Thom

This article is about the name. For the Canadian high school, see Thom Collegiate. For the musical instrument also spelled Thom, see Tom (Ethiopian instrument). For the song, see Joji (musician).

The surname Thom is of Scottish origin, from the city of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Angus, and is a sept of the Clan MacThomas.

Thom is also a first-name variant of the abbreviation "Tom" of "Thomas" that holds the "h".

People with the surname

• Alexander Thom (disambiguation), multiple people
• Andreas Thom (b. 1965), former German football player
• Bing Thom (b. 1940), Canadian architect
• Cameron E. Thom (1825–1915), early settler in California, Confederate officer and lawyer
• Charles Thom (1872–1956), US microbiologist and mycologist with the standard author abbreviation "Thom"
• Cristy Thom (b. 1971), American model, actress and artist
• Françoise Thom (born 1951), French historian and Sovietologist
• Graeme Thom (born 1967), Zimbabwean cricketer
• H. B. Thom (c. 1905–1983), South African rector and Chancellor of the Stellenbosch University
• James Thom (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jess Thom (b. 1980), English comedian
• John Thom (soldier) (1891–1941), British lieutenant-colonel, judge and politician
• John Hamilton Thom (1808–1894), Irish Unitarian minister
• John Nichols Thom (1799–1838), Cornish wine-merchant and maltster
• John Watson Triplett Thom (1769–1855), American planter and politician
• Joseph Pembroke Thom (1828–1899), American politician and physician
• Karl Thom (1893-1945), German flying ace
• Linda Thom (b. 1943), Canadian Olympic gold medal-winning shooter
• Margaret Thom, Deputy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, Canada
• Randy Thom, American sound design
• Pembroke Lea Thom (died 1901), American politician from Maryland
• René Thom (1923–2002), French mathematician
• Robert Thom (engineer) (1774–1847), Scottish hydraulic engineer
• Robert Thom (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ronald Thom (1923–1986), Canadian architect
• Sandi Thom (b. 1981), Scottish singer-songwriter
• William Thom (disambiguation), multiple people

People with the nickname or given name

• Thom Andersen (born 1943), American filmmaker, film critic and teacher
• Thom Adcox-Hernandez (born 1960), American actor
• Thom Barry, American actor
• Thomas Thom Bell (born 1943), Jamaican-born American songwriter, arranger and producer, one of the creators of the Philadelphia style of soul music
• Thomas Thom Brennaman (born 1963), American sportscaster
• Thom Bresh, (born 1948), American country singer and guitarist
• Thom Browne (born 1965), American fashion designer
• Thom Christopher (born 1940), American actor
• Thomas Thom Darden (born 1950), American retired National Football League player
• Thomas Thom Dornbrook (born 1956), American retired National Football League player
• Thom Eberhardt (born 1947), American film director, producer and screenwriter
• Thom Evans (born 1985), Scottish former international rugby union player
• Thomas Thom Fitzgerald (born 1968), American-Canadian film and theatre director, screenwriter, playwright and producer
• Thom Flodqvist, Swedish professional ice hockey player
• Thomas Thom Gimbel, American musician best known as a member of the rock band Foreigner
• Thomas Thom de Graaf (born 1957), Dutch jurist and politician, former Deputy Prime Minister (2003-2005)
• Thomson Thom Gunn (1929–2004), English poet
• Thomas Thom Hartmann (born 1951), American radio host, author, former psychotherapist, entrepreneur and political commentator
• Thom Haye (born 1995), Dutch-born Indonesian footballer
• Thom Jones (1945–2016), American writer, primarily of short stories
• Thomas Thom Mathews (born 1958), American actor
• Thom Michael Mulligan, American actor
• Thom Noble (born 1936), British film editor
• Thom Racina, American television writer and novelist
• Thomas Thom Russo (born 1969), American record producer, engineer, mixer and songwriter
• Thomas Thom Schuyler (born 1952), American songwriter and singer
• Thomas Thom Tillis (born 1960), American politician, Senator from North Carolina
• Thomas Thom Yorke (born 1968), English musician, singer and principal songwriter of the alternative rock band Radiohead

People with the stage name or pseudonym

• Thom Hell, Norwegian singer-songwriter Thomas Helland (born 1976)
• Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer Thomas Antonius Cornelis Ancion (born 1957)

Fictional characters

• Thom Kallor, a DC Comics superhero
• Thom Merrilin, a gleeman in Robert Jordan's book series The Wheel of Time
• Thom Pain, the titular protagonist of Will Eno's one man play Thom Pain (based on nothing)
• Thom Rainier, a character from the Dragon Age video game series

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Thom
• All pages with titles containing Thom
• Blessed Gerard (c. 1040–1120), founder of the Knights Hospitaller, erroneously attributed with the surname Thom
• Thomsen, a Danish surname
• Thomson (surname)
• Thon (name)
• Thorn (surname)