Thom
The surname Thom is of Scottish origin, from the city of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Angus, is a sept of the Clan MacThomas.
Thom is also a first name variant of the abbreviation "Tom" of "Thomas" that holds the "h".
Notable people with the surname include:
- Alexander Thom (1894–1985), archaeo-astronomer
- 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
- Cristy Thom (b. 1971), American model, actress and artist
- Gerard Thom (c.1040–1120), founder of the Knights Hospitaller
- James Alexander Thom (b. 1933), American author
- James Crawford Thom (1835–1898), American painter
- John Nichols Thom (1799–1838), self-declared messiah
- Linda Thom (b. 1943), Canadian Olympic gold medal-winning shooter
- Margaret Thom, Deputy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, Canada
- 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), singer-songwriter
- William Thom (disambiguation), multiple people
Distribution of the surname Thom
- Distribution of the surname Thom in Great Britain, 1881
- Distribution of the surname Thom in Great Britain, 1998
See also
- Thom Merrilin, a gleeman in Robert Jordan's series The Wheel of Time.
- Thomsen, from Fife (originally from Denmark)
- Thomson (surname), from Fife
- Thom Yorke, lead singer-songwriter, and musician of English band Radiohead
This page lists people with the surname Thom.
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