Black Tom may refer to:
- Black Tom Cassidy, a Marvel Comics supervillain, an enemy of the X-Men
- Black Tom explosion, of July 30, 1916 in Jersey City, New Jersey was an act of sabotage on American ammunition supplies by German agents to prevent the materials from being used by the Allies in World War I
- Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1612–1671), leading English Civil War Parliamentary general, was nicknamed "Black Tom"
Famous quotes containing the words black and/or tom:
“Let the Brazos
Freeze solid! And the Wabash turn to a leaden
Cinder of ice! The Marañon is too tepid, we must
Is freezing slowly in the blasts. The black Yonne
Congeals nicely.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“And the Angel told Tom if he’d be a good boy,
He’d have God for his father & never want joy.
And so Tom awoke and we rose in the dark
And got with our bags & our brushes to work.
Tho’ the morning was cold, Tom was happy & warm,
So if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)