- Irish poet.
- English general.
- U.S. novelist.
- U.S. novelist and journalist.
- a male given name.
- James. 1727–59, English soldier, who commanded the British capture of Quebec, in which he was killed
- Thomas (Clayton). 1900–38, US novelist, noted for his autobiographical fiction, esp Look Homeward, Angel (1929)
- Tom, full name Thomas Kennerly Wolfe. born 1931, US author and journalist; his books include The Right Stuff (1979) and the novels Bonfire of the Vanities (1987), and A Man in Full (1998)