Thomas Richard Bolin (August 1, 1951 – December 4, 1976) was an American guitarist and songwriter who played with Zephyr (from 1969 to 1971), the James Gang(from 1973 to 1974), and Deep Purple (from 1975 to 1976), in addition to maintaining a career as a solo artist and session musician.

Tommy Bolin was born in Sioux City, Iowa, and began playing with a band called the Miserlous before he was asked to join another band called Denny and the Triumphs in 1964 at age 13. Bolin died from an overdose of heroin and other substances, including alcohol, cocaine and barbiturates. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Sioux City, Iowa. Died at 25 years old.