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 John Griggs Thompson (born October 13, 1932) is an American mathematician at the University of Florida noted for his work in the field of finite groups. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970, the Wolf Prize in 1992, and the Abel Prize in 2008. ...

(born 1932), American mathematician * John Thompson (business academic), professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Huddersfield *

John Thompson (sociologist) John Brookshire Thompson () is a British sociologist. He is a sociology professor at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Jesus College. Education Thompson gained his first degree in philosophy, sociology and social anthropology at Keel ...

, professor at Cambridge *

John Herd Thompson John Herd Thompson (1946July 12, 2019) was a Canadian historian. A leading historian of Canada, Thompson taught North American history at a variety of universities, including Simon Fraser University, McGill University, and Duke University during a ...

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

Business

John Thompson (American banker) John Thompson (November 27, 1802 – April 19, 1891) was an American banker, financial publisher, and dealer in bank notes. Early life Thompson was born in Peru, Massachusetts, near Pittsfield on November 27, 1802. He was the son of a farmer and ...

(1802–1891), American banker * John Fairfield Thompson,

Inco Vale Canada Limited (formerly Vale Inco, CVRD Inco and Inco Limited; for corporate branding purposes simply known as "Vale" and pronounced in English) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Brazilian mining company Vale. Vale's nickel mining and ...

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 John Wendell Thompson (born April 24, 1949) is an American technology executive who was the chair of Microsoft from 2014 until June 2021, and chair of Illumina (company), Illumina since 2021. He is a former chief executive of Virtual Instrument ...

(born 1949), chairman of the board of Microsoft *

John Thompson (company) John Thompson Limited was a major engineering business based in Wolverhampton offering products for the nuclear engineering industry. History The Company was founded by William Thompson as a general engineering concern in or around 1820 in Wolve ...

, a company based in Wolverhampton

Entertainment

John Thompson (actor) John Thompson (died December 1634) was a noted boy player acting women's roles in English Renaissance theatre. He served in the King's Men, the acting troupe formerly of William Shakespeare and Richard Burbage. Thompson's career is notable for h ...

(died 1634), member of the King's Men in the 1621–31 era *

John Thompson (engraver) John Thompson (25 May 1785 – 20 February 1866) was a British wood-engraver. He is best known for his contribution to William Yarrell's 1843 ''History of British Birds''. He was described as the most distinguished wood-engraver of his time. Th ...

(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 John Sylvanus Thompson (8 March 1889 – 1963) was an American pianist, composer, and educator. He was born in Williamstown, Pennsylvania, to James C. Thompson, a merchant in a general store, and his Welsh wife, Emma J. Thompson (née Hall). J ...

(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 John Max Thompson (July 27, 1934 – March 9, 2019) was an American comedian and Las Vegas illusionist who performed under the stage name The Great Tomsoni with his wife, Pamela Hayes. They had a comedic slapstick act with the well-dressed Tho ...

(1934–2019), Las Vegas illusionist *

John Thompson (Canadian poet) John Thompson (17 Mar 1938 – 26 Apr 1976) was an English-born, Canadian poet, translator and university professor. He is noted for his mastery of poetic forms, which he used to express the intensity and power of images in spare and precise lan ...

(1938–1976), Canadian poet *

John Cargill Thompson John Cargill Thompson (1938 - 2000) was a Scottish dramatist specialising in one-person plays. After the performance of his 52nd play, he was described as "Britain's most prolific playwright", surpassing Shakespeare's 37 and Alan Ayckbourn's 51. ...

(1938–2000), Scottish dramatist *

John Douglas Thompson John Douglas Thompson (born 1964) is an English-American actor. He is a Tony Award nominee and the recipient of two Drama Desk Awards, two Obie Awards, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Lucille Lortel Award. ''The New York Times'' critic B ...

(born 1964), actor *

John Dall Thompson John Dall (born John Dall Thompson; May 26, 1920 – January 15, 1971) was an American actor. Primarily a stage actor, he is best remembered today for two film roles: the cool-minded intellectual killer in Alfred Hitchcock's ''Rope'' (1948), an ...

(1920–1971), American actor *

John Thompson Productions John Thompson Productions is a German pornographic film studio based in Berlin, Germany. The studio is best known for its bukkake-themed series German Goo Girls (GGG), but it has other series focusing on gang bangs, urolagnia and urophagia ...

, a German pornographic film studio

Military

John Thompson (soldier, born 1838) John J. Thompson (August 14, 1838 - July 2, 1915) was a German-born soldier in the Union Army in the American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United ...

