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 (business academic), professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Huddersfield
• John Thompson (sociologist), professor at Cambridge
• John Herd Thompson, Canadian historian
• John N. Thompson, American evolutionary biologist

Business

• John Thompson (American banker), 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 (Canadian banker), non-executive chairman of the board of Toronto-Dominion Bank
• John W. Thompson, chairman of the board of Microsoft
• John Thompson (company), a company based in Wolverhampton

Entertainment

• John Thompson (actor), member of the King's Men in the 1621–1631 era
• John Thompson (engraver), 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), Australian poet and broadcaster
• J. Lee Thompson, English film director, screenwriter, and producer
• John Thompson (writer, born 1918), American poet, critic, professor
• Johnny Thompson, Las Vegas illusionist
• John Thompson (Canadian poet), 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), producer and director of John Thompson Productions

Military

• John Thompson (Royal Navy officer), British navy officer
• John Thompson (soldier, born 1838), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• John Thompson (soldier, born 1842), 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 (RAF officer), former Royal Air Force officer
• John F. Thompson (general), U.S. Air Force general

Politics

United States

• John Thompson (Louisiana judge), registrar of lands and judge
• John C. Thompson, Vermont lawyer, politician, and judge
• John H. Thompson (politician), Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1824–1828
• John Thompson (1749–1823), US congressman from New York
• John Thompson (1809–1890), 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 (politician), Massachusetts state Speaker of the House
• John D. Thompson Jr., member of the Ohio House of Representatives
• John Thompson (Minnesota politician), member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• John Thompson (Ohio politician), U.S. congressman from Ohio, member of the Ohio Senate and House of Representatives
• John W. Thompson (Iowa politician), 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 (Manitoba politician), politician in Manitoba, Canada
• John Thompson (Manitoba politician), Manitoba provincial cabinet minister
• John Thompson (Alberta politician), Alberta provincial politician

United Kingdom

• John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham, English politician
• John Thompson (Liberal politician), British Member of Parliament for East Somerset, 1906–1910
• Jack Thompson (politician), British Labour MP for Wansbeck
• John Thomson (diplomat), 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 (American football coach), former defensive coordinator for the Ole Miss football team
• John Thompson (American football executive), American football executive
• John Thompson (tight end), American football player

Association football

• John Thompson (footballer, born 1888), English footballer for Sunderland
• Ernie Thompson (footballer, born 1909), Manchester United F.C. player in the 1930s
• John Thompson (footballer, born 1932), English football goalkeeper who played for Newcastle United and Lincoln City
• John Thompson (footballer, born 1981), Irish professional footballer

Australian football

• John Thompson (Australian footballer, born 1903), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne
• John Thompson (Australian footballer, born 1938), Australian rules footballer for Richmond

Baseball

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

Basketball

• John Thompson (basketball), 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 (cricketer, born 1870), English cricketer
• John Thompson (cricketer, born 1918), English cricketer

Rugby

• John Thompson (rugby union, born 1886), rugby union player who represented Australia
• John Thompson (rugby union, born 1898), rugby union player who represented Ireland
• John Thompson (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s

Other sports

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

Other

• John Thompson (priest), Canon of Windsor
• John Thompson (bishop), American Californian bishop
• John Thompson (journalist), British journalist
• John Thompson (landscape architect), British landscape architect for the city of Oxford
• Jack Thompson (activist), Florida lawyer
• John H. Thompson (statistician), American statistician, Census Director
• John Thompson (convict), convict of the colony of New South Wales
• John Thompson (inventor), inventor of the Lingo programming language
• John Thompson (mass murderer), Scottish-born arsonist responsible for the Denmark Place fire
• Sir John Thompson (judge), 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''