John Thompson

• J. A. Thompson (1913–2002), Australian biblical scholar • John D. Thompson (1917–1992), nurse and professor at the Yale School of Public Health • John G. Thompson (born 1932), American mathematician • John Thompson (business academic) (fl. 1990s–2010s), professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Huddersfield • John Thompson (sociologist), professor at Cambridge • John Herd Thompson (1946–2019), Canadian historian • John N. Thompson (born 1951), American evolutionary biologist ==Business==

• John Thompson (American banker) (1802–1891), American banker • John Fairfield Thompson (1881–1968), chairman of Inco • John L. Thompson (1869–1930), Iowa journalist and businessman • John Philp Thompson Sr. (1925–2003), American businessman with 7-Eleven • John Thompson (Canadian banker) (born 1942), non-executive chairman of the board of Toronto-Dominion Bank • John W. Thompson (born 1949), chairman of the board of Microsoft • John Thompson (company), a company based in Wolverhampton ==Entertainment==

• John Thompson (actor) (died 1634), member of the King's Men in the 1621–1631 era • John Thompson (engraver) (1785–1866), English wood engraver • John Reuben Thompson (1823–1873), American poet, journalist, editor and publisher • John Edward Thompson (1882–1945), American artist • John Sylvanus Thompson (1889–1963), American pianist • John Thompson (Australian poet) (1907–1968), Australian poet and broadcaster • J. Lee Thompson (1914–2002), English film director, screenwriter, and producer • John Thompson (writer, born 1918) (1918–2002), American poet, critic, professor • Johnny Thompson (1934–2019), Las Vegas illusionist • John Thompson (Canadian poet) (1938–1976), Canadian poet • John Cargill Thompson (1938–2000), Scottish dramatist • John Douglas Thompson (born 1964), actor • John Dall Thompson (1920–1971), American actor • John Thompson Productions, a German pornographic film studio established in 1997 • John Thompson (producer) (born 1945), producer and director of John Thompson Productions ==Military==

• John Thompson (Royal Navy officer) (1776–1864), British navy officer • John Thompson (soldier, born 1838) (1838–1915), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient • John Thompson (soldier, born 1842) (1842–?), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient • John T. Thompson (1860–1940), inventor of the Thompson submachine gun • John Marlow Thompson (1914–1994), British Second World War Ace and Battle of Britain pilot • John Thompson (RAF officer) (1947–2023), former Royal Air Force officer • John F. Thompson (general) (fl. 1980s–2020s), U.S. Air Force general ==Politics==

United States • John Thompson (Louisiana judge) (died 1810), registrar of lands and judge • John C. Thompson (1790–1831), Vermont lawyer, politician, and judge • John H. Thompson (politician), Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1824–1828 • John Thompson (1749–1823), US congressman from New York • John Thompson (1809–1890), US congressman from New York • John Burton Thompson (1810–1874), Whig politician from Kentucky • John Martin Thompson (1829–1907), lumberman and civic leader • John McCandless Thompson (1829–1903), US congressman from Pennsylvania • John R. Thompson (1834–1894), founder of the Grange • John E. W. Thompson (1860–1918), American diplomat • John F. Thompson (politician) (1920–1965), Massachusetts state Speaker of the House • John D. Thompson Jr. (1928–1986), member of the Ohio House of Representatives • John Thompson (Minnesota politician), member of the Minnesota House of Representatives • John Thompson (Ohio politician) (1780–1852), U.S. congressman from Ohio, member of the Ohio Senate and House of Representatives • John W. Thompson (Iowa politician) (1823–1883), member of the Iowa House of Representatives, Iowa Senate, and mayor of Davenport, Iowa Canada • John Hall Thompson (1810–1893), Canadian court commissioner and political figure • Sir John Sparrow David Thompson (1845–1894), Prime Minister of Canada • J. Enoch Thompson (1846–1932), Canadian politician, diplomat, writer, and businessman • John W. Thompson (Manitoba politician) (1858–1914), politician in Manitoba, Canada • John Thompson (Manitoba politician) (1908–1986), Manitoba provincial cabinet minister • John Thompson (Alberta politician) (1924–2016), Alberta provincial politician United Kingdom • John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham (c. 1648–1710), English politician • John Thompson (Liberal politician) (1861–1959), British Member of Parliament for East Somerset, 1906–1910 • Jack Thompson (politician) (John Thompson, 1928–2011), British Labour MP for Wansbeck • John Thomson (diplomat) (1927–2018), British ambassador to Angola Other • John Malbon Thompson (1830–1908), Australian politician, MLA for Queensland ==Science==

