Malcomson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

A.P.W. Malcomson (born 1945), British-Irish archivist and historian Alexander Y. Malcomson (1865–1923), coal dealer from Detroit who financed Henry Ford James M. Malcomson, British-Irish economist Paula Malcomson (born 1970), Scottish-Irish actress Ruth Malcomson (1906–1988), Miss America in 1924 Scott Malcomson (born 1961), American journalist and political reporter Malcomson family

See also Malcomson and Higginbotham, an architectural firm based in Detroit Malcolmson Malcolm (disambiguation)