# Robert Thompson

Robert or Bob Thompson may refer to:

## Entertainment

* Bob Thompson (musician) (1924–2013), American orchestra leader, arranger, composer
* Bob Thompson (painter) (1937–1966), American figurative painter
* Bob Thompson (pianist) (born 1942), American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
* Bob Thompson (wine) (born 1934), American wine writer
* Robert E. Thompson (screenwriter) (1924–2004), American screenwriter
* Robert Livingstone Thompson, birth name of Dandy Livingstone (born 1943), British-Jamaican reggae musician and producer
* Robert Scott Thompson (born 1959), composer of ambient, instrumental and electroacoustic music
* Robert Thompson (bassoonist) (born 1936), American bassoonist
* Robert Thompson (dancer), (1933–1984), dancer and choreographer. Starred in the 1961 movie version of West Side Story.

## Military

* Robert G. Thompson (1915–1965), American World War II hero and Communist Party USA activist
* Robert Grainger Ker Thompson (1916–1992), British soldier and counter-insurgency expert
* Robert Means Thompson (1849–1930), American naval officer
* Robert Thompson (spy) (born 1935), U.S. Air Force clerk and spy for the Soviet Union

## Politics

* Robert A. Thompson (1805–1876), American politician, U.S. Representative from Virginia
* Robert Adam Thompson (1860–1947), merchant, miller and politician in Ontario, Canada
* Robert F. Thompson (born 1971), American politician, Arkansas state senator
* Robert J. Thompson (1937–2006), Pennsylvania State Senator
* Robert N. Thompson (1914–1997), Canadian politician, chiropractor, and educator
* Robert Schuyler Thompson (1844–1930), businessman and politician in Manitoba, Canada
* Robert Thompson (Irish politician) (1839–1918), Irish Member of Parliament in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
* Robert Thompson (Mississippi politician) (1830–?), Mississippi state Representative
* Robert Thompson (New Zealand politician) (1840–1922), New Zealand politician
* Robert Thompson (Wisconsin politician) (1927–1999), American politician, Wisconsin state assemblyman
* Robert Townshend Thompson (1792–1887), Virginia politician, lawyer and slavery opponent

## Sports

* Bob Thompson (footballer, born February 1890) (1890–1958), English football full back for Everton and others
* Bob Thompson (footballer, born September 1890) (1890–1969), English football forward for numerous clubs
* Bob Thompson (soccer) (born 1981), American Association football player, coach
* Robbie Thompson (born 1967), Australian rules footballer for Adelaide
* Robbie Thompson (Scottish footballer) (born 2004), Scottish footballer for Inverness Caledonian Thistle
* Robby Thompson (born 1962), American baseball player
* Robert Thompson (American football) (born 1960), American football linebacker
* Robert Thompson (Australian footballer, born 1891) (1891–1918), Australian rules footballer for University
* Robert Thompson (Australian footballer, born 1947) (1947–2018), Australian rules footballer for Essendon
* Robert Thompson (cyclist) (1884–1974), British Olympic road racing cyclist
* Robert Thompson (footballer, born 1878) (1878–19??), English footballer
* Robert Thompson (rugby, born 1869) (1869–1952), Irish rugby union player
* Robert Thompson (rugby union, born 1947), New Zealander-Australian rugby union player who represented Australia
* Robert Thompson (water polo) (born 1947), Canadian water polo player and coach

## Others

* Robert B. Thompson (1811–1841), British-American Latter Day Saint leader, historian, and newspaper editor
* Robert Charles Thompson (1931–1995), Canadian-American mathematician
* Robert E. Thompson (journalist) (1921–2003), American political writer and journalist
* Robert Farris Thompson (1932–2021), American art historian, writer, professor
* Robert H. Thompson (1944–2017), British numismatist
* Robert Thompson (born 1982), a 10-year-old perpetrator in the murder of James Bulger
* Robert Thompson (chef) (born 1981), British Michelin-starred chef
* Robert Thompson (designer) (1876–1955), British furniture maker
* Robert Thompson (media scholar) (born 1959), American media historian
* Robert Thompson (poker director), American poker official in Las Vegas
* Robert Thompson (priest), Irish Dean of Ardfert from 1959 until 1966