George Thomson may refer to:
- George Thomson (physician) (c. 1619–1657), English physician, medical writer and pamphleteer
- George Thomson (musician) (1757–1851), Scottish musician; collector of the music of Scotland
- George Thomson (shipbuilder) (1815–1866), Scottish engineer and shipbuilder
- George Thomson (botanist) (1819–1878), Scottish missionary and plant collector
- George Thomson (footballer born 1854) (1854–1937), Wales international footballer
- George Thomson (footballer born 1936), Scottish footballer (Hearts, Everton, Brentford)
- George Thomson (rugby) (1856–1899), rugby union footballer of the 1870s and '80s for England, and Halifax
- George Paget Thomson (1892–1975), English physicist and Nobel laureate
- George Thomson (RAF officer) (1896–?), Canadian World War I flying ace
- George Derwent Thomson (died 1987), English Marxist philosopher; Greek and Irish scholar
- George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth (1921–2008), Scottish politician; former Labour MP and peer
- George Thomson (Canadian politician) (1855–1920), Scottish-born merchant, official and political figure in British Columbia
- George Edwin Thomson (1897–1918), British World War I flying ace
- George Thomson, Lord Thomson (1893–1962), Scottish politician and judge
- G. M. Thomson (1848–1933), New Zealand scientist, educationalist, social worker and politician
- George C. Thomson (1888–1976), American football player, lawyer and banker
Famous quotes containing the words george and/or thomson:
“Well, it’s early yet!”
—Robert Pirosh, U.S. screenwriter, George Seaton, George Oppenheimer, and Sam Wood. Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx)
“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)