Thomas Thornton

Thomas or Tom Thornton may refer to:

Clergymen

 * Thomas Thornton (academic administrator) (c. 1541–1629), English Church of England clergyman and academic administrator
 * Thomas C. Thornton (1794–1860), American Methodist minister and educator

Public officials

 * Thomas de Thornton, English MP for Lancashire in 1313, 1320 and 1328
 * Thomas Thornton (merchant) (1762–1814), English trade consul and writer on Turkey
 * Thomas Thornton (politician) (1831–1897), American member of Wisconsin State Assembly
 * Thomas Henry Thornton (1832–1913), English Indian civil servant, judge and author
 * Thomas Patrick Thornton (1898–1985), American federal judge

Sportsmen

 * Thomas Thornton (sportsman, died 1823) (1751/2–1823), English huntsman and falconer
 * Tom Thornton (footballer) (1885–1951), English footballer
 * Thomas Thornton (cricketer) (1922–1987), English right-handed batsman
 * Tom Thornton (cricketer) (born 1989), Australian right-handed batsman