Who is major tom in space oddity?

The song "Space Oddity" by David Bowie tells the story of Major Tom, a fictional astronaut who becomes disconnected from Earth and floats away into space. The name "Major Tom" is a play on the name "Major Tim" Peake, a British astronaut who was in space at the time the song was written. Peake was one of the first astronauts to use the term "space oddity" to describe a situation in which an astronaut is isolated and alone in space.