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 Legislative Assembly (MLA) for South Antrim from 2003 to 2011. Burns was first elected to Antrim Borough Councillor in 19 ...

(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 Oriole ...

(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 ...

(1857–1902), Major League Baseball player * Tom Burns (footballer) (1916–1993), Australian rules footballer *

Tommy Burns (Australian boxer) Geoffrey Mostyn Murphy (19 May 1922 – 14 February 2011) was an Australian boxer who fought under the name Tommy Burns (after the Canadian boxer). He was born in Mullumbimby, New South Wales, but spent most of his life in the neighbouring ...

(1922–2011), Australian Boxing Hall of Famer *

Tommy Burns (Canadian boxer) Tommy Burns (born Noah Brusso; June 17, 1881May 10, 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 agai ...

(1881–1955), Canadian heavyweight boxing world champion *

Tommy Burns (Canadian football) Tommy Burns (July 9, 1910 – April 4, 1942) was a Canadian football player. He was an all-star and Grey Cup champion in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union and the Ontario Rugby Football Union, playing from 1931 to 1941. A hometown boy, comi ...

(1910–1942), all-star and Grey Cup champion *

Tommy Burns (diver) Thomas "Tommy" Burns (21 January 1868 – 6 July 1897) was a British diver born in Liverpool, England. Throughout the late 19th century, he gained notoriety for diving off structures, usually bridges such as London Bridge and Clifton Suspens ...

(c1867–1897), 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 Thomas Pascal "TP" Burns (14 April 1924 – 14 May 2018) was an Irish flat racing and jump jockey, who rode mainly for trainer Vincent O'Brien. In 1957, Burns won a British Classic at St Leger atop Ballymoss, a first for an Irish-bred horse. He ...

(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 ...

* 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 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 was the t ...

(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 seve ...

(1853–1938), Scottish minister * Thomas J. Burns (1923–1996), American accounting scholar and professor of accounting *

Thomas S. Burns Thomas Samuel Burns (born June 7, 1945) is an American historian who is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor Emeritus of Late Ancient and Medieval History at Emory University. He specializes on relations between "barbarians" and Romans in classical anti ...

, 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 as Bishop of Menevia by Pope Benedict XVI, becoming so on 1 December 2008 when he took possession of his new see, on which day ...

(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 eleme ...

(1913–2001), sociologist, author and founder of the Sociology department at the University of Edinburgh *

Tom R. Burns Tom R. Burns (born 1937) is an American/Swedish sociologist, professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Uppsala in Sweden and founder of the Uppsala Theory Circle. Biography He grew up in Arkansas, and was in a Franciscan Monastery ...

(born 1937), 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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