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
Sports 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) (born 2000) Horse murders#Tommy Burns, until 1991 arrest, a hired killer of heavily insured equestrian horses
Other persons 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 (born 1945), American historian Tom Burns (bishop) (born 1944), Catholic bishop Tom Burns (publisher) (1906–1995), British publisher Tom Burns (sociologist) (1913–2001), British sociologist, author and founder of the Sociology department at the University of Edinburgh Tom R. Burns (1937–2025), American/Swedish sociologist, professor of sociology at the University of Uppsala E. L. M. Burns (1897–1985), Canadian general, known as "Tommy"
See also Tommy Byrnes (1923–1981), American basketball player Thomas Byrne (disambiguation) Thomas Byrnes (disambiguation)