| Thomson | | Family name | | Meaning | "son of Thomas" | | Related names | Thompson, Thomason, Tompson | Thomson is a Scottish and English patronymic surname meaning "son of Thom, Thomp, Thompkin, or other diminutive of Thomas", itself dervied from the Aramaic תום or Tôm, meaning "twin". The Welsh surname is documented in Cheshire records before and after the 1066 Norman Conquest. Variations include Thomason, Thomasson, Thomerson, Thomoson, and others. The French surname is first documented in Bourgogne. Variations include Thomassin, Thomasin, Thomesson, Thomeson, and others. Thomson is uncommon as a given name.[1][2][3][4][5] [edit] People - Adam Thomson, a New Zealand Rugby Union player who plays Flanker for Highlanders and All Blacks
- Alexander Thomson (1817–1875), Scottish architect
- Andrew Thomson (disambiguation)
- Bob Thomson, English footballer
- Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress
- Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham (1799–1841), the first Governor of the united Province of Canada
- Charles Wyville Thomson (1830–1882), professor of zoology and chief scientist on the Challenger expedition
- Charles Thomson (artist), (b. 1953), British artist, painter and poet
- Cyndi Thomson, an American country music singer from the early 2000s
- David Thomson (film critic), Anglo-American writer and film critic
- David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Chairman of Thomson Reuters
- Des Thomson (b. 1942), New Zealand cyclist
- Donald Thomson (1901–1970), Australian anthropologist and ornithologist
- Earl Thomson (1895–1971), Canadian Olympic athlete
- Edward Thomson, a Bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church
- Edward Thomson (disambiguation)
- Elihu Thomson (1853–1937), English engineer, founder of what became the French firm Thomson SA
- Fergus Thomson, a Scottish rugby union player who plays hooker for Glasgow Warriors and Scotland
- George Thomson (musician) (1757–1821), Scottish music collector and a friend of Robert Burns
- George Paget Thomson (1892–1975), English physicist who worked on the wave nature of the electron
- J. J. Thomson (Sir Joseph John Thomson, 1856–1940), English physicist who discovered the electron
- J. M. Archer Thomson (1863–1913), British rock-climber and mountaineer
- James Thomson, several people
- Jeff Thomson, (b. 1950), Australian cricketer
- John Thomson, several people
- John Edgar Thomson (1808–1874), American civil engineer, railroad executive and industrialist
- John Thomson (comedian) (b. 1969), a British actor and impressionist
- John Thomson (pitcher) (b. 1973), American baseball player
- John Thomson (footballer) (1909–1931), former Celtic F.C. footballer
- John Thomson (politician) (1780–1852), US Congressman from Ohio
- John Thomson (photographer), a nineteenth century Scottish photographer
- John Thomson (RAF), one of the senior officers of the Royal Air Force
- Rev. John Thomson (minister), minister in Sutherland, Scotland, who was responsible for recording the works of the poet Rob Donn
- John Renshaw Thomson (1800–1862), US Senator from New Jersey
- Judith Jarvis Thomson, moral philosopher
- Kelvin Thomson, Australian politician
- Kevin Thomson, Scottish Footballer, currently playing for Rangers FC
- Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet (1923–2006)
- Matthew Thomson, smallbore rifle champion
- Meldrim Thomson, Jr., former New Hampshire governor
- Michael Thomson, Manitoba judge
- Peter Thomson (Australian golfer)
- Robert Thomson (inventor) (1822–1873), Scottish inventor
- Robert James Thomson, Australian journalist
- Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet (1894–1976), Canadian newspaper and media entrepreneur, linked to The Thomson Corporation
- Rosemary Thomson, Canadian conductor
- Roy Hendry Thomson, an eminent Aberdonian
- Tom Thomson (1877–1917), Canadian artist
- Vernon Wallace Thomson (1905–1988), American politician
- Virgil Thomson (1896–1989), American composer
- William Thomson, several people
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