Thomas Burke

Thomas Burke or Tom Burke may refer to:

Public officials

• Thomas Burke (North Carolina) (c. 1747–1783), Irish-born physician, lawyer and politician
• Sir Thomas Burke, 3rd Baronet (1813–1875), Irish legislator
• Thomas Henry Burke (civil servant) (1829–1882), Irish Catholic Permanent Under Secretary in Britain's Irish Office
• Thomas Henry Burke (politician) (1904–1959), American politician from Ohio
• Thomas Burke (Seattle) (1849–1925), American jurist and railroad builder
• Thomas Burke (Clare politician) (1908–1951), Irish independent legislator
• Thomas J. Burke (North Dakota) (1896–1966), American jurist; justice of North Dakota Supreme Court
• Thomas A. Burke (1898–1971), American Democratic city executive and legislator from Ohio
• Tom Burke (Australian politician) (1910–1973), Labor Party legislator for the Division of Perth
• Sir Thomas Kerry Burke (born 1942), New Zealand Labour Party Member of Parliament for Rangiora and West Coast
• T. J. Burke (Thomas James Burke, born 1972), American-born Canadian legislator

Clergymen

• Thomas Burke (bishop) (c. 1709–1776), Irish Roman Catholic clergyman
• Thomas Nicholas Burke (1830–1882), Irish Roman Catholic theologian and preacher
• Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke (1840–1915), Irish-born Roman Catholic clergyman

Sports personalities

• Tom Burke (footballer) (1862–1914), Welsh footballer
• Tom Burke (hurler) (fl. 1865–1887), Irish hurler
• Thomas Burke (athlete) (1875–1929), American sprinter in 1896 Athens Olympics
• Tom Burke (American football) (born 1976), American defensive end in National Football League

Others

• Thomas Burke (artist) (1749–1815), Irish engraver and painter known for mezzotint
• Thomas Burke (author) (1886–1945), English poet and author
• Thomas Burke (businessman) (1870–1949), Australian businessman and philanthropist
• Thomas Burke (Medal of Honor) (1833–1899), U.S. Navy sailor and peacetime Medal of Honor recipient
• Thomas Burke (soldier) (1842–1902), Medal of Honor recipient for valor on June 30, 1863
• Thomas Burke (tenor) (Tom Burke) 1890-1969, British operatic tenor
• Thomas Ulick Burke (bank manager) (1826–1867), victim of the Break-o-Day murder in gold-rush Victoria
• Tom Burke (actor) (born 1981), English television, film and stage actor
• Tom Burke (environmentalist) (born 1938), British academic and writer on environmental policy issues

See also

• Burke (surname)
• Tommy Burks (1940–1998), American Democratic legislator in Tennessee