# Thomas Kelly

Thomas, Tom, or Tommy Kelly may refer to:

## Entertainment

* Tommy Kelly (actor) (1925–2016), American actor in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
* Tom Kelly (musician) (born 1946), American musician and songwriter
* "Shotgun Tom" Kelly (born 1949), American radio and television personality
* Thomas Vincent Kelly (active 1996–2009), American film and television actor
* Tom Kelly (actor), British television actor
* Thomas Kelly (pianist), British pianist, prize-winner in 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition
* T. C. Kelly (Thomas Christopher Kelly, 1917–1985), Irish composer, teacher and conductor

## Military

* Thomas Kelly-Kenny (1840–1914), Irish/British General, born Thomas Kelly
* Thomas Kelly (sailor) (1928–1947), British Merchant Navy seaman and George Cross recipient
* Thomas Kelly (Medal of Honor, 1898) (died 1920), U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient during the Spanish–American War
* Thomas Kelly (Medal of Honor, 1864) (1837–?), Irish-born soldier in the Union Army
* Thomas J. Kelly (Medal of Honor) (1923–1988), U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient during World War II
* Thomas W. Kelly (1932–2000), U.S. Army lieutenant general and Gulf War Pentagon spokesman

## Politics

* Thomas Kelly (politician, born 1723) (1723–1809), Irish barrister, judge and politician
* Thomas J. Kelly (Irish nationalist) (1833–1908), Irish revolutionary and leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood
* Thomas Kelly (Sinn Féin politician) (1868–1942), Irish Sinn Féin and later Fianna Fáil politician
* Thomas Kelly (Canadian politician) (1833–1893), Canadian lawyer, judge and politician in Prince Edward Island
* Thomas Kelly (New Zealand politician) (1830–1921), Member of Parliament in Taranaki, New Zealand
* Tom Kelly (SDLP politician), former Vice Chairman of the Social Democratic and Labour Party in Northern Ireland

## Religion

* Thomas Kelly (hymn-writer) (1769–1855) Irish evangelical, founder of the Kellyites
* Thomas Kelly (archbishop of Armagh) (1781–1835), Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
* Thomas Raymond Kelly (Quaker mystic) (1893–1941), American Quaker educator
* Thomas C. Kelly (1931–2011), Archbishop of Louisville

## Sports
### Football and rugby

* Thomas Kelly (rugby union) (1882–1959), England
* Tom Kelly (footballer, born 1885) (1885–1916), English professional footballer
* Tom Kelly (footballer, born 1919) (1919–1970), English professional footballer
* Tom Kelly (footballer, born 1964) (born 1964), Scottish professional footballer
* Tommy Kelly (footballer) (active 1966–1982), Irish
* Tom Kelly (Gaelic footballer) (active 1999–2010), former Gaelic football player
* Thomas Kelly (footballer, fl. 1900s), English footballer for Sunderland
* Thomas Kelly (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1979), English footballer for Barnsley and Wigan Borough
* Tommy Kelly (American football) (born 1980), American football player for the New England Patriots

### Other sports

* Thomas Kelly (cricketer, born 1844) (1844–1893), Australian cricketer
* Thomas Kelly (cricketer, born 2000) (born 2000), Australian cricketer
* Tom Kelly (basketball) (1924–2008), American engineer and professional basketball player
* Thomas Joseph Kelly (1919–2013), American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses
* Tom Kelly (baseball) (born 1950), manager of the Minnesota Twins
* Tommy Spider Kelly (1867–1927), American boxer
* Toss Kelly (Thomas B. Kelly, 1862–1924), American baseball umpire

## Other

* Thomas J. Kelly (aerospace engineer) (1929–2002), American aerospace engineer
* Thomas J. Kelly (scientist) (born 1941), American cancer researcher
* Thomas Forrest Kelly (born 1943), American musicologist
* Thomas J. Kelly III (born 1947), American photojournalist
* Thomas Kelly (1994–2012), Australian assault victim
* Thomas P. Kelly III, American diplomat
* Thomas Kelly, one of the perpetrators of the Maungatapu murders