Richard Thompson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

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. Cart ...

(1914–1998), Warner Bros. cartoon animator in the 1950s *

Richard Thompson (cartoonist) Richard Church Thompson (October 8, 1957 – July 27, 2016) was an American illustrator and cartoonist best known for his syndicated comic strip ''Cul de Sac (comic strip), Cul de Sac'' and the illustrated poem "Richard's Poor Almanac, Make the ...

(1957–2016), cartoonist who also worked as an illustrator *

Richard Thompson (musician) Richard Thompson (born 3 April 1949) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Thompson first gained prominence in the late 1960s as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the folk rock group Fairport Convention, which he had co-found ...

(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 Sir Richard Hilton Marler Thompson, 1st Baronet (5 October 1912 – 15 July 1999) was a British Conservative politician. Thompson was born in Chesterfield Derbyshire, the son of Richard South Thompson (1868–1952) and Kathleen Hilda née Marle ...

(1912–1999), British Conservative politician *

Richard Thompson (Australian politician) Richard Windeyer Thompson (1832 – 29 November 1906) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney to surveyor John Thompson and Ann Mary Windeyer. On 27 April 1864 he married Sarah Alice Bedwell, with whom he had eight children. A s ...

(1832–1906), New South Wales politician *

Richard Thompson (Maine politician) Richard H. Thompson (born June 25, 1947)United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (Maine, 2001-2007) is an American politician and former lawyer from Maine. Education Thompson is a graduate of Framingham State College and Boston College Law School ...

(born 1947), attorney and Democratic member of the Maine House of Representatives *

Richard Thompson (MP for Reading) Richard Thompson (died 1735), of Coley, Reading, Berkshire, was a merchant in Jamaica and a Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1720 and 1734. Thompson was the son of William Thompson and his wife Elizabeth. He owned a sugar ...

(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 Henry Thompson (1906–1964), Australian politician and Methodist lay preacher *

Richard W. Thompson Richard Wigginton Thompson (June 9, 1809 – February 9, 1900) was an American politician. Thompson was born in Culpeper County, Virginia. He left Virginia in 1831 and lived briefly in Louisville, Kentucky before finally settling in Lawrence Cou ...

(1809–1900), United States Secretary of the Navy

Religion

* Richard Thompson (priest) (1648–1685), Dean of Bristol *

Richard Thomson (theologian) Richard Thomson, sometimes spelled Thompson, was a Dutch-born English theologian and translator. He was Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge and the translator of Martial's epigrams and among the "First Westminster Company" charged by James I of Engla ...

(died 1613), or Thompson, 17th-century theologian * Richard L. Thompson (1947–2008), American author and Gaudiya Vaishnava religious figure

Sports

Richard Thompson (footballer, born 1969) Richard John Thompson (born 11 April 1969) is an English former professional footballer. He played professionally for Newport County and Torquay United and has been manager of Yate Town and Almondsbury Town. He is currently manager of Mangot ...

, English football player *

Richard Thompson (footballer, born 1974) Richard Omar Thompson (born 2 May 1974) is a former professional footballer who played in The Football League for Wycombe Wanderers. Career He was previously a youth player at Wimbledon. He played for Dulwich Hamlet during the 1997–98 seaso ...

, English football player *

Richard Thompson (sprinter) Richard "Torpedo" Thompson (born 7 June 1985) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best of 9.82 seconds, set in June 2014, was one of the top ten fastest of all time, and a national record ...

(born 1985), Trinidad and Tobago sprinter *

Rich Thompson (outfielder) Richard Charles Thompson (born April 23, 1979) is a former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball with the Kansas City Royals in 2004 and the Tampa Bay Rays in 2012. Thompson spent most of his 12-year career playing ...

(born 1979), American baseball player *

Rich Thompson (pitcher, born 1984) Richard Graeme Thompson (born 1 July 1984) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Oakland Athletics. Career Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Thompson was originally signed as ...

, Australian baseball player *

Rich Thompson (pitcher, born 1958) Richard Neil Thompson (born November 1, 1958) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the Cleveland Indians () and the Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos (french: link=no, Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian profes ...

, American baseball player

Other

Richard Thompson (marine biologist) Richard Charles Thompson is a marine biologist who researches marine litter. At the University of Plymouth he is director of the Marine Institute; professor of Marine Biology; and leads the International Marine Litter Research Unit. Thompson c ...

, director of the Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth, coined the term "microplastics" *

Richard Thompson (physician) Sir Richard Paul Hepworth Thompson, (born 14 April 1940) is a British physician and past president of the Royal College of Physicians in London. Biography Thompson studied medicine at Oxford University and St Thomas' Hospital, and specialised ...

(born 1940), president of the Royal College of Physicians and formerly physician to the Queen *

Richard Thompson (Royal Navy officer) Vice-Admiral Richard Charles Thompson, (born 12 February 1966) is a senior Royal Navy officer. Early life and education Thompson was born on 12 February 1966 in Reading, Berkshire, England. He was educated at Meadway School, a state school in ...

(born 1966), British admiral *

Richard F. Thompson Richard Frederick Thompson (September 6, 1930 – September 16, 2014) was an American behavioral neuroscientist. He was the William M. Keck Professor of Psychology and Biological Sciences at the University of Southern California, with a parallel ...

(1930–2014), American behavioral neuroscientist * Richard H. Thompson (philatelist) (1903–1985), American philatelist *

Richard Horner Thompson Richard Horner Thompson (September 24, 1926 – February 21, 2016) was a United States Army general. Early life Thompson was born on September 24, 1926 in New York City, New York and died on February 21, 2016 in Fairfax, Virginia. Military care ...

(1926–2016), U.S. Army general *

Richard M. Thomson Richard Murray Thomson, (born August 14, 1933) is a Canadian banker. He earned a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree in engineering from the University of Toronto and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He joined t ...

(born 1933), Canadian banker * Richard W. Thompson (journalist) (1865–1920), journalist and public servant in Indiana and Washington, D.C. * Richard Thompson, former prosecutor and current president of

Thomas More Law Center The Thomas More Law Center is a Christian, conservative, nonprofit, public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and active throughout the United States. According to its website, its goals are to "preserve America's Judeo-Christ ...

* Richard Thompson, mathematician for whom the infinite

Thompson groups In mathematics, the Thompson groups (also called Thompson's groups, vagabond groups or chameleon groups) are three groups, commonly denoted F \subseteq T \subseteq V, that were introduced by Richard Thompson in some unpublished handwritten notes i ...

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