Malcomson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:A.P.W. Malcomson, 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, Scottish-Irish actress Ruth Malcomson (1906–1988), Miss America in 1924 Scott Malcomson, American journalist and political reporter Malcomson family