Tom or Thomas Flaherty may refer to: Thomas E. Flaherty (born 1950), Pennsylvania politician Thomas A. Flaherty (1898–1965), Massachusetts politician Tom Flaherty (born ), American criminal, sneak thief and river pirate Thomas J. Flaherty (born 1963), Irish Garda officer Thomas Flaherty (musician), American cellist, composer, and musicologist Tom Flaherty (American football) (born 1964), American football player