Watson (surname)
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Watson is a patronymic surname
of English
and Scottish
origin. Meaning "son of Walter", the popular Middle English
given names Wat or Watt were pet forms of the name Walter. Watson is the 36th-most common surname in the United Kingdom.
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
origin. Meaning "son of Walter", the popular Middle English
Middle English
Middle English is the stage in the history of the English language during the High and Late Middle Ages, or roughly during the four centuries between the late 11th and the late 15th century....
given names Wat or Watt were pet forms of the name Walter. Watson is the 36th-most common surname in the United Kingdom.
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- A. J. WatsonA. J. WatsonA. J. Watson was a car builder and chief mechanic from 1949 through 1984 in the Indianapolis 500, winning the race seven times, which leaves him tied for the record for most wins by a builder....
(born 1924), automotive engineer - Alberta WatsonAlberta WatsonFaith Susan Alberta Watson , known professionally as Alberta Watson, is a Canadian movie and television series actress.-Early life:...
(born 1955), Canadian actress - Alexander WatsonAlexander WatsonAlexander Fletcher Watson is a retired American ambassador and diplomat.Watson was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard University, earning a bachelor's degree in government in 1961, and joined the Foreign Service in 1962....
(born 1939), American diplomat - Allen WatsonAllen WatsonAllen Kenneth Watson is a high school baseball coach and former left-handed starting pitcher in professional baseball. He is a graduate of Christ The King Regional High School in Middle Village, New York and attended New York Institute of Technology-Baseball career:Allen Watson was picked by the St...
(born 1970), American baseball player - Alonzo WatsonAlonzo WatsonAlonzo Watson was an American anti-Fascist, historically famous as one of the first American anti-Fascist volunteers –as well as the first African American –to fall on the field of battle during the Spanish Civil War ....
(1893–1937), African American Communist; died in the Spanish Civil War - Andrew Watson (footballer) (1857–1902), first black international football player
- Andrew Watson (scientist)Andrew Watson (scientist)Andrew James Watson FRS is a British marine and atmospheric scientist and an expert in processes affecting atmospheric carbon dioxide and oxygen concentrations...
, English environmental scientist and member of the Royal Society - Angela WatsonAngela WatsonAngela Christine Watson is an American model and actress best known for her role on the American sitcom Step by Step, where she played one of the daughters of Suzanne Somers' character.-Early years:...
(born 1975), American actress - Art WatsonArt WatsonArt Watson was a catcher for Major League Baseball in 1914 and 1915.-Sources:...
(1884–1950), American baseball catcher - Austin Watson (born 1986), American professional wrestler better known as Consequences Creed
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- B. B. WatsonB. B. WatsonHaskell "B.B." Watson is an American country music artist. He has released two studio albums, and has charted three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which the highest-peaking was the #23-peaking "Light at the End of the Tunnel" in 1991...
(born 1953), American country music singer - Barry Watson (actor)Barry Watson (actor)Michael Barrett "Barry" Watson is an American actor, known for his roles of Dr. Matthew "Matt" Camden on 7th Heaven, Brian Davis in What About Brian and Todd Deepler in Samantha Who?-Early life:...
(born 1974), American actor - Barry Watson (producer)Barry Watson (producer)Barry Watson is president and CEO of Illumitoon Entertainment. He was formerly a producer and voice director for FUNimation Entertainment whose production credits include:* Bakuretsu Tenshi - Tenshi Sairin...
, television producer - Ben Watson (footballer)Ben Watson (footballer)Benjamin "Ben" Watson is an English footballer who currently plays as a central midfielder for Wigan Athletic.-Crystal Palace:...
(Born 1985), English football player - Bill Watson (cricketer) (born 1931), Australian cricketer
- Brook WatsonBrook WatsonSir Brook Watson, 1st Baronet was a British merchant, soldier, and later Lord Mayor of London, perhaps most famous as the subject of Watson and the Shark , a painting by John Singleton Copley which depicted a shark attack on Watson as a boy, as a result of which he lost his right leg below the...
