Dick Thompson (other)
Dick Thompson is the name of: * Dick Thompson (racing driver) (1920–2014), American racing driver and dentist * Dick Thompson (athlete), British Paralympic athlete * Dick Thompson or Richard Thompson (animator) (1914–1998), American animator See also * Richard Thompson (other) *Richard Thomson (other) Richard Thomson may refer to: * Richard Thomson (theologian) (died 1613), Dutch-born English theologian and translator * Richard Thomson (antiquarian) (1794–1865), English librarian * Richard Thomson (cricketer) (born 1938), English cricketer * R ...

Dick Thompson (racing Driver)
Richard Knight Thompson, Jr. (July 9, 1920 – September 14, 2014) was an American racecar driver. A Washington, D.C. dentist by trade, he is known as "The Flying Dentist". He won numerous Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) championships and was inducted in the Corvette Hall of Fame. Thompson brought credibility to the Corvette as a world-class sports car.Biography

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; Retrieved October 22, 2007 Active from the late 1950s until the 1970s, Thompson raced for several notable racers, including the factory Corvette team for John Fitch and

Dick Thompson (athlete)
Dick Thompson (December 1930 – 1993) was a British Paralympic athlete who won six gold medals competing in track and field events. Thompson was most successful at the 1960 Summer Paralympics, winning three golds in the javelin events, a gold in the club throw The club throw is an athletic throwing event where the objective is to throw a wooden club. The event is one of the four throwing events, along with discus, javelin and shot put of the Summer Paralympics. It is the Paralympic equivalent of the ..., a bronze in the shot put, and two medals with the men's wheelchair basketball team. Thompson married fellow Paralympian Diane Gubbin. He died in 1993, aged 62, at St Oswald's Hospice in Newcastle. References Medalists at the 1960 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball Paralympic gold medalists for Great Br ...
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Richard Thompson (animator)
Richard Thompson (26 August 1914 – 12 June 1998) was an American animator who worked at several animated cartoon departments over a career of four decades. Career Thompson's longest association was with Chuck Jones at Warner Bros. Cartoons and MGM Animation/Visual Arts. Notably, he was an animator on Chuck Jones' Road Runner cartoons. He also worked at Hanna-Barbera and DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. He animated for Tom and Jerry cartoons; for one Peanuts animated special, ''He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown ''He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown'' is the fifth prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip ''Peanuts,'' by Charles M. Schulz. It was originally aired on the CBS network on February 14, 1968. Plot Snoopy's persistent mischie ...''; and for two Babar TV specials by Mendelson-Melendez Productions, ''The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant'' and ''Babar Comes to America''. References External links * 1914 births 1998 deaths American animators ...
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Richard Thompson (other)
Richard Thompson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Richard Thompson (animator) (1914–1998), Warner Bros. cartoon animator in the 1950s * Richard Thompson (cartoonist) (1957–2016), cartoonist who also worked as an illustrator * Richard Thompson (musician) (born 1949), songwriter and musician * Richard Earl Thompson (1914–1991), artist * Rick Thompson (''Falling Skies''), a character from the television series ''Falling Skies'' Politics * Sir Richard Thompson, 1st Baronet (1912–1999), British Conservative politician * Richard Thompson (Australian politician) (1832–1906), New South Wales politician * Richard Thompson (Maine politician) (born 1947), attorney and Democratic member of the Maine House of Representatives * Richard Thompson (MP for Reading) (died c. 1735), British Whig politician * Richard E. Thompson, member of the Mississippi State Senate * Richard Frederick Thompson (1873–1949), farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada * Richard Henr ...
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