(1838–1915), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient *

John Thompson (soldier, born 1842) Sergeant John Thompson (1842 – unknown) was a Scottish-born soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 1st U.S. Cavalry during the Apache Wars. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry against a hostile band of Apache Indians at the C ...

(1842–?), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient *

John T. Thompson John Taliaferro () (anglicized to "Tolliver"http://www.nfatoys.com/tsmg/web/genthomp.htm John T. Thompson; A Brief History) Thompson (December 31, 1860 – June 21, 1940) was a United States Army officer best remembered as the inventor of the Th ...

(1860–1940), inventor of the Thompson submachine gun *

John Marlow Thompson Air Commodore John Marlow Thompson, (16 August 1914 – 23 July 1994) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer and a flying ace of the Second World War. He is credited with having destroyed at least eight enemy aircraft. Born in Somerset, England, T ...

(1914–1994), British Second World War Ace and Battle of Britain pilot *

John Thompson (RAF officer) Air Vice Marshal John Hugh Thompson, (born 18 September 1947) is a former Royal Air Force officer who became Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. from 2000 until his retirement in 2002. RAF career Educated at Fielding High Sc ...

(born 1947), 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) John H. Thompson was an American politician who served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Indiana from 1824 to 1828. Thompson was born in Kentucky before coming to Indiana. In 1820, he was a member of the Electoral College, voting for Jame ...

, Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1824–1828 *

John Thompson (1749–1823) John Thompson (March 20, 1749September 30, 1823) was a United States representative from New York. Biography Thompson was born in Litchfield in the Connecticut Colony on March 20, 1749. He attended the common schools, and at the age of fo ...

, US congressman from New York * John Thompson (1809–1890), US congressman from New York *

John Burton Thompson John Burton Thompson (December 14, 1810 – January 7, 1874) was a United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky. Early life Born near Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Thompson completed preparatory studies and studied law. He was admitted to t ...

(1810–1874), Whig politician from Kentucky *

John Martin Thompson John Martin Thompson (1829–1907) was a lumberman, Native American tribal and civic leader, born in the old Cherokee Nation prior to removal in what is now Bartow County, Georgia, USA.Starr's History of the Cherokee Indians, By Dr. Emmet Starr, Gr ...

(1829–1907), lumberman and civic leader *

John McCandless Thompson John McCandless Thompson (January 4, 1829 – September 3, 1903) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Thompson (brother of William George Thompson) was born near Butler, Pennsylvania. He attended th ...

(1829–1903), US congressman from Pennsylvania *

John R. Thompson John Richardson Thompson (July 28, 1834 – February 12, 1894) was one of the eight founders of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, a fraternal organization in the United States. Biography Thompson was born on July 28, 1834, ...

(1834–1894), founder of the Grange * John E. W. Thompson (1860–1918), American diplomat *

John F. Thompson (politician) John Forbes Thompson (May 20, 1920 – August 12, 1965) was a U.S. politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1949–1964. He served as the House Majority Leader from 1955–1957 and Speaker of the House ...

(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

Canada

John Hall Thompson John Hall Thompson (1810 – October 27, 1893) was a Canadian court commissioner and political figure. He represented Ontario North in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Liberal member.

(1810–1893), Canadian court commissioner and political figure * Sir

John Sparrow David Thompson Sir John Sparrow David Thompson (November 10, 1845 – December 12, 1894) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Canada from 1892 until his death. He had previously been fifth premier of Nova Sco ...

(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 John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham (c. 1648 – 1 November 1710), known as Sir John Thompson, Bt, between 1673 and 1696, was an English politician. Thompson was the son of Maurice Thomson (1601/4-1676), of St Andrew, Eastcheap, City of London a ...

(c. 1648–1710), English politician *

John Thompson (Liberal politician) John William Howard Thompson (1861-17 October 1959) was a British Liberal Party politician, solicitor and soldier. Background He was educated at Carshalton and Whitgift School, Croydon. He married Antoinette Ebden Keene of Crewkerne, Somerset. T ...

(1861–1959), British Member of Parliament for East Somerset, 1906–1910 *

Jack Thompson (politician) John Thompson DL (27 August 1928 – 21 July 2011), known as Jack Thompson, was a British Labour Party politician - the Member of Parliament for Wansbeck from 1983 to 1997. Thompson had a lasting achievement to thwart a plan for a nuclear p ...

(John Thompson, 1928–2011), British Labour MP for Wansbeck *

John Thomson (diplomat) Sir John Adam Thomson, (27 April 1927 – 3 June 2018) was a British diplomat who served as High Commissioner to India and Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Career John Thomson was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, the Univer ...

