Thomson

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Thomson has several meanings:

• Thomson SA, formerly known as Thomson Multimedia, a French electronics manufacturer and media services provider.
• Thomson-CSF, former name for the company Thales Group
• The Thomson Corporation, a large worldwide US-based publisher of books, educational materials, and legal, scientific, and health information.
• Various businesses of TUI AG:
  • Thomson Holidays, a UK based travel company founded by the Thomson Corporation in 1965. Now a subsidiary of TUI UK.
  • Thomsonfly, a UK airline, part of TUI AG, formerly Britannia Airways.
• Thomson is a city in Georgia (U.S. state)
• Thomson, an estate in Singapore.

People named Thomson

Several notable people have borne the name Thomson, including:

• Charles Thompson
  • Charles Peck Thompson (1843-1927), Pony Express rider
  • Charles W. Thompson (1860-1904), US congressman from Alabama
  • Charles James Thompson (1862-1932), US Congressman from Ohio
  • Charles Hubbard Thompson (1891-1964), American ragtime musician
  • Charles Thompson (Jazz) (b. 1918), American swing musician also known as "Sir Charles"
  • Charles S. Thompson, Hollywood art designer
  • Chuck Thompson (1921–2005), American sportscaster
  • Charles Thompson IV, the birthname of musician Frank Black of the Pixies
  • Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress
  • Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham (1799-1841), the first Governor of the united Province of Canada
  • Charles Wyville Thomson (1830 - 1882), professor of zoology and chief scientist on the Challenger expedition
  • Charles Thomson (artist), (b. 1953), British artist, painter and poet
• Cyndi Thomson, an American country music singer from the early 2000s.
• David Thomson, anglo-american writer and film critic.
• Earl Thomson (1895-1971), Canadian Olympic athlete.
• Elihu Thomson (1853-1937), English engineer, founder of what became the French firm Thomson SA.
• George Thomson
• George Paget Thomson (1892-1975), English physicist who worked on the wave nature of the electron.
• J.J. Thomson (1856–1940), English physicist who discovered the electron.
• J. M. Archer Thomson (1863-1913) British rock-climber and mountaineer
• James Thomson
  • James Thomson (Seasons) (1700–1748), poet of the eighteenth century, author of The Seasons
  • James Thomson (B.V.) (1834-1882), poet of the nineteenth century, author of The City of Dreadful Night
  • James Thomson (cell biologist), stem cell researcher
  • James Thomson (Pittsburgh mayor), 19th century political figure
  • James Thomson, brother of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
• John Thomson
  • John Edgar Thomson (1808–1874), American civil engineer, railroad executive and industrialist
  • John Thomson (actor) (b. 1969), a British actor and impressionist
  • John Thomson (pitcher) (b. 1973), American baseball player
  • John Thomson (footballer) (1909-1931), former Celtic F.C. footballer
  • John Thomson (politician) (1780-1852), US Congressman from Ohio
  • John Thomson (photographer), a nineteenth century Scottish photographer
  • John Thomson (Australian Politician)
  • John Thomson (RAF), one of the senior officers of the Royal Air Force
  • John Thomson (engineer) surveyed the Leiper Railroad and father of J. Edgar Thomson
  • John Thomson (physician) (1808-1884), a physician in New Brunswick, Canada
  • Rev. John Thomson (minister), minister in Sutherland, Scotland who was responsible for recording the works of the poet Rob Donn
  • John Renshaw Thomson (1800-1862), US Senator from New Jersey
• Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet (b. 1923)
• Robert Thomson (1822-1873), Scottish inventor.
• Robert Thomson, Australian journalist.
• Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet (1894-1976), Canadian newspaper and media entrepreneur, linked to The Thomson Corporation.
• Tom Thomson (1877–1917), Canadian artist.
• Tracey Thomson (b. 1982) New Zealander.
• Vernon Wallace Thomson (1905-1988), American politician.
• Virgil Thomson (1896-1989), American composer.
• William Thomson
  • William Thomson (1819-1890), former Archbishop of York.
  • William Thomson (1824-1907), 1st Baron Kelvin,Irish physicist.
  • William John Thomson, Scottish portrait miniature artist.
  • Sir William Thomson Solicitor General for England and Wales 1717-1720
  • William Thomson, Scottish folk song collector

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