• John Vaughan Thompson (1779–1847), British biologist • John Ashburton Thompson (1846–1915), British-Australian physician • John Hannay Thompson (1869–c. 1940), British harbour engineer • John McLean Thompson (1888–1977), Scottish botanist • Sir J. Eric S. Thompson (John Eric Sidney Thompson, 1898–1975), English archeologist and Mayan scholar • John Edd Thompson (1942/1943–2025), American meteorologist ==Sports==

American football • John Thompson (American football coach) (born 1955), former defensive coordinator for the Ole Miss football team • John Thompson (American football executive) (1927–2022), American football executive • John Thompson (tight end) (born 1957), American football player Association football • John Thompson (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1984), English footballer for Sunderland • Ernie Thompson (footballer, born 1909) (John Ernest Thompson, 1909–1985), Manchester United F.C. player in the 1930s • John Thompson (footballer, born 1932) (1932–2006), English football goalkeeper who played for Newcastle United and Lincoln City • John Thompson (footballer, born 1981), Irish professional footballer Australian football • John Thompson (Australian footballer, born 1903) (1903–1985), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne • John Thompson (Australian footballer, born 1938) (1938–1999), Australian rules footballer for Richmond Baseball • Jocko Thompson (John Samuel Thompson, 1917–1988), Major League Baseball pitcher • Tug Thompson (John Parkinson Thompson, 1856–1938), Major League Baseball outfielder Basketball • John Thompson (basketball) (1941–2020), American basketball player and Hall of Fame coach at Georgetown University • John Thompson III (born 1966), his son, also former basketball coach at Georgetown • Cat Thompson (John Ashworth Thompson, 1906–1990), American basketball player Cricket • John Thompson (cricketer, born 1870) (1870–1945), English cricketer • John Thompson (cricketer, born 1918) (1918–2010), English cricketer Rugby • John Thompson (rugby union, born 1886) (c. 1886–c. 1978), rugby union player who represented Australia • John Thompson (rugby union, born 1898) (1898–1951), rugby union player who represented Ireland • John Thompson (rugby league) (born 1959), rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s Other sports • John Garcia Thompson (born 1979), British beach volleyball player • John Thompson (boxer) (born 1989), professional boxer ==Other==

• John Thompson (priest) (died 1571), Canon of Windsor • John Thompson (bishop), American Californian bishop • John Thompson (journalist) (1928–2017), British journalist • John Thompson (landscape architect) (1941–2015), British landscape architect for the city of Oxford • Jack Thompson (activist) (John Bruce Thompson, born 1951), Florida lawyer • John H. Thompson (statistician) (1951–2025), American statistician, Census Director • John Thompson (convict), convict of the colony of New South Wales • John Thompson (inventor) (born 1959), inventor of the Lingo programming language • John Thompson (mass murderer) (1938–2008), Scottish-born arsonist responsible for the Denmark Place fire • Sir John Thompson (judge) (1907–1995), British barrister and judge • John Rosolu Bankole Thompson (1936–2021), Sierra Leonean judge and jurist • Snowshoe Thompson (John Albert Thompson, 1827–1876), mail carrier across the Sierras • John Thompson, exonerated death row inmate, party in 2011 United States Supreme Court case Connick v. Thompson ==See also==