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:
“We black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness.”
—W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)
“Come dame or maid, be not afraid,
Poor Tom will injure nothing.”
—Unknown. Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song (l. 11–12)