William Thompson may refer to:

Academics

William Forde Thompson William Forde "Bill" Thompson is an academic who has worked in Canada, Sweden and Australia. He is a distinguished professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, where he was chair of the psychology department between 2009 and 2013. His ...

, 21st century psychologist * William Hepworth Thompson (1810–1886), English classical scholar * William Gilman Thompson (1856–1927), American professor of medicine *

William Oxley Thompson William Oxley Thompson, D.D. (November 5, 1855 – December 9, 1933) was the fifth President of The Ohio State University. Biography Thompson was born in Cambridge, Ohio to David Glenn Thompson and Agnes Miranda Oxley. Thompson was educate ...

(1855–1933), president of Ohio State University *

William Hertzog Thompson William H. Thompson (June 16, 1895 – July 6, 1981) was a writer, psychologist, professor, Presbyterian minister, and the father-in-law of Warren Buffett. William Hertzog Thompson was born in 1895 in Greeley, Colorado, to Lorin Andrew Thompson, ...

(1895–1981), American psychology professor and minister *

William Irwin Thompson William Irwin Thompson (16 July 1938—8 November 2020) was an American social philosopher, cultural critic, and poet. He received the Oslo International Poetry Festival Award in 1986. He described his writing and speaking style as "mind-jazz ...

(1938–2020), American social philosopher and cultural critic * William Robert Thompson (1923/4–1979), Canadian psychologist and behavior geneticist

Entertainment

* William Thompson (poet) (1712–1766), English poet * William C. Thompson (cinematographer) (1899–1963), American cinematographer * William H. Thompson (actor), (1852-1923), American actor * William Tappan Thompson (1812–1882), American humorist and journalist * Will Lamartine Thompson (1847–1909), American composer

Military

* William Thompson (Leveller) (died 1649),

Leveller The Levellers were a political movement active during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms who were committed to popular sovereignty, extended suffrage, equality before the law and religious tolerance. The hallmark of Leveller thought was its popul ...

leader of the Banbury mutiny of the New Model Army in 1649 *

William Thompson (general) William Thompson (July 5, 1736 – September 3, 1781) was a soldier from Pennsylvania who served as a colonel and later brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Thompson was born in Ireland and emigrated t ...

(1736–1781), American Revolutionary War general * William Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1861) (1812–1872), signal quartermaster in the American Civil War * William P. Thompson (1844–1864), American Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor *

William Francis Kynaston Thompson William Francis Kynaston "Sheriff" Thompson OBE (12 November 1909 – 6 June 1980) was a British soldier and journalist. Born in Greenwich, London in 1909 Thompson served in the army for 30 years before becoming the defence correspondent of t ...

(1909–1980), British officer who fought and was captured at Arnhem *

William Thompson (admiral) William Thompson (September 22, 1922 – October 15, 2018) was an American United States Navy rear admiral who in retirement organized and led the effort to create a Navy memorial The United States Navy Memorial is a memorial in Washing ...

(1922–2018), American admiral, former chief of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation *

William Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1950) William Henry Thompson (August 16, 1927 – August 6, 1950) was a United States Army soldier and a posthumous recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Korean War. Born to a ...

(1927–1950), Korean War recipient of the Medal of Honor * Frank Thompson (SOE officer) (William Frank Thompson, 1920–1944), British officer who worked in Bulgaria in the Second World War *

James Thompson (VC) William James Thompson (1830 – 5 December 1891) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Detail ...

(William James Thompson, 1830–1891), English recipient of the Victoria Cross

Politics

U.S.

William Thompson (North Carolina politician) William Thompson (February 3, 1732 – November 22, 1802) was the Senator for Carteret County in the North Carolina General Assembly of 1778 and 1779. He was also a colonel and commander of the Carteret County Regiment of the North Carolina ...

(1772–1802), member of the North Carolina General Assembly * William B. Thompson (1797–?), Virginia farmer and politician *

William Thompson (Iowa politician) William Thompson (November 10, 1813 – October 6, 1897), a lawyer, clerk, newspaperman, longtime Army officer, and, was the first person elected to Congress from Iowa's 1st congressional district. His race for re-election in 1848 was the on ...

