Thomas, Tom or Tommy Ryan may refer to: Politics and military Thomas Ryan (Commandant) ( 1790–??), soldier and penal administrator Thomas Ryan (Quebec politician) (1804–1889), businessman and Senator from Quebec Thomas Ryan (congressman) (1837–1914), Congressional representative from Kansas Thomas Ryan (Canadian politician) (1849–1937), Canadian politician Tommy Ryan (politician) (1852–?), Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Thomas Ryan (1870–1943), Australian politician, member of both the Victorian Legislative Assembly and South Australian House of Assembly T. J. Ryan (1876–1921), Australian politician, Premier of Queensland, Australia (1915–1919), also New South Wales Parliament member (1921) Thomas Jefferson Ryan (1888–1968), Congressional representative from New York Thomas Ryan (Irish Army officer) (1893–1980), I.R.A. Commander and Lt. Col. Irish Defence Forces Thomas Ryan (New South Wales politician) (1895–1972), Australian politician, member for Auburn in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Thomas J. Ryan (admiral) (1901–1970), American admiral and Medal of Honor recipient Thomas P. Ryan Jr. (1928–2003), mayor of Rochester, New York Thomas M. Ryan Jr. (born 1928), United States Air Force general Business Thomas Ryan (businessman), executive at CVS Corporation Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851–1928), U.S. businessman Tony Ryan (Thomas Anthony Ryan, 1936–2007), Irish founder of Ryanair Thomas Ryan (businessman), executive at the National Basketball Association (NBA) Sport Hurling Tommy Ryan (1890s hurler) ( 1890s), Irish hurler for Tipperary and Boherlahen-Dualla Tommy Ryan (hurler) ( 1940s–1950s), Irish hurler for Tipperary and Thurles Sarsfields Tom Ryan (Toomevara hurler) (1941–1970), Irish hurler for Tipperary and Toomevara Tom Ryan (Killenaule hurler) (born 1941), Irish hurler for Tipperary and Killenaule Tom Ryan (Limerick hurler) (born 1944), Irish hurler for Limerick and Ballybrown, later a manager T. J. Ryan (hurler) (born 1974), Irish hurler for Limerick and Garryspillane Thomas Ryan (Waterford hurler) (born 1989), Irish hurler for Waterford and Tallow Other sports Thomas Ryan (rugby union) (1864–1927), New Zealand rugby player who played for the All Blacks in 1884 Thomas Ryan (cricketer) (1865–1921), Australian cricketer Tommy Ryan (1870–1948), American bareknuckle boxer Tommy Ryan (Australian footballer) (1873–1948), Australian rules footballer for Melbourne and St Kilda Thomas Ryan (American football) ( 1920s), American college football and basketball player Tom Ryan (Australian footballer) (1924–2017), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne Tommy Ryan (rugby league) (born 1930), Australian rugby league footballer Tommy Ryan (Gaelic footballer) (born 1967), Irish Gaelic footballer Ogre 2 (Tom Ryan, born 1986), American professional Halo player Thomas Ryan (soccer) (born 1987), American soccer player Tom Ryan (lacrosse) ( 1990s), American