Thomas Bodkin, fl. 1506–1507, was the first member of the Bodkin family to be elected Mayor of Galway. The Bodkins were one of The Tribes of Galway, and a sept of the FitzGerald family. He would be succeeded in office by John Bodkin fitz Richard (1518–1519, died 1523), Richard Bodkin (1610–1611), and John Bodkin fitz Dominick (1639–1640).