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Thomas Burke (businessman) (1870–1949), Australian businessman and philanthropist •
Thomas Burke (railroad builder) (1849–1925), American jurist and railroad builder •
Thomas E. Burke (1864–1941), Irish-born American labor union leader •
Thomas J. Burke (North Dakota judge) (1896–1966), American jurist; justice of North Dakota Supreme Court •
Thomas Ulick Burke (1826–1867), bank manager and victim of the Break-o-Day murder in gold-rush Victoria •
Tom Burke (environmentalist) (born 1938), British academic and writer on environmental policy issues •
Tom Burke (Irish revolutionary and sportsman) (1894–1967), Irish revolutionary, sportsman and referee •
William Burke (pirate) (died 1699), sometimes known as Thomas Burke, Irish pirate active in the Caribbean, associate of William Kidd ==Fictional characters==