John Thompson Explained

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, Canadian historian
• John N. Thompson, American evolutionary biologist

Business

• John Thompson (American banker) (1802–1891), American banker
• John Fairfield Thompson, Inco chairman
• 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

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), former 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), rugby union player who represented Australia
• John Thompson (rugby union, born 1898), 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

See also

• Jon Thompson (disambiguation)
• John Thomson (disambiguation)
• Jack Thompson (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Thompson (disambiguation)
• Thompson (disambiguation)