John Thompson may refer to:

Academics

J. A. Thompson John Arthur Thompson (1913–2002) was an Australian Old Testament scholar and biblical archaeologist. Thompson studied at the University of Queensland, the University of Melbourne and the University of Cambridge, gaining degrees in science, the ...

(1913–2002), Australian biblical scholar *

John D. Thompson John Devereaux Thompson, R.N., M.S. (6 August 1917 – 13 August 1992) was a nurse and professor at the Yale School of Public Health who co-invented the diagnosis-related group Diagnosis-related group (DRG) is a system to classify hospital ...

(1917–1992), nurse and professor at the Yale School of Public Health * John G. Thompson (born 1932), American mathematician *

John Thompson (business academic) John Thompson, has been the Roger M Bale Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, since 1997. In 2009, he was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion The Queen's Award for ...

, professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Huddersfield * John Thompson (sociologist), 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 John Norton Thompson (b. November 15 1951 in Pittsburgh) is an American evolutionary biologist. Thompson is Jean H. Langeheim Professor of Plant Ecology and Evolution at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is known for his research on c ...

, American evolutionary biologist

Business

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

John L. Thompson John Lay Thompson (April 3, 1869, Grand River Township, Decatur County, Iowa – 1930) was an Iowa journalist and businessman who played a key role in the early history of the African American newspaper the ''Iowa Bystander''. Thompson was born to ...

(1869–1930), Iowa journalist and businessman *

John Philp Thompson Sr. John Philp Thompson Sr. (November 2, 1925 – January 28, 2003), was the eldest son of Joe C. Thompson Sr., the founder of the 7-Eleven chain of convenience stores. Career Although young, John Philp Thompson began his work in the business at an e ...

(1925–2003), American businessman with 7-Eleven *

John Thompson (Canadian banker) John M. Thompson (born 1942) is the non-executive chairman of the board of Toronto-Dominion Bank Financial Corporation (TDBFC). He has held the position of Director at TDBFC since 1988 and has been chairman of the board since 2003. Education Th ...

(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), 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) (1785–1866), English wood engraver *

John Reuben Thompson John Reuben Thompson (October 23, 1823 – April 30, 1873) was an American poet, journalist, editor and publisher. Biography John Reuben Thompson was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1823. He graduated in law from the University of Virgini ...

(1823–1873), American poet, journalist, editor and publisher *

John Edward Thompson John Edward Thompson (1882–1945) was an American painter and university professor who is credited with introducing modern art to Denver, Colorado in 1917, much to the chagrin of local critics. Due to his pioneering career, Thompson was ref ...

(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) __NOTOC__ John Joseph Meagher Thompson (20 December 1907 – 19 July 1968) was an Australian poet, writer and radio broadcaster. Thompson was born in Kew, Victoria, Australia. He was educated at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School and t ...

(1907–1968), Australian poet and broadcaster *

John Thompson (writer, born 1918) John Anderson Thompson, Jr. (June 14, 1918 – June 24, 2002) was an American professor, poet, literary critic and writer whose literary career spanned sixty years, from 1938 to 1998. Early life Thompson was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Mic ...

(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) (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 (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) John Ferdinand "JT" Thompson is a retired Lieutenant general (United States), lieutenant general in the United States Air Force who last served as the commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center from May 2017 to July 2021. He entered the ...

, U.S. Air Force general

Politics

United States

John Thompson (Louisiana judge) John Thompson (died 1810) was a registrar of lands in the Western District of the Territory of Orleans and judge of the Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans. Thompson came to Louisiana from Kentucky in 1805 and was charged with opening the W ...

(died 1810), registrar of lands and judge *

John C. Thompson John C. Thompson (1790–June 27, 1831) was a Vermont lawyer, politician, and judge who served as a justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1830 until his death. Biography John C. Thompson was born in Westerly, Rhode Island, probably in 1790. ...

(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) John Thompson (July 4, 1809 – June 1, 1890) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Thompson was Born in Rhinebeck, New York. he studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Poughkeepsie, New York. Thompson gra He was elect ...

, 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 (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 (1834–1894), founder of the Grange *

John E. W. Thompson John Edward West Thompson (December 16, 1860 – October 6, 1918) was an American physician and diplomat. His parents were immigrants to New York City from Haiti. In 1884, after graduating from Yale University and studying medicine further in Eu ...

(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. John D. Thompson Jr. (December 17, 1928 – October 15, 1986) was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He was black and died of cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade o ...

(1928–1986), member of the Ohio House of Representatives *

John Thompson (Minnesota politician) John Thompson is an American politician who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for the 67A district from 2021 to 2023. Elected in November 2020, he assumed office on January 5, 2021. Prior to seeking elected office, Thom ...

, 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 (1845–1894), Prime Minister of Canada *

J. Enoch Thompson Chevalier John Enoch Thompson (1846 – November 29, 1932) was a prominent citizen of Toronto. He was a politician, diplomat, writer, and businessman. Biography He was born in Durham, England in 1846 and moved to Toronto in 1870 with his six oth ...

(1846–1932), Canadian politician, diplomat, writer, and businessman *

John W. Thompson (Manitoba politician) John W. Thompson (May 31, 1858 – February 4, 1914) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1910 to 1914, as a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party, Liberal Party. Thompson was born in R ...

(1858–1914), politician in Manitoba, Canada *

John Thompson (Manitoba politician) John William McLeod Thompson (July 18, 1908 in Elkhorn, Manitoba – December 15, 1986 in Winnipeg) was a lawyer, politician and judge in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1953 to 1962 as a Progressive Co ...

(1908–1986), Manitoba provincial cabinet minister *

John Thompson (Alberta politician) John MacKenzie Thompson (March 22, 1924 – November 1, 2016) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1986. Political career Thompson was first elected in the electoral district of Car ...

