John Thomson may refer to:

Entertainment

John Thomson of Duddingston Rev John Thomson FRSE HonRoyal Scottish Academy, RSA (1 September 177828 October 1840) was a Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland and noted amateur landscape painter. He was the Minister of the Church of Scotland, minister of Duddingsto ...

(1778–1840), Scottish minister and landscape artist *

John Thomson (composer) John Thomson (28 October 1805 – 18 May 1841) was a Scottish classical composer. He was born in Sprouston, Roxburghshire, the son of Andrew Mitchell Thomson, the minister of Sprouston Church. Life and career Thomson studied in Germany ...

(1805–1841), Scottish composer *

John Thomson (photographer) John Thomson FRGS (14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller. He was one of the first photographers to travel to the Far East, documenting the people, landscapes and artefacts of east ...

(1837–1921), Scottish photographer *

John M Thomson John Mansfield Thomson (10 March 1926 – 11 September 1999) was a New Zealand musicologist who specialized in early music and the Music of New Zealand. He is known for founding the ''Early Music'' journal and for publications on his country' ...

(1926–1999), New Zealand musicologist * John Stuart Thomson (1869–1950), American author *

John Thomson (comedian) John Patrick Thomson (born Patrick Francis McAleer; 2 April 1969) is an English comedian, narrator and actor best known for his roles in ''The Fast Show'', ''Men Behaving Badly'', ''Cold Feet'', '' 24 Hour Party People'', '' The Brothers Grimsby ...

(born 1969), English comedian and actor * John J. Thomson, production sound mixer

Politics

* John Thomson (MP) (1521–1597), MP for New Windsor and Bedfordshire *

John Charles Thomson John Charles Thomson JP (1866 – 9 April 1934) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party. Biography Thomson was born in Invercargill in 1866. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1896. From 1900 to 1903, he was Mayor of ...

(1866–1934), New Zealand politician *

John Thomson (Ohio politician) John Thomson (November 20, 1780 – December 2, 1852), also known as John Thompson, was a United States House of Representatives, United States Representative from Ohio from 1825 to 1827 and from 1829 to 1837. He served as a member of the Ohio Se ...

(1780–1852), U.S. Congressman from Ohio * John Renshaw Thomson (1800–1862), U.S. Senator from New Jersey * John Thomson (Australian politician) (1862–1934), Nationalist member of the House of Representatives * John Thomson (Western Australian politician) (1865–1947), Nationalist Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1921–1924 *

John Thomson (diplomat) Sir John Adam Thomson, (27 April 1927 – 3 June 2018) was a British diplomat who served as High Commissioner to India and Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Career John Thomson was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, the Univer ...

(1927–2018), British high commissioner to India and ambassador to the UN *

John William Thomson John William Thomson (December 28, 1928 – January 9, 2025) was a Canadian politician who was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a businessman by career. Thomson represented the Alberta riding of Cal ...

(1928–2025), member of the Canadian Parliament * John Bryce Thomson (1840–1911), mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand

Religion

* John Thomson (Presbyterian minister) (1690–1753), Irish-born Presbyterian minister in Philadelphia * John Thomson (bishop) (born 1959), Church of England Bishop of Selby * John Thomson, minister in Sutherland, Scotland who was responsible for recording the works of the poet Rob Donn

Science

* John Thomson (physician) (1765–1846), Scottish surgeon and physician *

John Thomson (cartographer) John Thomson (c. 1777 – ) was a Scottish cartographer from Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the no ...

(1777–1840), Scottish cartographer *

John Turnbull Thomson John Turnbull Thomson (10 August 1821 – 16 October 1884) was a British civil engineer and artist who played an instrumental role in the development of the early infrastructure of nineteenth-century Colonial Singapore, Singapore and New Zealan ...

(1821–1884), English civil engineer * John Millar Thomson (1849–1933), British chemist * Arthur Thomson (naturalist) (John Arthur Thomson, 1861–1933), Scottish naturalist * John Walter Thomson (1913–2009), Scottish-American lichenologist

Sports

* Jock Thomson (John Ross Thomson, 1906–1979), Scottish football player (Dundee FC, Everton FC) and manager (Manchester City FC) * John Thomson (footballer, born 1896) (1896–1980), Scottish football goalkeeper (Brentford FC, Plymouth Argyle) * John Thomson (footballer, born 1909) (1909–1931), Scottish football goalkeeper (Celtic FC, Scotland) * John Thomson (footballer, born 1915) (1915–1944), Scottish footballer (Hamilton Academical FC) * John Thomson (swimmer) (1903–1976), British freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics *

Johnny Thomson John Ashley Thomson (April 9, 1922 – September 24, 1960) was an American racecar driver. Thomson was nicknamed "the Flying Scot." He won several championships in midget car racing, midgets and sprint car racing, sprint cars before competing in ...

(1922–1960), American race car driver * John Thomson (baseball) (born 1973), American baseball player * John Thomson (bowls), Welsh international lawn bowls player

Other

* John Edgar Thomson (1808–1874), American civil engineer, railroad executive and industrialist * John Thomson (librarian) (1835–1916), American librarian * John Bell Thomson (1835–1896), New Zealand police officer and detective * John Sen Inches Thomson (1845–1933), Scottish whaler and sealer, ship owner, captain and author *

John Thomson (banker) Sir John Thomson (3 April 19082 January 1998) was an English banker. He was the chairman of Barclays Bank from 1962 to 1973. Early life and career John Thomson was born on 3 April 1908. He was educated at Winchester College, and earned a degree ...

(1908–1998), British banker * John Thomson (RAF officer) (1941–1994), one of the senior officers of the Royal Air Force, later Commander-in-Chief Strike Command * John Thomson (fraudster), warehouse keeper of the Charitable Corporation *

John Thomson (Australian businessman) John Thomson (1887–1960) was a Western Australian businessman who was general manager of Wesfarmers for 32 years, from 1925 to his retirement in 1957. Thompson developed the concept of bulk wheat handling, established the radio station 6WF, ...

(1887–1960) *

John Deas Thomson Sir John Deas Thomson, KCH, FRS, FLS (c.1763 – 21 February 1838) was a British Navy administrator. He was born in Edinburgh, the son of John Thomson, also a naval administrator. In 1801 he was described as a 'Naval Officer and store-keeper', ...

(c. 1763–1838), British Navy administrator * John Thomson (died 1998), Deputy Steward of Oxford University and