Namesakes
Emmy Award Winners:
2 actors
(actor) Tom Selleck 1984 Magnum, P.I. 
(actor) Tom Skerritt 1993 Picket Fences
Fictional Characters from Books:
9 characters, 2 heroes, 1 villain
Tom Jones 1749 Tom Jones
Tom Bertram 1814 Mansfield Park
Uncle Tom 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin
Tom Sawyer 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Tom Kitten 1907 The Tale of Tom Kitten
Tom Buchanan 1925 The Great Gatsby
Tom Joad 1939 The Grapes of Wrath
Tom Ripley 1955 The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tom Long 1958 Tom's Midnight Garden
Tom Oakley 1981 Goodnight Mister Tom
Tom Barnaby 1987 The Killings at Badger's Drift
Lord Voldemort (a.k.a. Tom) 1997 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 character, 1 villain
Tom Cat 1941 The Midnight Snack
Lord Voldemort (a.k.a. Tom) 2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
5 characters
(character) Tom Dooley 1958 Tom Dooley
(character) Tom Traubert 1976 Tom Traubert's Blues
(character) Tom 1982 Poor Tom
(character) Tom 1983 Major Tom (I'm Coming Home)
(character) Tom 2013 Tom the Drum
Fictional Characters from Television:
11 characters
Tom Horton 1965 Days of Our Lives
Tom Summers 1994 Heartbreak High
Tom Paris 1995 Star Trek: Voyager
Tom Adams 1996 Silent Witness
Tom Barnaby 1997 Midsomer Murders
Thomas Grace (a.k.a. Tom) 2001 Alias
Tom Lennox 2001 24
Tom Loman 2002 CSI: Miami
Tom Friendly 2004 Lost
Tom Scavo 2004 Desperate Housewives
Tom Underlay 2005 Invasion
Grammy Award Winners:
1 best new artist
(best new artist) Tom Jones 1966
Hall-of-Famers:
4 basketball, 4 football, 2 baseball, 2 ice hockey
(ice hockey) Tom Hooper 1962
(football) Tom Fears 1970
(ice hockey) Tom Johnson 1970
(basketball) Tom Gola 1975
(basketball) Tom Heinsohn 1986; 2015
(football) Tom Landry 1990
(baseball) Tom Seaver 1992
(football) Tom Mack 1999
(basketball) Tom "Satch" Sanders 2011
(baseball) Tom Glavine 2014
(basketball) Tom Izzo 2016
(football) Tom Flores 2021
Harry Potter Characters:
2 characters
Tom Riddle
Lord Voldemort (a.k.a. Tom)
Most Valuable Players:
1 winner
Tom Brady 2007; 2010; 2017 football
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
38 actors, 1 actor/comedian, 1 presenter
Tom Mix 1880-1940
Tom Tully 1908-1982
Tom Ewell 1909-1994
Tom Tryon 1926-1991
Tom Bosley 1927-2010
Tom Skerritt 1933-
Tom Baker 1934-
Tom Atkins 1935-
Tom Snyder 1936-2007
Tom Courtenay 1937-
Tom Oliver 1938-
Tom Conti 1941-
Tom Selleck 1945-
Tom Savini 1946-
Tom Wilkinson 1948-2023
Tom Jackson 1948-
Tom Berenger 1949-
Tom Waits 1949-
Tom Noonan 1951-
Tom Wopat 1951-
Tom Hulce 1953-
Tom Hanks 1956-
Tom Arnold 1959-
Tom Amandes 1959-
Tom Sizemore 1961-2023
Tom Cruise 1962-
Tom Cavanagh 1963-
Tom Hollander 1967-
Tom Everett Scott 1970-
Tom Welling 1977-
Tom Hardy 1977-
Tom Ellis 1978-
Tom Hiddleston 1981-
Tom Burke 1981-
Tom Mison 1982-
Tom Payne 1982-
Tom Hopper 1985-
Tom Cullen 1985-
Tom Felton 1987-
Tom Holland 1996-
Notable Artists:
1 painter
Tom Thomson 1877-1917
Notable Athletes:
3 basketball, 2 baseball, 2 cycling, 2 driving, 2 soccer, 1 diving, 1 football, 1 golf, 1 ice hockey, 1 rugby
