Tam is a short form of

Thomas Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

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Tam Dean Burn Tam Dean Burn (born 1958 in Leith, Scotland) is a Scottish actor who has played a wide range of roles on stage and screen. On television this includes multiple roles on long-running detective series ''Taggart'', youth sci-fi thriller ''Life Forc ...

(born 1958), Scottish actor * Tam Courts (born 1981), Scottish footballer *

Tam Dalyell of the Binns Sir Thomas Dalyell of The Binns, 1st Baronet (1615 – 1685) was a Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish Cavalier, Royalist general in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, also known by the soubriquets "Bluidy Tam" and "The Muscovite De'il". Life Dalyell ...

(1615–1685), Scottish Royalist general in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms *

Tam Dalyell Sir Thomas Dalyell, 11th Baronet ( ; 9 August 1932 – 26 January 2017), known as Tam Dalyell, was a Scottish politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Linlithgow (formerly West Lothian) from 1962 to 2005. A member of the Labour ...

(1932–2017), Scottish politician and Member of Parliament (1962-2005) *

Tam Galbraith Sir Thomas Galloway Dunlop Galbraith, known as Tam Galbraith, (10 March 1917 – 2 January 1982) was a Scottish Unionist politician. Early life The eldest son and heir of Thomas Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde, Galbraith was educated at Ayto ...

(1917–1982), Scottish politician *

Thomas McGraw Thomas "Tam" McGraw (19 February 1952 – 30 July 2007), also known as "The Licensee" or "Wan-Baw McGraw", was a gangster involved in organised crime including extortion and drug trafficking in Glasgow, Scotland. Once one of the wealthiest bu ...

(1952–2007), Scottish gangster *

Tam McManus Thomas Kelly "Tam" McManus (born 28 February 1981) is a Scottish former footballer. McManus started his career with Hibernian, making over 100 league appearances for the Edinburgh club. During his time there, McManus represented the Scotla ...

(born 1981), Scottish former footballer

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* Tamunoemi "Tam" David-West (1936–2019), Nigerian academic, social critic and former federal minister *

Tam Joseph Tam Joseph (born 1947) is a Dominica-born British painter, formerly known as Tom Joseph. Described as "a uniquely talented, multidimensional artist" by art historian Eddie Chambers, "Tam Joseph has contributed a number of memorable paintings th ...

(born 1947), Dominica-born British painter formerly known as Tom Joseph * Tam or

Tom Kellichan Tom Kellichan (born c. 1954) was the original drummer of The Skids, from 1977 to 1979. Biography From Cowdenbeath, and a former van driver, he completed the line-up of The Skids after answering their ad for a drummer. During his tenure the band ...

(born c. 1954), Scottish musician,

The Skids Skids are a Scottish punk rock and New wave music, new wave band, formed in Dunfermline in 1977 by Stuart Adamson (guitar, keyboards, percussion and backing vocals), William Simpson (bass guitar and backing vocals), Tom Kellichan, Thomas Kelli ...

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 Bunch'' and ''Gentle Ben''

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* the Cantonese romanisation of

Tan (surname) Tan is a common Chinese surname 譚, and is considered the 56th most common. Reuben Tam Reuben Tam (January 17, 1916 – January 3, 1991) was an American landscape painter, educator, poet and graphic artist. Early life and education He was born in Kapa'a, Hawai'i, Kapa'a on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i. He earned a BA degree fro ...

(1916–1991), American artist *

Rabbeinu Tam Jacob ben Meir (1100 – 9 June 1171 (4 Tammuz)), best known as Rabbeinu Tam (), was one of the most renowned Ashkenazi Jewish rabbis and leading French Tosafists, a leading '' halakhic'' authority in his generation, and a grandson of Rashi. K ...

(1100–1171), Rabbi Jacob Tam *

Rod Tam Rodney H. C. G. Tam (October 3, 1953 – May 15, 2019) was an American businessman and politician from the state of Hawaii. Biography Born in Honolulu, Tam attended California State University and Kapiʻolani Community College. He received ...

(1953–2019), American businessman and politician

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River Tam River Tam is a fictional character from the ''Firefly'' franchise. River is portrayed by Summer Glau in the 2002 TV series ''Firefly'' and the 2005 film '' Serenity''. In 2005, Glau won the '' SFX'' magazine award for Best Actress for her role ...

and Simon Tam, fictional characters/siblings from ''

Firefly The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production ...

'' * Tam Song, supporting character in the book series Keeper of The Lost Cities by

Shannon Messenger Shannon Messenger is an American author. She is known for writing the middle-grade series ''Keeper of the Lost Cities'', which was a ''New York Times'' bestseller; ''Unlocked'', book 8.5 in the series, reached number 8 on ''USA Today''s list in ...

* Tam Amber, supporting character in

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes ''The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes'' is a dystopian young adult action-adventure novel written by the American author Suzanne Collins. It is a prequel to the original ''The Hunger Games'' trilogy, set 64 years before the events of the first n ...

Suzanne Collins Suzanne Collins (born August 10, 1962) is an American author and television writer who is best known as the author of the young adult literature, young adult Dystopian fiction, dystopian book series ''The Hunger Games''. She is also the author ...

* Tam al’Thor, supporting character and the father of the Dragon Reborn in

The Wheel of Time ''The Wheel of Time'' is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author Robert Jordan, with American author Brandon Sanderson as co-writer of the final three installments. Originally planned as a trilogy, ''The Wheel of Time'' came to ...

Robert Jordan James Oliver Rigney Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007), better known by his pen name Robert Jordan," Robert Jordan" was the name of the protagonist in the 1940 Hemingway novel ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'', though this is not how the n ...

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