(1735–1807), British merchant, soldier, and Lord Mayor of LondonLord Mayor of LondonThe Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London is the legal title for the Mayor of the City of London Corporation. The Lord Mayor of London is to be distinguished from the Mayor of London; the former is an officer only of the City of London, while the Mayor of London is the Mayor of Greater London and... - Bryan Watson (dancer)
- Bubba WatsonBubba WatsonGerry "Bubba" Watson is an American professional golfer. Watson is one of the few left-handed golfers on tour and is known for his tremendous length. The longest driver on the PGA Tour, in 2007 he had an average drive of 315.2 yards and is capable of generating a ball speed of 194 mph, being...
, American golfer
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- Chandra Watson of The Watson TwinsThe Watson TwinsThe Watson Twins are an American musical group based in Los Angeles with alternative country and indie folk influences. They are identical twin sisters named Chandra and Leigh Watson....
, American singer - Charles Watson (businessman), American businessman, founder of The Natural Gas Clearinghouse, later renamed Dynegy
- Charles Watson (Royal Navy officer) (1714–1757), 18th century British naval officer, governor of Newfoundland
- Charles "Tex" Watson (born 1945), American murderer
- Charles W. WatsonCharles W. WatsonCharles W. Watson , also known as Chuck Watson is an American sculptor. His son Mark Watson is also a Hawaii-based sculptor. The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu is among the public collections holding work by Charles Watson...
(born 1915), an American sculptor - Clarence Wayland WatsonClarence Wayland WatsonClarence Wayland Watson was a coal mining "baron" from West Virginia. Watson organized several coal companies that became the Consolidation Coal and Mining Companies in West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky. Watson was president of the company until 1911, then became its chairman...
(1864–1940), United States Senator and coal company executive - Chris WatsonChris WatsonJohn Christian Watson , commonly known as Chris Watson, Australian politician, was the third Prime Minister of Australia...
(1867–1941), Australia's third Prime Minister - Chris Watson (American football)Chris Watson (American football)Chris Watson is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He played for the Denver Broncos, the Buffalo Bills, and the Detroit Lions.-College years:...
(born 1977), former American football player - Chris Watson (musician)Chris Watson (musician)Christopher Richard Watson is a Sheffield-born musician and sound recordist specialising in natural history. He was a founding member of the musical group Cabaret Voltaire, and Watson's work as a wildlife sound recordist has covered television documentaries and experimental musical collaborations.-...
, British sound recordist specialising in natural history - Chris Watson (singer)Chris Watson (singer)Chris Watson is an American singer, actor & model. He was also a contestant on American Idol....
(born 1987), American singer, actor & model - Samuel William Christopher Watson, a rapper better known as Krizz KalikoKrizz KalikoSamuel William Christopher Watson better known by his stage name Krizz Kaliko, is an American rapper and singer...
from Strange Music - Craig Watson (triathlete) (born 1971), New Zealand athlete
- Craig Watson (speedway rider)Craig Watson (speedway rider)Craig Watson is an Australian Motorcycle speedway rider who rode for the Newport Wasps, Poole Pirates, Belle Vue Aces, Glasgow Tigers and Birmingham Brummies in the Speedway Elite League. Watson was the winner of the 1996 NSW State Championship.-Career:Watson has spent most of his career with the...
(born 1976), Australian speedway rider
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- David Watson (evangelist)David Watson (evangelist)David C. K. Watson was an English Anglican priest, evangelist and author.-Biography:Watson was educated at Wellington College school and St. John's College, Cambridge where he converted to Christianity. He became involved with the ministry of E. J. H. Nash by the invitation of David Sheppard,...
- Doc WatsonDoc WatsonArthel Lane "Doc" Watson is an American guitar player, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music. He has won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Watson's flatpicking skills and knowledge of traditional American music are highly regarded...
