Joseph or Joe Thomson is the name of:
J. J. Thomson (1856–1940), British physicist Joseph Thomson (cricketer) (1877-1953), Australian cricketer Joseph Thomson (explorer) (1858–1895), African explorer Joseph Angus Thomson (1856–1943), Australian politician Joe Thomson (1948–2018), Scottish lawyer and academic Joe Thomson (footballer) (born 1997), Scottish footballer
See also Joseph Thompson (disambiguation)