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)

• Andreas Thom (born 1965), former German football player

• Bing Thom (1940-2016), 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 (born 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)

• Jess Thom (born 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 (born 1943), Canadian Olympic gold medal-winning shooter

• Margaret Thom, Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, Canada, 2017–2024

• Randy Thom (born 1951), 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)

• Ronald Thom (1923–1986), Canadian architect

• Sandi Thom (b. 1981), Scottish singer-songwriter

• William Thom (disambiguation)

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 (1943-2022), 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, (1948-2022), American country singer and guitarist

• Thom Browne (born 1965), American fashion designer

• Thom Christopher (1940-2024), 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 (born 1990), Swedish professional ice hockey player

• Thomas Thom Gimbel, (born 1959) 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 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, from the Dragon Age video game series

See also

• Blessed Gerard (c. 1040–1120), founder of the Knights Hospitaller, erroneously attributed with the surname Thom

• Thomsen, a Danish surname

• Thomson (surname)

• Thon (name)

• Thorn (surname)