(born 1923), American musician - Don WatsonDon WatsonDon Watson is an Australian author and public speaker.-Biography:Watson grew up on a farm in Gippsland, took his undergraduate degree at La Trobe University and a Ph.D at Monash University and was for ten years an academic historian. He wrote three books on Australian history before turning his...
, Australian author - Donald WatsonDonald WatsonDonald Watson was founder of the Vegan Society and inventor of the word vegan.Watson was born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, into a non-vegetarian family. His journey to veganism began when he was very young, at the farm of his Uncle George...
, pioneer vegan
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- E. L. Grant WatsonE. L. Grant WatsonElliot Lovegood Grant Watson was a writer and biologist whose works combine the scrutiny of a scientist with the insight of the poet...
(1885–1970), writer, anthropologist and biologist - Elmo Scott WatsonElmo Scott WatsonElmo Scott Watson was an American journalist and college professor, whose longest educational stint was at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois...
(1892-1951), American journalist and university professor who specialized in the American West - Emily WatsonEmily WatsonEmily Watson is an English actress. She gave an acclaimed debut film performance in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves.- Early life :...
(born 1967), English actress - Emma WatsonEmma WatsonEmma Charlotte Duerre Watson is an English actress and model.Watson rose to prominence playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. Watson was cast as Hermione at the age of nine, having previously acted only in school plays. From 2001 to 2011, she starred in all eight Harry Potter...
(born 1990), English actress
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- G. N. WatsonG. N. WatsonNeville Watson was an English mathematician, a noted master in the application of complex analysis to the theory of special functions. His collaboration on the 1915 second edition of E. T. Whittaker's A Course of Modern Analysis produced the classic “Whittaker & Watson” text...
, English mathematician - George Watson (accountant)George Watson (accountant)George Watson, was born in Scotland to parents John Watson and Marion Ewing. He was orphaned at an early age, but thanks to his aunt, Elizabeth Davidson, he was sent in 1672 to be educated in book-keeping at Rotterdam. He returned to Edinburgh to become, in 1676, private secretary to Sir James Dick...
, Scottish accountant and the founder of George Watson's College - George Watson (umpire)George Watson (umpire)George Albert Watson was a cricket Test match umpire.He umpired two Test matches, making his debut in the match between Australia and South Africa, played at Adelaide on 7 January to 13 January 1911...
, Australian test cricket umpire. - George Watson (U.S. Army)George Watson (U.S. Army)George Watson was a private in the United States Army who was killed in action during World War II. He was one of seven African American soldiers to receive the Medal of Honor for their actions during World War II, and the only one of the seven to earn his medal while serving in the Pacific...
, American soldier - Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935–1996), American musician
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- Harry L. WatsonHarry L. WatsonHarry L. Watson is an American historian of the antebellum American South, Jacksonian America, and the history of North Carolina. He is Director of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina....
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1990s), historian - Heather WatsonHeather WatsonHeather Miriam Watson is a British female tennis player. Born in Guernsey, she trains and resides at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida, USA. Watson has won one major title at the 2009 US Open Juniors, two senior ITF titles and won gold at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She has...
(1992– ), British tennis player - Homer WatsonHomer WatsonHomer Ransford Watson was a Canadian landscape painter. He was "the man who first saw Canada as Canada, rather than as dreamy blurred pastiches of European painting," according to J. Russell Harper, a former curator of Canadian art at the National Gallery of Canada...
(1855–1936), Canadian landscape painter
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- James Watson (disambiguation), one of several people including
- James Watson (soldier)James Watson (soldier)James Watson was born in Hudson, New York, in 1850. His mother was from Ohio, and his father from NY. He worked as a laborer. Watson enlisted in the 7th U.S. Cavalry in 1875 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was assigned to Company C, and served under Captain Thomas W. Custer...
, participant in the Battle of the Little Bighorn - James Watson (politician)James Watson (politician)James Watson was a United States Senator representing the state of New York.-Life:Watson moved to New York City in 1786 and engaged in business pursuits. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1791, 1794–1796 and was Speaker in 1794...
