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 an Emeritus Professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, where he was Distinguished Professor of Psychology (2017- ) and Chair of the De ...

(), Canadian psychologist *

William Hepworth Thompson William Hepworth Thompson (27 March 18101 October 1886) was an English classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. Early life Thompson was born at York and was privately educated in Buckinghamshire before entering Trinity Co ...

(1810–1886), English classical scholar *

William Gilman Thompson William Gilman Thompson (December 26, 1856 - October 27, 1927) was an American physician, dietitian and medical writer. Biography Gilman attended Yale University, Yale Sheffield Scientific School, receiving a Ph. B. in 1877. The then pursued m ...

(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 Ohio State University. During his term as president, he was known for his practice of segregationist policies against black students on campus ...

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

William Hertzog Thompson William H. Thompson (June 16, 1895 – July 6, 1981) was an American writer, psychologist and Presbyterian minister. He was the father of Susan Buffett and the father-in-law of Warren Buffett. Early life and education William Hertzog Thompson ...

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

William Irwin Thompson William Irwin Thompson (July 16, 1938 – November 8, 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- ...

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

Entertainment

William Thompson (poet, born circa 1712) Rev. William Thompson ( 1712 – 1766) was an 18th-century English poet. Life William Thompson was the son of Rev. Francis Thompson, vicar of Brough in Westmoreland, NW England, who died in 1735; William's date of birth is not known. William ...

(1712–1766), English poet *

William C. Thompson (cinematographer) William C. Thompson (30 March 1889 in Bound Brook, New JerseyTodorov, Jordan; and Blevins, Joe''Dad Made Dirty Movies: The Erotic World of Stephen C. Apostolof'' p. 47. McFarland & Company, 2020.. Accessed December 31, 2023. "William C. Thompson ...

(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 (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 immigrated ...

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

William P. Thompson William P. Thompson (January 11, 1844 – October 7, 1864) was a sergeant in the American Civil War and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for action at Battle of the Wilderness during which he was killed on May 6, 1864 with an award being issued ...

(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 The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. ...

(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) Major William Frank Thompson (17 August 1920 – 10 June 1944) was a British officer who acted as a liaison between the British Army and the Bulgarian communist partisans during the Second World War. Early life, family and education Thompson w ...

(William Frank Thompson, 1920–1944), British officer who worked in Bulgaria in the Second World War *

James Thompson (VC) William James Thompson (c. 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. Det ...

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

Politics

U.S.

* William Thompson (North Carolina politician) (1772–1802), member of the North Carolina General Assembly *

William B. Thompson William B. Thompson (1797 – after 1870) was a Virginia farmer and politician who served a term in the Virginia House of Delegates representing Jefferson County, Virginia. Jefferson County voters elected him as one of their (part-time) represe ...

(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) (1924–2018), lawyer and state senator * William F. Thompson (1852–?), representative from Florida *

William George Thompson William George Thompson (January 17, 1830 – April 2, 1911) was a Civil War officer, trial-court judge, territorial justice, and Republican Representative in the United States House of Iowa's 5th congressional district. Biography Thomps ...

(1830–1911), representative from Iowa * William G. Thompson (1840–1904), mayor of Detroit *

William Henry Thompson William Henry Thompson (December 14, 1853June 6, 1937) was a Nebraska Democratic Party politician. Biography Born in Perrysville, Ohio, he attended Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa from 1872 to 1875, then graduated from the University ...

(1853–1937), senator from Nebraska * William I. S. Thompson (1936–1993), member of the Mississippi House of Representatives *

William Barlum Thompson William Barlum Thompson (March 10, 1860 – February 12, 1941) was the Mayor of Detroit This is a list of mayors of Detroit, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The current mayor is Mike Duggan, who was sworn into office on January 1, 2014. H ...

(1860–1941), mayor of Detroit *

William T. Thompson (Nebraska politician) William Townsend Thompson (May 23, 1860 – June 20, 1939) was an American lawyer who served as Nebraska Attorney General and Solicitor of the United States Treasury. Biography William Thompson was born near Fennimore, Wisconsin, on May 23, 1860. ...

(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",Paul Reynolds (BBC journalist), Reynolds, Paul (November 29, 200 ...

