Tommy

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Tommy is a masculine given name, usually the English diminutive of Thomas, however can stand as its own title without being derivative of Thomas. It may refer to:

People

• Tommy (given name)
• Tommy Dorsey (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956), an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor, and Big Band leader known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing"
• Tommy February6 and Tommy Heavenly6, the stage names for Japanese singer Tomoko Kawase
• Tommy James (born 1947), American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer Thomas Jackson, leader of the 1960s rock band Tommy James and the Shondells
• Tommy Mercer, a ring name, along with Crimson (wrestler), of American professional wrestler Anthony Gregory Mayweather (born 1985)

Arts and entertainment

Military and weapons

• Tommy (statue), a statue of a First World War soldier in Seaham, County Durham
• Thompson submachine gun, also known as the "tommy gun"
• Tommy Atkins or just Tommy, a slang term for a common soldier in the British Army

Other uses

• Apache Tomcat or Apache TomEE (pronounced "Tommy"), the Java Enterprise Edition of Apache Tomcat
• British Rail Class 76, an electric locomotive built by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1940, known as "Tommy"
• Thomson's gazelle, animals commonly referred to as "tommys"
• Tommy's, California-based hamburger chain formally known as Original Tommy's Hamburgers

See also

• This Is Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Vol. 1 and This Is Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Vol. 2, two volumes originally released in a 1971 series by RCA Victor
• Tommie
• Tommy Dorsey (1937 – 1941), an album released in Germany by Amiga, featuring works by Tommy Dorsey= & His Orchestra
• Tommy Dorsey: The Early Jazz Sides: 1932 – 1937, a compilation album released by RCA Victor
• Tommy Dorsey's Dance Party (1966), a jazz album