Thomas Parkinson or Tom Parkinson may refer to:

Thomas Parkinson (1920–1992) professor of English and poet Thomas Parkinson (painter) (1744–c. 1789), British portrait artist Thomas Parkinson (priest) (1744/5–1830), archdeacon of Huntingdon, and of Leicester Thomas Parkinson (MP) for Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency) 1584–97 Thomas Parkinson (American football), see List of Pittsburgh Panthers football All-Americans Tom Parkinson (filmmaker), see The Adventures of the Black Stallion Tom Parkinson, character in Rattlers