(1750–1806), American politician - James Watson, professional wrestler, aka Mikey WhipwreckMikey WhipwreckJohn Watson , better known by his ring name Mikey Whipwreck, is a retired American professional wrestler best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling where he became the third ECW Triple Crown Champion....
- James Craig WatsonJames Craig WatsonJames Craig Watson was a Canadian-American astronomer born in the village of Fingal, Ontario Canada. His family relocated to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1850....
(1838–1880), astronomer - James D. WatsonJames D. WatsonJames Dewey Watson is an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, best known as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick...
(born 1928), American biologist, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA - James Eli WatsonJames Eli WatsonJames Eli Watson was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Indiana. He was the Senate's second official majority leader. While an article published by the Senate gives his year of birth as 1862, this is most probably incorrect.He was born in Winchester, Indiana, one of six children...
(1864–1948), American politician - James Lopez WatsonJames Lopez WatsonJames Lopez Watson was a judge of the United States Customs Court and of its successor, the United States Court of International Trade....
(1922–2001), American Federal judge
- James Watson (soldier)
- Jamie Watson (basketball)Jamie Watson (basketball)Jamie Lovell Watson is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA, currently a member of Jordanian team, Al Riyadi....
- Jamie Watson (soccer)Jamie Watson (soccer)Jamie Watson is an American soccer player who currently plays for Orlando City in the USL Professional Division.-College:...
- Jessica WatsonJessica WatsonJessica Watson is an Australian sailor. She resides in Buderim, Queensland. In May 2010, she unofficially became the youngest person to sail non-stop and unassisted around the world, although her route did not meet World Sailing Speed Record Council criteria for circumnavigation of the...
(sailing) - Jim Watson (Canadian politician) (born 1961), Canadian politician
- Jobe WatsonJobe WatsonJobe Watson is the captain of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . He is the son of former Essendon player Tim Watson.-Early life:...
, Australian rules footballer - John Watson (disambiguation), one of several people including
- John Watson GordonJohn Watson GordonSir John Watson Gordon was a Scottish portrait painter and a president of the Royal Scottish Academy.-Life and work:He was born John Watson in Edinburgh, the eldest son of Captain Watson, R.N., a cadet of the family of Watson of Overmains, in the county of Berwick. He was educated specially with a...
(1788–1864), Scottish painter - John Watson (VC)John Watson (VC)General Sir John Watson VC, GCB was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. An officer serving with the Bengal Army, Watson received his Victoria Cross for...
(born c.1829), recipient of the Victoria Cross - John Christian Watson (Chris WatsonChris WatsonJohn Christian Watson , commonly known as Chris Watson, Australian politician, was the third Prime Minister of Australia...
, 1867–1941), Australia's third prime minister - John B. WatsonJohn B. WatsonJohn Broadus Watson was an American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism. Watson promoted a change in psychology through his address Psychology as the Behaviorist Views it which was given at Columbia University in 1913...
(1878–1958), psychologist, pioneer of behaviorism - Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935–1996), American blues guitarist
- Dr. John H. Watson, fictional character and associate of Sherlock Holmes
- John Watson (Australian politician)John Watson (Australian politician)John Odin Wentworth Watson is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1978 to 2008, representing the state of Tasmania...
(born 1937), the longest-serving member of the Australian Senate - John Watson (racing driver)John Watson (racing driver)John Marshall "Wattie" Watson MBE is a British former racing driver from Northern Ireland. He competed in Formula One, winning five Grands Prix and also in the World Sportscar Championship...
(born 1946), British Formula One driver - John L. WatsonJohn L. WatsonJohn Leonard Watson is a chess International Master and author.Watson was born in Milwaukee and grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. He was educated at Brownell-Talbot, Harvard, and the University of California at San Diego, where he took his degree in engineering...