(1924–2016), Alberta provincial politician

United Kingdom

* John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham (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, 1928–2011), British Labour MP for Wansbeck * John Thomson (diplomat), 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 (1779–1847), British biologist *

John Ashburton Thompson John Ashburton Thompson (1846 – 16 September 1915) was a British-Australian physician and an international authority on plague and leprosy. Thompson, the eldest son of John Thompson, solicitor, was born in England in August 1846. He was e ...

(1846–1915), British-Australian physician *

John Hannay Thompson John Hannay Thompson FRSE MICE (1869–c.1940) was a British civil engineer and technical author. He specialised in harbour works and made studies on the unintentional interaction of ships in the water. Life He was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne ...

(1869 – c. 1940), British harbour engineer *

John McLean Thompson John McLean Thompson FRSE FLS (1888–1977) was a 20th-century Scottish botanist. Life He was born in Rothesay on the isle of Bute in western Scotland on 22 July 1888, the son of Hugh Thompson. He was educated at Rothesay Academy then studied ...

(1888-1977), Scottish botanist * Sir J. Eric S. Thompson (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 Th ...

, 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) John Albert Thompson (May 19, 1927 – May 24, 2022) was an American football executive. He served as the first general manager of the Seattle Seahawks from 1976 to 1982. Early life and education Thompson was born on May 19, 1927, and grew up ...

(1927–2022), American football executive *

John Thompson (tight end) John Washington Thompson, Jr. (born January 18, 1957) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). Thompson was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the ninth round of the 1979 NFL D ...

(born 1957), American football player

Association football

John Thompson (footballer, born 1888) John William Thompson (1888 – after 1911) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger for Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in t ...

(1888–1984), English footballer for Sunderland *

Ernie Thompson (footballer, born 1909) John Ernest Thompson (21 June 1909 – 28 December 1985) was an English association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Born in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, he played for Stakeford United F.C., ...

(John Ernest Thompson, 1909–1985), Manchester United F.C. player in the 1930s *

John Thompson (footballer, born 1932) John Henry Thompson (4 July 1932 – 29 December 2006) was an English footballer who made 50 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Newcastle United and Lincoln City. Thompson was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and bega ...

(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) John Thompson (3 April 1903 – 15 December 1985) was an Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams ...

(1903–1985), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne *

John Thompson (Australian footballer, born 1938) John Laurence Thompson (21 June 1938 – 11 February 1999) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Career Thompson, a centre half-back originally from Benalla, was on a permit from Ar ...

(1938–1999), Australian rules footballer for Richmond

Baseball

* Jocko Thompson (John Samuel Thompson, 1917–1988), Major League Baseball pitcher *

Tug Thompson John Parkinson Thompson (September 5, 1856 – August 1, 1938) was a Major League Baseball player. He played for the 1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings and the 1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers in the American Association American Association may refer to: ...

(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) John Charles Peace Thompson (14 April 1870 – 31 December 1945) was an English cricketer. Thompson's batting style is unknown. He was born at Chester, Cheshire. Thompson made a single first-class appearance for Liverpool and District ...

(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) 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 (born 1932), American mathematician * ...

(c. 1886–c. 1978), rugby union player who represented Australia *

John Thompson (rugby league) John Thompson (3 March 1959) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for Wakefield Trinity ( Heritage No. 860), and York, as a , or , i.e. number 8 or 10, 9, or, 11 or 12, ...

(born 1959), rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s

Other sports

John Garcia Thompson John Garcia Thompson (born 8 June 1979 in Palma, Majorca, Spain) is a British beach volleyball player. , Garcia Thompson is tall and weighs . He competes for the Palma Son Amar club and is coached by Alfredo Zamora. From 2009 to 2010 Garcia Tho ...

(born 1979), British beach volleyball player * John Thompson (boxer) (born 1989), professional boxer

Other

John Thompson (priest) John Thompson BD (d. 23 April 1571) was a Canon of Windsor from 1563 to 1574''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Career He was appointed: *Canon of Gloucester 1552 ...

(died 1571), Canon of Windsor *

John Thompson (journalist) John Brian Thompson (8 June 1928 – 18 May 2017) was a British journalist and radio regulator who was influential in the development of independent radio in the United Kingdom,John Thompson (landscape architect) Burgess Field Nature Park (also known as Burgess Field) is a nature reserve next to Port Meadow, Oxford, in Oxfordshire, England, managed by Oxford City Council. Overview The site is between Port Meadow to the west and the railway line to t ...

(1941–2015), British landscape architect for the city of Oxford * Jack Thompson (activist) (John Bruce Thompson, born 1951), Florida lawyer *

John H. Thompson John H. Thompson (born 1951) is an American statistician and former Director of the United States Census Bureau. In this position, one of his main duties was to oversee preparations for the 2020 United States Census. On May 9, 2017, the Commerce ...

(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) (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 John Rosolu Bankole Thompson (15 December 1936 - 15 May 2021) was a Sierra Leonean judge and jurist who published several studies on the law of Sierra Leone. Bankole Thompson served on the Special Court for Sierra Leone and headed the Commission ...

(1936–2021), Sierra Leonean judge and jurist *

Snowshoe Thompson John Albert Thompson (born Jon Torsteinsson Rue; April 30, 1827 – May 15, 1876), nicknamed Snowshoe Thompson, an early resident of the Sierra Nevada of Nevada and California, was a Norwegian-American considered to be the father of California s ...

(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 ''Connick v. Thompson'', 563 U.S. 51 (2011), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court considered whether a prosecutor's office can be held liable for a single ''Brady'' violation by one of its members on the theory that the office ...

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