James Thompson Explained

James, Jim, Jimmy or Jamie Thompson may refer to:

Arts and sciences

James Thompson (cartographer) (active 1785), who produced one of the first maps of York
James Thompson (surveyor) (1789–1872), who produced the first plat of Chicago
James Thompson (journalist) (1817–1877), journalist and local historian
James Maurice Thompson (1844–1901), American novelist
Uncle Jimmy Thompson (1848–1931), country music pioneer
James Westfall Thompson (1869–1941), American historian
James Matthew Thompson (1878–1956), English historian and theologian
Jim Thompson (writer) (1906–1977), American author and screenwriter, known for his pulp crime fiction
Jimmy Thompson (comics artist) (1907–1949), Canadian artist in the Golden Age of Comics
James D. Thompson (1920–1973), American sociologist, author of Organizations in Action
Jimmy Thompson (actor) (1925–2005), British actor
Jimmy Thompson, American film actor known for roles in Singin' in the Rain and Brigadoon
James R. Thompson Jr. (1936–2017), known as J.R. Thompson, former director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, 1986–1989
James R. Thompson (statistician) (1938–2017), American statistician
James Thompson (crime writer) (1964–2014), American-Finnish crime writer
James Thompson (designer) (born 1966), Northern Irish inventor and patent holder in the airline seating industry
Jamie Thompson, Canadian musician

James Pyke Thompson (1846–1897), English corn merchant and philanthropist
James Walter Thompson (1847–1928), American advertiser and namesake of the JWT advertising agency
Jim Thompson (designer) (1906–disappeared 1967), revived the Thai silk industry
James E. Thompson (born 1940), founder, chairman and chief executive of The Crown Worldwide Group

James Thompson (VC) (1830–1891), recipient of the Victoria Cross
James Thompson of brothers Allen and James Thompson (1849–1921), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
Floyd James Thompson (1933–2002), America's longest-held POW; spent almost 9 years in POW camps in Vietnam
James B. Thompson (1843–1875), American soldier who fought in the American Civil War
James E. Thompson Jr. (1935–2017), U.S. Army general
James H. Thompson, American soldier, surgeon and recipient of the Medal of Honor

James Thompson (jurist) (1806–1874), congressman and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
James Thompson (Kansas politician), congressional candidate in Kansas in 2018
James Thompson (Australian politician), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1856–1857
James Banford Thompson (1832–1901), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1877–1881
James G. Thompson (New York politician) (1829–?), New York politician
James Thompson (civil servant) (1848–1929), Acting Governor of Madras
James T. Thompson (1849–1921), mayor of Birkenhead, England, c. 1899
James A. Thompson (New York politician) (c. 1873–1923), New York state senator
James Frederick Thompson (1884–1966), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
James R. Thompson (1936–2020), known as Jim Thompson, governor of Illinois and member of the 9/11 Commission
James A. Thompson (Texas politician), mayor of Sugar Land, Texas
James Harold Thompson (born 1944), American politician in Florida
Jim Thompson (Oregon politician), member of the Oregon House of Representatives
Jim Thompson (Kentucky politician), member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
James E. W. Thompson (1879–1958), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

James Thompson (martyr) (died 1582), Catholic priest hanged under Elizabeth I
James Denton Thompson (1856–1924), Bishop of Sodor and Man
Jim Thompson (bishop) (1936–2003), Anglican bishop of Stepney and Bath and Wells

James Thompson (swimmer) (1906–1966), Canadian swimmer at the 1928 Olympics
James Thompson (rower) (born 1986), South African rower
Jim Thompson (powerboat racing) (1926–2021), manager of three-time Harmsworth Trophy winner Miss Supertest III
Jim Thompson (designer) (1906–disappeared 1967), American businessman and Olympic sailor

James Thompson (chess player) (1804–1870), American chess master
James Thompson (cricketer) (born 1961), Nevisian cricketer
Jim Thomson (ice hockey, born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
James Thompson (racing driver) (born 1974), English racing driver
James Thompson (fighter) (born 1978), English mixed martial artist
James Thompson (table tennis) (1889–?), English table tennis player
J. B. Thompson (James Bogne Thompson, 1829–1877), co-creator of the laws of Australian rules football
Jim Thompson (coach) (born 1949), founder and executive director of Positive Coaching Alliance and author
James Thompson (judoka), American judoka
Sandy Thompson (James Thompson, 1901–?), American baseball player

James Thompson (Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford)
Jimmy Thompson (executioner) (1895–1952), Mississippi executioner active from 1940 to 1950
James Richard "Ricky" Thompson Jr., perpetrator of the murders of John Goosey and Stacy Barnett (West Campus murders)