Thomas Watson may refer to:

Bishops

Thomas Watson (bishop of Lincoln) Thomas Watson (1515 – 27 September 1584) was a Catholic Bishop, notable among Catholics for his descriptions of the Protestant Reformation. Historian Albert Pollard described Watson as "one of the chief Catholic controversialists" of Mary Tud ...

(1515–1584), Catholic bishop * Thomas Watson (bishop of St David's) (1637–1717), English clergyman

Writers

Thomas Watson (poet) Thomas Watson (1555–1592) was an English poet and translator, and the pioneer of the English madrigal. His lyrics aside, he wrote largely in Latin, also being the first to translate Sophocles's ''Antigone'' from Greek. His incorporation of It ...

(c. 1557–1592), English poet and translator *

Thomas Watson (Puritan) Thomas Watson (c. 1620–1686) was an English, Puritan preacher and author. He was ejected from his London parish after the Restoration, but continued to preach privately. Education and career He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, wh ...

(c. 1620–1686), nonconformist preacher and writer *

Tom Watson (journalist) Tom Watson (born February 21, 1962) is an American author, consultant and journalist. Watson was born in Yonkers, New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of ...

(born 1962), journalist and author

Sportsmen

Tom Watson (golfer) Thomas Sturges Watson (born September 4, 1949) is an American retired professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions, formerly on the PGA Tour. In the 1970s and 1980s, Watson was one of the leading golf players in the world, winning eight major ...

(born 1949), American golfer * Tommy Watson (boxer) (1908–1971), English boxer * Tommy Watson (footballer, born 1943), Scottish football winger * Tommy Watson (footballer, born 1969), English football player *

Tom Watson (footballer, born 1870) Thomas Watson (1870 – April 1902) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Small Heath as a goalkeeper. Watson was born in the Yardley Wood district of Birmingham. He grew up to be an all-round athlete, and was activel ...

(1870–1902), English football goalkeeper for Small Heath *

Tom Watson (footballer, born 1904) Thomas Andrew Watson (21 February 1904 – 1979) was an English footballer who played as a full back for Rochdale. He was also on the reserve teams of Middlesbrough and Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional as ...

(1904–1979), footballer for Rochdale *

Tom Watson (footballer, born 1900) Thomas Houston Watson (4 October 1900 – 13 May 1978) was an Irish professional footballer. He began his career with Irish Intermediate League side Crusaders as a half back before joining Cardiff City in 1925 where he converted to defence. He ...

(1900–1978), Ireland international football player *

Tom Watson (football manager) Tom Watson (April 1859 – 6 May 1915) was an English football manager who managed Sunderland and Liverpool around the turn of the 20th century. In winning the league title with both clubs—the first title for both—he was the first manager ...

(1859–1915), English football manager * Tom Watson (Australian footballer) (1874–1920), Australian rules footballer *

Tom Watson (fighter) Tom "Kong" Watson (born 13 July 1982) is an English mixed martial artist currently competing in the welterweight division of Cage Warriors. A professional competitor since 2006, he is the former BAMMA Middleweight Champion, the former UCMMA M ...

(born 1982), mixed martial artist *

Gordon Watson (footballer, born 1914) Thomas Gordon Watson (1 March 1914 – 29 April 2001) was an English football player and coach. Career Born in Wolsingham, Watson began his career with Blyth Spartans Blyth Spartans Association Football Club is a football club based in Bly ...

(Thomas Gordon Watson, 1914–2001), English footballer for Everton * Thomas Watson (cricketer, born 1880) (1880–1944), English clergyman and cricketer *

Thomas Watson (cricketer, born 1913) Thomas Mead Watson (22 May 1913 – 7 August 1994) was an English first-class cricketer and educator. Watson was born at Lewisham in May 1913. He was educated at Monkton Combe School, before going up to Balliol College, Oxford. While studying ...

(1913–1994), English cricketer and educator

Politicians

Thomas Watson (silk spinner) Thomas Watson (1821 – 7 March 1887), was an English silk spinner and Liberal Party politician. Watson began life as a silk spinner. In 1846 with two fellow workers, he started a silk-spinning and hatter business in Rochdale. He was responsible ...

(1823–1887), British politician; MP for Ilkeston, Derbyshire, 1885–1887 *

Thomas E. Watson Thomas Edward Watson (September 5, 1856 – September 26, 1922) was an American politician, attorney, newspaper editor and writer from Georgia. In the 1890s Watson championed poor farmers as a leader of the Populist Party, articulating an a ...

