Thomas Burke

Thomas Burke or Tom Burke may refer to:

Public officials

 * Thomas Burke (Clare politician) (1876–1951), Irish independent legislator
 * Thomas Burke (North Carolina politician) (c. 1747–1783), Irish-born physician, lawyer and politician
 * Thomas Burke (railroad builder) (1849–1925), American jurist and railroad builder
 * Sir Thomas Burke, 3rd Baronet (1813–1875), Irish legislator
 * Thomas A. Burke (1898–1971), American Democratic city executive and legislator from Ohio
 * Thomas Henry Burke (civil servant) (1829–1882), Irish Catholic Permanent Under Secretary in Britain's Irish Office
 * Thomas Henry Burke (politician) (1904–1959), American politician from Ohio
 * Thomas J. Burke (North Dakota judge) (1896–1966), American jurist; justice of North Dakota Supreme Court
 * Tom Burke (Australian politician) (1910–1973), Labor Party legislator for the Division of Perth
 * Sir Thomas Kerry Burke (born 1942), New Zealand Labour Party Member of Parliament for Rangiora and West Coast
 * T. J. Burke (Thomas James Burke, born 1972), American-born Canadian legislator

Clergymen

 * Thomas Burke (bishop) (circa 1709–1776), Irish Roman Catholic clergyman
 * Thomas Nicholas Burke (1830–1882), Irish Roman Catholic theologian and preacher
 * Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke (1840–1915), Irish-born Roman Catholic clergyman
 * Tom Burke (priest) (1923–2008), Irish Carmelite priest, physicist and schoolteacher

Sports personalities

 * Tom Burke (footballer, born 1862) (1862–1914), Welsh footballer
 * Tom Burke (hurler) (fl. 1865–1887), Irish hurler
 * Thomas Burke (athlete) (1875–1929), American sprinter in 1896 Athens Olympics
 * Tom Burke (American football) (born 1976), American defensive end in National Football League
 * Tom Burke (Irish footballer), Ireland footballer

Military

 * Thomas Burke (Medal of Honor sailor) (1833–1883), U.S. Navy sailor and peacetime Medal of Honor recipient
 * Thomas Burke (Medal of Honor soldier) (1842–1902), Medal of Honor recipient for valor on June 30, 1863
 * Tom Burke (RAF officer), British senior Royal Air Force officer

Others

 * William Burke (pirate) (died 1699), sometimes known as Thomas Burke, Irish pirate active in the Caribbean, associate of William Kidd
 * Thomas Burke (artist) (1749–1815), Irish engraver and painter known for mezzotint
 * Thomas Burke (author) (1886–1945), English poet and author
 * Thomas Burke (businessman) (1870–1949), Australian businessman and philanthropist
 * Tom Burke (Irish revolutionary and sportsman) (1894–1967), Irish revolutionary, sportsman and referee


 * Thomas Burke (tenor) (1890–1969), British operatic tenor
 * Thomas E. Burke (1864–1941), Irish-born American labor union leader
 * Thomas Ulick Burke (1826–1867), bank manager and victim of the Break-o-Day murder in gold-rush Victoria
 * Tom Burke (actor) (born 1981), English television, film and stage actor
 * Tom Burke (environmentalist) (born 1938), British academic and writer on environmental policy issues
 * Tomás Burke (fl. 1600–02), Irish gentleman and soldier
 * Thomas Burke, character in Mafia III