Tom (given name)

{{More citations needed|date=June 2025}}{{Infobox given name|gender = Male |language = Aramaic |derivation = Thomas}}

Tom is often used as a diminutive of Thomas.{{Cite book |last=Loughead |first=Flora Haines |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofgive00loug_0/page/160/mode/2up?q=Tom |title=Dictionary of given names: with their origins and meanings |date=1934 |publisher=The Arthur H. Clark Company |location=Glendale, California |pages=160 |lccn=33032751 |via=Internet Archive}} In Germanic countries and Scandinavia, "Tom" is in use as a formal given name. In modern Hebrew, the name Tom (Hebrew: תם, תום) is used as a unisex name, with the meaning of "innocence, naivety, simplicity" or "the end.”{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}

The Gaelic-Cymric name Tom means "rising ground" or "eminent". In literature and popular culture, it is often used to represent "an ordinary man".{{Cite book |title=Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins |date=2021 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780191905209 |edition=3rd |chapter=Tom [ME] |doi=10.1093/acref/9780198868750.001.0001}} The name Tôm also exists as an independent Aramaic name.

Disambiguation pages

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 (born 1977), American former football offensive tackle
Tom Aspinall (born 1993), English professional mixed martial artist
Tom Berry (rugby union) (1911–1993), English rugby union player and administrator
Tom Brady (born 1977), American football player best known for playing with the New England Patriots
Tom Brandi (born 1966), American professional wrestler
Tom Brown (footballer, born 1919) (1919–2000), Scottish footballer
Tom Brown (footballer, born 1968), Scottish former footballer
Tom Brown (outfielder) (1860–1927), American baseball player and manager
Tom Brown (safety) (born 1940), American baseball outfielder and first baseman, football player
Tom Brown (pitcher) (born 1949), American baseball pitcher
Tom Brown (tackle) (1890–1972), American football player
Tom Brown (end) (1921–2013), American football player in the NFL
Tom Brown (guard) (born 1936), American football player in the CFL
Tom Brown (safety) (born 1940), American athlete who played football in the NFL and baseball in MLB
Tom Brown (wide receiver) (born 1963), American football player in the NFL
Tom Brown (running back) (born 1964), 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) (1915–1980), England lawn bowls competitor
Tom Brown (tennis) (1922–2011), American tennis player
Tom Brown (Australian footballer) (born 2003), Australian rules football player
Tom Browning (1960–2022), American professional baseball pitcher
Tom Burton (1961–2010), American professional wrestler
Tom Cannon (1852–19??), British professional wrestler
Tom Cannon (born 2002), English is a professional footballer
Tom Cutler (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
Tom Daley (born 1994), English diver
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Tom Drake (wrestler) (1930–2017), American professional wrestler
Tom Dwan (born 1986), American poker player
Tom Finney (1922-2014), English international association footballer
Tom Gamboa (born 1948), American baseball coach and manager
Tom Gilson (American football) (born 1988), American football
Tom Goodwin (born 1968), American professional baseball player
Tom Gordon (born 1967), American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher and current radio color commentator
Tom Hardy (soccer), American soccer defender
Tom Heinsohn (1934–2020), American professional basketball player
Tom Hoover (basketball) (born 1941), American former professional basketball player
Tom Howard (wrestler) (born 1969), American professional wrestler
Tom Hubert (born 1964), American road course racer
Tom Humble (born 1988), Australian Rugby League player
Tom Jenkins (baseball) (1898–1979), American baseball player
Tom Jenkins (golfer) (born 1947), American golfer
Tom Jenkins (wrestler) (1872–1957), American professional wrestler
Tom Johnson (ice hockey) (1928–2007), Canadian professional ice hockey player
Tom Kingston (rugby union) (born 1991), Australian rugby union player
Tom Landry (1924–2000), American Football coach for the Dallas Cowboys
Tom Lawlor, (born 1983), American professional wrestler, retired mixed martial artist
Tom Leppard (1936–2016), English soldier best known as the most tattooed senior citizen
Tom Maayan (born 1993), Israeli basketball player in the Israeli National League
Tom Magee (born 1958), Canadian powerlifter and pro wrestler
Tom Marsh (baseball) (born 1965), Major League Baseball player
Tom McKean (born 1963), Scottish former middle-distance runner who won the European Championships 800m gold medal at Split in 1990
Tom Mees (1949–1996), American sports broadcaster
Tom Murphy (catcher) (born 1991), American baseball player
Tom Okker (born 1944), Dutch tennis player
Tom Paradise, American geomorphologist
Tom Peck (born 1953), American racing driver
Tom Platz (born 1955), American retired professional bodybuilder
Tom Pratt (American football) (born 1935), American football coach
Tom Prichard (born 1959), American retired professional wrestler
Tom Prince (bodybuilder) (1968–2022), American professional bodybuilder
Tom Rehder (born 1965), American football player
Tom Reuveny (born 2000), Israeli Olympic champion windsurfing sailor
Tom Rockliff (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
Tom Sellers (athlete), American wheelchair racer
Tom Stolhandske (born 1931), American football player
Tom Stone, American retired professional wrestler
Tom Sunkel (1912–2002), American professional baseball player
Tom Symonds (born 1989), Australian Rugby League player
Tom Tavares (born 1987), Cape Verdean footballer
Tom Trbojevic (born 1996), Australian rugby league player
Tom Vu (born 1957), Vietnamese American poker player, real estate investor and speaker
Tom Watson (fighter) (born 1982), English mixed martial artist
Tom Yaacobov (born 1992), Israeli triple jumper
Tom Zenk (1958–2017), American professional wrestler and bodybuilder

