title: Tam (name)
text: # 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
  