Tom (given name)
Tom is often used as a diminutive of Thomas. In Germanic countries and Scandinavia, "Tom" is in use as a formal given name.
The Gaelic-Cymric name Tom means "rising ground" or "eminent". In literature and popular culture, it is often used to represent "an ordinary man". The name Tôm also exists as an independent Aramaic name.
Disambiguation pages
- Tom Adams (disambiguation)
- Tom Anderson (disambiguation)
- Tom Arnold (disambiguation)
- Tom Baker (disambiguation)
- Tom Bell (disambiguation)
- Tom Brown (disambiguation)
- Tom Chambers (disambiguation)
- Tom Clark (disambiguation)
- Tom Cochran (disambiguation)
- Tom Collins (disambiguation)
- Tom Cotter (disambiguation)
- Tom Curran (disambiguation)
- Tom Daly (disambiguation)
- Tom Dixon (disambiguation)
- Tom Dooley (disambiguation)
- Tom Fletcher (disambiguation)
- Tom Gilmartin (disambiguation)
- Tom Green (disambiguation)
- Tom Harris (disambiguation)
- Tom Holland (disambiguation)
- Tom Jones (disambiguation)
- Tom Kennedy (disambiguation)
- Tom Kenny (disambiguation)
- Tom Kirby (disambiguation)
- Tom Lee (disambiguation)
- Tom Lewis (disambiguation)
- Tom Lloyd (disambiguation)
- Tom Marshall (disambiguation)
- Tom Morris (disambiguation)
- Tom Mullen (disambiguation)
- Tom Murphy (disambiguation)
- Tom Parker (disambiguation)
- Tom Ray (disambiguation)
- Tom Rooney (disambiguation)
- Tom Scott (disambiguation)
- Tom Simpson (disambiguation)
- Tom Sloan (disambiguation)
- Tom Smith (disambiguation)
- Tom Taylor (disambiguation)
- Tom Williams (disambiguation)
- Tom Wright (disambiguation)
Sportsmen
- Tom (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian footballer
- Tom (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian footballer
- Tom (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer
- Tom (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer
- Tom Ashworth, American former football offensive tackle
- Tom Aspinall, English professional mixed martial artist
- Tom Berry (rugby union), English rugby union player and administrator
- Tom Brady, American football player best known for playing with the New England Patriots
- Tom Brandi, American professional wrestler
- Tom Brown (footballer, born 1919), Scottish footballer
- Tom Brown (footballer, born 1968), Scottish former footballer
- Tom Brown (outfielder), American baseball player and manager
- Tom Brown (safety), American baseball outfielder and first baseman, football player
- Tom Brown (pitcher), American baseball pitcher
- Tom Brown (tackle), American football player
- Tom Brown (end), American football player in the NFL
- Tom Brown (guard), American football player in the CFL
- Tom Brown (safety), American athlete who played football in the NFL and baseball in MLB
- Tom Brown (wide receiver), American football player in the NFL
- Tom Brown (running back), American football player in the NFL
- Tom Brown (rugby, born 1983), English rugby union and rugby league player
- Tom Brown (rugby union, born 1990), Scottish rugby union player
- Tom Brown (bowls), England lawn bowls competitor
- Tom Brown (tennis), American tennis player
- Tom Brown (Australian footballer), Australian rules football player
- Tom Browning, American professional baseball pitcher
- Tom Burton, American professional wrestler
- Tom Cannon, British professional wrestler
- Tom Cannon, English is a professional footballer
- Tom Cutler, Australian rules footballer
- Tom Daley, English diver
- Tom Dickinson (American football), American football player
- Tom Drake (wrestler), American professional wrestler
- Tom Dwan, American poker player
- Tom Finney, English international association footballer
- Tom Gamboa, American baseball coach and manager
- Tom Gilson (American football), American football
- Tom Goodwin, American professional baseball player
- Tom Gordon, American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher and current radio color commentator
- Tom Griffin (baseball), American former professional baseball pitcher
- Tom Hardy (soccer), American soccer defender
- Tom Heinsohn, American professional basketball player
- Tom Hoover (basketball), American former professional basketball player
- Tom Howard (wrestler), American professional wrestler
- Tom Hubert, American road course racer
