Thomas McCairns (22 December 1873 – 1932) was an English footballer who scored 109 goals from 199 appearances in the Football League playing for Grimsby Town, Notts County, Lincoln City and Barnsley. He also played for Middlesbrough Ironopolis, Whitby, in the Birmingham & District League and the Western League for Bristol Rovers, in the Southern League for Wellingborough, Queens Park Rangers, and Brighton & Hove Albion, in the South-Eastern League for Southern United, and for Kettering.