(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 gra ...

(1871–1928), senator from Kansas * W. Lair Thompson (1880–1940), American politician and lawyer from the state of Oregon *

William Carrington Thompson William Carrington Thompson (November 6, 1915 – June 11, 2011) was an American jurist and politician. Early and Family Life Thompson was born in Chatham, Virginia. He attended Hampden-Sydney College and graduated in 1935. He received his ...

(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 *

Bill Thompson (Arkansas politician) William H. "Bill" Thompson was an American state legislator in Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives The Arkansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of t ...

(died 1981), a state legislator in Arkansas

U.K.

William Thompson (died 1637) William Thompson may refer to: Academics * William Forde Thompson (), Canadian psychologist * William Hepworth Thompson (1810–1886), English classical scholar * William Gilman Thompson (1856–1927), American professor of medicine * William Oxle ...

, MP for

Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to: People * Scarborough (surname) * Earl of Scarbrough Places Australia * Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth * Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong * Scarborough, Queensland, sub ...

William Thompson (1614–1681) Sir William Thompson (10 April 1614 – ca. April 1681) of London was an English businessman and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the City of London from 19 March 1661 to 1679. He was born the youngest of the four sons of ...

, English Member of Parliament for the City of London *

William Thompson (1629–1692) William Thompson may refer to: Academics * William Forde Thompson (), Canadian psychologist * William Hepworth Thompson (1810–1886), English classical scholar * William Gilman Thompson (1856–1927), American professor of medicine * William Oxle ...

, 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 British House of Commons, House of Commons between 1701 and 1744. Thompson was the son of Francis Thompson (MP), Francis Thompson, MP of York and ...

(c.1680–1744), British Whig politician, MP for Scarborough 1701–1722 and 1730–1744 *

William Thompson (1792–1854) William Thompson (baptised 23 January 1792 – 10 March 1854) was an English businessman who was Lord Mayor of London and Member of Parliament. Life Baptised on 23 January 1792, he was the son of James Thompson of Grayrigg, Kendal, Westmorland ...

, 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 t ...

(1939–2010), Northern Ireland politician

Elsewhere

William Thompson (Upper Canada) William Thompson (June 17, 1786 – January 18, 1860) was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in New Brunswick in 1786, the son of a United Empire Loyalist, and came to Grantham Township with his family in 1809. He s ...

(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 New South Wales Colonial Architec ...

(1862–1937), Australian politician *

William Thompson (Australian politician) William George Thompson (2 March 1863 – 7 March 1953) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He served as a Senator for Queensland from 1922 to 1932, representing the Nationalist Party and United Australia Party. Early life William ...

(1863–1953) *

William Murray Thompson William Murray Thompson was a railway contractor and politician in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was Mayor of Brisbane in 1907. William Thompson was born at Tyrrell, in Cumberland, England in 1841. He travelled to the gold diggings of N ...

(1841–1912), railway contractor and politician in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Science

William Thompson (naturalist) William Thompson (2 December 1805 – 17 February 1852) was an Irish naturalist celebrated for his founding studies of the natural history of Ireland, especially in ornithology and marine biology. Thompson published numerous notes on the distr ...

(1805–1852), Irish ornithologist and botanist *

William Thompson (viticulturist) William Thompson (26 November 1816 - 19 October 1897) was an English born viticulturist, credited with the introduction and popularization of the Sultana grape in the Central Valley of California. Known widely as the ''Thompson Seedless'' variet ...

(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 ci ...

(died 1917), South African ichthyologist and zoologist *

William Thompson (physician) Sir William John Thompson (May 1861 – 9 June 1929) was a physician who became Registrar General for Ireland from 1909 to 1926. Life He was born in Tattyreagh, County Tyrone to farmer William Thompson, in May 1861. He was educated at Enniski ...

(1861–1926), physician, Registrar General for Ireland * William A. Thompson (1864–1925), member of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers *

(1922–1995), British plasma physicist *

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 early twentieth century mine opera ...

(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 (biologist) William Francis Thompson (born St. Cloud, Minnesota 1888, died 7 November 1965) was an American ichthyologist and fisheries scientist. He researched the exploitation and management of the stocks of Pacific halibut for the fisheries departmen ...

