickenbacker 12-string " toaster " jangle into their records and still use the vintage 1960s models.

In 1988, he joined the supergroup Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne and also released a new solo album.

Along the way, Harrison had to stop by Tom Petty's house to pick up his guitar ; Petty and his band had backed Dylan on his last tour.

The biggest hit from the album was " You Got It ", written by Lynne and Tom Petty.

* 1948 – Ron Blair, American bass player ( Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers )

* 1953 – Benmont Tench, American keyboard player ( Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch )

In 1988, while recording his album Full Moon Fever, Tom Petty and his lead guitarist Mike Campbell called on the group to provide backing vocals for the song " Waiting for Tonight ".

The Traveling Wilburys ( sometimes shortened to the Wilburys ) were an English – American supergroup consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty, accompanied by drummer Jim Keltner.

Tom Petty's involvement came by chance, as Harrison had left his guitar at Petty's house and Harrison went to get it and Petty came back with Harrison.

Tom Petty said about the Wilburys touring:

During their time together, the five members of the Traveling Wilburys frequently collaborated on each others ' solo records ; Lynne and Petty worked on Orbison's final album Mystery Girl ( 1988 ), Harrison played on Dylan's Under the Red Sky ( 1990 ), and Petty and Harrison worked on Lynne's Armchair Theatre ( 1990 ); Lynne produced Petty's solo albums Full Moon Fever ( 1989 ) ( which involved all the Wilburys, save for Dylan ) and Highway Companion ( 2006 ), as well as the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album Into the Great Wide Open ( 1991 ).

*" Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr " – Tom Petty

*" Muddy Wilbury " – Tom Petty

* 1947 – Tom Clancy, American author

* 1951 – Tom Noonan, American actor

* 1965 – Tom O ' Brien, American actor and producer

* 1947 – Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer

* 1978 – Tom Fulp, American video game programmer

* 1958 – Tom Lanoye, Belgian author

* 1961 – Tom Ford, American fashion designer and director

* 1959 – Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player

* 1961 – Tom Perrotta, American novelist

* 1943 – Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player

* 1956 – Tom Leykis, American radio host

* 1977 – Tom Brady, American football player

* 1919 – Tom Willmore, English geometer ( d. 2005 )

* 1945 – Tom Allen, American politician

* 1950 – Tom Kelly, American baseball player and manager

* 1962 – Tom Colicchio, American chef

* 1989 – Tom Cleverley, English footballer

* 1869 – Tom Kiely, Irish decathlete ( d. 1951 )

* 1933 – Tom Skerritt, American actor

* 1967 – Tom Hollander, English actor

* 1830 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in US railroading.

* 1965 – Tom Dey, American director

* 1870 – Tom Richardson, English cricketer ( d. 1912 )

* Tom Herman ( Acting President ), 2008 – 2009

* 1961 – Lauren Tom, American actress