Thomas Francis Birmingham (August 4, 1949 – January 20, 2023) was an American politician who served as the President of the Massachusetts Senate.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Massachusetts governor in 2002, despite impressive fundraising.

Birmingham served as senior counsel at the law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer, taught state and local government at Tufts University and education policy at Northeastern University in Boston.

In March 2014, he joined Citizen Schools Massachusetts as executive director.

[3] In early 2015, he left Citizen Schools Massachusetts to become a distinguished senior fellow in education at Pioneer Institute.