(1856–1922), American politician; Populist leader; U.S. Senator from Georgia * Thomas Philip Watson (1933–2015), American politician; Oklahoma State Senator * Thomas R. Watson (born 1947), American politician; Maine state representative *

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(1715–1746), English nobleman and politician; MP for Canterbury *

Thomas Watson (Berwick-upon-Tweed MP) Thomas Watson (ca. 1701 – 7 January 1766) of Grindon Bridge, Northumberland, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1740 to 1765. Watson was the son of Thomas Watson of Berwick and his wife Margaret Clerk. He married ...

(c. 1701–1766), British politician; MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1754–1765 *

J. Thomas Watson John Thomas Watson (November 20, 1885 – October 24, 1954) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 27th Attorney General of Florida from 1941 to 1949. Early life and education Watson was born in Danville, Virginia, on Novembe ...

(1885–1954), Attorney General of Florida *

Tom Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest Thomas Anthony Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest (born 8 January 1967) is a British former politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2019 and Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2 ...

(born 1967), British politician; former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party; and former MP for West Bromwich East * Thomas Watson (died before 1621)

Businesspeople

Thomas J. Watson Thomas John Watson Sr. (February 17, 1874 – June 19, 1956) was an American businessman who served as the chairman and CEO of IBM. He oversaw the company's growth into an international force from 1914 to 1956. Watson developed IBM's managemen ...

(1874–1956), first president of IBM * Thomas W. Watson, co-founder and former Vice Chairman of Omnicom Group, Inc. *

Thomas J. Watson Jr. Thomas John Watson Jr. (January 14, 1914 – December 31, 1993) was an American businessman, political figure, Army Air Forces pilot, and philanthropist. The son of IBM Corporation founder Thomas J. Watson, he was the second IBM president (195 ...

(1914–1993), second president of IBM and son of Thomas J. Watson

Artists

Thomas Watson (engraver) Thomas Watson (1750–1781) was a fine engraver in mezzotint and in stipple. His early prints were published in alliance with the book and printsellers Samuel Hooper and Walter Shropshire. Between 1773 and 1776, he exhibited with the Society of ...

(1750–1781), fine engraver * T. H. Watson (Thomas Henry Watson, 1839–1913), British architect *

Thomas Lennox Watson Thomas Lennox Watson (21 August 1850 – 12 October 1920), FRIBA, was a Scottish architect and interior designer. Born in Glasgow, he submitted designs for the city's City Chambers (1880) and Kelvingrove Art Gallery (1892) competitions, but w ...

(1850–1920), Scottish architect and interior designer *

Tom Watson (actor) Thomas Welsh Watson (21 March 1932 – 18 August 2001) was a Scottish-born stage, television and film actor. Early life Watson was born on 21 March 1932 at Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland. His family later moved to Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, ...

(1932–2001), Scottish-born stage, television and film actor *

Yannima Tommy Watson Yannima Tommy Watson known as Tommy Watson (born 1930s) was an Indigenous Australian artist, of the Pitjantjatjara people from Australia’s central western desert. He was described by one critic as "the greatest living painter of the Western ...

(c. 1935–2017), Australian artist

Others

Thomas A. Watson Thomas Augustus Watson (January 18, 1854 – December 13, 1934) was an assistant to Alexander Graham Bell, notably in the invention of the telephone in 1876. Life and work Born in Salem, Massachusetts, United States Watson was a bookkeeper and ...

(1854–1934), inventor and assistant to Alexander Graham Bell, notably in the invention of the telephone *

Tom Watson (musician) Tom Watson (born 1962) is an American musician known for playing guitar with Slovenly, Red Krayola, and Mike Watt + The Missingmen Career Born in 1962 in New York City, Watson's father was an illustrator and his mother was a theater actor. Afte ...

(born 1962), American guitarist * Thomas E. Watson (USMC) (1892–1966), U.S. Marine Corps general *

Thomas Watson (surveyor) Thomas Watson was a surveyor and early settler of the Swan River Colony in what is now Western Australia. Little is known of his early life, but he was trained as a surveyor before arriving at the Swan River Colony as part of Thomas Peel's settle ...

, early Western Australian surveyor * Thomas Watson (trade unionist) (1860–1921), British trade union leader *

Thomas Colclough Watson Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Colclough Watson Victoria Cross, VC (11 April 1867 – 15 June 1917) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to United Ki ...

(1867–1917), British recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Thomas Watson (physician) Thomas Watson, (1792 – 11 December 1882) was a British physician who is primarily known for describing the water hammer pulse found in aortic regurgitation in 1844. He was president of the Royal College of Physicians from 1862 to 1866. He w ...

(1792–1882), British physician and president of the Royal College of Physicians, 1862–66 {{hndis, Watson, Thomas