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Thomas Burke is the name of:

Public officials

• Thomas Burke (North Carolina) (c.1747–1783), Irish-American political figure; Continental Congress (1777–1781); governor (1781–1782)
• Sir Thomas Burke, 3rd Baronet (1813–1875), Irish political figure; independent liberal from County Galway; UK Parliament (1847–1865)
• Thomas Henry Burke (Irish Office) (1829–1882), Irish Catholic government official in Britain's Irish Office; victim of Phoenix Park Murders
• Thomas Burke (Seattle) (1849–1925), American jurist and railroad builder who served as Chief Justice of Washington Territory (1888–1889)
• Thomas Burke (Clare politician) (before 1895–1951), Irish political figure; independent who represented Clare in Dáil Éireann (1937–1951)
• Thomas J. Burke (North Dakota) (1896–1966), American jurist; served 27 years (1939–1966) as a justice of North Dakota Supreme Court
• Thomas A. Burke (1898–1971), American political figure; Democrat from Ohio; Mayor of Cleveland (1945–1953), U. S. Senate (1953–1954)
• Thomas Henry Burke (Ohio) (1904–1959), American politician; Democrat; state house (1941–1943); 9th congressional district (1949–1951)
• Tom Burke (Australian politician) (1910–1973), Labor Party member who served Division of Perth in House of Representatives (1943–1955)
• Thomas Kerry Burke, (born 1942), New Zealand Labour Party MP and Speaker (1987–1990); knighted in 1989; best known as Kerry Burke
• Thomas Jack Burke (born 1972), Canadian political figure; first aboriginal Attorney General of New Brunswick; best known as T. J. Burke

Others

• Thomas Burke (bishop) (c.1709–1776), Irish Roman Catholic clergyman; Dominican; served as Bishop of Ossory (1759–1776)
• Thomas Burke (artist) (1749–1815), Irish engraver and painter; trained in Dublin; in London from 1770; known for mezzotints
• Thomas Nicholas Burke (1830–1882), Irish Roman Catholic theologian and preacher; Dominican; much in demand as a lecturer
• Tom Burke (footballer) (1862–1914), Welsh half back whose professional career began in the early 1880s
• Tom Burke (athlete) (1875–1929), American sprinter in 1896 Athens Olympics who won gold medals in 100 meters and 400 meters
• Thomas Burke (author) (1886–1945), English poet and author of stories featuring Chinese characters in London's Limehouse district
• Tom Burke (actor) (born 1981), English television, film and stage actor; has appeared in numerous TV productions, starting in 1999
• Tom Burke (environmentalist), Environmental Policy Adviser to Rio Tinto
• Tom Burke (hurler) (fl. 1880s), Irish hurler from County Tipperary
• Tom Burke (American football), American football player

See also

• Burke (name)

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