Thomas or Tom Rice may refer to:
- Thomas Rice (Massachusetts politician, born 1654) (1654–1747), Massachusetts colonial legislator and founder of Westborough, Massachusetts
- Thomas Rice (Massachusetts politician, born 1734) (1734–1812), Massachusetts state legislator and judge
- Thomas Rice (Massachusetts politician, born 1768) (1768–1854), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1815–19
- Thomas D. Rice (1808–1860), American performer in minstrel shows
- W. Thomas Rice (1912–2006), American railroad executive
- Tom Rice (soldier) (1921-2022), American private during World War II
- Thomas Maurice Rice (born 1939), Irish-American theoretical physicist
- Tom Rice (born 1957), American politician
- Thomas O. Rice (born 1960), United States federal judge
- Tom Rice (film historian) (born 1979), British film scholar
See also
- Thomas Spring Rice (disambiguation)
- Tom Reiss (born 1964), American author, historian, and journalist