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
  • John Thompson (business academic) (fl. 1990s–2010s), professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Huddersfield
  • John Thompson (sociologist), professor at Cambridge
  • John Herd Thompson (1946–2019), Canadian historian
  • John N. Thompson (born 1951), American evolutionary biologist

Business

  • John Thompson (American banker) (1802–1891), American banker
  • John Fairfield Thompson (1881–1968), chairman of Inco
  • John L. Thompson (1869–1930), Iowa journalist and businessman
  • John Philp Thompson Sr. (1925–2003), American businessman with 7-Eleven
  • John Thompson (Canadian banker) (born 1942), non-executive chairman of the board of Toronto-Dominion Bank
  • John W. Thompson (born 1949), chairman of the board of Microsoft
  • John Thompson (company), a company based in Wolverhampton

Entertainment

  • John Thompson (actor) (died 1634), member of the King's Men in the 1621–1631 era
  • John Thompson (engraver) (1785–1866), English wood engraver
  • John Reuben Thompson (1823–1873), American poet, journalist, editor and publisher
  • John Edward Thompson (1882–1945), American artist
  • John Sylvanus Thompson (1889–1963), American pianist
  • John Thompson (Australian poet) (1907–1968), Australian poet and broadcaster
  • J. Lee Thompson (1914–2002), English film director, screenwriter, and producer
  • John Thompson (writer, born 1918) (1918–2002), American poet, critic, professor
  • Johnny Thompson (1934–2019), Las Vegas illusionist
  • John Thompson (Canadian poet) (1938–1976), Canadian poet
  • John Cargill Thompson (1938–2000), Scottish dramatist
  • John Douglas Thompson (born 1964), actor
  • John Dall Thompson (1920–1971), American actor
  • John Thompson Productions, a German pornographic film studio established in 1997
  • John Thompson (producer) (born 1945), producer and director of John Thompson Productions

Military

  • John Thompson (Royal Navy officer) (1776–1864), British navy officer
  • John Thompson (soldier, born 1838) (1838–1915), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
  • John Thompson (soldier, born 1842) (1842–?), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
  • John T. Thompson (1860–1940), inventor of the Thompson submachine gun
  • John Marlow Thompson (1914–1994), British Second World War Ace and Battle of Britain pilot
  • John Thompson (RAF officer) (1947–2023), former Royal Air Force officer
  • John F. Thompson (general) (fl. 1980s–2020s), U.S. Air Force general

Politics

United States

  • John Thompson (Louisiana judge) (died 1810), registrar of lands and judge
  • John C. Thompson (1790–1831), 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 (1810–1874), Whig politician from Kentucky
  • John Martin Thompson (1829–1907), lumberman and civic leader
  • John McCandless Thompson (1829–1903), US congressman from Pennsylvania
  • John R. Thompson (1834–1894), founder of the Grange
  • John E. W. Thompson (1860–1918), American diplomat
  • John F. Thompson (politician) (1920–1965), Massachusetts state Speaker of the House
  • John D. Thompson Jr. (1928–1986), member of the Ohio House of Representatives
  • John Thompson (Minnesota politician), member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
  • John Thompson (Ohio politician) (1780–1852), U.S. congressman from Ohio, member of the Ohio Senate and House of Representatives
  • John W. Thompson (Iowa politician) (1823–1883), member of the Iowa House of Representatives, Iowa Senate, and mayor of Davenport, Iowa

Canada

  • John Hall Thompson (1810–1893), Canadian court commissioner and political figure
  • Sir John Sparrow David Thompson (1845–1894), Prime Minister of Canada
  • J. Enoch Thompson (1846–1932), Canadian politician, diplomat, writer, and businessman
  • John W. Thompson (Manitoba politician) (1858–1914), politician in Manitoba, Canada
  • John Thompson (Manitoba politician) (1908–1986), Manitoba provincial cabinet minister
  • John Thompson (Alberta politician) (1924–2016), Alberta provincial politician

United Kingdom

  • John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham (c. 1648–1710), English politician
  • John Thompson (Liberal politician) (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) (1927–2018), British ambassador to Angola

Other

  • John Malbon Thompson (1830–1908), Australian politician, MLA for Queensland

Science

  • John Vaughan Thompson (1779–1847), British biologist
  • John Ashburton Thompson (1846–1915), British-Australian physician
  • John Hannay Thompson (1869–c. 1940), British harbour engineer
  • John McLean Thompson (1888–1977), Scottish botanist
  • Sir J. Eric S. Thompson (John Eric Sidney Thompson, 1898–1975), English archeologist and Mayan scholar
  • John Edd Thompson (1942/1943–2025), American meteorologist

Sports

American football

  • John Thompson (American football coach) (born 1955), former defensive coordinator for the Ole Miss football team
  • John Thompson (American football executive) (1927–2022), American football executive
  • John Thompson (tight end) (born 1957), American football player

Association football

  • John Thompson (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1984), English footballer for Sunderland
  • Ernie Thompson (footballer, born 1909) (John Ernest Thompson, 1909–1985), Manchester United F.C. player in the 1930s
  • John Thompson (footballer, born 1932) (1932–2006), 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) (1903–1985), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne
  • John Thompson (Australian footballer, born 1938) (1938–1999), Australian rules footballer for Richmond

Baseball

  • Jocko Thompson (John Samuel Thompson, 1917–1988), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Tug Thompson (John Parkinson Thompson, 1856–1938), Major League Baseball outfielder

Basketball

  • John Thompson (basketball) (1941–2020), American basketball player and Hall of Fame coach at Georgetown University
  • John Thompson III (born 1966), his son, also former basketball coach at Georgetown
  • Cat Thompson (John Ashworth Thompson, 1906–1990), American basketball player

Cricket

  • John Thompson (cricketer, born 1870) (1870–1945), English cricketer
  • John Thompson (cricketer, born 1918) (1918–2010), English cricketer

Rugby

  • John Thompson (rugby union, born 1886) (c. 1886–c. 1978), rugby union player who represented Australia
  • John Thompson (rugby union, born 1898) (1898–1951), rugby union player who represented Ireland
  • John Thompson (rugby league) (born 1959), rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s

Other sports

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

Other

  • John Thompson (priest) (died 1571), Canon of Windsor
  • John Thompson (bishop), American Californian bishop
  • John Thompson (journalist) (1928–2017), British journalist
  • John Thompson (landscape architect) (1941–2015), British landscape architect for the city of Oxford
  • Jack Thompson (activist) (John Bruce Thompson, born 1951), Florida lawyer
  • John H. Thompson (statistician) (1951–2025), American statistician, Census Director
  • John Thompson (convict), convict of the colony of New South Wales
  • John Thompson (inventor) (born 1959), inventor of the Lingo programming language
  • John Thompson (mass murderer) (1938–2008), Scottish-born arsonist responsible for the Denmark Place fire
  • Sir John Thompson (judge) (1907–1995), British barrister and judge
  • John Rosolu Bankole Thompson (1936–2021), Sierra Leonean judge and jurist
  • Snowshoe Thompson (John Albert Thompson, 1827–1876), mail carrier across the Sierras
  • John Thompson, exonerated death row inmate, party in 2011 United States Supreme Court case Connick v. Thompson

See also

  • Jon Thompson (disambiguation)
  • John Thomson (disambiguation)
  • Jack Thompson (disambiguation)
  • Jonathan Thompson (disambiguation)
  • Thompson (disambiguation)