Tommy (given name)
Tommy is a masculine given name, frequently a short form of Thomas. An alternative spelling is Thommy.
Notable people with these names include:
People
Arts and entertainment
- Tommy Brown (singer), American R&B singer
- Tommy Brown (record producer), American record producer
- Tommy Brown, drummer with Nero and the Gladiators and songwriter
- Tommy Cairo, American professional wrestler
- Tommy Cannon, British comedian
- Tommy Chong, Canadian actor, writer, director, musician, and comedian, half of the Cheech & Chong comedy duo
- Tommy Collins (singer), stage name of American country music singer-songwriter Leonard Sipes
- Tommy Cooper, British prop comedian and magician
- Tommy Davidson, American actor
- Tommy DeBarge, American R'n'B musician formerly of the band Switch
- Tommy Dorfman, American actress
- Tommy Dorsey, American jazz trombonist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader of the Big Band era
- Tommy Emmanuel, Australian guitarist
- Tommy Engel, German musician
- Tommy February6 and Tommy Heavenly6, stage names for Japanese singer Tomoko Kawase
- Tommy Finke, German singer/songwriter
- Tommy Flanagan, Scottish actor
- Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer
- Tommy Hunter, Canadian country music performer, star of The Tommy Hunter Show on television
- Tommy Lee Jones, American actor
- Tommy Keene, American singer-songwriter
- Tommy Knight, English child actor
- Tommy Lee, drummer for glam metal band Mötley Crüe
- Tommy Makem, Irish-American musician
- Tommy Mottola, American music executive, former husband of Mariah Carey
- Tommy Page, American singer-songwriter
- Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American musician and record producer, founding member of The Ramones
- Tommy Giles Rogers Jr., singer and keyboardist of heavy metal band Between the Buried and Me
- Tommy Rogers (wrestler), American professional wrestler
- Tommy Sands (American singer), American pop music singer and actor
- Tommy Sands (Irish singer), Northern Irish folk singer, songwriter, radio broadcaster and political activist
- Tommy Shaw, guitarist for the band Styx
- Tommy Smith (playwright), American playwright
- Tommy Smith (DJ), American radio disc jockey
- Tommy Smith (saxophonist), Scottish jazz saxophonist, composer and educator
- Tommy Sotomayor, American radio show host and YouTube personality
- Tommy Steele, Britain's first teen idol and rock 'n' roll star
- Tommy Stinson, American rock musician
- Tommy Trinder, English comedian
- Tommy Tune, American dancer, actor
- Tommy Wiseau, American film producer/director
- Tommy Young, American professional wrestling referee and retired professional wrestler
- Tommy Walker (events director), American producer of live events
- Tommy Walker (worship leader), American composer and author
Crime
- Tommy Alexandersson, Swedish mass murderer
- Thomas Gambino, Italian-American mobster
- Tommy O'Connor (criminal), American gangster, cop killer and fugitive
- Tommy Lynn Sells, American serial killer
Politics
- Tommy Burks, American politician
- Tommy Douglas, Scottish-born Canadian politician, father of universal healthcare in Canada
- Tommy Osmeña, Filipino politician, Mayor of Cebu City
- Tommy Suharto, Indonesian politician
- Tommy Thompson, American politician
- Tommy Walker (Australian politician)
Sports
- Tommy Akingbesote, American football player
- Tommy Alcedo, Venezuelan road cyclist
- Tommy Asnip, English footballer
- Tommy Boutwell, American football player
- Tommy Brown (footballer, born 1896), Scottish footballer
- Tommy Brown (footballer, born 1897), English footballer
- Tommy Brown (footballer, born 1906), English footballer
- Tommy Brown (footballer, born 1921), Scottish footballer
- Tommy Brown (baseball), American Major League Baseball player
- Tommy Burns (Canadian boxer), Canadian boxer and world heavyweight champion
- Tommy Burns, Australian boxer and welterweight champion Geoffrey M. Murphy
- Tommy Curtis, American basketball player
- Tommy Docherty, Scottish former footballer and football manager
- Tommy Edman, American baseball player
- Tommy Ekblom, Finnish long-distance runner
- Tommy Everidge, American baseball player and coach
- Tommy Frevert, American football player
- Tommy Giacomelli, or simply 'Tommy', Brazilian association football player
- Tommy Green (footballer, born 1863), English footballer
- Tommy Green (footballer, born 1873), English footballer
- Tommy Green (footballer, born 1876), English footballer
- Tommy Green (footballer, born 1893), English footballer
- Tommy Green (footballer, born 1913), English footballer
- Tommy Green (athlete), British race walker
- Tommy Haas, German tennis player
- Tommy Henry (American football), American football player
- Tommy Henry (baseball), American baseball player
- Tommy Hottovy, American baseball player and coach
- Tommy Hudson (American football), American football player
- Tommy Hunter (baseball), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Tommy Hunter (footballer), English footballer
- Tommy Ivan, Canadian hockey coach and general manager
- Tommy Kahnle, American baseball player
- Tommy Lasorda, American Major League Baseball manager and player
- Tommy La Stella, American baseball player
- Tommy Lee (footballer), English goalkeeper for Chesterfield F.C.
