title: Thomas Kelly
text: # Thomas Kelly
  
  Thomas, Tom, or Tommy Kelly may refer to:
  
  ## Entertainment
  
  * Tommy Kelly (actor) (1925–2016), American actor in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  * Tom Kelly (musician) (born 1946), American musician and songwriter
  * "Shotgun" Tom Kelly (born 1949), American radio and television personality
  * Thomas Vincent Kelly (active 1996–2009), American film and television actor
  * Tom Kelly (actor), British television actor
  * Thomas Kelly (pianist), British pianist, prize-winner in 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition
  
  ## Military
  
  * Thomas Kelly-Kenny (1840–1914), Irish/British General, born Thomas Kelly
  * Thomas Kelly (sailor) (1928–1947), British Merchant Navy seaman and George Cross recipient
  * Thomas Kelly (Medal of Honor, 1898) (died 1920), U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient during the Spanish–American War
  * Thomas Kelly (Medal of Honor, 1864) (1837–?), Irish-born soldier in the Union Army
  * Thomas J. Kelly (Medal of Honor) (1923–1988), U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient during World War II
  * Thomas W. Kelly (1932–2000), U.S. Army lieutenant general and Gulf War Pentagon spokesman
  
  ## Politics
  
  * Thomas Kelly (politician, born 1723) (1723–1809), Irish barrister, judge and politician
  * Thomas J. Kelly (Irish nationalist) (1833–1908), Irish revolutionary and leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood
  * Thomas Kelly (Sinn Féin politician) (1868–1942), Irish Sinn Féin and later Fianna Fáil politician
  * Thomas Kelly (Canadian politician) (1833–1893), Canadian lawyer, judge and politician in Prince Edward Island
  * Thomas Kelly (New Zealand politician) (1830–1921), Member of Parliament in Taranaki, New Zealand
  * Tom Kelly (SDLP politician), former Vice Chairman of the Social Democratic and Labour Party in Northern Ireland
  
  ## Religion
  
  * Thomas Kelly (hymn-writer) (1769–1855) Irish evangelical, founder of the Kellyites
  * Thomas Kelly (archbishop of Armagh) (1781–1835), Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  * Thomas Raymond Kelly (Quaker mystic) (1893–1941), American Quaker educator
  * Thomas C. Kelly (1931–2011), Archbishop of Louisville
  
  ## Sports
  
  ### Football and rugby
  
  * Thomas Kelly (rugby union) (1882–1959), England
  * Tom Kelly (footballer, born 1885) (1885–1916), English professional footballer
  * Tom Kelly (footballer, born 1919) (1919–1970), English professional footballer
  * Tom Kelly (footballer, born 1964) (born 1964), Scottish professional footballer
  * Tommy Kelly (footballer) (active 1966–1982), Irish
  * Tom Kelly (Gaelic footballer) (active 1999–2010), former Gaelic football player
  * Thomas Kelly (footballer, fl. 1900s), English footballer for Sunderland
  * Thomas Kelly (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1979), English footballer for Barnsley and Wigan Borough
  * Tommy Kelly (born 1980), American football player for the New England Patriots
  
  ### Other sports
  
  * Thomas Kelly (cricketer, born 1844) (1844–1893), Australian cricketer
  * Thomas Kelly (cricketer, born 2000) (born 2000), Australian cricketer
  * Tom Kelly (basketball) (1924–2008), American engineer and professional basketball player
  * Thomas Joseph Kelly (1919–2013), American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses
  * Tom Kelly (baseball) (born 1950), manager of the Minnesota Twins
  * Tommy Spider Kelly (1867–1927), American boxer
  * Toss Kelly (Thomas B. Kelly, 1862–1924), American baseball umpire
  
  ## Other
  
  * Thomas J. Kelly (aerospace engineer) (1929–2002), American
  * Thomas J. Kelly (scientist) (born 1941), American cancer researcher
  * Thomas Forrest Kelly (born 1943), American musicologist
  * Thomas J. Kelly III (born 1947), American photojournalist
  * Thomas Kelly (1994–2012), Australian assault victim
  * Thomas P. Kelly III, American diplomat
  * Thomas Kelly, one of the perpetrators of the Maungatapu murders.
  