Thomson (surname)
Thomson, as a variation of Thompson an English surname. Thompson, in turn, is a patronymic formation meaning " son of Thomas".
Bearers of the name
- Aleksander Eduard Thomson (1845-1917), Estonian composer
- Alex Thomson ( cinematographer ) ( 1929-2007 ), British cameraman
- Alex Thomson ( sailor ) ( born 1974 ), British sailors
- Alexander Thomson ( politician ) ( 1788-1848 ), American politician
- Alexander Thomson (architect ) ( 1817-1875 ), Scottish architect
- Amy Thomson (born 1958 ), American writer
- Anna -Lisa Thomson (1905-1952), Swedish designer and illustrator
- Arthur Landsborough Thomson (1890-1977), Scottish ornithologist
- Ben Thomson ( footballer ) (born 1978 ), Australian Australian football player
- Ben Thomson ( ice hockey player, 1982) ( b. 1982 ), Canadian ice hockey player
- Ben Thomson ( ice hockey player, 1993) ( * 1993), Canadian ice hockey player
- Bill Thomson (1914-1993), Canadian ice hockey player
- Bobby Thomson (baseball player) ( 1923-2010 ), Scottish baseball player
- Bobby Thomson ( footballer, 1937) ( born 1937 ), Scottish football player
- Bobby Thomson ( footballer, 1939) ( born 1939 ), Scottish football player
- Bobby Thomson ( footballer 1943) ( 1943-2009 ), English footballer
- Bobby Thomson ( footballer, 1955) ( born 1955 ), Scottish football player
- Carl Gustaf Thomson (1824-1899), Swedish entomologist
- Cassi Thomson ( * 1993), Australian actress, singer and song writer
- César Thomson (1857-1931), Belgian violinist, violin teacher and composer
- Charles Thomson ( writer ) ( 1729-1824 ), American writer and politician
- Charles Thomson ( artist) ( born 1953 ), British artist
- Charles M. Thomson (1877-1943), American politician
- Charles Wyville Thomson (1830-1882), British zoologist and oceanographer
- Craig Thomson ( * 1991), Scottish football player
- Craig A. Thomson (born 1972 ), Scottish football referee
- Craig R. Thomson (born 1964 ), Australian politician ( Labour Party )
- David Thomson ( born 1941 ), British writer and film critic
- David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet ( born 1957 ), Canadian businessman
- Douglas FS Thomson (1919-2009), Canadian Classical philologist
- Earl Thomson (1895-1971), Canadian track and field athlete
- Earl Foster Thomson (1900-1971), American dressage and eventing
- Edwin Keith Thomson (1919-1960), American politician
- Elaine Thomson ( born 1957 ), Scottish politician
- Elihu Thomson (1853-1937), British engineer
- Erik Thomson ( born 1967), Australian actor
- Ethel Thomson Larcombe (1879-1965), British tennis and badminton player
- Fred Thomson (1890-1928), American clergyman and actor
- Gabriel Thomson ( born 1986 ), British film actor
- Garth Thomson ( b. 1968 ), Zimbabwean tennis players
- George Thomson (publisher) ( 1757-1851 ), Scottish publisher and collector of folk songs
- George Thomson ( politician ) ( 1921-2008 ), British politician
- George Derwent Thomson (1903-1987), English classical scholar, literary critic and Keltologe
- George Paget Thomson (1882-1975), English physicist
- George Pirie Thomson (1887-1965), British Rear Admiral
- Gertrude Thomson (1850-1929), British painter and illustrator
- Glen Thomson (born 1973 ), New Zealand cyclist
- Gordon Thomson ( actor) ( born 1945 ), Canadian actor
- Gordon Thomson (tennis player) ( born 1975 ), Barbadian tennis players
- Gordon Thomson (badminton ) ( born 1985 ), Scottish badminton player
- Graeme Thomson (1875-1933), British colonial governor
- Greg Thomson ( born 1963 ), German - Canadian ice hockey player
