Thomas Watson

Thomas Watson may refer to:

Bishops

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

Writers

• Thomas Watson (poet) (c. 1557–1592), English poet and translator
• Thomas Watson (Puritan) (c. 1620–1686), nonconformist preacher and writer
• Tom Watson (journalist) (born 1962), journalist and author
• Thomas Watson (engraver) (1750–1781)

Sportsmen

• Tom Watson (golfer) (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 1902) (1902–1978), Ireland international football player
• Tom Watson (footballer, born 1870) (1870–1902), English football goalkeeper for Small Heath
• Tom Watson (football manager) (1859–1915), English football manager
• Tom Watson (Australian footballer) (1874–1920), Australian rules footballer
• Tom Watson (fighter) (born 1982), mixed martial artist
• Gordon Watson (footballer, born 1914) (Thomas Gordon Watson, 1914–2001), English football player for Everton

Politicians

• Thomas Watson (died before 1621), MP for Rye
• Thomas Watson (Ilkeston MP) (1823–1887), British politician; MP for Ilkeston, Derbyshire, 1885–1887
• Tom Watson (Labour politician) (born 1967), British politician; Deputy Leader of the Labour Party; MP for West Bromwich East
• Thomas E. Watson (1856–1922), American politician; U.S. Senator from Georgia
• Thomas Philip Watson (1933–2015), American politician; Oklahoma State Senator
• Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham (1715–1746), English nobleman and politician; MP for Canterbury
• Thomas Watson (Berwick-upon-Tweed MP) (c. 1701–1766), British politician; MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1754–1765

Business leaders

• Thomas A. Watson (1854–1934), inventor and assistant to Alexander Graham Bell, notably in the invention of the telephone
• Thomas J. Watson (1874–1956), first president of IBM
• Thomas W. Watson, co-founder and former Vice Chairman of Omnicom Group, Inc.
• Thomas Watson, Jr. (1914–1993), second president of IBM and son of Thomas J. Watson

Others

• Thomas E. Watson (USMC) (1892–1966), U.S. Marine Corps general
• Thomas Watson (surveyor), early Western Australian surveyor
• Yannima Tommy Watson (born 1953), Australian artist
• Tom Watson (actor) (1932–2001), Scottish-born stage, television and film actor
• Thomas Lennox Watson (1850–1920), Scottish architect and interior designer
• Thomas Colclough Watson (1867–1917), British recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Sir Thomas Watson, 1st Baronet (1792–1882), president of the Royal College of Physicians, 1862–1866