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"son of Thom", "son of Thomas", "little Thomas" (French) Thompson, Thomason, Tompson, MacTavish, MacTamhais |
Thomson is a Scottish patronymic surname meaning "son of Thom, Thomp, Thompkin, or other diminutive of Thomas", itself derived 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 Thomson is first documented in Burgundy and is the shortened form for Thom[as]son, Thom[es]son. Variations include Thomassin, Thomason, Thomsson, Thomesson, Thomeson, and others. Thomson is uncommon as a given name.
Arts and letters
Alexander Thomson (1817–1875), Scottish architect
Alexander Thomson (writer) (1889–1966)
Beverly Thomson (born 1966), Canadian journalist
Charles Thomson (artist) (born 1953), British artist, painter and poet
Cyndi Thomson, American country music singer
Frederick Clifton Thomson (1890–1928), American silent film cowboy actor
George Thomson (musician) (1757–1821), Scottish music collector
Riley Thomson (1912–1960), American animator and comics artist
Robert James Thomson, Australian journalist
Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet (1894–1976), Canadian newspaper and media entrepreneur
Rosemary Thomson, Canadian conductor
Rupert Thomson (b 1955), English author.
Tom Thomson (1877–1917), Canadian artist
Virgil Thomson (1896–1989), American composer
Politics, law, and government
Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress
Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham (1799–1841), first Governor of the united Province of Canada
Craig Thomson (politician), Australian politician
Edwin Keith Thomson (1919–1960), member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Kelvin Thomson, Australian politician
Lodewijk Thomson (1869–1914), Dutch soldier and politician
Meldrim Thomson, Jr., New Hampshire governor
Michelle Thomson, Scottish National Party politician and member of Parliament
Michael Thomson (judge), Manitoba judge
Roy Hendry Thomson (1932 – 2009), businessman, public servant and political activist
Thyra Thomson (1916–2013), Secretary of State of Wyoming
Vernon Wallace Thomson (1905–1988), American politician
Sciences and medicine
Arthur Landsborough Thomson (1890–1977), Scottish ornithologist
Carl Gustaf Thomson (1824–1899), Swedish entomologist.
Charles Wyville Thomson (1830–1882), professor of zoology and chief scientist on the Challenger expedition
Donald Thomson (1901–1970), Australian anthropologist and ornithologist
Elihu Thomson (1853–1937), English engineer, founder of what became the French firm Thomson SA
G. Thomson (1760-1806), English geologist who worked in Italy and discovered the Widmanstätten figures
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
Joseph Thomson (explorer) (1858–1895), a Scottish geologist
Reginald H. Thomson (1856–1949), Seattle civil engineer
Robert Thomson (inventor) (1822–1873), Scottish inventor
Thomas Thomson jr. (1817–1878), Scottish botanist
Thomas Thomson sr. (1773–1852), Scottish chemist
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1822–1873), British physicist
Billy Thomson, Scottish football goalkeeper
Bob Thomson, English footballer
Bobby Thomson (1923–2010), Scottish-born American baseball player
Brandon Thomson, South African rugby union player
Cammy Thomson (1948–1996), Scottish footballer
Craig Thomson (footballer, born 1991), Scottish footballer
Craig Thomson (referee), Scottish football referee
Darran Thomson, Scottish footballer
Des Thomson (born 1942), New Zealand cyclist
Fergus Thomson, a Scottish rugby player
J. M. Archer Thomson (1863–1913), British rock-climber and mountaineer
Jason Thomson, Scottish footballer
Jeff Thomson (born 1950), Australian cricketer
Keith Thomson, New Zealand cricketer
Ken Thomson (footballer), Scottish footballer
Kenny Thomson (born 1951), Scottish footballer
Kevin Thomson, Scottish footballer
Lawrie Thomson, Scottish footballer
Matthew Thomson, small-bore rifle champion
Peter Thomson, Australian professional golfer
Robert Thomson (1875-1954), Scottish professional golfer
Gary Thomson Scottish professional snooker player
Edward Thomson, bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church
Iain Donald Thomson, American philosopher
Judith Jarvis Thomson, moral philosopher
Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet (1923–2006)
Mowbray Thomson (1832–1917), British Army officer and author
Douglas Thomson White aka Doogie White (born 1960), Scottish rock singer (Rainbow, La Paz, Midnight Blue, Cornerstone, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, Demon's Eye, Michael Schenker's Temple Of Rock...)
Thomson, one of two identical detectives in the Adventures of Tintin series by Hergé
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