(ice hockey) Tom Johnson 1928-2007
(basketball) Tom Gola 1933-2014
(basketball) Tom Heinsohn 1934-2020
(cycling) Tom Simpson 1937-1967
(basketball) Tom "Satch" Sanders 1938-
(baseball) Tom Seaver 1944-2020
(driving) Tom Pryce 1949-1977
(golf) Tom Watson 1949-
(baseball) Tom Glavine 1966-
(driving) Tom Coronel 1972-
(football) Tom Brady 1977-
(soccer) Tom Heaton 1986-
(rugby) Tom Wood 1986-
(cycling) Tom Dumoulin 1990-
(soccer) Tom Rogić 1992-
(diving) Tom Daley 1994-
Notable Businesspeople:
1 businessperson
Tom Monaghan 1937-
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director
Tom Hooper 1972-
Notable Journalists:
1 news presenter
(news presenter) Tom Brokaw 1940-
Notable Musicians:
6 musicians, 4 singers
Tom Lehrer 1928-
Tom Jones 1940-
Tom Evans 1947-1983
Tom Jackson 1948-
Tom Waits 1949-
Tom Petty 1950-2017
Tom Wopat 1951-
Tom Hamilton 1951-
Tom DeLonge 1975-
Tom Chaplin 1979-
Notable Writers:
1 author
Tom Clancy 1947-2013
Olympic Medalists:
9 bronze, 6 silver, 5 gold, 3 silver/gold, 1 silver/bronze, 1 silver/gold/bronze
(gold) Tom Kiely 1904 decathlon
(bronze) Tom Lieb 1924 discus throw
(silver) Tom Evenson 1932 3000 m steeplechase
(silver) Tom Richards 1948 marathon
(gold) Tom Courtney 1956 4x400 m relay; 800 m
(bronze) Tom Gompf 1964 diving - platform
(bronze) Tom Farrell 1968 800 m
(bronze) Thomas Hill (a.k.a. Tom) 1972 110 m hurdles
(silver) Tom Henderson 1972 basketball
(silver/gold) Tom Bruce 1972 swimming - 100 m breaststroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(silver) Tom McMillen 1972 basketball
(bronze) Tom McBreen 1972 swimming - 400 m freestyle
(gold) Tom LaGarde 1976 basketball
(silver/gold/bronze) Tom Jager 1988; 1992 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 50 m freestyle
(silver/bronze) Tom Ponting 1984; 1988; 1992 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(silver/gold) Tom Dolan 1996; 2000 swimming - 200 m medley; swimming - 400 m medley
(bronze) Tom Wilkens 2000 swimming - 200 m medley
(silver/gold) Tom Malchow 1996; 2000 swimming - 200 m butterfly
(silver) Tom Brice 2004 baseball
(gold) Tom James 2008; 2012 rowing
(gold) Tom Slingsby 2012 sailing
(bronze) Tom Ransley 2012 rowing
(bronze) Tom Daley 2012 diving
(silver) Tom Brewster 2014 curling
(bronze) Tom Walsh 2016; 2020 shot put
Oscar Award Winners:
1 actor, 1 director
(actor) Tom Hanks 1994; 1995 Philadelphia; Forrest Gump
(director) Tom Hooper 2011 The King's Speech
Other Leaders:
1 prime minister
Prime Minister Tom Adams 1976-1985 Barbados
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
8 musicians
Tom Fogerty 1993 Creedence Clearwater Revival
Tom Constanten 1994 The Grateful Dead
Tom Hamilton 2001 Aerosmith
Tom Petty 2002 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Waits 2011
Tom Petersson 2016 Cheap Trick
Tom Johnston 2020 The Doobie Brothers
Tom Morello 2023 Rage Against the Machine
Shakespearian Characters:
2 characters
Edgar (a.k.a. Tom) King Lear
Tom Snout A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tolkien's Characters:
3 characters
Tolman Gardner (a.k.a. Tom) (m)
Tom (m)
Tom Bombadil (m)