Tommy (given name)

Tommy is a masculine given name, frequently a short form of Thomas. Tommy may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * Tommy Brown (singer) (1931–2016), American R&B singer
 * Tommy Cairo (born 1958) former American professional wrestler
 * Tommy Cannon (born 1938), British comedian
 * Tommy Chong (born 1938), actor, writer, director, musician, and comedian, half of the Cheech & Chong comedy duo.
 * Tommy Collins (singer) (1930–2000), stage name of Leonard Sipes, American country music singer-songwriter
 * Tommy Cooper (1921–1984), prop comedian and magician
 * Tommy Davidson (born 1965), American actor
 * Tommy DeBarge, American R'n'B musician formerly of the band Switch
 * Tommy Dorfman (born 1992), American actress
 * Tommy Dorsey (1905–1956), American jazz trombonist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader of the Big Band era
 * Tommy Emmanuel (born 1955), Australian guitarist
 * Tommy Engel (born 1949), German musician
 * Tommy Finke (born 1981), German singer/songwriter
 * Tommy Hilfiger (born 1951), fashion designer
 * Tommy Hunter (born 1937), Canadian country music performer, star of The Tommy Hunter Show on television
 * Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946), American actor
 * Tommy Keene (1958–2017), American singer-songwriter
 * Tommy Knight (born 1993), English child actor
 * Tommy Lee (born 1962), drummer for glam metal band Mötley Crüe
 * Tommy Makem (1932–2007) Irish-American musician
 * Tommy Mottola (born 1949), American music executive, former husband of Mariah Carey
 * Tommy Page (1970–2017), American singer-songwriter
 * Tommy Ramone (1951–2014), Hungarian-American musician and record producer, founding member of The Ramones
 * Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr. (born 1980), singer and keyboardist of heavy metal band Between the Buried and Me
 * Tommy Rogers (1961–2015), American professional wrestler
 * Tommy Sands (American singer) (born 1937), American pop music singer and actor
 * Tommy Sands (Irish singer) (born 1945), Northern Irish folk singer, songwriter, radio broadcaster, and political activist
 * Tommy Shaw (born 1953), guitarist for the band Styx
 * Tommy Smith (playwright), American playwright
 * Tommy Smith (DJ) (born 1954), radio disc jockey from Little Rock, Arkansas
 * Tommy Smith (saxophonist) (born 1967), Scottish jazz saxophonist, composer and educator
 * Tommy Sotomayor, American radio show host and YouTube personality
 * Tommy Steele (born 1936), Britain's first teen idol and rock 'n' roll star
 * Tommy Stinson (born 1966), American rock musician
 * Tommy Trinder (1909-1989), English comedian
 * Tommy Tune (born 1939), American dancer, actor
 * Tommy Wiseau, American film producer/director
 * Tommy Young, (born 1947) professional wrestling referee and retired professional wrestler
 * Tommy February6 and Tommy Heavenly6, stage names for Japanese singer Tomoko Kawase

Politics

 * Tommy Douglas (1904–1986), Scottish-born Canadian politician, father of universal healthcare in Canada
 * Tommy Osmeña (born 1948), Filipino politician, Mayor of Cebu City
 * Tommy Suharto (born 1962), Indonesian politician
 * Tommy Thompson (born 1941), American politician

