Tam (name)

Tam is a short form of Thomas in Scots, a nickname and a surname. It may refer to:

Thomas

 * Tam Dean Burn (born 1958), Scottish actor
 * Tam Courts (born 1981), Scottish footballer
 * Tam Dalyell of the Binns (1615–1685), Scottish Royalist general in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
 * Tam Dalyell (1932–2017), Scottish politician and Member of Parliament (1962-2005)
 * Tam Galbraith (1917–1982), Scottish politician
 * Thomas McGraw (1952–2007), Scottish gangster
 * Tam McManus (born 1981), Scottish former footballer

Nickname or other first name

 * Tamunoemi "Tam" David-West (1936–2019), Nigerian academic, social critic and former federal minister
 * Tam Joseph (born 1947), Dominica-born British painter formerly known as Tom Joseph
 * Tam or Tom Kellichan (born c. 1954), Scottish musician, The Skids original drummer (1977–1979)
 * Tam Lenfestey (1818–1885), Guernsey poet
 * Tamandani "Tam" Nsaliwa (born 1982), Malawian footballer
 * Walter Sumner "Tam" Rose (1888–1961), American football player and head coach
 * Hubert Tamblyn "Tam" Spiva (1932–2017), American television screenwriter of The Brady Bunck and Gentle Ben

Surname

 * the Cantonese romanisation of Tan (surname) (譚), a common Chinese surname
 * Reuben Tam (1916–1991), American artist
 * Rabbeinu Tam (1100–1171), Rabbi Jacob Tam
 * Rod Tam (1953–2019), American businessman and politician

Fictional characters

 * River Tam and Simon Tam, fictional characters/siblings from Firefly
 * Tam Song, supporting character in the book series Keeper of The Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
 * Tam Amber, supporting character in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
 * Tam al’Thor, supporting character and the father of the Dragon Reborn in The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan