Tyrone

Tyrone is a character from the very successful children's cartoon show, The Backyardigans, which ran from 2004 to 2013.

Tyrone Griffin Jr., known professionally as Ty Dolla Sign (stylized as Ty Dolla $ign or Ty$), is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He first gained recognition for his guest appearance on hometown rapper YG's 2010 single "Toot It and Boot It", which entered the Billboard Hot 100 as his first minor hit. He signed with Atlantic Records in 2012, and Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Gang Entertainment the following year.

Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues is an American former basketball player. The shortest player ever to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), the 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) Bogues played point guard for four teams during his 14-season career in the NBA. Although best known for his ten seasons with the Charlotte Hornets, he also played for the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Toronto Raptors. He has also made many television cameos.

Tyrone B. Hayes is an American biologist and professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is known for his research in frogs, concluding that the herbicide atrazine is an endocrine disruptor that demasculinizes male frogs, causing them to display female characteristics. Hayes is an advocate for the critical review and regulation of pesticides as well as other chemicals that may cause adverse health effects. He has presented hundreds of papers, discussions, and seminars on his research's conclusion that environmental contaminants have played a major role in the global amphibian decline as well as being linked to the many health disparities that occur in minority and low income populations.

Tyrone Brunson (born Calvin Tyrone Brunson; 1956 – 2013) was an American singer and musician, who played the bass guitar. One of his most successful singles was an electro-funk instrumental titled "The Smurf" (1982), which reached #14 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1983 and led to further dance records about The Smurfs.

This is the name of a very famous monkey back in the day. Also given to my best worker.

This name become popularized in the United States circa 1938 due to the American actor Tyrone Power. There are actually quite a few people with the name "Tyrone Power" in fact. Tyrone Power was a huge star up to the time he died in 1958. I don't think when people name their child Tyrone they are naming him after a county. Tyrone Power pronounced his name terOWN.

Tyrone Turtle, a character in Tiny Toon Adventures.

Tyrone Power (born Tyrone Edmund Power Jr.) was an American actor.

Erykah Badu has a song called "Call Tyrone". It is essentially about Erykah having a boyfriend who always hangs out with his friends, including one called Tyrone. She is dumping him and tells him to 'call Tyrone' to take him somewhere other than her house.

Stephen Colbert of "The Colbert Report" has the middle name Tyrone.

The name was also made famous by an actor in the 50's, by the name of Tyrone Power.