In sports:

• Tom Smith (19th century baseball infielder) (1851–1889), Major League player
• Tom Smith (19th century baseball pitcher) (1871–1929), Major League player
• Tom Smith (basketball coach), American college basketball coach
• Tom Smith (cricketer) (b. 1985), English cricketer plays for Lancashire
• Tom Smith (footballer), scorer for Tottenham Hotspur in the 1901 FA Cup Final replay
• Tom Smith (rugby player) (b. 1971), Scottish rugby player
• R. Thomas "Tom" Smith (1878–1957), American thoroughbred racehorse trainer of Seabiscuit
• Tom Smith (Welsh rugby player) (b. 1985), Welsh rugby player

Others:

• Tom Smith (filker), American musician
• Tom Smith (Labour politician) (1886–1953), British politician
• Tom Smith (musician), the lead singer of British rock band Editors
• Tom Smith (playwright), American playwright and theatre director

See also:

• Tommy Smith
• Thomas Smith
• Tom Smith (DJ), a radio presenter for a UK based radio station named Rubbish FM. He was quickly dismissed.