(born 1951), chess player and author
- John Watson Gordon
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- Lyall WatsonLyall WatsonLyall Watson was a South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethologist, and author of many new age books, among the most popular of which is the best seller Supernature. Lyall Watson tried to make sense of natural and supernatural phenomena in biological terms...
(1935–2008), writer, botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethologist. - Leigh Watson of The Watson TwinsThe Watson TwinsThe Watson Twins are an American musical group based in Los Angeles with alternative country and indie folk influences. They are identical twin sisters named Chandra and Leigh Watson....
, American singer - Luman WatsonLuman WatsonLuman Watson was an early Cincinnati clockmaker. He worked in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1819 to 1834. His clocks had wooden works. He made both tall clocks and shelf clocks....
, Cincinnati clockmaker (1790–1834)
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- Mark Watson (baseball)Mark Watson (baseball)Mark Bradford Watson is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Watson played for the Cleveland Indians , Seattle Mariners , and Cincinnati Reds . He also played in Japan for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp .-External links:...
- Mark Watson (Canadian soccer)
- Mark Watson (comedian)Mark Watson (comedian)Mark Andrew Watson is an English stand-up comedian and novelist.-Early life:Watson was born in Bristol to Welsh parents and attended Henleaze Junior school and then Bristol Grammar School, where he won the prize of 'Gabbler of the year', before going to Queens' College, Cambridge, where he studied...
- Mark Watson (economist)Mark Watson (economist)Mark W. Watson is a professor of econometrics and currently teaches at Princeton University. Prior to coming to Princeton in 1995, Watson served on the economics faculty at Harvard and Northwestern....
- Mark Watson (English footballer)Mark Watson (English footballer)Mark Watson is a retired English football forward.-References:*...
- Mark Watson (sculptor)Mark Watson (sculptor)Mark Watson is an American sculptor who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1949. His father Charles W. Watson is also a Hawaii-based sculptor. Mark Watson’s sculptures in public places include:...
- Marvin Watson, better known by his stage name Messy MarvMessy MarvMarvin Watson, better known by his stage name Messy Marv, is an American rapper from Pittsburg, CA, but represents the Fillmore Area of San Francisco, CA.Messy Marv is affiliated with the blood gang...
- Michael WatsonMichael WatsonMichael Watson, MBE is a retired British boxer whose career ended prematurely as a result of near-fatal injury sustained in a WBO super-middleweight title fight defeat by Chris Eubank in September 1991....
(born 1965), British boxer - Moray WatsonMoray WatsonMoray Watson is an English actor.Watson's father was killed in Belgium in World War II. He was educated at Eton College and made his first appearance on stage whilst still a student at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art at a matinee performance in memory of Ellen Terry at Hythe, Kent...
, English actor - Mother WatsonMother WatsonWalter L. "Mother" Watson was an American professional baseball player in the mid-1880s. Born in Middleport, Ohio in 1865, he started two games at pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of the American Association. He completed one of his starts, and in 14 innings pitched, he had a 5.79 ERA, and was 0–1...
(1865–1898), Major League Baseball pitcher
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- Paul WatsonPaul WatsonPaul Watson is a Canadian animal rights and environmental activist, who founded and is president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a direct action group devoted to marine conservation....
, environmental activist, ship's captain, and founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Peter Watson (archbishop), Australian archbishop of the Anglican diocese of Melbourne
- Peter Watson (intellectual historian), English business writer, intellectual historian and author
- Peter Watson (arts benefactor)Peter Watson (arts benefactor)Victor William Watson was a wealthy English art collector and benefactor. He funded the literary magazine, Horizon, edited by Cyril Connolly.-Life and work:...
, English 20th century art collector, benefactor and publisher - Peter Watson, rock guitarist and member of English 1960s band The ActionThe ActionThe Action were an English band of the 1960s. They were part of the mod subculture, and played soul music-influenced pop music.-Career:The band were formed as The Boys in August 1963, in Kentish Town, North West London. After Peter Watson joined them as an additional guitarist in 1965, they changed...