(1813–1897), representative from Iowa * William C. Thompson (New York), lawyer and state senator * William George Thompson (1830–1911), representative from Iowa * William G. Thompson (1840–1904), mayor of Detroit * William Henry Thompson (1853–1937), senator from Nebraska * William I. S. Thompson (1936-1993), member of the Mississippi House of Representatives * William Barlum Thompson (1860–1941), mayor of Detroit * William T. Thompson (Nebraska politician) (1860–1939), Nebraska Attorney General and Solicitor of the United States Treasury *

William Hale Thompson William Hale Thompson (May 14, 1869 – March 19, 1944) was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1927 to 1931. Known as "Big Bill", Reynolds, Paul (November 29, 2009)"US-UK 'Special Relationshi ...

(1868–1944), mayor of Chicago *

William Howard Thompson William Howard Thompson (October 14, 1871February 9, 1928) was a United States senator from Kansas. Biography Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, he moved with his parents to Nemaha County, Kansas in 1880, where attended the public schools and gr ...

(1871–1928), senator from Kansas * W. Lair Thompson (1880–1940), American politician and lawyer from the state of Oregon * William Carrington Thompson (1915–2011), American politician and jurist from Virginia * William Thompson (New York) (born 1953), New York City Comptroller and Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City

U.K.

* William Thompson (died 1637), MP for

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* William Thompson (1614–1681), English Member of Parliament for the City of London * William Thompson (1629–1692), English Member of Parliament for

William Thompson (Ipswich MP) Sir William Thompson (1678 – 27 October 1739) of Middle Temple, was an English judge and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1709 and 1729. Early life Thompson was second son of Sir William Thompson (died 1695), serjeant ...

(1678–1739), English Member of Parliament for Ipswich *

William Thompson (died 1744) William Thompson (–1744), of Humbleton, Yorkshire, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1701 and 1744. Thompson was the son of Francis Thompson, MP of York and his wife Arabella Alleyn, daughter of Sir Edmund ...

(c.1680–1744), British Whig politician, MP for Scarborough 1701–1722 and 1730–1744 * William Thompson (1792–1854), MP for Callington, London, Sunderland and Westmorland, also Sheriff and Lord Mayor of London *

William Thompson (Ulster Unionist politician) William John "Willie" Thompson (26 October 1939 – 12 December 2010) was a Northern Irish Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Tyrone from 1997 to 2001. He was one of the UUP members opposed to ...

(1939–2010), Northern Ireland politician

Elsewhere

* William Thompson (Upper Canada) (1786–1860) *

William Thompson (New South Wales politician) William Thompson (22 January 1862 – 6 October 1937) was an Australian politician. He was born in Queanbeyan to surveyor James Banford Thompson and Margaret Carroll. From 1878 to 1885 he was a clerk in the Colonial Architect's office, bef ...

(1862–1937), Australian politician *

William Thompson (Australian politician) William George Thompson (2 March 1863 – 7 March 1953) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was an Australian Senator. Early life William Thompson was born in Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland, on 2 March 1863. When he was 14 mont ...

(1863–1953) * William Murray Thompson (1841–1912), railway contractor and politician in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Science

* William Thompson (naturalist) (1805–1852), Irish ornithologist and botanist * William Thompson (viticulturist) (1816–1897), Englishman who developed the Thompson Seedless grape *

William Wardlaw Thompson William Wardlaw Thompson (date of birth unknown - died 1917) was a South African ichthyologist and zoologist. It is known that he was educated at the South African College in Cape Town between 1858 and 1863 and that he obtained a post on the civ ...

(died 1917), South African ichthyologist and zoologist * William Thompson (physician) (1861–1926), physician, Registrar General for Ireland * William A. Thompson (1864–1925), member of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers *

William Boyce Thompson William Boyce Thompson (May 13, 1869 – June 27, 1930) was an American mining engineer, financier, prominent in the Republican party, philanthropist, and founder of Newmont Mining. Thompson was one of the significant early twentieth centur ...

(1869–1930), American mining engineer and financier *

William R. Thompson William Robin Thompson (June 29, 1887January 30, 1972) was a Canadian entomologist and also wrote on the philosophy of science in his book ''Science and Common Sense: An Aristotelian Excursion'' (1937). He specialized in the biological control of ...