Politicians

Oswald 'Tom' Mosley (1896–1980), English politician, known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists
Tom Ada (born 1949), Guamanian politician
Tom Carper (born 1947), American politician
Tom Coburn (1948–2020), American politician and physician
Tom Cotton (born 1977), American politician
Tom DeLay (born 1947), American politician
Tom Determann (born 1950), American politician
Tom Harkin (born 1939), American politician
Tom Lukiwski (born 1951), Canadian politician
Tom Mulcair (born 1954), Canadian politician and former leader of the Opposition
Tom Stewart (1892–1972), American politician
Tom Suozzi (born 1962), American politician
Tom Udall (born 1948), American politician and diplomat
Tom van den Nieuwenhuijzen (born 1982), Dutch politician
Tom Veen (1942–2014), Dutch politician
Tom Wolf (born 1948), American politician

Personalities

Tom Bergeron (born 1955), American television personality and game show host
Tom Holkenborg (born 1967), Dutch DJ previously known as Junkie XL
Tom Marsh (astronomer) (1961–2022), British astronomer and astrophysicist
Tom Scott (presenter), British YouTuber
Tom Westman (born 1964), American firefighter and television personality
Thomas Ridgewell (born 1990), British YouTuber and voice actor

Actors

Tom Adams (actor) (1938–2014), English actor
Tom Baker (born 1934), English actor best known for the Fourth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who
Tom Blyth (born 1995), English actor best known for playing young Coriolanus Snow on The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Tom Bosley (1927–2010), American actor
Tom Cassell (born 1993), British YouTuber
Tom Cruise (born 1962), American actor
Tom Ellis (actor) (born 1978), Welsh actor best known for playing Lucifer Morningstar on Lucifer
Tom Felton (born 1987), English actor and singer
Tom Gilson (1934–1962), American actor
Tom Glynn-Carney (born 1995), English actor
Tom Green (born 1971), Canadian actor and comedian
Tom Hanks (born 1956), American film actor
Tom Hardy (born 1977), English actor
Tom Hiddleston (born 1981), English actor
Tom Hodges (born 1965), American actor and film producer
Tom Holland (born 1996), English actor
Tom Hopper (born 1985), English actor
Tom Jordan (1937–2019), Irish actor
Tom Kane (born 1962), American voice actor
Tom Kenny (born 1962), American voice actor
Tom Lister (born 1978), English actor
Tom Maden, American actor
Tom Mix (1880–1940), American cowboy actor
Tom Olivar (born 1963), Filipino film actor
Tom Oliver (born 1938), former British-American actor
Tom Poston (1921–2007), American actor
Tom Rodriguez (born 1987), Filipino actor
Tom Selleck (born 1945), American actor and film producer
Tom Sizemore (1961–2023), American actor
Tom Sturridge (born 1985), English actor best known for playing Dream (character) on The Sandman (TV series)
Tom Welling (born 1977), American actor best known for playing Clark Kent on Smallville