, former British ambassador to Angola

Other

John Malbon Thompson John Malbon Thompson (24 December 1830 – 30 May 1908) was an Australian lawyer and politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life Thompson was the son of John Thompson, sometime Deputy Surveyor-General for New South ...

(1830–1908), Australian politician, MLA for Queensland

Science

John Vaughan Thompson John Vaughan Thompson FLS (19 November 1779 – 21 January 1847) was a British military surgeon, marine biologist, zoologist, botanist, and published naturalist. Early years John Vaughan Thompson was born in British controlled Brooklyn on Lon ...

(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 Sir John Eric Sidney Thompson (31 December 1898 – 9 September 1975) was a leading English Mesoamerican archeology, archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and epigraphy, epigrapher. While working in the United States, he dominated Maya studies and p ...

(John Eric Sidney Thompson, 1898–1975), English archeologist and Mayan scholar *

John Edd Thompson John Edd Thompson is a former chief meteorologist for WALA-TV in Mobile, Alabama. Thompson reported the weather for people on the central Gulf Coast since 1969. Thompson retired on June 5, 2009 to spend more time with family. Life and career Thom ...

, chief meteorologist for WALA-TV in Mobile, Alabama

Sports

American football

John Thompson (American football coach) John Thompson (born October 16, 1955) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at East Carolina University from 2003 to 2004 and at Arkansas State University on an interim basis twice—first during the 2013 GoDad ...

(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) John Paul Thompson (born 12 October 1981) is an Irish former professional footballer. He was a tough-tackling versatile defender, although he was equally comfortable in midfield. He was a full Irish International who has also played for Nottingh ...

, 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 "Jocko" Thompson (January 17, 1917 – February 3, 1988) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball from 1948 to 1951. He also served in the Army of ...

(John Samuel Thompson, 1917–1988), Major League Baseball pitcher * Tug Thompson (John Parkinson Thompson, 1856–1938), Major League Baseball outfielder

Basketball

John Thompson (basketball) John Robert Thompson Jr. (September 2, 1941August 30, 2020) was an American college basketball coach for the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball, Georgetown Hoyas men's team. He became the first African-American head coach to win a major collegiat ...

(1941–2020), American basketball player and Hall of Fame coach at Georgetown University *

John Thompson III John Robert Thompson III (born March 11, 1966) is the assistant coach for the United States men's national basketball team since 2017. He previously served as the head coach of the men's basketball team at Georgetown University. He grew up in Wa ...

(born 1966), his son, also former basketball coach at Georgetown *

Cat Thompson John Ashworth "Cat" Thompson (February 10, 1906 – October 7, 1990) was an American basketball player. He won the Utah state championship with Dixie High School team and finished second in the High School National Tournament in 1925. In colleg ...

(John Ashworth Thompson, 1906–1990), American basketball player

Cricket

* John Thompson (cricketer, born 1870) (1870–1945), English cricketer *

John Thompson (cricketer, born 1918) John Ross Thompson (10 May 1918 – 15 June 2010) was an English amateur cricketer, rackets player and schoolteacher. Life and career Thompson was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, and was educated at Tonbridge School in Kent and at St John's ...

(1918–2010), English cricketer

Rugby

* John Thompson (rugby union) (c. 1886–c. 1978), rugby union player who represented Australia * 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) John Thompson (born March 5, 1989) is an American junior middleweight professional boxer. 2015 Boxcino tournament Thompson won the 2015 Boxcino tournament - a tournament featured exclusively on ESPN Friday Night Fights. At the finals of this t ...

(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 July 25, 1951) is an American activist and disbarred attorney. As an attorney, Thompson focused his legal efforts against what he perceives as obscenity in modern culture. Thompson gained recognition as an anti-video g ...

(John Bruce Thompson, born 1951), Florida lawyer * John H. Thompson (born 1951), American statistician, Census Director *

John Thompson (convict) John Thompson, a convict of the colony of New South Wales (now Australia), was one of four men who set off on a timber getting mission from Sydney bound for Illawarra in 1823. The men were caught in a severe storm and driven north 728 km to ...

, convict of the colony of New South Wales *

John Thompson (inventor) John Henry Michael "JT" Thompson (born June 15, 1959) is the inventor of the Lingo programming language used in Adobe Director and a former Chief Scientist at Macromedia. He is a former professor in the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) ...

(born 1959), inventor of the Lingo programming language * Sir

John Thompson (judge) Sir John Thompson (16 December 1907 – 11 July 1995) was a British barrister and High Court judge from 1961 to 1982. Biography Thompson was born in Glasgow, the eldest son of Donald Cameron Thompson and Jeanie Dunn Thompson (''née'' Nisbet). ...

(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''

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