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- Reatha Dale Watson, birth name of Barbara La MarrBarbara La MarrBarbara La Marr was an American stage and film actress, cabaret artist and screenwriter.La Marr was known as "The Girl Who Is Too Beautiful", after a Hearst newspaper feature writer, Adela Rogers St...
, American actress - Richard Watson (disambiguation), several people
- Robert Watson (scientist)Robert Watson (scientist)Robert T. Watson is a British scientist who has worked on atmospheric science issues including ozone depletion, global warming and paleoclimatology since the 1980s.- Education and awards :...
, British-born American atmospheric scientist - Robert Watson (computer scientist)
- Robert P. WatsonRobert P. WatsonDr. Robert P. Watson is a professor, author, frequent media commentator, and former candidate for the United States House of Representatives.-Background and education:...
, educator and activist - Russell WatsonRussell WatsonRussell Watson is an English tenor who has released singles and albums of both operatic-style and pop songs. The self-styled "People's Tenor" had been singing since he was a child, and became known after performing at a working men's club...
, English tenor - Ryan Watson, Scottish cricketer
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- Sam Watson (activist), Australian novelist, filmmaker and political activist
- Sam Watson (trade unionist), English coalminers' leader
- Samuel Wagan WatsonSamuel Wagan WatsonSamuel Wagan Watson is a contemporary Indigenous Australian poet.Samuel Wagan Watson was born in Brisbane, his family is Irish, German, Bundjalung and Birri Gubba...
, indigenous Australian poet - Sereno WatsonSereno WatsonSereno Watson was an American botanist.Graduating from Yale in 1847, he drifted through various occupations until, in California, he joined the Clarence King Expedition and eventually became its expedition botanist...
, American botanist - Shane WatsonShane WatsonShane Robert Watson is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed fast medium bowler. He mainly bats as an opener in international cricket, although he does not do so domestically....
, Australian cricketer - Steve WatsonSteve WatsonSteven Craig "Steve" Watson is a former English footballer, who retired after being released by Sheffield Wednesday on 15 May 2009. As of November 13, 2010, he is the Development Coach at Football League One side Huddersfield Town.-Playing career:Watson began his career with Newcastle United,...
, English footballer - Steve Watson (American football)Steve Watson (American football)Steve Ross Watson is a former American football wide receiver and current wide receivers coach.After high school at St. Mark's High School in Wilmington, Delaware, Watson attended Temple University and entered the National Football League as an undrafted free agent in 1979...
, American rule football player - Summer WatsonSummer WatsonSummer Watson is a British operatic soprano.- Background :Watson was raised in East Sussex and Oxfordshire as her parents' only child. She began to play the recorder at the age of four, and continued with the flute and the piano later on. She was also singing hymns from an early age, and took part...
, Classical, Crossover singer
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- Thomas Watson (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Thomas A. WatsonThomas A. WatsonThomas Augustus Watson was an assistant to Alexander Graham Bell, notably in the invention of the telephone in 1876. He is best known because his name was one of the first words spoken over the telephone. "Mr. Watson - Come here - I want to see you." were the first words Bell said using the new...
(1854–1934), telephony researcher, assistant to Alexander Graham Bell - Thomas E. WatsonThomas E. WatsonThomas Edward "Tom" Watson was an American politician, newspaper editor, and writer from Georgia. In the 1890s Watson championed poor farmers as a leader of the Populist Party, articulating an agrarian political viewpoint while attacking business, bankers, railroads, Democratic President Grover...
(1856–1922), American politician - Thomas E. WatsonThomas E. Watson (USMC)-References:...
(1892–1966), American Marine Corps general - Thomas J. WatsonThomas J. WatsonThomas John Watson, Sr. was president of International Business Machines , who oversaw that company's growth into an international force from 1914 to 1956...