- Tom Humble, Australian Rugby League player
- Tom Jenkins (baseball), American baseball player
- Tom Jenkins (golfer), American golfer
- Tom Jenkins (wrestler), American professional wrestler
- Tom Johnson (ice hockey), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Tom Kingston (rugby union), Australian rugby union player
- Tom Konchalski, American basketball scout
- Tom Landry, American Football coach for the Dallas Cowboys
- Tom Lawlor,, American professional wrestler, retired mixed martial artist
- Tom Leppard, English soldier best known as the most tattooed senior citizen
- Tom Maayan, Israeli basketball player in the Israeli National League
- Tom Magee, Canadian powerlifter and pro wrestler
- Tom Marsh (baseball), Major League Baseball player
- Tom McKean, Scottish former middle-distance runner who won the European Championships 800m gold medal at Split in 1990
- Tom Mees, American sports broadcaster
- Tom Murphy (catcher), American baseball player
- Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player
- Tom Paradise, American geomorphologist
- Tom Peck, American racing driver
- Tom Platz, American retired professional bodybuilder
- Tom Pratt (American football), American football coach
- Tom Prichard, American retired professional wrestler
- Tom Pritchard, New Zealand cricketer
- Tom Prince (bodybuilder), American professional bodybuilder
- Tom Re, Australian rules footballer
- Tom Rehder, American football player
- Tom Reuveny, Israeli Olympic champion windsurfing sailor
- Tom Rockliff, Australian rules footballer
- Tom Sellers (athlete), American wheelchair racer
- Tom Stolhandske, American football player
- Tom Stone, American retired professional wrestler
- Tom Sunkel, American professional baseball player
- Tom Symonds, Australian Rugby League player
- Tom Tavares, Cape Verdean footballer
- Tom Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
- Tom Vu, Vietnamese American poker player, real estate investor and speaker
- Tom Watson (fighter), English mixed martial artist
- Tom Yaacobov, Israeli triple jumper
- Tom Zenk, American professional wrestler and bodybuilder
Politicians
- Oswald 'Tom' Mosley, English politician, known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists
- Tom Ada, Guamanian politician
- Tom Arthur, Scottish politician
- Tom Brüntrup, German politician
- Tom Carper, American politician
- Tom Coburn, American politician and physician
- Tom Cotton, American politician
- Tom Daschle, American politician
- Tom DeLay, American politician
- Tom Determann, American politician
- Tom Harkin, American politician
- Tom Lukiwski, Canadian politician
- Tom Mulcair, Canadian politician and former leader of the Opposition
- Tom Russcher, Dutch politician
- Tom Stewart, American politician
- Tom Suozzi, American politician
- Tom Taylor (politician), American politician
- Tom Udall, American politician and diplomat
- Tom van den Nieuwenhuijzen, Dutch politician
- Tom Veen, Dutch politician
- Tom Wolf, American politician
Personalities
- Tom Stafford (astronomer), American astronomer
- Tom Bergeron, American television personality and game show host
- Tom Holkenborg, Dutch DJ previously known as Junkie XL
- Tom Marsh (astronomer), British astronomer and astrophysicist
- Tom Ray, American animator
- Tom Scott (presenter), British YouTuber
- Tom Westman, American firefighter and television personality
- Thomas Ridgewell, British YouTuber and voice actor
Actors
- Tom Adams (actor), English actor
- Tom Baker, English actor best known for the Fourth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who
- Tom Blyth, English actor best known for playing young Coriolanus Snow on The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
- Tom Bosley, American actor
- Tom Cassell, British YouTuber
- Tom Cruise, American actor
- Tom Ellis (actor), Welsh actor best known for playing Lucifer Morningstar on Lucifer
- Tom Felton, English actor and singer
- Tom Gilson, American actor
- Tom Glynn-Carney, English actor
- Tom Green, Canadian actor and comedian
- Tom Hanks, American film actor
- Tom Hardy, English actor
- Tom Hiddleston, English actor
- Tom Hodges, American actor and film producer
- Tom Holland, English actor
- Tom Hopper, English actor
