Tommy (given name)
Tommy or Thommy is a masculine given name, frequently a short form of Thomas. Notable people with these names include:
People
[edit]Arts and entertainment
[edit]- Thommy Berggren (born 1937), Swedish actor
- Tommy Brown (singer) (1931–2016), American R&B singer
- Tommy Cairo (born 1958), American professional wrestler
- Tommy Cannon (born 1938), British comedian
- Tommy Chong (born 1938), Canadian 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), British 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), American 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
- Thommy Luke Boehlig (born 1976), German martial artist
- Thommy Kane (born 1978), American filmmaker
- 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
- Thommy Price (born 1956), American musician
- Tommy Page (1970–2017), American singer-songwriter
- Tommy Polley (born 1978), American footballer
- 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), American professional wrestling referee and retired professional wrestler
- Tommy February6 and Tommy Heavenly6, stage names for Japanese singer Tomoko Kawase
Politics
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Thommy Abrahamsson (born 1947), Swedish ice hockey player
- 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 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), English goalkeeper for Chesterfield F.C.
- Tommy Lloyd (born 1974), American basketball coach
- Tommy Mellott, American football player
- 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 Rybacki (born 1986), American football player and coach
- 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 Suggs, American football 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
See also
[edit]- Tommi, Finnish given name
- Tommie, given name
- Tommy Robinson (disambiguation)