Watson may refer to:

People

Watson (surname) Watson is a patronymic surname. In 2015, Watson was the 46th most common surname in England and the 19th most common in Scotland. See also Clan Watson. A *Aaron Watson (born 1977), American singer *Abigail Watson (1685–1752), Irish Quaker m ...

* Watson (given name)

Fictional characters

* Dr. Watson, a character in ''Sherlock Holmes'' stories *

Mary Jane Watson Mary Jane "MJ" Watson is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, making her first appearance in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #25 (June 1965), and subsequent ...

, a Spider-Man character * Esme Watson, a character in Australian television program '' A Country Practice''

Computing and technology

Watson (computer) IBM Watson is a computer system capable of question answering, answering questions posed in natural language. It was developed as a part of IBM's DeepQA project by a research team, led by principal investigator David Ferrucci. Watson was named ...

, an IBM supercomputer which won the game show ''Jeopardy!'' * Dr. Watson (debugger), the internal debugger for the Windows platform * Intellext Watson, an application for the Windows platform * Karelia Watson, an application for the Macintosh platform * WATSON (Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and Engineering), a component of the Mars 2020 SHERLOC spectrometer

Companies

* A. J. Watson, IndyCar roadster chassis constructor * AS Watson, retail division of Hutchison Whampoa ** Watsons, a health and beauty care retail chain in Asia and Europe ** Watsons Water, a bottled water company in Hong Kong ** Watson's Wine, a wine retailer in Hong Kong * Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM research center * Watson Pharmaceuticals, now Actavis, an Ireland- and U.S.-based pharmaceutical company * Watson Systems, a Swiss maker of shopping trolleys * Watson's (United States), a defunct department store chain based in Knoxville, Tennessee

Places

Antarctica * Watson Peninsula, South Orkney Islands Australia *

Watson, Australian Capital Territory Watson is a suburb of Canberra Canberra ( ; ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the Federation of Australia, federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's lis ...

** Division of Watson, an electoral district of the Australian House of Representatives * Watson, South Australia, a stop on the Trans-Australian Railway * Watson Island (Queensland), an island in Howick Group National Park, Queensland, Australia Canada * Watson, Saskatchewan * Watson Island (British Columbia), an island in the Queen Charlotte Strait in British Columbia, Canada * Watson Lake, Yukon United States * Watson, Alabama * Watson, Arkansas * Watson Island, a neighborhood in Miami, Florida * Watson, Illinois * Watson, Indiana * Watson, Iowa * Watson, Louisiana * Watson, Minnesota * Watson, Missouri * Watson, New York * Watson, Ohio * Watson, Oklahoma * Watson, Virginia * Watson, West Virginia * Watson House (Chincoteague Island, Virginia) * Watson Township (disambiguation)

Other

* Watson (musician), an American singer and songwriter * Clan Watson, a Scottish clan * Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship, internship grant * Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, travel grant * The Watson Twins, an indie country-rock group * George Watson's College, a school in Edinburgh, Scotland * USS ''Watson'' (DD-482), a proposed United States Navy destroyer canceled in 1946 * Watson (crater), a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon * ''Watson'' (film), a 2019 documentary film * ''Watson'' (newspaper), a Swiss online newspaper * ''Watson'' (TV series), an American TV series