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Thompson can refer to: Image File history File links Derived from public domain images featured at: http://commons. ... Image File history File links Mergefrom. ... There are several men named David Thompson: David Thompson (explorer, early American settler) (c1592-1628), first European settler of New Hampshire David Thompson (explorer) (1770-1857), Canadian explorer David Thompson (politician) (1836-1886), former member of the Canadian House of Commons David Thompson (basketball) (b. ... Image File history File links Mergefrom. ... Thomas L. Thompson may refer to: Thomas Larkin Thompson (1838–1898), U.S. Representative from California Thomas L. Thompson (born 1939), American-Danish biblical scholar Categories: | ...

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People

Well-known individuals whose surname is or was Thompson include: A family name, or surname, is that part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. ...

• Ahmir Khalib Thompson (b. 1971), aka ?uestlove, African-American musician, DJ, and record producer
• Alden Thompson, Christian theologian
• Archie Thompson, Australian football (soccer) player for Melbourne Victory
• Barry Thompson
• Ben Thompson (1842–1884), gunfighter and gambler
• Benjamin Thompson (1753–1814), Anglo-American physicist, usually called "Count Rumford"
• Burnett Thompson American musician
• Cameron Thompson, Australian politician
• D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860–1948), Scottish biologist and mathematician
• Dave Thompson, British standup comedian
• David Thompson (explorer) (1770–1857), Canadian explorer
• David M. Thompson (b. 1951), American music theorist
• Daley Thompson (b. 1958), twice Olympic Gold Medalist in the decathlon
• Duncan Thompson, Australian rugby league footballer
• Eddie Thompson, Scottish businessman and chairman of Dundee United F.C.
• Edward Thompson (1881–1949), English steam locomotive engineer for the LNER
• Emma Thompson (b. 1959), British actress
• E. P. Thompson (1924–1993), British 'new-left' historian
• Fred Dalton Thompson (b. 1942), Former U.S. Senator (Tennessee), film/TV actor, candidate for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
• Francis Thompson (1859–1907), English poet
• Georgia Thompson
• Georgie Thompson
• Greg Thompson
• Gregg Thompson, Australian astronomer
• Gregg Thompson, U. S. soccer player
• Lady Gwen Thompson
• Lea Thompson
• Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005), U.S. journalist and author
• Jack Thompson (attorney) (b. 1951), U.S. Lawyer and anti-videogame activist
• James R. Thompson (b. 1936), longest-serving governor of State of Illinois
• Jim Thompson (writer) (1906–1977), U.S. pulp fiction writer
• Jonathan Thompson British television presenter, actor and entrepreneur
• John B. Thompson, Cambridge sociologist
• John Thompson (Manitoba politician) (b. 1908), Manitoba Provincial Cabinet Minister
• John Thompson (b. 1941), All-America basketball player and top-notch basketball coach for Georgetown University
• John G. Thompson (b. 1932), U.S. mathematician, Fields Medal winner
• John Sparrow David Thompson (1845–1894), former Prime Minister of Canada
• John W. Thompson (b. 1949), CEO of Symantec
• Kate Thompson (author), author of The New Policeman
• Ken Thompson (computer programmer) (b. 1943), U.S. computer scientist
• Kenan Thompson, American actor
• LaMarcus Adna Thompson (1848–1919), known for his early work developing roller coasters, sometimes called the "Father of Gravity"
• Lee Jay Thompson (b. 1947), the saxophonist of Madness
• Llewellyn Thompson, U.S. Ambassador to Austria and Soviet Union
• Libby Thompson (1855–1953), frontier prostitute and madam
• Lincoln Thompson, a Jamaican reggae artist
• Linda Chavez-Thompson, an American union leader
• Mickey Thompson renowned race car driver, promoter
• Mychal Thompson
• Paul Thompson (ice hockey b. 1906), former ice hockey player
• Paul Thompson (ice hockey b. 1968), former Guildford Flames Captain
• Paul Thompson (football), quarterback for the University of Oklahoma Sooners
• Paul Thompson (musician) (Roxy Music)
• Paul Thompson (professor), a management professor at the university of Strathclyde
• Paul Thompson, author of The Terror Timeline
• Paul B. Thompson, fantasy writer
• Paul "Porl" Thompson (musician) (The Cure)
• Reginald Campbell Thompson (1876–1941), a British archaeologist and epigraphist
• Richard Thompson, British musician
• Rob Thompson (musician)
• Sir Robert Grainger Ker Thompson (1916–1992), a member of Wingate's Chindits, a counter-insurgency expert and author
• Ruth Thompson, first female state representative of Michigan, first female U.S. Representative from Michigan
• Saige Thompson, an American actress
• Sarah Thompson (born 1979), an American actress
• Scott Thompson (b. 1959), Canadian television comedian
• Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916), English physicist
• Susanna Thompson (b. 1958), American television and film actress
• Syd'quan Thompson, defensive back for Cal Golden Bears
• Thompson, his views about atom
• Thomas L. Thompson, Old Testament scholar
• Tiny Thompson
• Tommy Thompson, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, one-time candidate for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
• Marko "Thompson" Perkovic, Croatian musician

