# John Thompson

John Thompson may refer to:

## Academics

* 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), 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, 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
* 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
** John Thompson (producer), 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), 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, chief meteorologist for WALA-TV in Mobile, Alabama

## 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 (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 (born 1951), 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 United States Supreme Court case Connick v. Thompson