(1874–1956), data-processing entrepreneur, first president of IBM - Thomas J. Watson, Jr.Thomas J. Watson, Jr.Thomas John Watson, Jr. was an American businessman, political figure, and philanthropist. He was the 2nd president of IBM , the 11th national president of the Boy Scouts of America , and the 16th United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union...
(1914–1993), son of, and successor to, first president of IBM - Thomas Watson (bishop)Thomas Watson (bishop)Thomas Watson was a Catholic Bishop, notable among Catholics for his descriptions of the Protestant Reformation.-Early life:Watson was born near Durham in 1515 at a time when England was still a Catholic country ....
, the Bishop of Lincoln from 1557–1560. - Thomas Watson (poet)Thomas Watson (poet)Thomas Watson , English lyrical poet, was the son of William Watson and Anne Lee . He was educated at Winchester College and OxfordUniversity. He then spent 7 years in France and Italy before studying law in London...
, English poet and translator, d. 1592 - Thomas Watson (Puritan)Thomas Watson (Puritan)Thomas Watson was an English, non-conformist, Puritan preacher and author.He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was noted for remarkably intense study. In 1646 he commenced a sixteen year pastorate at St. Stephen's, Walbrook...
(c.1620–1686)
- Thomas A. Watson
- Tim WatsonTim WatsonTimothy Michael "Tim" Watson is a former Australian rules footballer and coach, sports journalist and media personality.He is notable for his long career at the Essendon Football Club as a player where he participated in several premiership teams...
, Australian rules footballer - Tom Watson (football manager) (1859-1915), English manager of Liverpool FC
- Tom Watson (golfer)Tom Watson (golfer)Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour....
(born 1949), American golfer - Tom Watson (politician)Tom Watson (politician)Thomas Anthony Watson is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for West Bromwich East since 2001. Watson was a Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office from 2008 to 2009...
(born 1967), British politician - Travis WatsonTravis WatsonTravis Watson is an American professional basketball player. A 2.03 m power forward, he led the 2007-08 Euroleague in rebounds with 9.7 per game playing for Armani Jeans Milano.- Amateur career :...
(born 1981), American professional basketball player
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- William Watson (disambiguation), one of several people including
- William Watson, Baron WatsonWilliam Watson, Baron WatsonWilliam Watson, Baron Watson PC, LL.D was a Scottish lawyer and Conservative Party politician. He was Lord Advocate, the most senior Law Officer in Scotland, from 1876 to 1880, and was then appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.-Early life:Watson was born in 1827, the son of the Reverend Thomas...
(1827–1899), a Scottish judge - William Watson (poet)William Watson (poet)Sir William Watson , was an English poet, popular in his time for the political content of his verse. He was born in Burley, in West Yorkshire....
(1858–1935) - William Watson (priest)William Watson (priest)William Watson , English Roman Catholic priest and conspirator, executed for treason.-Life:In 1586 he became a Roman Catholic priest in France, and during the concluding years of Elizabeth's reign he paid several visits to England; he was imprisoned and tortured more than once...
(1559–1603) - William J. WatsonWilliam J. WatsonProfessor William J. Watson was a toponymist, one of the greatest Scottish scholars of the 20th century, and was the first scholar to place the study of Scottish place names on a firm linguistic basis....
(1865–1948), a toponymist - W. Marvin WatsonW. Marvin WatsonWilliam Marvin Watson was an advisor to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and was Postmaster General in 1968 and early 1969.-Biography:...
(born 1924), an advisor to Lyndon B. Johnson, and Postmaster General - William T. WatsonWilliam T. WatsonWilliam Tharp Watson was an American banker and politician from Milford, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware....
(1849–1917), an American banker and Acting Governor of Delaware
- William Watson, Baron Watson
- Wingfield W. WatsonWingfield W. WatsonWingfield W. Watson was a religious leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints which was founded by Joseph Smith, Junior, and succeeded by James Jesse Strang He was a church records keeper. And some of his works have been compiled, showing the beliefs and actions of Strang...
, (1828–1922), religious leader