Namesakes
Edgar
(a.k.a. Tom) (m) 
Shakespearian Characters King Lear
Thomas Grace
(a.k.a. Tom) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 Alias
Thomas Hill
(a.k.a. Tom) (m) 1949-
Olympic Medalists 1972 110 m hurdles (bronze)
Tolman Gardner
(a.k.a. Tom) (m)
Tolkien's Characters
Tom
(m)
Tolkien's Characters
Uncle Tom
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin
Tom Cat
(m)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1941 The Midnight Snack
Tom
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1982 Poor Tom
Tom
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1983 Major Tom (I'm Coming Home)
Tom
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2013 Tom the Drum
Tom Adams
(m) 1931-1985
Other Leaders 1976-1985 Barbados (prime minister)
Tom Adams
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1996 Silent Witness
Tom Amandes
(m) 1959-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Arnold
(m) 1959-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Tom Atkins
(m) 1935-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Barnaby
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1987 The Killings at Badger's Drift
Fictional Characters from Television 1997 Midsomer Murders
Tom Berenger
(m) 1949-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Bertram
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1814 Mansfield Park
Tom Bombadil
(m)
Tolkien's Characters
Tom Bosley
(m) 1927-2010
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Brady
(m) 1977-
Most Valuable Players 2007; 2010; 2017 football
Notable Athletes (football)
Tom Brewster
(m) 1974-
Olympic Medalists 2014 curling (silver)
Tom Brice
(m) 1981-
Olympic Medalists 2004 baseball (silver)
Tom Brokaw
(m) 1940-
Notable Journalists
Tom Bruce
(m) 1952-2020
Olympic Medalists 1972 swimming - 100 m breaststroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (silver/gold)
Tom Buchanan
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1925 The Great Gatsby
Tom Cavanagh
(m) 1963-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Chaplin
(m) 1979-
Notable Musicians
Tom Clancy
(m) 1947-2013
Notable Writers
Tom Constanten
(m) 1944-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1994 The Grateful Dead
Tom Coronel
(m) 1972-
Notable Athletes (driving)
Tom Courtney
(m) 1933-2023
Olympic Medalists 1956 4x400 m relay; 800 m (gold)
Tom Cruise
(m) 1962-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Cullen
(m) 1985-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Daley
(m) 1994-
Notable Athletes (diving)
Olympic Medalists 2012 diving (bronze)
Tom DeLonge
(m) 1975-
Notable Musicians
Tom Dolan
(m) 1975-
Olympic Medalists 1996; 2000 swimming - 200 m medley; swimming - 400 m medley (silver/gold)
Tom Dooley
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1958 Tom Dooley
Tom Dumoulin
(m) 1990-
Notable Athletes (cycling)
Tom Ellis
(m) 1978-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Evans
(m) 1947-1983
Notable Musicians
Tom Evenson
(m) 1910-1997
Olympic Medalists 1932 3000 m steeplechase (silver)
Tom Farrell
(m) 1944-
Olympic Medalists 1968 800 m (bronze)
Tom Fears
(m) 1922-2000
Hall-of-Famers 1970 (football)
Tom Felton
(m) 1987-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Flores
(m) 1937-
Hall-of-Famers 2021 (football)
Tom Fogerty
(m) 1941-1990
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1993 Creedence Clearwater Revival
Tom Friendly
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2004 Lost
Tom Glavine
(m) 1966-
Hall-of-Famers 2014 (baseball)
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Tom Gola
(m) 1933-2014
Hall-of-Famers 1975 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Tom Gompf
(m) 1939-
Olympic Medalists 1964 diving - platform (bronze)
Tom Hamilton
(m) 1951-
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2001 Aerosmith
Tom Hanks
(m) 1956-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1994; 1995 Philadelphia; Forrest Gump (actor)
Tom Hardy
(m) 1977-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Heaton
(m) 1986-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Tom Heinsohn
(m) 1934-2020
Hall-of-Famers 1986; 2015 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Tom Henderson
(m) 1952-
Olympic Medalists 1972 basketball (silver)
Tom Hiddleston
(m) 1981-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Holland
(m) 1996-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Hollander
(m) 1967-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Hooper
(m) 1883-1960
Hall-of-Famers 1962 (ice hockey)
Tom Hooper
(m) 1972-
Notable Filmmakers
Oscar Award Winners 2011 The King's Speech (director)
Tom Horton
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1965 Days of Our Lives
Tom Hulce
(m) 1953-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Izzo
(m) 1955-
Hall-of-Famers 2016 (basketball)
Tom Jackson
