Thomas Watson may refer to: Bishops Thomas Watson (bishop of Lincoln) (1515–1584), Catholic bishop Thomas Watson (bishop of St David's) (1637–1717), English clergyman Writers Thomas Watson (poet) (c. 1557–1592), English poet and translator Thomas Watson (Puritan) (c. 1620–1686), nonconformist preacher and writer Tom Watson (journalist) (born 1962), journalist and author Sportsmen Tom Watson (golfer) (born 1949), American golfer Tommy Watson (boxer) (1908–1971), English boxer Tommy Watson (footballer, born 1943), Scottish football winger Tommy Watson (footballer, born 1969), English football player Tom Watson (footballer, born 1870) (1870–1902), English football goalkeeper for Small Heath Tom Watson (footballer, born 1904), footballer for Rochdale Tom Watson (footballer, born 1900) (1900–1978), Ireland international football player Tom Watson (football manager) (1859–1915), English football manager Tom Watson (Australian footballer) (1874–1920), Australian rules footballer Tom Watson (fighter) (born 1982), mixed martial artist Gordon Watson (footballer, born 1914) (Thomas Gordon Watson, 1914–2001), English footballer for Everton Thomas Watson (cricketer, born 1880) (1880–1944), English clergyman and cricketer Thomas Watson (cricketer, born 1913) (1913–1994), English cricketer and educator Politicians Thomas Watson (silk spinner) (1823–1887), British politician; MP for Ilkeston, Derbyshire, 1885–1887 Thomas E. Watson (1856–1922), American politician; Populist leader; U.S. Senator from Georgia Thomas Philip Watson (1933–2015), American politician; Oklahoma State Senator Thomas R. Watson (born 1947), American politician; Maine state representative Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham (1715–1746), English nobleman and politician; MP for Canterbury Thomas Watson (Berwick-upon-Tweed MP) (c. 1701–1766), British politician; MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1754–1765 J. Thomas Watson (1885–1954), Attorney General of Florida Tom Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest (born 1967), British politician; former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party; and former MP for West Bromwich East Businesspeople Thomas J. Watson (1874–1956), first president of IBM Thomas W. Watson, co-founder and former Vice Chairman of Omnicom Group, Inc. Thomas J. Watson Jr. (1914–1993), second president of IBM and son of Thomas J. Watson Artists Thomas Watson (engraver) (1750–1781), fine engraver T. H. Watson (Thomas Henry Watson, 1839–1913), British architect Thomas Lennox Watson (1850–1920), Scottish architect and interior designer Tom Watson (actor) (1932–2001), Scottish-born stage, television and film actor Yannima Tommy Watson (c. 1935–2017), Australian artist Others Thomas A. Watson (1854–1934), inventor and assistant to Alexander Graham Bell, notably in the invention of the telephone Tom Watson (musician) (born 1962), American guitarist Thomas E. Watson (USMC) (1892–1966), U.S. Marine Corps general Thomas Watson (surveyor), early Western Australian surveyor Thomas Watson (trade unionist) (1860s–1921), British trade union leader Thomas