David Thomson may refer to:
- Dave Thomson (footballer born 1938), played for Dunfermline Athletic in the 1960–61 Scottish Cup
- David Coupar Thomson (1861–1954), Scottish publisher, founder of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd
- David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet (born 1957), Canadian businessman and currently the wealthiest individual in Canada
- David Spence Thomson (1915–1999), New Zealand politician
- David Thomson (1920s footballer), Scottish footballer, see List of Scotland international footballers
- David Thomson (bishop) (born 1952), Bishop of Huntingdon, medievalist
- David Thomson (film critic) (born 1941), American-based British film critic
- David Thomson (footballer born 1847) (1847–1876), Welsh international footballer
- David Thomson (footballer born 1988), Scottish footballer
- David Thomson (politician born 1856) (1856–1926), Australian politician
- David Thomson (politician born 1924), Australian politician
- David Thomson (historian) (1912–1970), English historian
- David Thomson (writer) (1914–1988), writer and radio producer
- David J. Thomson, professor of statistics
- Dave Thomson (programmer), Director and Distinguished Engineer, IBM
Famous quotes containing the words david and/or thomson:
“Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed,—a, to me, equally mysterious origin for it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“But chief to heedless flies the window proves
A constant death; where gloomily retired,
The villain spider lives, cunning and fierce,
Mixture abhorred! Amid a mangled heap
Of carcases in eager watch he sits,
O’erlooking all his waving snares around.”
—James Thomson (1700–1748)