tatum

Noun tatum has 2 senses

• tatum(n = noun.person) edward lawrie tatum - United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975);
is a kind of biochemist

• tatum(n = noun.person) art tatum, arthur tatum - United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956);
is a kind of jazz musician, jazzman