Tam (name)
# Tam (name)

Tam is a short form of Thomas (name) 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