- Tom Jordan, Irish actor
- Tom Kane, American voice actor
- Tom Kenny, American actor and comedian
- Tom Lister, English actor
- Tom Maden, American actor
- Tom Mix, American cowboy actor
- Tom Olivar, Filipino film actor
- Tom Oliver, former British-American actor
- Tom Poston, American actor
- Tom Rodriguez, Filipino actor
- Tom Selleck, American actor and film producer
- Tom Sizemore, American actor
- Tom Sturridge, English actor best known for playing Dream (character) on The Sandman (TV series)
- Tom Welling, American actor best known for playing Clark Kent on ''Smallville''
Musicians
- Tom Araya, American bassist and vocalist with Slayer
- Tom Cardy, Australian comedian, musician, songwriter, and actor
- Tom Chaplin, British singer of Keane
- Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian singer/songwriter
- Tom DeLonge, American musician
- Tom Evans (musician), English musician and songwriter
- Tom Dowd, American sound engineer and producer for Atlantic Records
- Tom Fogerty, American guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Tom Fowler, American bassist for Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention, It's a Beautiful Day, among others
- Tom Hamilton, American bassist
- Tom Lehrer, American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician
- Tom Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter
- Tom Jones (singer), Welsh singer
- Tom Kaulitz,, German guitarist
- Tom Morello, American guitarist
- Tom Petersson, American bassist
- Tom Petty, American singer-songwriter and musician
- Tom V. Ray, American bassist
- Tom Skinner, English drummer
- Tom Smothers, American comedian, composer, and musician
- Tom Verlaine, American guitarist for the punk band Television
- Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor
- Tom Zé, Brazilian singer‐songwriter
Artists
- Tom Luckey, American architect and sculptor
- Tomm Moore, Irish illustrator, comics artist and filmmaker
- Tom Palumbo, Italian born, American photographer
- Tom Tsuchiya, American sculptor
Other
- Tom Brokaw, American anchor for NBC
- Tom Clancy, American author
- Tom DeSanto, American film producer and screenwriter
- Tom Freston, American media proprietor, businessman, and financier
- Tom Fulp, American programmer, creator of Newgrounds
- Tom Konyves, Canadian poet, pioneer of video poetry
- Tom Hagen, Norwegian businessman
- Tom Hooper, British-Australian film director
- Tom Insko, American businessman and 12th president of Eastern Oregon University
- Tom Luse, American film producer
- Tom McGillis, Canadian producer
- Tom McLaury, Wild West gunfighter
- Tom Moore, known as Captain Tom, a British Army officer
- Tom Mylan, American butcher, author, writer
- Tom O'Carroll, British paedophilia advocate
- Tom Ruegger, American animator and screenwriter
- Tom Segev, Israeli historian, author, and journalist
- Tom Six, Dutch filmmaker, writer and actor
- Tom Stone (magician), Swedish magician, editor and author
- Tom Stoppard, British playwright and screenwriter
- Tom Tykwer, German film director
Fictional characters
- Tom (Paralympic mascot), the official mascot of the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Tom, character in Bob the BuilderTractor Tom, the main character from the same show
- Tom Bombadil, a character from The Lord of the Rings and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
- Tom Cat, a title character from Tom and Jerry
- Tom Cat, a thumb wrestler in Thumb Wrestling Federation
- Tom Canty, a title character from The Prince and the Pauper
- Dr. Tom Horton, character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives
- Tom Edison, a character in The Edison Twins
- Tom Nook, a character in Animal Crossing video game series
- Tom Pottage, one of the Pottage's twin in Postman Pat
- Tom Riddle, Harry Potter series villain
- Tom Sawyer, title character of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Tom Servo, a robot character from the Mystery Science Theater 3000 television series
- Talking Tom, A Grey tabby cat and the main Character of the Talking Tom & Friends franchise
- Tom Thomas, character in Fireman Sam
- Tom Thumb, character of English folklore
- Tom Wachowski, a character from the Sonic The Hedgehog films, portrayed by James Marsden