Politicians
- John Thomson (died 1597), MP for New Windsor and Bedfordshire
- John Charles Thomson (1866–1934), New Zealand politician
- John Thomson (Ohio politician) (1780–1852), US Congressman from Ohio
- John Thomson (Australian politician) (1862–1934), Nationalist member of the House of Representatives
- John Thomson (Western Australian politician), Nationalist Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1921–1924
- John Renshaw Thomson (1800–1862), US Senator from New Jersey
- John William Thomson (born 1928), member of the Canadian Parliament
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