Tommy Burns (June 17, 1881 - May 10, 1955), born Noah Brusso, was a Canadian world heavyweight champion boxer.

Born in Chesley, Ontario, Brusso grew up in Hanover, Ontario and was a lacrosse player in Galt. From an impoverished family of thirteen children, he travelled to Detroit, Michigan where he began his prizefighting career in 1900. In June 1903, he was discovered playing lacrosse under an assumed name for a Detroit team that was playing in Chatham, Ontario.

After starting his boxing career under his real name, Brusso took the Irish-sounding name of Tommy Burns in 1904. Although only 5 feet 7 inches tall and about 175 pounds, size did not stop him from becoming the world heavyweight boxing champion. When Burns met Marvin Hart for the heavyweight championship of the world on February 23, 1906, Burns was a 2:1 underdog and the betting was 10:7 that he would not last ten rounds. Burns won, and would go on to defend his title eleven times within a period of less than two years.

In December 1908, Burns became the first fighter to agree to a heavyweight championship bout with a black boxer, Jack Johnson, to whom he lost his title in a match held in Sydney, Australia. He was rumoured to be suffering from the effects from jaundice or influenza, and weighed in at just 168 pounds—15 pounds lighter than his previous fight, and well below Johnson's 192. The fight lasted fourteen rounds before being stopped by the police. Referee Hugh McIntosh awarded the decision and the title to Johnson. In a filmed interview, Burns named Johnson as the second best boxer up to his time, after James J. Jeffries.

Burns continued to box occasionally after dropping the title. A month before his 39th birthday in 1920, he challenged British champion Joe Beckett. Burns lost the fight in what was officially his only knockout loss, but took in one last big payday before retiring.

After retirement, Burns promoted some boxing shows and in 1928 moved to New York City where he ran a speakeasy. Although he was wealthy at the end of his boxing career, the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression wiped out his fortune. He then worked as an insurance salesman and security guard, among other jobs.

Burns was ordained as a minister in 1948. He was an evangelist living in Coalinga, California at the time of his death. He died while visiting a church friend in Vancouver, British Columbia, suffering a heart attack at age 73. Only four people attended his burial at Ocean View Cemetery in Burnaby, British Columbia. He was interred in an unmarked pauper's grave until 1961 when, as the result of fundraising efforts begun by a Vancouver sports writer, a memorial plaque was finally placed on his grave.

He was inducted into the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame, the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1955, and into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on June 9, 1996.

Thomas ("Tommy") Burns (born 16 December 1956 in Glasgow), is a former professional football player and manager.

Tommy Burns played for Celtic (signing in 1973 from Maryhill, and making his debut against Dundee Utd on 19 April, 1975), making a total of 352 league appearances and scoring 52 goals before moving to Kilmarnock in 1989 where he became player-manager in 1992, winning the club promotion to the Premier Division in season 1992-93. He moved to become manager at Celtic at the start of season 1994-95 in acrimonious circumstances as he was still under contract to Kilmarnock as both player and manager. Kilmarnock refused to release him from his contract and the Scottish Football Association subsequently fined Celtic £100,000 for 'tapping', or speaking to Burns without obtaining Kilmarnock's permission. Kilmarnock were also permitted to retain his playing registration, effectively ending his professional career as a player.

At Celtic, his team grew a reputation for playing attractive and attacking football and they won the Scottish Cup in 1995. However he was not able to bring the required success to the club as Celtic proved unable to break the domination of Rangers.

He was sacked from Celtic in 1997 and went on to work under Kenny Dalglish at Newcastle United. He later moved on to a period of management at Reading.

He became assistant manager of the Scotland national football team under Berti Vogts and retained the position under Walter Smith. He returned to Celtic for a third time when Martin O'Neill placed him in charge of youth development. Upon the arrival of Gordon Strachan as manager in 2005, Burns was appointed First Team Coach, a role he combines with his Youth Development Post.

He is a former Scotland international himself, having won 8 caps whilst a Celtic player.

On 29 March, 2006, Celtic confirmed Burns has begun treatment for skin cancer. . On 10 March 2008, Celtic announced that Burns was facing another skin cancer scare, and would be undergoing further treatment for the disease.

A Roman Catholic, Burns attended meetings of Opus Dei according to The Scotsman.

On 18 January 2007, Burns announced through Celtic's official website that he was severing all ties with the Scottish national team to concentrate on his role at the club. It is thought that Burns had found out that he was not a potential candidate for the job of national team coach. .

On 11th March 2008, Celtic Website annocunce the Burns would continue with hi scancer treatment.