Richard Murray Thomson OC (born 14 August 1933) is a Canadian retired banker who served from 1972 to 1978 as president and from 1978 to 1998 as chairman of the Toronto-Dominion Bank.

Thomson remained president until April 1978, when he succeeded Allen Thomas Lambert to become chairman and chief executive officer.

He joined the Toronto-Dominion Bank in 1957 and served in a variety of management positions until succeeding Allen Lambert as president in 1972.

Thomson has served on the board of directors of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Thomson-Reuters Corporation, Nexen Inc. and S. C. Johnson & Son Canadian Occidental Petroleum, Inco Ltd., Prudential Insurance Company of America, the Toronto Dominion Bank, and the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation.

On October 21, 1998, Richard Thomson was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.