# Thom

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 (b. 1940), 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 (born 1951), French historian and Sovietologist
* Graeme Thom (born 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, 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 (born 1943), American filmmaker, film critic and teacher
* Thom Adcox-Hernandez (born 1960), American actor
* Thom Barry, American actor
* Thomas Thom Bell (born 1943), Jamaican-born American songwriter, arranger and producer, one of the creators of the Philadelphia style of soul music
* Thomas Thom Brennaman (born 1963), American sportscaster
* Thom Bresh, (born 1948), American country singer and guitarist
* Thom Browne (born 1965), 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), English poet
* Thomas Thom Hartmann (born 1951), American radio host, author, former psychotherapist, entrepreneur and political commentator
* Thom Haye (born 1995), Dutch-born Indonesian footballer
* Thom Jones (1945–2016), American writer, primarily of short stories
* Thomas Thom Mathews (born 1958), American actor
* Thom Michael Mulligan, 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

## 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
* 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