William Thomson

William Thomson may refer to:

Justice

• W. H. Seward Thomson (1856–1932), U.S. federal judge
• William Thomson (Solicitor General), Solicitor General for England and Wales, 1717–1720

Sports

• William Thomson (Dumbarton footballer) (fl. 1892–1898), Scottish footballer (Dumbarton and Scotland national team)
• William Thomson (Dundee footballer) (fl. 1893–1896), Scottish footballer (Dundee, Bolton Wanderers and Scotland national team)
• William Thomson (rugby union), (1880-1942), Scottish international rugby union player

Politics

• William Thomson (politician) (1818–1866), Member of Parliament in Christchurch, New Zealand
• William Alexander Thomson (1816–1878), Canadian author and politician
• William Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron Selsdon (1877–1938), British politician

Science

• William Montgomery Thomson (1878–1963), British general and commander of the British expeditionary force in north Persia
• William Thomson (physician) (1802–1852) Scottish medical author and Professor of Medicine at both Edinburgh and Glasgow
• William Thomson (mineralogist) (1760–1806), English physician and geologist
• William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), Scots-Irish physicist

Writer

• William Thomson (writer) (1746–1817), Scottish historian and journalist

Military

• William Thomson (military officer), American militia captain in Capture of Savannah
• William McKenzie Thomson (1898–1987), Canadian World War I pilot
• William Taylour Thomson (1813–1883), British military officer and diplomat

Religion

• William Thomson (bishop) (1819–1890), Archbishop of York, 1862–1890
• William McClure Thomson (1806–1894), American missionary and writer
• William Aird Thomson (1773–1863), Scottish minister and antiquarian

Arts and music

• William Thomson (musicologist) (fl. 1695–1753), Scottish folk song collector and singer
• William John Thomson (1771–1845) American-born artist, member of the Royal Scottish Academy
• William Ennis Thomson (born 1927), music school dean, music theorist, music educator and composer

Engineering

• William Thomson (architect), architect who worked with Thomas Telford

See also

• Bill Thomson (ice hockey) (1914–1993), Canadian ice hockey player
• Bill Thomson (pharmacist)
• Billy Thomson (born 1958), Scottish footballer
• William Thompson (disambiguation)