David Thompson
David or Dave Thompson may refer to:
Business
- David Thompson (American businessman, born 1798), president of New York Life Insurance & Trust Company
- David Thompson (British businessman), co-founder of Hillsdown Holdings
- G. David Thompson, American investment banker, industrialist, and modern art collector
Entertainment
- Dave Thompson (author), English author, largely dealing with rock and pop music
- Dave Thompson (comedian), English actor and comedian
- David M. Thompson, founder of BBC Films
- David Thompson (singer), lead singer of the Canadian country band Thunder Road
- David Thompson (writer), American writer and playwright
- David W. Thompson, American actor
- Lil' Dave Thompson, American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
- David Thompson, a pen name of American author David L. Robbins
Law
- David R. Thompson, U.S. federal judge
- David N. Thompson, justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
- Sir Dave Thompson (police officer), chief constable of West Midlands Police
Politics
- David Thompson (Canada West politician), entrepreneur and political figure in Canada West
- David P. Thompson, governor of the Idaho Territory, mayor of Portland, Oregon
- David E. Thompson, American diplomat
- David Thompson (Canadian politician), member of the Canadian House of Commons
- Dave Thompson (Scottish politician), Scottish National Party member of the Scottish Parliament for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
- Dave Thompson (Minnesota politician), Minnesota state senator
- David Thompson (Barbadian politician), prime minister of Barbados
Sports
Football and rugby
- David Thompson (footballer, born 1962), former English football player with Rochdale, Notts County, Wigan, Preston and Chester
- David Thompson (footballer, born 1968), English former professional footballer
- David Thompson (footballer, born 1977), former English football player with Liverpool, Coventry, Blackburn, Wigan, Portsmouth and Bolton
- Dave Thompson (footballer, born 1945), English former professional footballer
- Dave Thompson (American football), American football player
- David Thompson (American football), American football player
- David Thompson (rugby league, born 1978), Australian rugby league player
- Dave Thompson (rugby league, born 1995), for Leigh Centurions
Other sports
- David Thompson (basketball), American basketball player
- David Thompson (cricketer), former English cricketer
- David Thompson (baseball), American baseball player
Other fields
- David B. Thompson, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- David D. Thompson, US Space Force general
- David Thompson (New Hampshire settler), founder of the first European settlement in New Hampshire
- David Thompson (explorer), Canadian explorer
- David Thompson (chef), Australian chef
- David Thompson (nurse), British academic nurse and psychologist
- Rosa 'David Thompson', a rose cultivar
- David A. Thompson, American electrical engineer