Thomas, Tom or Tommy Ryan may refer to:

Politics and military

Thomas Ryan (Commandant) Major Thomas Ryan (c.1790–??) soldier and penal administrator, was acting commandant of the second convict settlement A penal colony or exile colony is a settlement used to exile prisoners and separate them from the general population ...

( 1790–??), soldier and penal administrator *

Thomas Ryan (Quebec politician) Thomas Ryan (21 August 1804 – 25 May 1889) was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He was a Liberal-Conservative member of the Senate of Canada for Victoria division from 1867 to 1889. He was born in Ballinakill, County Kildare, ...

(1804–1889), businessman and Senator from Quebec * Thomas Ryan (congressman) (1837–1914), Congressional representative from Kansas * Thomas Ryan (Canadian politician) (1849–1937), Canadian politician *

Tommy Ryan (politician) Thomas Joseph Ryan (1852 – death unknown) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Australia. He represented the seat of Barcoo from 1892 to 1893. Ryan was from Fremantle in Western Australia, where he had been educated by the ...

(1852–?), Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly *

Thomas Ryan (1870–1943) Thomas Ryan (9 January 1870 – 22 November 1943) was a railway worker, estate agent, trade unionist and politician. He served as the Labor member for Torrens (1909–1912) and Sturt (1915–1917) in the South Australian House of Assembl ...

, Australian politician, member of both the Victorian Legislative Assembly and South Australian House of Assembly *

T. J. Ryan Thomas Joseph Ryan (1 July 1876 – 1 August 1921) was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland from 1915 to 1919, as leader of the state Labor Party. He resigned to enter federal politics, sitting in the House of Represe ...

(1876–1921), Australian politician, Premier of Queensland, Australia (1915–1919), also New South Wales Parliament member (1921) *

Thomas Jefferson Ryan Thomas Jefferson Ryan (June 17, 1888 – November 10, 1968) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in New York City, the son of John L. Ryan and Mary Belle (Tracy) Ryan, Ryan attended the public schools and the College of the City ...

(1888–1968), Congressional representative from New York *

Thomas Ryan (Irish Army officer) Thomas (Tommy) Ryan (1897-1980) was an Irish republican and Gaelic footballer. He was born in Tubrid, County Tipperary, and fought during the Irish War of Independence attached to the 6th (after Dec. 1920 redesignated as 5th)Ryan, Thomas, Lt. Co ...

(1893–1980), I.R.A. Commander and Lt. Col. Irish Defence Forces * Thomas Ryan (New South Wales politician) (1895–1972), Australian politician, member for Auburn in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly *

Thomas J. Ryan (admiral) Rear Admiral Thomas John Ryan, Jr. (August 5, 1901 – January 28, 1970) was a career American naval officer who received the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration, for his actions while in Yokohama, Japan during the 1923 ...

(1901–1970), American admiral and Medal of Honor recipient *

Thomas P. Ryan Jr. Thomas P. Ryan Jr. (December 3, 1928 – March 14, 2003) was the 63rd Mayor of Rochester, New York. Biography Ryan was born in 1928 in Rochester. He served in the Marine Corps and later graduated from St. Bonaventure University and Syracuse Law ...

(1928–2003), mayor of Rochester, New York *

Thomas M. Ryan Jr. Thomas Martin Ryan Jr. (born December 10, 1928) is a retired United States Air Force general who served as the commander of Air Training Command (COMATC) from 1981 to 1983 and as Commander in Chief of the Military Airlift Command (CINCMAC) from ...

(born 1928), United States Air Force general

Business

* Thomas Ryan (businessman), executive at CVS Corporation *

Thomas Fortune Ryan Thomas Fortune Ryan (October 17, 1851 – November 23, 1928) was an American tobacco, insurance and transportation magnate. Although he lived in New York City for much of his adult career, Ryan was perhaps the greatest benefactor of the Roman Ca ...

(1851–1928), U.S. businessman * Tony Ryan (Thomas Anthony Ryan, 1936–2007), Irish founder of Ryanair * Thomas Ryan (businessman), executive at the National Basketball Association (NBA)

Sport

Hurling

Tommy Ryan (1890s hurler) Tommy Ryan was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Boherlahan–Dualla and with the Tipperary Tipperary is the name of: Places *County Tipperary, a county in Ireland **North Tipperary, a former administrative count ...

( 1890s), Irish hurler for Tipperary and Boherlahen-Dualla * Tommy Ryan (hurler) ( 1940s–1950s), Irish hurler for Tipperary and Thurles Sarsfields *

Tom Ryan (Toomevara hurler) Thomas J. Ryan (1941 - 17 March 1970) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played with Toomevara and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team. Career Ryan first played hurling at juvenile and underage level with the Toomevara ...

(1941–1970), Irish hurler for Tipperary and Toomevara *

Tom Ryan (Killenaule hurler) Tom Ryan (born 1941 in Killenaule, County Tipperary) is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Killenaule and with the Tipperary Tipperary is the name of: Places *County Tipperary, a county in Ireland **North ...

(born 1941), Irish hurler for Tipperary and Killenaule *

Tom Ryan (Limerick hurler) Tom Ryan (born 1944 in Ballybrown, County Limerick, Ireland) is an Irish former hurling manager and player. He played hurling with his local club Ballybrown and was a member of the Limerick senior inter-county team from 1973 until 1976. Rya ...

