David Thompson Explained

David or Dave Thompson may refer to:

Business

• David Thompson (American businessman, born 1798) (1798–1871), president of New York Life Insurance & Trust Company
• David Thompson (British businessman) (1936–2021), co-founder of Hillsdown Holdings
• G. David Thompson (1899–1965), American investment banker, industrialist, and modern art collector

Entertainment

• Dave Thompson (author) (born 1960), British author, largely dealing with rock and pop music
• Dave Thompson (comedian) (born 1959), British actor and comedian
• David M. Thompson (born 1950), founder of BBC Films
• David Thompson (singer) (1950–2010), lead singer of the Canadian country band Thunder Road
• David Thompson (writer), American writer and playwright
• David W. Thompson (born 1994), American actor
• Lil' Dave Thompson (1969–2010), American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
• A pen name for David L. Robbins (born 1950)

Law

• David R. Thompson (1930–2011), U.S. federal judge
• David N. Thompson (1859–1945), Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• David Thompson (attorney), American trial attorney
• Sir Dave Thompson (police officer), Chief Constable of West Midlands Police

Politics

• David Thompson (Canada West politician) (1793–1851), entrepreneur and political figure in Canada West
• David P. Thompson (1834–1901), governor of the Idaho Territory, mayor of Portland, Oregon
• David E. Thompson (1854–1942), American diplomat
• David Thompson (Canadian politician) (1836–1886), member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Dave Thompson (Scottish politician) (born 1949), Scottish National Party member of the Scottish Parliament for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
• Dave Thompson (Minnesota politician) (born 1961), Minnesota state senator
• David Thompson (Barbadian politician) (1961–2010), Prime Minister of Barbados

Sports

Football and rugby

• David Thompson (footballer, born 1962), former English football player with Rochdale, Notts County, Wigan, Preston and Chester
• David Thompson (footballer, born 1968), English former professional footballer
• David Thompson (footballer, born 1977), former English football player with Liverpool, Coventry, Blackburn, Wigan, Portsmouth and Bolton
• Dave Thompson (footballer, born 1945), English former professional footballer
• Dave Thompson (American football) (born 1949), American football player
• David Thompson (American football) (born 1975), American football player
• David Thompson (rugby league, born 1978), Australian rugby league player
• Dave Thompson (rugby league, born 1995), for Leigh Centurions

Other sports

• David Thompson (basketball) (born 1954), American basketball player
• David Thompson (cricketer) (born 1976), former English cricketer
• David Thompson (baseball) (born 1993), American baseball player

Other fields

• David B. Thompson (1923–2013), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
• David D. Thompson, U.S. Space Force general
• David Thompson (New Hampshire settler) (1593–?), founder of the first European settlement in New Hampshire
• David Thompson (explorer) (1770–1857), Canadian explorer
• David Thompson (chef), Australian chef
• David Thompson (nurse) (born 1955), British academic nurse and psychologist

See also

• David Thompson Highway, named for the explorer of Canada
• David Thompson Secondary School (disambiguation)
• David Thomson (disambiguation)