(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 as 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. H ...

(1811–1880), British prizefighter *

William Thompson (archer) Will Henry Thompson (March 10, 1848 – August 12, 1918) was an American archer, poet and lawyer. [Robert P. Elmer, who knew Will personally, writes in his book Target Archery 1946,pp. 32–33, "It is well to settle at once some facts rega ...

(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) William Thompson (born 2 January 1891, date of death unknown) was an Australian cricketer. He played in one first-class match for Queensland in 1914/15. See also * List of Queensland first-class cricketers This is a complete list in alphab ...

(born 1891, date of death unknown), Australian cricketer *

William Thompson (British Guiana cricketer) William Thompson (born 1888, date of death unknown) was a cricketer. He played in two first-class matches for British Guiana in 1907/08 and 1908/09. See also * List of Guyanese representative cricketers The Guyana cricket team represents, o ...

(born 1888, date of death unknown), Guyanese cricketer * William Thompson (rower) (1908–1956), American Olympic rower * William Thompson (footballer) (1868–?), Scottish footballer * William Thompson (skier) (1905–1994), Canadian Olympic skier *

Will Thompson (baseball) Will McLain Thompson (August 30, 1870 – June 9, 1962) was an American professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues for the 1892 Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. He played college ball at the University of Pen ...

(1870–1962), American baseball player

Other

William Thompson (banker) William Thompson was Governor of the Bank of England The governor of the Bank of England is the most senior position in the Bank of England. It is nominally a civil service post, but the appointment tends to be from within the bank, with the i ...

(), Governor of the Bank of England from 1725 to 1727 *

William Thompson (Methodist) William Thompson (1733–1799) was the first President of the Methodist Conference after John Wesley's death, being elected President at the Manchester conference in 1791.Kelly, C. H. (1891)''Wesley and his successors: a centenary memorial ...

(1733–1799), first President of the Methodist Conference after Wesley's death *

William Thompson (philosopher) William Thompson (30 June 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 ...

(1775–1833), Irish political and philosophical writer and social reformer *

William Thompson (journalist) Col. William Thompson (1846–1934) was an American-Indian fighter and journalist, the editor of multiple newspapers in Oregon and California, having his longest run with the '' Alturas Plaindealer''. Thompson was born in Missouri on February ...

(1846–1934), American Indian fighter and newspaper editor *

William Clyde Thompson William Clyde Thompson (c. 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 188 ...

(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) William George Osborne Thompson was a Canadian Anglican priest in the 20th Century. Rigby was educated at the Trinity College, Toronto and ordained in 1912. After a curacy at St Matthew, Toronto he held incumbencies at Beamsville, Riverstown, St ...

(), Canadian Anglican priest * William C. Thompson (New York judge) (1924–2018), New York politician and judge * William Paul Thompson (1937–1989), American serial killer * William L. ("T") Thompson (born 1951), pilot for Delta Air Lines, lawyer, and businessman *

William C. Thompson (Alabama judge) William Cooper Thompson (born January 1962) is a former presiding judge of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. He was first elected to the court in November 1996. At the time of his retirement in 2024 he was the longest tenured Judge in Alabama ...

(born 1962), judge on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals *

William Harvey Thompson William Harvey Thompson (died August 3, 1927) was a prohibition enforcement agent in the Seattle, Washington, unit of the Prohibition Bureau. Widely known as Kinky, because of his tight curly hair, Thompson's career illustrated one of the proble ...

(died 1927), prohibition enforcement agent in Seattle, Washington *

William Thompson (confidence man) William Thompson was an American criminal and con artist whose deceptions probably caused the term ''confidence man'' to be coined. Operating in New York City in the late 1840s, a genteelly dressed Thompson would approach an upper-class mark, pre ...

(), American criminal * William S. Thompson (born 1969), 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 Francis Thompson (1810-42) William Francis Thompson (1810–1842) was a British India civil servant, magistrate and philologist who was born in London, England, and died in Ghazipur, India. Biography Thompson attended the Haileybury and Imperial Service College before joi ...

, civil servant, magistrate and philatelist * 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 Ki ...

, Maori preacher