?uestlove (born Ahmir Khalib Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is the drummer, producer and arranger for the Roots. ... Alden L. Thompson is a Seventh-day Adventist theologian. ... Archibald Archie Gerald Thompson (born October 23, 1978 in Otorohanga, New Zealand) is an Australian football (soccer) player, currently playing for the Melbourne Victory in the Australian A-League, where he holds the all time scoring record for the competition. ... Barry Thompson Barry (Baz) Thompson plays lead and rhythm guitar in Bolt Thrower on all albums. ... Ben Thompson, born in Knottingley, Yorkshire, England on November 11, 1842. ... For other persons named Benjamin Thompson, see Benjamin Thompson (disambiguation). ... Burnett Thompson, is a Pianist, composer, and educator. ... Cameron Paul Thompson (born 1 October 1960), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Blair, Queensland. ... DArcy Wentworth Thompson (May 2, 1860- June 21, 1948) was a biologist and mathematician and the author of the 1917 book, On Growth and Form, an influential work of striking originality. ... Dave Thompson was born in Sydney, Australia but has lived in North America for the past 6 years. ... David Thompson (April 30, 1770 – February 10, 1857), was an English-Canadian map-maker and explorer, known to native peoples as the Stargazer. He was born in London to Welsh parents, and died in Montreal (now Quebec, then Canada East in the Province of Canada). ... Francis Morgan Thompson, CBE (born July 30, 1958 in Worcester Park), known commonly as Daley Thompson, is a former English decathlete and arguably the greatest the world had ever seen. ... Duncan Fulton Thompson MBE (born 14 March 1895 in Warwick, Queensland, died 17 May 1980 in Auchenflower, Queensland) was an Australian rugby league footballer, coach and administrator. ... Eddie Thompson is the Chairman of Scottish football club Dundee United, assuming control of Dundee United in September 2002. ... Edward Thompson (1881-1949) was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway between 1941 and 1946. ... Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is an Emmy-, BAFTA- and Academy Award-winning English actress, comedian, and screenwriter. ... Edward Palmer Thompson (February 3, 1924 - August 28, 1993), was an English historian, socialist and peace campaigner. ... For the silent movie actor, see Fred Thomson. ... Francis Thompson (December 18, 1859–November 13, 1907) was an English poet born in Preston, Lancashire. ... Georgia L. Thompson (born ca. ... Georgina Georgie Thompson is a British broadcast journalist and television presenter for Sky Sports and Sky Sports News. ... Gregory Francis Thompson (born March 28, 1947 in St. ... Gregg D. Thompson of Brisbane, Australia is an amateur astronomer and the executive director of the Dreamtech Designs and Productions company. ... Gregg Thompson is a retired U.S. soccer player who coaches youth clubs. ... Lady Gwen Thompson (September 16, 1928 – May 22, 1986) was the craft name, or pseudonym of Wiccan author Phyllis Thompson, born Phyllis Healy. ... Lea Thompson in Back to the Future. ... Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. ... John Bruce “Jack” Thompson (born July 25, 1951) is an American attorney and activist, based in Coral Gables, Florida. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... James Myers Thompson (September 27, 1906, Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory–April 7, 1977, Los Angeles, California) was an American writer of short stories, screenplays and novels, largely of the pulp fiction kind. ... Jonathan Thompson, born in Salford, Greater Manchester, November 1976 is a British television presenter, actor and entrepreneur. ... There are two John B. Thompson entries: Jack Thompson (attorney) John Burton Thompson ... John William McLeod Thompson , BA, LLB, (born July 18, 1908 in Elkhorn, Manitoba; died December 15, 1986 in Winnipeg) was a lawyer, politician and Judge in Manitoba, Canada. ... John Thompson is the name of: // Academics Sir John Eric Sidney Thompson (1898–1975), English archeologist and Mayan scholar John G. Thompson (b. ... John Griggs Thompson (born 13 Oct 1932) is a mathematician noted for his work in the field of finite groups. ... Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, KCMG, PC, QC, (November 10, 1845 – December 12, 1894) was a Canadian lawyer and judge who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Canada from December 5, 1892 to December 12, 1894 as well as Premier of Nova Scotia in 1882. ... John W. Thompson was the former vice-president at IBM and the current CEO of Symantec. ... Kate Thompson is an award-winning writer for children and adults (not to be confused with the Irish romantic novelist of the same name). ... Ken Thompson Kenneth Thompson (born February 4, 1943) is a pioneer of computer science notable for his contributions to the development of the C programming language and the UNIX operating system. ... Kenan Thompson (born May 10, 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia), is an American actor and comedian. ... Ohio born American LaMarcus Adna Thompson (March 8, 1848 - May 8, 1919) is best known for his early work developing rollercoasters, and is sometimes called the Although over his lifetime, LaMarcus accumulated nearly thirty patents related to roller-coaster technologies and built dozens of coasters in the US, he did... Lee Jay Thompson (b. ... Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr. ... Mary Elizabeth Libby Thompson (1855-1953) was a prostitute and dance hall girl who worked in Dodge City, Kansas and other frontier cattle towns during the 1870s. ... Prince Lincoln Thompson, known as Sax, was a Jamaican singer, musician and songwriter with the reggae band the Royal Rasses, and a member of the Rastafari movement. ... Linda Chavez-Thompson (born August 3, 1944, in Lubbock, Texas) is a Hispanic-American trade union leader. ... Mickey Thompson, born December 7, 1928 - died March 16, 1988, was an American racing legend. ... Mychal Thompson (born January 30, 1955 in Nassau, Bahamas), is a Bahamian American former National Basketball Association player who was the #1 pick in the 1978 NBA Draft. ... Paul Ivan Thompson (born November 2, 1906 in Calgary, Alberta - September 13, 1991) was a Canadian ice hockey forward. ... Paul Thompson (Born May 6, 1968) is a former Canadian ice hockey defenceman from Manitoba. ... Paul Thompson (born November 23, 1983 in Leander, Texas) is an American collegiate football player for the University of Oklahoma Sooners. ... Paul Thompson was the drummer of Roxy Music from 1971-1980. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Paul Thompson is the author of The Terror Timeline, A Comprehensive Chronicle of the Road to 9/11 and Americas Response. ... Paul B. Thompson is a writer who mainly writes science fiction and fantasy. ... Porl Thompson (born Paul Stephen Thompson on November 8, 1957 in Wimbledon, England) is an English musician best known for his work with The Cure. ... Reginald Campbell Thompson (1876-1941) was a British archaeologist, assyriologist, and cuneiformist. ... For other persons named Richard Thompson, see Richard Thompson (disambiguation). ... Rob Thompson is a Canadian musician from the Okanagan valley, near Naramata. ... Sir Robert Grainger Ker Thompson (1916–1992) KBE, CMG, DSO, MC, was a British soldier and counter-insurgency expert. ... For the writer of childrens stories, see Ruth Plumly Thompson. ... Saige Thompson is an american actress. ... Sarah Thompson (born October 25, 1979 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. ... Scott Thompson (born June 12, 1959) is a Canadian television comedian, best known for his time as a member of the comedy troupe Kids in the Hall. ... Silvanus Phillips Thompson (June 19, 1851 – June 12, 1916). ... Susanna Thompson as Lenara Kahn in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Sydquan Thompson (born February 7, 1987 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) is a cornerback for the California Golden Bears. ... Thomas L. Thompson is a Baháí[1] American biblical theologian, born Jan 7, 1939 in Detroit Michigan. ... Tiny Thompson (May 31, 1905 in Sandon, British Columbia - February 9, 1981) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goalie who played for the Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings. ... Tommy George Thompson (born November 19, 1941), a United States politician, was the 7th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin. ... Marko Perković. Marko Perković is a popular Croatian singer. ...

