Thomas Burgess or Tom Burgess may refer to:
Politicians Thomas Burgess (died 1623) (c. 1540–1623), alderman of and probably MP for Truro Thomas Burgess (died 1626) (c. 1580–1626), his son, Mayor of and MP for Truro Thomas Burges (1830–1893), Australian politician Thomas M. Burgess (1806–1856), second mayor of Providence, Rhode Island Thomas Burgess (settler), founder of Bala, Ontario, Canada, in the mid-1800s Tom Burgess (Newfoundland politician) (1933–2006), member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly and leader of the New Labrador Party
Sportsmen Tom Burgess (cricketer) (1859–1922), English first-class cricketer Bill Burgess (Thomas William Burgess, 1872–1950), Olympic bronze medallist, swam English Channel Tom Burgess (baseball) (1927–2008), Canadian baseball player, coach and manager Tom Burgess (Canadian football) (born 1964), Canadian Football League quarterback Tom Burgess (rugby league) (born 1992), English Rugby League player Thomas Burgess (umpire) (1888–1974), New Zealand Test cricket umpire
Other people Joseph Tom Burgess (1828–1886), English journalist, writer and artist Josiah Burgess (1689–1719), occasionally named as Thomas, pirate active in the Caribbean Thomas Burgess (painter, fl. 1786), English painter Thomas Burgess (painter died 1807) (c. 1784–1807), English painter Thomas Burgess (bishop of Salisbury) (1756–1837), Bishop of St David's and of Salisbury Thomas Burgess (bishop of Clifton) (1791–1854), English Roman Catholic bishop Thomas J. W. Burgess (1849–1926), Canadian psychiatrist Thomas Paul Burgess (born 1959), academic, novelist and musician from Northern Ireland Thomas de Mallet Burgess, British theatre, musical theatre, and opera director Tom Burgess (winemaker), founder of Burgess Cellars