(m) 1948-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Tom Jager
(m) 1964-
Olympic Medalists 1988; 1992 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 50 m freestyle (silver/gold/bronze)
Tom James
(m) 1984-
Olympic Medalists 2008; 2012 rowing (gold)
Tom Joad
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1939 The Grapes of Wrath
Tom Johnson
(m) 1928-2007
Hall-of-Famers 1970 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Tom Johnston
(m) 1948-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2020 The Doobie Brothers
Tom Jones
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1749 Tom Jones
Tom Jones
(m) 1940-
Grammy Award Winners 1966 (best new artist)
Notable Musicians
Tom Kiely
(m) 1869-1951
Olympic Medalists 1904 decathlon (gold)
Tom Kitten
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1907 The Tale of Tom Kitten
Tom LaGarde
(m) 1955-
Olympic Medalists 1976 basketball (gold)
Tom Landry
(m) 1924-2000
Hall-of-Famers 1990 (football)
Tom Lehrer
(m) 1928-
Notable Musicians
Tom Lennox
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 24
Tom Lieb
(m) 1899-1962
Olympic Medalists 1924 discus throw (bronze)
Tom Loman
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2002 CSI: Miami
Tom Long
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1958 Tom's Midnight Garden
Tom Mack
(m) 1943-
Hall-of-Famers 1999 (football)
Tom Malchow
(m) 1976-
Olympic Medalists 1996; 2000 swimming - 200 m butterfly (silver/gold)
Tom McBreen
(m) 1952-
Olympic Medalists 1972 swimming - 400 m freestyle (bronze)
Tom McMillen
(m) 1952-
Olympic Medalists 1972 basketball (silver)
Tom Monaghan
(m) 1937-
Notable Businesspeople
Tom Morello
(m) 1964-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2023 Rage Against the Machine
Tom Noonan
(m) 1951-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Oakley
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1981 Goodnight Mister Tom
Tom Oliver
(m) 1938-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Paris
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1995 Star Trek: Voyager
Tom Petersson
(m) 1950-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2016 Cheap Trick
Tom Petty
(m) 1950-2017
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2002 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Ponting
(m) 1965-
Olympic Medalists 1984; 1988; 1992 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (silver/bronze)
Tom Pryce
(m) 1949-1977
Notable Athletes (driving)
Tom Ransley
(m) 1985-
Olympic Medalists 2012 rowing (bronze)
Tom Richards
(m) 1910-1985
Olympic Medalists 1948 marathon (silver)
Tom Riddle
(m)
Harry Potter Characters
Tom Ripley
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1955 The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tom Rogić
(m) 1992-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Tom "Satch" Sanders
(m) 1938-
Hall-of-Famers 2011 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Tom Savini
(m) 1946-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Sawyer
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Tom Scavo
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2004 Desperate Housewives
Tom Everett Scott
(m) 1970-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Seaver
(m) 1944-2020
Hall-of-Famers 1992 (baseball)
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Tom Selleck
(m) 1945-
Emmy Award Winners 1984 Magnum, P.I. (actor)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Simpson
(m) 1937-1967
Notable Athletes (cycling)
Tom Sizemore
(m) 1961-2023
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Skerritt
(m) 1933-
Emmy Award Winners 1993 Picket Fences (actor)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Slingsby
(m) 1984-
Olympic Medalists 2012 sailing (gold)
Tom Snout
(m)
Shakespearian Characters A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tom Summers
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1994 Heartbreak High
Tom Thomson
(m) 1877-1917
Notable Artists
Tom Traubert
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1976 Tom Traubert's Blues
Tom Underlay
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 Invasion
Tom Waits
(m) 1949-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2011
Tom Watson
(m) 1949-
Notable Athletes (golf)
Tom Welling
(m) 1977-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Wilkens
(m) 1975-
Olympic Medalists 2000 swimming - 200 m medley (bronze)
Tom Wilkinson
(m) 1948-2023
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Tom Wood
(m) 1986-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Tom Wopat
(m) 1951-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Lord Voldemort
(a.k.a. Tom) (m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1997 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Fictional Characters from Movies 2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter Characters