(born 1944), Irish hurler for Limerick and Ballybrown, later a manager *

T. J. Ryan (hurler) T. J. Ryan (born 12 November 1974) is an Irish hurling selector and player. He is a former manager of the Limerick senior hurling team. Born in Garryspillane, County Limerick, Ryan first arrived on the inter-county scene when he first linked ...

(born 1974), Irish hurler for Limerick and Garryspillane * Thomas Ryan (Waterford hurler) (born 1989), Irish hurler for Waterford and Tallow

Other sports

Thomas Ryan (rugby union) Thomas, Tom or Tommy Ryan may refer to: Politics and military *Thomas Ryan (Commandant) ( 1790–??), soldier and penal administrator * Thomas Ryan (Quebec politician) (1804–1889), businessman and Senator from Quebec *Thomas Ryan (congressman) ( ...

(1864–1927), New Zealand rugby player who played for the All Blacks in 1884 *

Thomas Ryan (cricketer) Thomas Ryan (4 May 1865 – 20 April 1921) was an Australian cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Tasmania between 1888 and 1890. See also * List of Tasmanian representative cricketers This is a list of cricket players who ...

(1865–1921), Australian cricketer * Tommy Ryan (1870–1948), American bareknuckle boxer * Tommy Ryan (Australian footballer) (1873–1948), Australian rules footballer for Melbourne and St Kilda *

Thomas Ryan (American football) Thomas Francis Ryan was a college football and basketball player. Vanderbilt University Ryan was a prominent end and fullback and punter for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football team of the Vanderbilt University from 1920 to 1921 and ...

( 1920s), American college football and basketball player *

Tom Ryan (Australian footballer) Tom Ryan (7 November 1924 – 24 February 2017) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Au ...

(1924–2017), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne *

Tommy Ryan (rugby league) Tommy Ryan (born 1930) is an Australian former rugby league footballer. A prolific try scorer, Ryan became a dual premiership winning player with the St. George Dragons and also represented Australia. Career Originally from Inverell, New Sout ...

(born 1930), Australian rugby league footballer * Tommy Ryan (Gaelic footballer) (born 1967), Irish Gaelic footballer * Ogre 2 (Tom Ryan, born 1986), American professional ''Halo'' player *

Thomas Ryan (soccer) Thomas Ryan (born April 23, 1987 in Salem, Oregon) is an American soccer player. Career Youth and College Ryan played two years of college soccer at Linfield College in his native Oregon, before transferring to Azusa Pacific University as a ju ...

(born 1987), American soccer player *

Tom Ryan (lacrosse) Tom Ryan is a lacrosse coach and former professional player. He is currently a assistant collegiate coachat St. Lawrence University. Ryan is the former head coach of the Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League. Playing career Ryan played ...

( 1990s), American professional lacrosse coach and player

Books, music and television

Thomas Ryan (musician) Thomas Ryan (1827 – March 5, 1903) was an Irish-American musician. Born in Ireland, Ryan moved to the United States as a teenager in 1844, and pursued his studies in Boston. In 1849, he formed the Mendelssohn Quintette Club along with Augus ...

(1827–1903), Irish-American musician * Tom Ryan (Primeval), a fictional character from the TV series ''Primeval'' * Colonel Tom Ryan, a fictional character from the CBS drama ''The Unit'' played by Robert Patrick * Thomas Ryan (actor), American actor in ''

The Relic ''The Relic'' is a 1997 American monster-horror film directed by Peter Hyams and based on the best-selling 1995 novel ''Relic'' by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The film stars Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, Linda Hunt, and James Whitmo ...

'' * Thomas Jay Ryan (born 1962), stage actor *

Tom K. Ryan ''Tumbleweeds'' is an American comic strip that offered a skewed perspective on life on the American frontier. Writer-artist Tom K. Ryan (June 6, 1926 – March 12, 2019) (who signed the strip "T.K. Ryan") was very familiar with conventions of th ...

, creator of the comic strip ''Tumbleweeds''

Other usage

Thomas F. Ryan Thomas F. Ryan (1872 – November 19, 1961) was a Canadian sportsman and entrepreneur who created five-pin bowling. Born in Guelph, Ontario, Ryan moved to Toronto at age 18. He is said to have been a baseball pitcher good enough for a professi ...

(1872–1961), inventor of five-pin bowling * Thomas Jervis Ryan (1834–1901), New Zealand policeman *Tom Ryan, Detroit-based disc jockey who went locally by the alter ego

Count Scary Count Scary was a character (portrayed by Detroit, Michigan-area radio disc jockey Tom Ryan) who hosted monthly specials presenting B movie horror films with comedy skits on Detroit television station WDIV from 1982 to the early 1990s. Count Scary ...

Thomas Ryan (bishop) Thomas Ryan (8 February 1915 – 21 August 1983) was an Irish prelate who served as Bishop of Clonfert. Ryan was born in Kilcommon, County Tipperary. He was educated locally at Kilcommon national school and Mount Melleray seminary, Co. Waterfor ...

(1915–1983), Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland, 1962–82 *Tommy Ryan, an alias of Genovese crime family boss Thomas Eboli