Sports

 * Tommy Alcedo (born 1976), Venezuelan road cyclist
 * Tommy Asnip (1883–1918), English footballer
 * Tommy Boutwell (born 1946), American football player
 * Tommy Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Tommy Burns (born Noah Brusso; 1881-1955), Canadian boxer and world heavyweight champion
 * Geoffrey M. Murphy (1922-2011), Australian boxer and welterweight champion, better known as Tommy Burns
 * Tommy Curtis (1952–2021), American basketball player
 * Tommy Docherty (1928–2020), Scottish former footballer and football manager
 * Tommy Edman (born 1995), American baseball player
 * Tommy Ekblom (born 1959), Finnish long-distance runner
 * Tommy Everidge (born 1983), American baseball player and coach
 * Tommy Frevert (born 1986), American football player
 * Tommy Giacomelli (born 1974), or simply 'Tommy', Brazilian former association football player
 * Tommy Green (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Tommy Haas (born 1978), German tennis player
 * Tommy Henry (American football) (born 1969), American football player
 * Tommy Henry (baseball) (born 1997), American baseball player
 * Tommy Hottovy (born 1981), American baseball player and coach
 * Tommy Hudson (born 1997), American football player
 * Tommy Hunter (baseball) (born 1986), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Tommy Hunter (footballer) (1863–1918), English footballer
 * Tommy Ivan (1911-1999), Canadian hockey coach and general manager
 * Tommy Kahnle (born 1989), American baseball player
 * Tommy Lasorda (1927–2021), American Major League Baseball manager and player
 * Tommy La Stella (born 1989), American baseball player
 * Tommy Lee (footballer) (born 1986), football goalkeeper for Chesterfield F.C.
 * Tommy Lloyd (born 1974), American basketball coach
 * Tommy Milone (born 1987), American baseball player
 * Tommy Mulgrew (1929–2016), Scottish footballer
 * Tommy Nance (born 1991), American baseball player
 * Tommy Northcott (1931–2008), English footballer
 * Tommy Paul (tennis) (born 1997), American tennis player
 * Tommy Pham (born 1988), American baseball player
 * Tommy Robredo (born 1982), Spanish tennis player
 * Tommy Romero (born 1997), American baseball player
 * Tommy Sale (1910–1990), English footballer
 * Tom Simpson (1937–1967), British cyclist
 * Tommy Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Tommy Sørensen (born 1979), Danish badminton player
 * Tommy Sugiarto (born 1988), Indonesian badminton player
 * Tommy Stevens (born 1996), American football player
 * Tommy Sweeney (born 1997), American football player
 * Tommy Thevenow (1903–1957), American baseball player
 * Tommy Togiai (born 1999), American football player
 * Tommy Tolleson (born 1943), American football player
 * Tommy Townsend (born 1996), American football player
 * Tommy Tremble (born 2000), American football player
 * Tommy Walker (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Tommy Walsh (hurler, born 1983) (born 1983), hurler with Kilkenny GAA
 * Tommy Walsh (Kerry footballer) (born 1988), Gaelic footballer and Australian rules footballer
 * Tommy Walsh (Wicklow Gaelic footballer), Gaelic footballer with Wicklow GAA (2007–2009)
 * Tommy Watkins (born 1980), American baseball player and coach
 * Tommy Whelan (1911–1974), American football player

Other

 * Poltpalingada Booboorowie (c. 1830–1901), known as Tommy Walker, Australian Aboriginal personality
 * Tommy Alexandersson (born 1948), Swedish mass murderer
 * Thomas Gambino (born 1929), Italian-American mobster
 * Thomas Ricketts (1901–1967), at age 17, the youngest soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross as a combatant
 * Tommy Brown (NAAFI assistant) (c. 1926–1945), youngest recipient of the George Medal, involved in retrieving code books invaluable in breaking the German Second World War Enigma code
 * Tommy Lynn Sells (1964–2014), American serial killer
 * Tommy O'Connor (1880–1951), American fugitive
 * Tommy Pangcoga (born 1972), writer and non-government organization worker based in Mindanao
 * Tommy Solomon (1884–1933), believed by most to have been the last true Moriori, the indigenous people of the Chatham Islands
 * Tommy Walsh (builder) (born 1956), English celebrity builder

Fictional characters

 * Tommy (comics), former member of the Morlocks in the Marvel Comics universe
 * Tommy, a character in The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai, who is a friend of Johnny
 * Tommy Carcetti, in the TV series The Wire
 * Tommy Garvey, main character in HBO series The Leftovers played by Chris Zylka
 * Tommy Gavin, lead character in the FX drama Rescue Me
 * Tommy Jarvis, recurring character in the Friday the 13th franchise
 * Tommy Judd, co-protagonist of the play Another Country by Julian Mitchell
 * Tommy Monaghan, also known as Hitman, a super-powered assassin in DC Comics, created by Garth Ennis
 * Tommy Oliver, one of the main characters from the Power Rangers TV series
 * Tommy Pickles, main character in the Rugrats and All Grown Up! TV series
 * Tommy Shelby, main protagonist in British television series Peaky Blinders
 * Tommy Settergren, a Pippi Longstocking character
 * Tommy Shepherd, a.k.a. Speed, a Marvel Comics superhero
 * Tommy Solomon (3rd Rock from the Sun), one of the main characters from the sitcom
 * Tommy Vercetti, the main protagonist from 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
 * Tommy Walker (Brothers & Sisters), on the TV series Brothers & Sisters
 * Tommy Westphall, on the TV series St. Elsewhere