Tom Thumb (disambiguation)

Tom Thumb is a diminutive hero of English folklore.

Tom Thumb may also refer to:

History

• Tom Thumb, an open boat used by navigator Matthew Flinders and George Bass in 1796
• Tom Thumb (locomotive), the first American-built steam locomotive, built in 1830
• General Tom Thumb, the stage name of performer Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838–1883)
• Tom Thumb snaffle, a type of bit mouthpiece for horses

Brands and companies

• Tom Thumb (grocery store), a chain of supermarkets in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, owned by Safeway
• Tom Thumb Food Stores, the former name for Loaf 'N Jug, a chain of convenience stores in the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama, owned by EG Group
• Tom Thumb Gallery, an alternative exhibition space in Kirksville, Missouri
• Tom Thumb, a chain of gas station convenience stores in Minnesota
• Tom Thumb Toy Typewriter, manufactured by Western Stamping Company of Jackson, Michigan
• Tom Thumb (TT), the smallest size of a Faucet aerator

Play

• Tom Thumb (play), a 1730 play by Henry Fielding
• Tom Thumb (comics), the codename of two Marvel Comics superheroes

Film and TV

• Tom Thumb (film), a 1958 feature film directed by George Pal
• The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb, a 1993 stop-motion animated film
• Tom of T.H.U.M.B., a segment from American/Japanese children's animated television series The King Kong Show

Music

• "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", a song by Bob Dylan
• "Tom Thumb", a jazz composition by saxophonist Wayne Shorter in tribute to fellow pianist Bobby Timmons whose nickname was Tom Thumb, notably recorded on Timmons's album "Soul Man" (1966) and Shorter's album "Schizophrenia" (1967)