Tam (name)
Tam is a short form of Thomas in Scots, a nickname and a surname. It may refer to:
Thomas
- Tam Dean Burn, Scottish actor
- Tam Courts, Scottish footballer
- Tam Dalyell of the Binns, Scottish Royalist general in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
- Tam Dalyell, Scottish politician and Member of Parliament
- Tam Galbraith, Scottish politician
- Thomas McGraw, Scottish gangster
- Tam McManus, Scottish former footballer
Nickname or other first name
- Chudaree_Debhakam nicknamed "Tam", Thai chef awarded two Michelin stars.
- Tamunoemi "Tam" David-West, Nigerian academic, social critic and former federal minister
- Tam Joseph, Dominica-born British painter formerly known as Tom Joseph
- Tam or Tom Kellichan, Scottish musician, The Skids original drummer
- Tam Lenfestey, Guernsey poet
- Tamandani "Tam" Nsaliwa, Malawian footballer
- Walter Sumner "Tam" Rose, American football player and head coach
- Hubert Tamblyn "Tam" Spiva, American television screenwriter of The Brady Bunch and ''Gentle Ben''
Surname
- the Cantonese romanisation of Tan (surname), a common Chinese surname
- Reuben Tam, American artist
- Rabbeinu Tam, Rabbi Jacob Tam
- Rod Tam, American businessman and politician
- Theresa Tam, Canadian physician
Fictional characters
- River Tam and Simon Tam, fictional characters/siblings from Firefly
- Tam Song, supporting character in the book series Keeper of The Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
- Tam Amber, supporting character in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
- Tam al’Thor, supporting character and the father of the Dragon Reborn in The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan