Robert Thomson may refer to:
- Bobby Thomson (1923–2010), Major League baseball player who hit "The Shot Heard Round the World"
- Bobby Thomson (footballer born 1937), former Aston Villa and Birmingham City footballer
- Bobby Thomson (footballer born 1943), former England and Wolverhampton Wanderers footballer
- Bobby Thomson (footballer born 1955), former Hibernian and Blackpool footballer
- Robert William Thomson, Scottish inventor
- Robert James Thomson, Australian journalist and managing editor of The Wall Street Journal
- Robert B. Thomson, host of the television show The Victory Garden
- Robert Thomson (cyclist), cyclist, yachter and longboarder from New Zealand
- Robert W. Thomson, philologist
- Robert Thomson (footballer) (1890–?), footballer for Huddersfield Town
- Robert W. Thomson (footballer), footballer for Sunderland and Newcastle United (see Tyne–Wear derby)
- Robert Thomson (basketball), Rwandan basketball player
- Bob Thomson, English footballer for Chelsea
- Rob Thomson (born 1963), third base coach for the New York Yankees
Famous quotes containing the words robert and/or thomson:
“Converse: I can’t believe we did this.
Marge’s father: A sense of unreality is not a legal defense.”
—Judith Rascoe, U.S. screenwriter, Robert Stone (b. 1939)
“The savage soul of game is up at once—
The pack full-opening various, the shrill horn
Resounded from the hills, the neighing steed
Wild for the chase, and the loud hunter’s shout—
O’er a weak, harmless, flying creature, all
Mixed in mad tumult and discordant joy.”
—James Thomson (1700–1748)