- Tommy Lloyd, American basketball coach
- Tommy Mellott, American football player
- Tommy Milone, American baseball player
- Tommy Mulgrew, Scottish footballer
- Tommy Nance, American baseball player
- Tommy Northcott, English footballer
- Tommy Paul (tennis), American tennis player
- Tommy Pham, American baseball player
- Tommy Polley, American footballer
- Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player
- Tommy Romero, American baseball player
- Tommy Rybacki, American football player and coach
- Tommy Sale, English footballer
- Tom Simpson, British cyclist
- Tommy Sørensen, Danish badminton player
- Tommy Sugiarto, Indonesian badminton player
- Tommy Suggs, American football player
- Tommy Stevens, American football player
- Tommy Sweeney, American football player
- Tommy Thevenow, American baseball player
- Tommy Togiai, American football player
- Tommy Tolleson, American football player
- Tommy Townsend, American football player
- Tommy Tremble, American football player
- Tommy Walker (winger), English footballer
- Tommy Walker (footballer, born 1903), Scottish footballer
- Tommy Walker (footballer, born 1915), Scottish football player and manager
- Tommy Walker (footballer, born 1923), English footballer
- Tommy Walker (footballer, born 1964), Scottish footballer
- Tommy Walker (footballer, born February 1952), English footballer
- Tommy Walker (footballer, born March 1952), Scottish footballer
- Tommy Walsh (hurler, born 1983), Irish hurler
- Tommy Walsh (Kerry footballer), Gaelic footballer and Australian rules footballer
- Tommy Walsh (Wicklow Gaelic footballer), Gaelic footballer
- Tommy Watkins, American baseball player and coach
- Tommy Whelan, American football player
Other
- Tommy Brown (NAAFI assistant), English recipient of the George Medal for helping to break the German Enigma code
- Thomas Ricketts (VC), at age 17, the youngest soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross as a combatant
- Tommy Pangcoga, writer and non-government organization worker based in Mindanao
- Poltpalingada Booboorowie, known as Tommy Walker, Australian Aboriginal personality
- Tommy Solomon, believed by most to have been the last true Moriori, the indigenous people of the Chatham Islands
- Tommy Walsh (builder), English celebrity builder
Fictional characters
- Tommy (comics), former member of the Morlocks in the Marvel Comics universe
- Tommy, a character in The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai, who is a friend of Johnny
- Tommy, a non-playable Mii opponent in the Wii series
- Tommy Angelo, main protagonist from 2002 video game Mafia
- Tommy Carcetti, in the TV series The Wire
- Tommy Garvey, main character in HBO series The Leftovers played by Chris Zylka
- Tommy Gavin, lead character in the FX drama Rescue Me
- Tommy Jarvis, recurring character in the Friday the 13th franchise
- Tommy Judd, co-protagonist of the play Another Country by Julian Mitchell
- Tommy Monaghan, also known as Hitman, a super-powered assassin in DC Comics, created by Garth Ennis
- Tommy Oliver, one of the main characters from the Power Rangers TV series
- Tommy Pickles, main character in the Rugrats and All Grown Up! TV series
- Tommy Shelby, main protagonist in British television series Peaky Blinders
- Tommy Settergren, a Pippi Longstocking character
- Tommy Shepherd, a.k.a. Speed, a Marvel Comics superhero
- Tommy Solomon (3rd Rock from the Sun), one of the main characters from the sitcom
- Tommy Vercetti, the main protagonist from 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Tommy Walker (Brothers & Sisters), on the TV series Brothers & Sisters
- Tommy Westphall, on the TV series ''St. Elsewhere''