Thomas or Tom Thornton may refer to:
Clergymen Thomas Thornton (academic administrator) (c. 1541–1629), English Church of England clergyman and academic administrator Thomas C. Thornton (1794–1860), American Methodist minister and educator
Public officials Thomas de Thornton, English MP for Lancashire in 1313, 1320 and 1328 Thomas Thornton (merchant) (1762–1814), English trade consul and writer on Turkey Thomas Thornton (politician) (1831–1897), American member of Wisconsin State Assembly Thomas Henry Thornton (1832–1913), English Indian civil servant, judge and author Thomas Patrick Thornton (1898–1985), American federal judge
Sportsmen Thomas Thornton (sportsman, died 1823) (1751/2–1823), English huntsman and falconer Tom Thornton (footballer) (1885–1951), English footballer Thomas Thornton (cricketer) (1922–1987), English right-handed batsman Tom Thornton (cricketer) (born 1989), Australian right-handed batsman