Thom

This article is about the name. For the Canadian high school, see Thom Collegiate.

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 (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

• Distribution of the surname Thom in Great Britain, 1881
• Distribution of the surname Thom in Great Britain, 1998

People with the nickname or given name

• Thom Andersen (born 1943), American filmmaker, film critic and teacher
• Thomas Thom Bell (born 1943), Jamaican-born American songwriter, arranger and producer, one of the creators of the Philadelphia style of soul music
• Thom Browne, 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), Anglo-American poet
• Thomas Thom Hartmann (born 1951), American radio host, author, former psychotherapist, entrepreneur and political commentator
• Thom Haye (born 1995), Dutch footballer
• Thom Jones (born 1945), American writer, primarily of short stories
• Thomas Thom Mathews (born 1958), 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
• Thom Bertrum Simbeye (born 1999), an upcoming artist

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

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