John Thompson

Academics

• J. A. Thompson, Australian biblical scholar
• John D. Thompson, nurse and professor at the Yale School of Public Health
• John G. Thompson, American mathematician
• John Thompson , professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Huddersfield
• John Thompson, professor at Cambridge
• John Herd Thompson, Canadian historian
• John N. Thompson, American evolutionary biologist

  Business

• John Thompson , American banker
• John Fairfield Thompson, chairman of Inco
• John L. Thompson, Iowa journalist and businessman
• John Philp Thompson Sr., American businessman with 7-Eleven
• John Thompson , non-executive chairman of the board of Toronto-Dominion Bank
• John W. Thompson, chairman of the board of Microsoft
• John Thompson, a company based in Wolverhampton

  Entertainment

• John Thompson , member of the King's Men in the 1621–1631 era
• John Thompson , English wood engraver
• John Reuben Thompson, American poet, journalist, editor and publisher
• John Edward Thompson, American artist
• John Sylvanus Thompson, American pianist
• John Thompson , Australian poet and broadcaster
• J. Lee Thompson, English film director, screenwriter, and producer
• John Thompson , American poet, critic, professor
• Johnny Thompson, Las Vegas illusionist
• John Thompson , Canadian poet
• John Cargill Thompson, Scottish dramatist
• John Douglas Thompson, actor
• John Dall Thompson, American actor
• John Thompson Productions, a German pornographic film studio established in 1997
• * John Thompson , producer and director of John Thompson Productions

  Military

• John Thompson , British navy officer
• John Thompson , American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• John Thompson , American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• John T. Thompson, inventor of the Thompson submachine gun
• John Marlow Thompson, British Second World War Ace and Battle of Britain pilot
• John Thompson , former Royal Air Force officer
• John F. Thompson , U.S. Air Force general

  Politics

United States

• John Thompson , registrar of lands and judge
• John C. Thompson, Vermont lawyer, politician, and judge
• John H. Thompson, Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1824–1828
• John Thompson, US congressman from New York
• John Thompson, US congressman from New York
• John Burton Thompson, Whig politician from Kentucky
• John Martin Thompson, lumberman and civic leader
• John McCandless Thompson, US congressman from Pennsylvania
• John R. Thompson, founder of the Grange
• John E. W. Thompson, American diplomat
• John F. Thompson , Massachusetts state Speaker of the House
• John D. Thompson Jr., member of the Ohio House of Representatives
• John Thompson, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• John Thompson , U.S. congressman from Ohio, member of the Ohio Senate and House of Representatives
• John W. Thompson , member of the Iowa House of Representatives, Iowa Senate, and mayor of Davenport, Iowa

  Canada

• John Hall Thompson, Canadian court commissioner and political figure
• Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, Prime Minister of Canada
• J. Enoch Thompson, Canadian politician, diplomat, writer, and businessman
• John W. Thompson , politician in Manitoba, Canada
• John Thompson , Manitoba provincial cabinet minister
• John Thompson , Alberta provincial politician

  United Kingdom

• John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham, English politician
• John Thompson , British Member of Parliament for East Somerset, 1906–1910
• Jack Thompson , British Labour MP for Wansbeck
• John Thomson , British ambassador to Angola

  Other

• John Malbon Thompson, Australian politician, MLA for Queensland

  Science

• John Vaughan Thompson, British biologist
• John Ashburton Thompson, British-Australian physician
• John Hannay Thompson, British harbour engineer
• John McLean Thompson, Scottish botanist
• Sir J. Eric S. Thompson, English archeologist and Mayan scholar
• John Edd Thompson, American meteorologist

  Sports

American football

• John Thompson , former defensive coordinator for the Ole Miss football team
• John Thompson , American football executive
• John Thompson , American football player

  Association football

• John Thompson , English footballer for Sunderland
• Ernie Thompson , Manchester United F.C. player in the 1930s
• John Thompson , English football goalkeeper who played for Newcastle United and Lincoln City
• John Thompson, Irish professional footballer

  Australian football

• John Thompson , Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne
• John Thompson , Australian rules footballer for Richmond

  Baseball

• Jocko Thompson, Major League Baseball pitcher
• Tug Thompson, Major League Baseball outfielder

  Basketball

• John Thompson , American basketball player and Hall of Fame coach at Georgetown University
• John Thompson III, his son, also former basketball coach at Georgetown
• Cat Thompson, American basketball player

  Cricket

• John Thompson , English cricketer
• John Thompson , English cricketer

  Rugby

• John Thompson , rugby union player who represented Australia
• John Thompson , rugby union player who represented Ireland
• John Thompson , rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s

  Other sports

• John Garcia Thompson, British beach volleyball player
• John Thompson , professional boxer

  Other

• John Thompson , Canon of Windsor
• John Thompson, American Californian bishop
• John Thompson , British journalist
• John Thompson , British landscape architect for the city of Oxford
• Jack Thompson , Florida lawyer
• John H. Thompson , American statistician, Census Director
• John Thompson, convict of the colony of New South Wales
• John Thompson , inventor of the Lingo programming language
• John Thompson , Scottish-born arsonist responsible for the Denmark Place fire
• Sir John Thompson , British barrister and judge
• John Rosolu Bankole Thompson, Sierra Leonean judge and jurist
• Snowshoe Thompson, mail carrier across the Sierras
• John Thompson, exonerated death row inmate, party in 2011 United States Supreme Court case ''Connick v. Thompson''