# Thomas Ryan

Thomas, Tom or Tommy Ryan may refer to:

## People in politics and military

* Thomas Ryan (Commandant) (c. 1790–??), soldier and penal administrator
* Thomas Ryan (Quebec politician) (1804–1889), businessman and Senator from Quebec
* Thomas Ryan (Kansas politician) (1837–1914), Congressional representative from Kansas
* Thomas Ryan (Canadian politician) (1849–1937), Canadian politician
* Tommy Ryan (politician) (1852–?), Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
* Thomas Ryan (1870–1943), Australian politician, member of both the Victorian Legislative Assembly and South Australian House of Assembly
* T. J. Ryan (1876–1921), Australian politician, Premier of Queensland, Australia (1915–1919), also New South Wales Parliament member (1921)
* Thomas Jefferson Ryan (1888–1968), Congressional representative from New York
* Thomas Ryan (Irish Army officer) (1893–1980), I.R.A. Commander and Lt. Col. Irish Defence Forces
* Thomas Ryan (New South Wales politician) (1895–1972), Australian politician, member for Auburn in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
* Thomas J. Ryan (admiral) (1901–1970), American admiral and Medal of Honor recipient
* Thomas P. Ryan Jr. (1928–2003), mayor of Rochester, New York
* Thomas M. Ryan Jr. (born 1928), United States Air Force general

## People in business

* Tom Ryan (business executive), (Thomas V. Ryan), CEO and president of Paramount Streaming and Founder of Pluto TV
* Thomas Ryan (businessman), executive at CVS Corporation
* Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851–1928), U.S. businessman
* Tony Ryan (Thomas Anthony Ryan, 1936–2007), Irish founder of Ryanair
* Thomas Ryan (businessman), executive at the National Basketball Association (NBA)

## People in sport
### Hurling

* Tommy Ryan (Boherlahan–Dualla hurler) (fl. 1890s), Irish hurler for Tipperary and Boherlahen-Dualla
* Tommy Ryan (Thurles Sarsfields hurler) (fl. 1940s–1950s), Irish hurler for Tipperary and Thurles Sarsfields
* Tom Ryan (Toomevara hurler) (1941–1970), Irish hurler for Tipperary and Toomevara
* Tom Ryan (Killenaule hurler) (1941–2023), Irish hurler for Tipperary and Killenaule
* Tom Ryan (Limerick hurler) (born 1944), Irish hurler for Limerick and Ballybrown, later a manager
* T. J. Ryan (hurler) (born 1974), Irish hurler for Limerick and Garryspillane
* Thomas Ryan (Waterford hurler) (born 1989), Irish hurler for Waterford and Tallow

### Other sports

* Thomas Ryan (rugby union) (1864–1927), New Zealand rugby player who played for the All Blacks in 1884
* Thomas Ryan (cricketer) (1865–1921), Australian cricketer
* Tommy Ryan (1870–1948), American bareknuckle boxer
* Tommy Ryan (Australian footballer) (1873–1948), Australian rules footballer for Melbourne and St Kilda
* Thomas Ryan (American football) (fl. 1920s), American college football and basketball player
* Tom Ryan (Australian footballer) (1924–2017), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne
* Tommy Ryan (rugby league) (1930–2023), Australian rugby league footballer
* Tommy Ryan (Gaelic footballer) (born 1967), Irish Gaelic footballer
* Ogre 2 (Tom Ryan, born 1986), American professional Halo player
* Thomas Ryan (soccer) (born 1987), American soccer player
* Tom Ryan (lacrosse) (fl. 1990s), American professional lacrosse coach and player

## People in arts and entertainment

* Thomas Ryan (musician) (1827–1903), Irish-American musician
* Thomas Ryan, American actor in The Relic
* Thomas Jay Ryan (born 1962), American actor
* Tom K. Ryan, creator of the comic strip Tumbleweeds
* Tom Ryan, Detroit DJ who played character Count Scary

## Other people

* Thomas Francis Ryan (1872–1961), inventor of five-pin bowling
* Thomas Jervis Ryan (1834–1901), New Zealand policeman
* Thomas Ryan (bishop) (1915–1983), bishop of Clonfert, Ireland, 1962–82
* Tommy Ryan, alias of Genovese crime family boss Thomas Eboli

## Fictional characters

* Tom Ryan, a Primeval character
* Tom Ryan, a character in The Unit