Thomas Burns Explained

Thomas Burns, Tommy Burns or Tom Burns may refer to:

Politics

Thomas Burns (politician) (born 1960), Nationalist Northern Irish politician
Thomas Edward Burns (born 1927), Unionist Northern Irish politician
Tom Burns (Australian politician) (1931–2007), former leader of the Australian Labor Party in Queensland

Thomas H. Burns (1879–1913), Hall of Fame Champion jockey
Oyster Burns (Thomas P. Burns, 1864–1928), Major League Baseball player
Tom Burns (baseball) (1857–1902), Major League Baseball player
Tom Burns (footballer) (1916–1993), Australian rules footballer
Tommy Burns (Australian boxer) (1922–2011), Australian Boxing Hall of Famer
Tommy Burns (Canadian boxer) (1881–1955), Canadian heavyweight boxing world champion
Tommy Burns (Canadian football) (1910–1942), all-star and Grey Cup champion
Tommy Burns (diver) (1868–1897), English champion diver
Tommy Burns (footballer) (1956–2008), Scottish football player and manager (Celtic, Kilmarnock, national team)
T. P. Burns (1924–2018), Irish jockey
Tom Burns (taekwondo)
Horse murders#Tommy Burns, until 1991 arrest, a hired killer of heavily insured equestrian horses

Thomas Burns (minister, born 1796) (1796–1871), minister and founding settler of Dunedin, New Zealand
Thomas Burns (minister, born 1853) (1853–1938), Scottish minister
Thomas J. Burns (1923–1996), American accounting scholar and professor of accounting
Thomas S. Burns, American historian
Tom Burns (bishop) (born 1944), Catholic bishop
Tom Burns (publisher) (1906–1995), British publisher
Tom Burns (sociologist) (1913–2001), sociologist, author and founder of the Sociology department at the University of Edinburgh
Tom R. Burns (born 1937), American/Swedish sociologist, professor of sociology at the University of Uppsala
E. L. M. Burns (1897–1985), Canadian general, known as "Tommy"