Tam (name)
Tam is a short form of Thomas (name) in Scots, a nickname and a surname. It may refer to:
Thomas
- Tam Courts (born 1981), Scottish footballer
- Tam Dalyell of the Binns (1615–1685), Scottish Royalist general in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
- Tam Dalyell (born 1932), Scottish politician and Member of Parliament (1962-2005)
- Tam Galbraith (1917–1982), Scottish politician
- Thomas McGraw (1952–2007), Scottish gangster
- Tam McManus (born 1981), Scottish former footballer
- Tam Paton (1938–2009), manager of the Scottish band the Bay City Rollers
- Tam White (1942–2010), Scottish musician, stonemason and actor
Nickname or other first name
- Tamunoemi Tam David-West (born 1936), Nigerian academic, social critic and former federal minister
- Tam Joseph (born 1947), Dominica-born British painter formerly known as Tom Joseph
- Tam or Tom Kellichan (born c. 1954), The Skids original drummer (1977–1979)
- Tam Lenfestey (1818–1885), Guernsey poet
- Tamandani Tam Nsaliwa (born 1982), Malawian footballer
- Walter Sumner Tam Rose (1888–1961), American football player and head coach
- Hubert Tamblyn Tam Spiva (born 1932), American television screenwriter of The Brady Bunck and Gentle Ben
Surname
- the Cantonese romanisation of Tan (surname) (譚), a common Chinese surname
- Reuben Tam (1916–1991), American artist
- Rabbeinu Tam (1100–1171), Rabbi Jacob Tam
- River Tam and Simon Tam, fictional characters/siblings from Firefly
See also
- John Tams (born 1949), English actor, singer, songwriter, composer and musician
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