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