Tam (name) explained

Tam is a short form of Thomas in Scots, a nickname and a surname. It may refer to:

Thomas

• Tam Dean Burn (born 1958), Scottish actor
• 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 (1932–2017), 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

Nickname or other first name

• Tamunoemi "Tam" David-West (1936–2019), 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), Scottish musician, 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 (1932–2017), 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
• Rod Tam (1953 - 2019), American businessman and politician

Fictional characters

• River Tam and Simon Tam, fictional characters/siblings from Firefly
• Tam Song, supporting character in the book series Keeper of The Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
• Tam Amber, supporting character in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
• Tam al’Thor, supporting character and the father of the Dragon Reborn in The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan

See also

• John Tams (born 1949), English actor, singer, songwriter, composer and musician