Thomas Burns, Tommy Burns or Tom Burns may refer to:

Politics

Thomas Burns (politician) Thomas Burns MLA (born 29 August 1960) is a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for South Antrim (Assembly constituency), South Antrim ...

(born 1960), Nationalist Northern Irish politician * Thomas Edward Burns (born 1927), Unionist Northern Irish politician *

Tom Burns (Australian politician) Thomas James Burns AO (27 October 1931 – 4 June 2007) was an Australian politician who led the Labor Party (ALP) in Queensland between 1974 and 1978 and was Deputy Premier of Queensland between 1989 and 1996. He served as the Member for Lyt ...

(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. "Oyster" Burns (September 6, 1864November 11, 1928) was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned 15 seasons, 11 of which were spent with the Major League Baseball (MLB) Wilmington Quicksteps (1884), Baltimore Oriol ...

(Thomas P. Burns, 1864–1928), Major League Baseball player *

Tom Burns (baseball) Thomas Everett Burns (March 30, 1857 – March 19, 1902) was an American infielder and manager in Major League Baseball, primarily for the Chicago White Stockings/Colts/Orphans. He also played for, and managed, the Pittsburgh Pirates for part o ...

(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) Tommy Burns (born Noah Brusso; 17 June 188110 May 1955) was a Canadian professional boxer. He is the only Canadian-born World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. The first to travel the globe in defending his title, Burns made 13 title defences against ...

(1881–1955), Canadian heavyweight boxing world champion * Tommy Burns (Canadian football) (1910–1942), all-star and Grey Cup champion *

Tommy Burns (diver) Thomas "Tommy" Burns (21 January 1868 – 6 July 1897) was a British Diving (sport), diver born in Liverpool, England, known for his diving feats and athletic abilities. He advertised himself as the "champion all round athlete of the world," ex ...

(1868–1897), English champion diver *

Tommy Burns (footballer) Thomas Burns (16 December 1956 – 15 May 2008) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He is best known for his long association with Celtic, where he was a player, manager and coach. Usually a midfielder, Burns played for Cel ...

(1956–2008), Scottish football player and manager (Celtic, Kilmarnock, national team) * T. P. Burns (1924–2018), Irish jockey *

Tom Burns (taekwondo) Tom Burns (born 23 April 2000) is a taekwondo athlete from New Zealand. Education In 2018, as an 18-year-old, Burns left his home town of Christchurch to study at Korea Nazarene University in Cheonan. Career He was selected to compete at th ...

(born 2000) * Horse murders#Tommy Burns, until 1991 arrest, a hired killer of heavily insured equestrian horses

Other persons

Thomas Burns (minister, born 1796) Thomas Burns (10 April 1796 – 23 January 1871) was a prominent Scottish early European settler and religious leader of the province of Otago in New Zealand. Early life Thomas Burns was born at Mossgiel, Mauchline, on 10 April 1796. He w ...

(1796–1871), minister and founding settler of Dunedin, New Zealand *

Thomas Burns (minister, born 1853) Reverend Thomas Burns (1853–1938) was a Scottish minister and strong campaigner for the blind. As Chair of the Royal Blind School in Edinburgh he was the creator of the Thomas Burns Home which was named after him. He was also an author on sev ...

(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) Thomas Matthew Burns KC*HS (born 3 June 1944) is a British Roman Catholic bishop. On 16 October 2008, he was appointed Bishop of Menevia by Pope Benedict XVI, becoming so on 1 December 2008 when he took possession of his new see, on which day h ...

(born 1944), Catholic bishop *

Tom Burns (publisher) Thomas Ferrier Burns (21 April 1906 – 8 December 1995), publisher and magazine editor, was an important figure in mid-20th-century Catholic publishing in Britain. Life Burns was born in Vina Del Mar, Chile, to Clara (née Swinburne) and David B ...

(1906–1995), British publisher *

Tom Burns (sociologist) Tom Burns FBA (1913–2001) was an English sociologist, author and founder of the Sociology department at Edinburgh University. Early life Burns was born on 16 January 1913 in Bethnal Green, East London. He attended Hague Street LCC elemen ...

(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"

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