Nations and languages

• Thompson River Salish, a Canadian First Nation in south central British Columbia
• Thompson language (Thompson River Salish), a Salishan language spoken by the Thompson people of British Columbia

The Thompson River Salish (also Thompson, Thompson Salish, Thompson River) are an Interior Salishan people in southern British Columbia and northern Washington. ... The Thompson language, properly known as Nlakapamuctsin or the Nlakapamux language, is an Interior Salishan language spoken in the Fraser Canyon, Thompson Canyon, Nicola Country of the Canadian province of British Columbia, and also (historically) in the North Cascades region of Whatcom and Chelan counties of the state...

Things

• USS Thompson, two U.S. Navy destroyers
• Thompson submachine gun
• Thompson v. Johnson County Community College in Oklahoma
• Rothmund-Thompson's syndrome, a hereditary and familial disease
• Thomson and Thompson (Dupont et Dupond), the two clumsy detectives from the Tintin series
• Thompson Twins, English 1980s neoromantic rock band
• Thompson (band), a Croatian rock band
• Sadie Thompson, a 1928 film about a "fallen woman" which was remade several times
• Aarne-Thompson classification system of folk stories
• Thompson TO 7, a French microcomputer

Two destroyers of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Thompson. ... For the Clash song, see Tommy Gun (song). ... Thompson v. ... Rothmund-Thompsons syndrome is a hereditary and familial disease characterized by short stature, cataracts, pigmentation of skin, baldness, abnormalities of bones, nails and teeth. ... Thomson and Thompson (Dupont et Dupond) This wooden toy depicts Thompson, albeit without his characteristic bowler hat. ... The Thompson Twins were an English New Wave/pop band normally associated with the 1980s. ... It has been suggested that Marko Perković be merged into this article or section. ... Sadie Thompson is a 1928 film which tells the story of a fallen woman who comes to Pago Pago on the island of Tutuila to start a new life, but encounters a zealous missionary who wants to force her back to her former life in San Francisco. ... Antti Aarne (1867 - 1925) was a Finnish folklorist, who developed the initial version of what became the Aarne-Thompson classification system of classifying folktales, first published in 1910. ...

See also

• John Thompson
• Thomson (disambiguation)
• Thomsen

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