John Thomson
Appearance
John Thomson may refer to:
Politicians
- John Thomson (died 1597) (1521–1597), MP for New Windsor and Bedfordshire
- John Charles Thomson (1866–1934), New Zealand politician
- John Thomson (Ohio politician) (1780–1852), US Congressman from Ohio
- John Thomson (Australian politician) (1862–1934), Nationalist member of the House of Representatives
- John Thomson (Western Australian politician), Nationalist Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1921–1924
- John Renshaw Thomson (1800–1862), US Senator from New Jersey
- John William Thomson (born 1928), member of the Canadian Parliament
Sports
- John Thomson (baseball) (born 1973), American baseball player
- John Thomson (footballer) (1909–1931), former Celtic F.C. footballer
- John Thomson (swimmer) (born 1903), British freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Johnny Thomson (1922–1960), American race car driver
Religion
- John Thomson (minister), minister in Sutherland, Scotland who was responsible for recording the works of the poet Rob Donn
- John Thomson (Presbyterian minister) (1690–1753), Irish-born Presbyterian minister in Philadelphia
- John Thomson (bishop) (born 1959), Church of England Bishop of Selby
Engineering
- John Thomson (engineer), surveyed the Leiper Railroad and father of John Edgar Thomson
- John Edgar Thomson (1808–1874), American civil engineer, railroad executive and industrialist
- John Turnbull Thomson (1821–1884), English civil engineer
Military
- John Thomson (RAF officer) (1941–1994), one of the senior officers of the Royal Air Force, later Commander-in-Chief Strike Command
- John Thomson (soldier) (died 1998), Deputy Steward of Oxford University and Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire
Music
- John Thomson (composer) (1805–1841), Scottish composer
- John J. Thomson, production sound mixer
Others
- J. Arthur Thomson (1861–1933), Scottish naturalist
- John Edgar Thomson (1808–1874), American civil engineer, railroad executive and industrialist
- John Thomson (banker) (1908–1998), British banker
- John Thomson (painter) (1778–1840), Scottish minister and landscape artist
- John Thomson (comedian) (born 1969), English comedian and actor
- John Thomson (diplomat) (born 1927), British high commissioner to India and ambassador to the UN
- John Thomson (fraudster), warehouse keeper of the Charitable Corporation
- John Thomson (photographer) (1837–1921), Scottish photographer
- John Thomson (cartographer) (1777–1840), Scottish cartographer
- John Stuart Thomson (1869–1950), American author
- John Bell Thomson (1835–1896), New Zealand police officer and detective
- John Millar Thomson (1849–1933), British chemist
- John Sen Inches Thomson (1845–1933), Scottish whaler and sealer, ship owner, captain and author
See also
- John Thompson (disambiguation)
- Jon Thomson (born 1969), British artist
- John Thomson Ford (1829–1894), American theater manager