- Heather Thomson ( born 1946 ), New Zealand middle and long distance runner
- Hugh Thomson (1860-1920), Irish book illustrator
- James Thomson ( writer ) ( 1700-1748 ), Scottish poet
- James Thomson ( engineer) ( 1822-1892 ), Irish engineer
- James Thomson ( BV) (pseudonym Bysshe Vanoli; 1834-1882 ), Scottish poet
- James Thomson (architect ) ( 1852-1927 ), Scottish architect
- James Thomson ( cell biologist ) ( b. 1958 ), American cell biologist
- Jay Robert Thomson ( born 1986 ), South African cyclist
- Jepkorir Rose Chepyator -Thomson (born 1954 ), Kenyan middle and long distance runner and exercise scientist
- John Thomson ( painter) ( 1778-1840 ), Scottish painter
- John Thomson ( Ohio) ( 1780-1852 ), American politician
- John Thomson ( composer ) ( 1805-1841 ), Scottish composer
- John Thomson ( photographer) ( 1837-1921 ), Scottish Photographer
- John Thomson ( Australia) ( 1862-1934 ), Australian politician
- John Thomson ( footballer ) ( 1909-1931 ), Scottish football goalkeeper
- John Thomson (officer ) ( 1941-1994 ), British air force officer
- John Thomson ( actor) (born 1969 ), British actor and comedian
- John Thomson (baseball player) (born 1973 ), American baseball player
- John Arthur Thomson (1861-1933), Scottish naturalist
- John Charles Thomson (1866-1934), New Zealand politician
- John Edgar Thomson (1808-1874), American entrepreneur
- John Renshaw Thomson (1800-1862), American politician
- John Turnbull Thomson (1821-1884), British engineer and surveyor
- John William Thomson ( born 1928 ), Canadian politician
- Johnny Thomson (1922-1960), American racing driver
- Joseph Thomson ( explorer ) ( 1858-1895 ), Scottish explorer and traveler Africa
- Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940), English physicist
- Judith Jarvis Thomson ( born 1929 ), American philosopher
- Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet ( 1923-2006 ), Canadian businessman and art collector
- Kevin Thomson ( born 1984 ), Scottish football player
- Kim Thomson ( born 1960 ), British actress
- Malcolm Mitchell - Thomson, 3rd Baron Selsdon ( born 1937 ), British businessman and member of the Upper House
- Manlius Valerius Thomson (1802-1850), American politician
- Mark Thomson (1739-1803), American politician
- Meldrim Thomson (1912-2001), American politician
- Mick Thomson (born 1973 ), American guitarist
- Peter Thomson ( born 1929 ), Australian golfer
- Peter Mitchell - Thomson, 2nd Baron Selsdon ( 1913-1963 ), British racing driver
- Robert William Thomson (1822-1873), Scottish inventor
- Robin Thomson ( * 1989), German - Canadian ice hockey player
- Ronald Ferguson Thomson (1830-1888), British diplomat
- Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet ( 1894-1976 ), Canadian businessman
- Samuel Harrison Thomson (1895-1975), American historian
- Thomas Thomson (chemist) ( 1773-1852 ), Scottish chemist
- Thomas Thomson ( botanist ) ( 1817-1878 ), English botanist
- Thomas Thomson ( chess player ), Scottish chess player
- Thomas John Thomson (1877-1917), Canadian artist
- Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson (1813-1876), British physician and naturalist
- Vernon Wallace Thomson (1905-1988), American politician
- Virgil Thomson (1896-1989), American composer
- William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin ( 1824-1907 ), British physicist
- William Thomson (snooker player ), Scottish snooker player
- William Ferguson Thomson (1914-1993), Canadian ice hockey player, see Bill Thomson
- William Montgomery Thomson (1878-1963), British general
- William Taylour Thomson (1813-1883), British diplomat