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the name

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 (1940-2016), 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 (b. 1951), French historian and Sovietologist
  • Graeme Thom (b. 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 (b. 1951), 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 (b. 1943), American filmmaker, film critic and teacher
  • Thom Adcox-Hernandez (b. 1960), American actor
  • Thom Barry, American actor
  • Thomas Thom Bell (1943-2022), Jamaican-born American songwriter, arranger and producer, one of the creators of the Philadelphia style of soul music
  • Thomas Thom Brennaman (b. 1963), American sportscaster
  • Thom Bresh, (1948-2022), American country singer and guitarist
  • Thom Browne (b. 1965), American fashion designer
  • Thom Christopher (1940-2024), American actor
  • Thomas Thom Darden (b. 1950), American retired National Football League player
  • Thomas Thom Dornbrook (b. 1956), American retired National Football League player
  • Thom Eberhardt (b. 1947), American film director, producer and screenwriter
  • Thom Evans (b. 1985), Scottish former international rugby union player
  • Thomas Thom Fitzgerald (b. 1968), American-Canadian film and theatre director, screenwriter, playwright and producer
  • Thom Flodqvist (b. 1990), Swedish professional ice hockey player
  • Thomas Thom Gimbel, (b. 1959) American musician best known as a member of the rock band Foreigner
  • Thomas Thom de Graaf (b. 1957), Dutch jurist and politician, former Deputy Prime Minister (2003-2005)
  • Thomson Thom Gunn (1929–2004), English poet
  • Thomas Thom Hartmann (b. 1951), American radio host, author, former psychotherapist, entrepreneur and political commentator
  • Thom Haye (b. 1995), Dutch-born Indonesian footballer
  • Thom Jones (1945–2016), American writer, primarily of short stories
  • Thomas Thom Mathews (b. 1958), American actor
  • Thom Michael Mulligan, American actor
  • Thom Noble (b. 1936), British film editor
  • Thom Racina, American television writer and novelist
  • Thomas Thom Russo (b. 1969), American record producer, engineer, mixer and songwriter
  • Thomas Thom Schuyler (b. 1952), American songwriter and singer
  • Thomas Thom Tillis (b. 1960), American politician, Senator from North Carolina
  • Thomas Thom Yorke (b. 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 (b. 1976)
  • Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer Thomas Antonius Cornelis Ancion (b. 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
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