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 (1940-2016), 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 (b. 1951), French historian and Sovietologist
• Graeme Thom (b. 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, Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, Canada, 2017–2024
• Randy Thom (b. 1951), 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 (b. 1943), American filmmaker, film critic and teacher
• Thom Adcox-Hernandez (b. 1960), American actor
• Thom Barry, American actor
• Thomas Thom Bell (1943-2022), Jamaican-born American songwriter, arranger and producer, one of the creators of the Philadelphia style of soul music
• Thomas Thom Brennaman (b. 1963), American sportscaster
• Thom Bresh, (1948-2022), American country singer and guitarist
• Thom Browne (b. 1965), American fashion designer
• Thom Christopher (1940-2024), American actor
• Thomas Thom Darden (b. 1950), American retired National Football League player
• Thomas Thom Dornbrook (b. 1956), American retired National Football League player
• Thom Eberhardt (b. 1947), American film director, producer and screenwriter
• Thom Evans (b. 1985), Scottish former international rugby union player
• Thomas Thom Fitzgerald (b. 1968), American-Canadian film and theatre director, screenwriter, playwright and producer
• Thom Flodqvist (b. 1990), Swedish professional ice hockey player
• Thomas Thom Gimbel, (b. 1959) American musician best known as a member of the rock band Foreigner
• Thomas Thom de Graaf (b. 1957), Dutch jurist and politician, former Deputy Prime Minister (2003-2005)
• Thomson Thom Gunn (1929–2004), English poet
• Thomas Thom Hartmann (b. 1951), American radio host, author, former psychotherapist, entrepreneur and political commentator
• Thom Haye (b. 1995), Dutch-born Indonesian footballer
• Thom Jones (1945–2016), American writer, primarily of short stories
• Thomas Thom Mathews (b. 1958), American actor
• Thom Michael Mulligan, American actor
• Thom Noble (b. 1936), British film editor
• Thom Racina, American television writer and novelist
• Thomas Thom Russo (b. 1969), American record producer, engineer, mixer and songwriter
• Thomas Thom Schuyler (b. 1952), American songwriter and singer
• Thomas Thom Tillis (b. 1960), American politician, Senator from North Carolina
• Thomas Thom Yorke (b. 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 (b. 1976)
• Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer Thomas Antonius Cornelis Ancion (b. 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)