(1887–1972), Canadian entomologist * William Francis Thompson (1888–1965), American ichthyologist * William Lay Thompson (1930–2016), American ornithologist

Sports

William Thompson (boxer) William Abednego Thompson (11 October 1811 – 23 August 1880), also known Bendigo Thompson, was an English Bare-knuckle boxing, bare-knuckle boxer who won the heavyweight championship of England from James Burke on 12 February 1839. He w ...

(1811–1880), British prizefighter * William Thompson (archer) (1848–1918), American archer * William V. Thompson (1865–1938), American bowler * William Thompson (cricketer, born 1866) (1866–1920), English first-class cricketer * Willie Thompson (William Pringle Thompson, 1867–1928), English footballer, played for Newcastle United in the 1890s *

William Thompson (cricketer, born 1882) William Holloway Thompson (24 June 1882 – 19 October 1954) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1908. Thompson was born in Spondon, Derbyshire. He played one game for Derbyshire in the 1908 season, again ...

(1882–1954), English cricketer * William Thompson (Australian cricketer) (born 1891), Australian cricketer * William Thompson (British Guiana cricketer) (born 1888), Guyanese cricketer * William Thompson (rower) (1908–1956), American Olympic rower * William Thompson (footballer), Scottish footballer * William Thompson (skier) (1905-1994), Canadian Olympic skier * Will Thompson (baseball) (1870–1962), American baseball player

Other

William Thompson (banker) William Thompson was Governor of the Bank of England from 1725 to 1727. He had been Deputy Governor from 1723 to 1725. He replaced Gilbert Heathcote as Governor and was succeeded by Humphry Morice.William Thompson (Methodist) (1733–1799), first President of the Methodist Conference after Wesley's death *

William Thompson (philosopher) William Thompson (1775 – 28 March 1833) was an Irish political and philosophical writer and social reformer, developing from utilitarianism into an early critic of capitalist exploitation whose ideas influenced the cooperative, trade union and ...

(1775–1833), Irish political and philosophical writer and social reformer * William Thompson (journalist) (1846–1934), American Indian fighter and newspaper editor *

William Clyde Thompson William Clyde Thompson (1839–1912) was a Texas Choctaw-Chickasaw leader of the Mount Tabor Indian Community in Texas and an officer of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. After moving north to the Chickasaw Nation in 1889, he ...

(1839–1912), leader of the Mount Tabor Indian Community in Texas *

William Thompson (bishop) William Jameson Thompson, CBE (27 October 1885 – 17 November 1975) was a long-serving Anglican bishop who spent much of his career in Iran (then Persia). Educated at Monkton Combe School and Trinity College, Cambridge, he served in the Great ...

(1885–1975), Anglican bishop of Persia (Iran) * William A. Thompson (bishop) (1946-2020), Anglican bishop of the Diocese of Western Anglicans (U.S.) * William Thompson (archdeacon of Cork) (1766–1833) * William Thompson (archdeacon of Wellington), Canadian Anglican priest * William C. Thompson (New York judge) (1924–2018), New York politician and judge *

William Paul Thompson William Paul "Bud" Thompson (May 2, 1938 – June 19, 1989) was an American criminal, spree killer, and self-described serial/contract killer. Convicted for three murders committed between March and April 1984 in California and Nevada, he later ...

(1937–1989), American serial killer * William L. ("T") Thompson (born 1951), pilot for Delta Air Lines, lawyer, and businessman * William C. Thompson (Alabama judge) (born 1962), judge on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals * William Harvey Thompson (died 1927), prohibition enforcement agent in Seattle, Washington * William Thompson (confidence man), American criminal * William S. Thompson, American judge in West Virginia * William Thompson (pirate), ship captain who stole the

Treasure of Lima The Treasure of Lima is a legendary buried treasure reputedly removed from Lima, Peru, in 1820 and never recovered. It is estimated to be worth up to £160 million or $208 million in today's money. History Spain had controlled Lima since the 16th ...

c. 1820 * William Thompson (1805–1866), also known as

Wiremu Tamihana Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi Te Waharoa ( – 27 December 1866), generally known as Wiremu Tamihana, was a leader of the Ngāti Hauā Māori iwi in nineteenth century New Zealand, and is sometimes known as the kingmaker for his role in the Māori ...

, Maori preacher