Politicians
- Thomas Watson (died before 1621), MP for Rye (UK Parliament constituency)
- Thomas Watson (Ilkeston MP) (1823–1887), British politician; MP for Ilkeston, Derbyshire, 1885–1887
- Tom Watson (politician) (born 1967), British politician; MP for West Bromwich East
- Thomas E. Watson (1856–1922), American politician; U.S. Senator from Georgia
- Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham (1715–1746), English nobleman and politician; MP for Canterbury
- Thomas Watson (Berwick-upon-Tweed MP) (died 1766), British politician; MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1754–1765
- Thomas Watson, Jr. (1914–1993), United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union and son of IBM President Thomas J. Watson
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