James Thompson

Arts and sciences

• James Thompson , who produced one of the first maps of York
• James Thompson , American-Finnish crime writer
• James Thompson , Northern Irish inventor and patent holder in the airline seating industry
• James Thompson , who produced the first plat of Chicago
• James Thompson , journalist and local historian
• James D. Thompson, American sociologist, author of Organizations in Action
• James Edwin Thompson, English born American surgeon
• James Matthew Thompson, English historian and theologian
• James Maurice Thompson, American novelist
• James R. Thompson Jr., known as J.R. Thompson, former director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, 1986–1989
• James R. Thompson , American statistician
• James Westfall Thompson, American historian
• Jamie Thompson, Canadian musician
• Jim Thompson , American author and screenwriter, known for his pulp crime fiction
• Jimmy Thompson , British actor
• Jimmy Thompson , Canadian artist in the Golden Age of Comics
• Uncle Jimmy Thompson, country music pioneer

  Business

• James Pyke Thompson, English corn merchant and philanthropist
• James Walter Thompson, American advertiser and namesake of the JWT advertising agency
• Jim Thompson , revived the Thai silk industry
• James E. Thompson, founder, chairman and chief executive of The Crown Worldwide Group

  Military

• James Thompson , recipient of the Victoria Cross
• James Thompson of brothers Allen and James Thompson, American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• Floyd James Thompson, America's longest-held POW; spent almost 9 years in POW camps in Vietnam
• James B. Thompson, American soldier who fought in the American Civil War
• James E. Thompson Jr., U.S. Army general
• James H. Thompson, American soldier, surgeon and recipient of the Medal of Honor

  Politics

• James Thompson , congressman and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• James Thompson, congressional candidate in Kansas in 2018
• James Thompson , member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1856–1857
• James Banford Thompson, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1877–1881
• James G. Thompson , New York politician
• James Thompson , Acting Governor of Madras
• James T. Thompson, mayor of Birkenhead, England, c. 1899
• James A. Thompson , New York state senator
• James Frederick Thompson, member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
• James R. Thompson, known as Jim Thompson, governor of Illinois and member of the 9/11 Commission
• James A. Thompson, mayor of Sugar Land, Texas
• James Harold Thompson, American politician in Florida
• Jim Thompson, member of the Oregon House of Representatives
• Jim Thompson, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
• James E. W. Thompson, Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
• James Thompson, member of the Bahamas Parliament
• James Thompson, member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament

  Religion

• James Thompson , Catholic priest hanged under Elizabeth I
• James Denton Thompson, Bishop of Sodor and Man
• Jim Thompson , Anglican bishop of Stepney and Bath and Wells

  Sports and games

Association football

• James Thompson , English footballer, manager and scout
• Jimmy Thompson , English footballer
• Jimmy Thompson, English footballer
• Jimmy Thompson , English footballer

  Rugby

• Jimmy Thompson , British rugby league footballer
• Jim Thompson , Scottish rugby union player
• James Thompson , New Zealand rugby union player

  Water sports

• James Thompson , Canadian swimmer at the 1928 Olympics
• James Thompson , South African rower
• Jim Thompson , manager of three-time Harmsworth Trophy winner Miss Supertest III
• Jim Thompson , American businessman and Olympic sailor

  Other sports and games

• James Thompson , American chess master
• James Thompson , Nevisian cricketer
• Jim Thomson, Canadian ice hockey player
• James Thompson , English racing driver
• James Thompson , English mixed martial artist
• James Thompson , English table tennis player
• J. B. Thompson, co-creator of the laws of Australian rules football
• Jim Thompson , founder and executive director of Positive Coaching Alliance and author
• James Thompson , American judoka
• Sandy Thompson, American baseball player

  Other

• James Thompson
• Jimmy Thompson , Mississippi executioner active from 1940 to 1950
• James Richard "Ricky" Thompson Jr., perpetrator of the murders of John Goosey and Stacy Barnett