Musicians

Tom Araya (born 1961), American bassist and vocalist with Slayer
Tom Cardy (born 1994), Australian comedian, musician, songwriter, and actor
Tom Chaplin (born 1979), British singer of Keane
Stompin' Tom Connors (1936–2013), Canadian singer/songwriter
Tom DeLonge (born 1975), American musician (blink-182)
Tom Evans (musician) (1947–1983), English musician and songwriter (Badfinger)
Tom Dowd (1925–2002), American sound engineer and producer for Atlantic Records
Tom Fogerty (1941–1990), American guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival
Tom Fowler (1951–2024), American bassist for Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention, It's a Beautiful Day, among others
Tom Hamilton (born 1951), American bassist (Aerosmith)
Tom Lehrer (born 1928), American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician
Tom Jobim (1927–1994), Brazilian singer-songwriter
Tom Jones (singer) (born 1940), Welsh singer
Tom Kaulitz, (born 1989), German guitarist (Tokio Hotel)
Tom Morello (born 1964), American guitarist (Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave)
Tom Petersson (born 1950), American bassist (Cheap Trick)
Tom Petty (1950–2017), American singer-songwriter and musician
Tom Skinner (born 1980), English drummer
Tom Smothers (1937–2023), American comedian, composer, and musician (Smothers Brothers)
Tom Verlaine (1949–2023), American guitarist for the punk band Television
Tom Waits (born 1949), American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor
Tom Zé (born 1936), Brazilian singer‐songwriter

Artists

Tom Luckey (1940–2012), American architect and sculptor
Tomm Moore (born 1977), Irish illustrator, comics artist and filmmaker
Tom Palumbo (1921–2008), Italian born, American photographer
Tom Tsuchiya (born 1972), American sculptor

Other

Tom Brokaw (born 1940), American anchor for NBC
Tom Clancy (1947–2013), American author
Tom DeSanto (born 1968), American film producer and screenwriter
Tom Freston (born 1945), American media proprietor, businessman, and financier
Tom Fulp (born 1978), American programmer, creator of Newgrounds
Tom Konyves (born 1947), Canadian poet, pioneer of video poetry
Tom Hagen (born 1950), Norwegian businessman
Tom Hooper (born 1972), British-Australian film director
Tom Insko, American businessman and 12th president of Eastern Oregon University
Tom McGillis, Canadian producer
Tom McLaury (1853–1881), Wild West gunfighter
Tom Moore (1920–2021), known as Captain Tom, a British Army officer
Tom Mylan (born 1976), American butcher, author, writer
Tom O'Carroll (born 1945), British paedophilia advocate
Tom Ruegger, American animator and screenwriter
Tom Segev (born 1945), Israeli historian, author, and journalist
Tom Six, Dutch filmmaker, writer and actor
Tom Stone (magician), Swedish magician, editor and author
Tom Stoppard (born 1937), British playwright and screenwriter
Tom Tykwer (born 1965), German film director

Fictional characters

Tom (Paralympic mascot), the official mascot of the 2016 Summer Paralympics
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 Canty, a title character from The Prince and the Pauper
Tom Edison, a character in The Edison Twins
Tom Nook, a character in Animal Crossing video game series
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 Thumb, character of English folklore
Tom Wachowski, a character from the Sonic The Hedgehog films, portrayed by James Marsden