Thomas or Tom Palmer may refer to:

Politicians[edit]

• Thomas Palmer (Mayor of York) (c. 1219) on list of mayors of York
• Thomas Palmer, in 1433, MP for Leicestershire
• Thomas Palmer (MP for Rutland), in 1450, MP for Rutland
• Thomas Palmer (died 1553), soldier and courtier
• Thomas Palmer (died 1582), MP for Sussex, Guildford and Arundel
• Sir Thomas Palmer, 1st Baronet (1540–1626), "The Travailer"
• Thomas Palmer (1542 – by 1616), MP for Sussex
• Thomas Palmer (died 1735), British Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgewater
• Sir Thomas Palmer, 4th Baronet, of Wingham (1682–1723), MP for Kent 1708–1710 and for Rochester 1715–1724
• Sir Thomas Palmer, 4th Baronet, of Carlton (1702–1765), MP for Leicestershire 1754–1765
• Thomas W. Palmer (1830–1913), U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan
• Thomas Palmer (Florida politician) (1859–1946), lawyer and politician in Florida

Others[edit]

• Sir Thomas Palmer (died 1553), executed English soldier
• Thomas Fyshe Palmer (1747–1802), Unitarian minister and political reformer
• Tom Palmer (actor), American television actor particularly active in the 1960s, see "It Crawled Out of the Woodwork"
• Tom Palmer (animator), American animator
• Tom Palmer (comics) (1942–2022), comic book illustrator
• Tom Palmer (comedian), British comedian and actor
• Tom Palmer (rugby union) (born 1979), English rugby player
• Tom Palmer (writer), American television writer
• Tom G. Palmer (born 1956), libertarian commentator and fellow of the Cato Institute
• Tony Andruzzi (1925–1991), magician who sometimes performed as Tom Palmer
• Thomas Palmer (cyclist) (born 1990), Australian cyclist
• Thomas Palmer (burgess), English immigrant to colonial Virginia
• Tom Palmer (business executive), Australian business executive