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John Thomson of Duddingston Rev John Thomson FRSE Hon 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 Duddingston Kirk from 1805 to 1840. Life The youngest of eight chi ...

(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. Among Thompson's compositions admired by his ...

(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 Stuart Thomson John Stuart Thomson (1869–1950) was an author from the United States. He wrote the books ''China Revolutionized'', ''The Chinese, Bud and Bamboo'', and '' Fil and Filippa: Story of Child Life in the Philippines''.

(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'', ''Grimsby (film), The Br ...

(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 (1866–1934), New Zealand politician * John Thomson (Ohio politician) (1780–1852), U.S. Congressman from Ohio *

John Renshaw Thomson John Renshaw Thomson (September 25, 1800September 12, 1862) was an American merchant and politician from New Jersey. Life Thomson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Edward Thomson (1771-1853) and Ann Renshaw (1773-1842). His fath ...

(1800–1862), U.S. Senator from New Jersey *

John Thomson (Australian politician) John Thomson (1862 – 14 July 1934) was an Australian politician. He was a Progressive Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1901 to 1904, representing the Manning electorate. He was then a member of the Australian H ...

(1862–1934), Nationalist member of the House of Representatives *

John Thomson (Western Australian politician) John Thomson (29 May 1865 – 27 February 1947) was an Australian politician. He was the Nationalist member for Claremont in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1921 to 1924, becoming an Independent Nationalist Independent Natio ...

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

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John Thomson (Presbyterian minister) John Thomson or Thompson (ca. 1690–1753) was born in Ireland and became a minister in the Presbytery of Philadelphia, later the Synod of Philadelphia. He served as a missionary in both Virginia and North Carolina, where he died a natural death i ...

(1690–1753), Irish-born Presbyterian minister in Philadelphia *

John Thomson (bishop) John Bromilow Thomson (born 1 July 1959) is a Church of England bishop. Since 2014, he has been the Bishop of Selby. He was consecrated at York Minster on 3 July 2014 by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York. From 2001 to 2014, he was Director of Min ...

(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 Rob Donn (Brown-haired Rob) (1714–1778) was a Scottish Gaelic poet from Sutherland. It is generally assumed that his name was Robert MacKay (MacAoidh),John Thomson (physician) John Thomson FRS FRSE PRCPE (1765–1846) was a Scottish surgeon and physician, reputed in his time "the most learned physician in Scotland". He was President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1834 to 1836. Early life He w ...

(1765–1846), Scottish surgeon and physician *

John Thomson (cartographer) John Thomson (1777-c1840), was a Scottish cartographer from Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midloth ...

(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 Singapore and New Zealand. He lived the last 2 ...

(1821–1884), English civil engineer *

John Millar Thomson Prof John Millar Thomson PIC FRS FRSE LLD (7 March 1849 – 22 March 1933) was a British chemist who held various leading positions with British chemical societies and was the vice-principal of King's College London. He was President of the I ...

(1849–1933), British chemist *

Arthur Thomson (naturalist) Sir John Arthur Thomson (8 July 1861 – 12 February 1933) was a Scottish naturalist who authored several notable books and was an expert on soft corals. Life He was born at Pilmuir east of East Saltoun, East Lothian, the second son of Is ...

(John Arthur Thomson, 1861–1933), Scottish naturalist *

John Walter Thomson John Walter Thomson Jr. (1913–2009) was a Scottish-born American botanist and lichenologist, sometimes referred to as the "Dean of North American Lichens". Biography When he was eight years old, Thomson moved with his family to the U.S.A. In ...

(1913–2009), Scottish-American lichenologist

Sports

Jock Thomson John Ross Thomson (6 July 1906 – 1979) was a Scottish football player and manager. Playing career Thomson, a wing half, started his career with Thornton Rangers in his native Fife, before moving to Dundee, where he played for four years. In 1 ...

(John Ross Thomson, 1906–1979), Scottish football player (Dundee FC, Everton FC) and manager (Manchester City FC) *

John Thomson (footballer, born 1896) John Youngman Thomson (27 July 1896 – May 1980), sometimes known as Jack Thomson, was a Scottish professional association football, footballer who made 97 appearances in the The Football League, Football League for Brentford F.C., Brentford, ...

(1896–1980), Scottish football goalkeeper (Brentford FC, Plymouth Argyle) *

John Thomson (footballer, born 1909) John Thomson (28 January 1909 – 5 September 1931) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Celtic and the Scotland national football team. He died as a result of an accidental collision with Rangers player Sam English during ...

(1909–1931), Scottish football goalkeeper (Celtic FC, Scotland) *

John Thomson (footballer, born 1915) John Fyfe Thomson (1915 – 30 July 1944) was a Scottish Association football, footballer who played for Hamilton Academical F.C., Hamilton Academical, mainly as a Midfielder#Wing half, left half. He became an increasingly important member of th ...

(1915–1944), Scottish footballer (Hamilton Academical FC) *

John Thomson (swimmer) John Stark Thomson (18 February 1903 – 1976) was a British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Briti ...

(1903–?), British freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics *

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

(1922–1960), American race car driver *

John Thomson (baseball) John Carl Thomson (born October 1, 1973) is a retired starting pitcher who last played for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. He is a 1991 graduate of Sulphur High School in Sulphur, Louisiana. He went undrafted out of high school a ...

(born 1973), American baseball player *

John Thomson (bowls) John Thomson is a Welsh former international lawn bowls Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is ...

, 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 John Thomson was born on 3 April 1908. He was educated at Winchester College, and earned a degree in law at M ...

(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 material handling, bulk wheat handling, established th ...

(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', ...

(1760s–1838), British Navy administrator * John Thomson (died 1998), Deputy Steward of Oxford University and

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