Dennis Thompson (other)
Dennis Thompson may refer to: *Dennis Thompson (drummer) (1948–2024), drummer with the MC5 * Dennis Thompson (footballer) (1925–1986), English footballer who played for Sheffield United and Southend United *Dennis F. Thompson Dennis Frank Thompson (12 May 1940 - 30 March 2025) was a political scientist and professor at Harvard University, where he founded the university-wide Center for Ethics and the Professions (now the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics). Thomps ...

Dennis Thompson (drummer)
Dennis Thompson (born Dennis Andrew Tomich; September 7, 1948 – May 9, 2024) was an American drummer known for playing with the 1960s–70s Detroit proto-punk/hard rock group MC5, which had a No. 82 US single with " Kick Out the Jams" and a No. 30 US album with the same name. Biography Thompson was born Dennis Andrew Tomich in Detroit in 1948. He began playing drums by the time he was nine years old. Joining the MC5 by 1965, Thompson was later given the nickname "Machine Gun" because of his "assault" style of fast, hard-hitting drumming that sonically resembles the sound of his namesake Thompson machine gun (commonly referred to as a "Tommy Gun"). His drumming pre-figured and influenced punk, metal, and hardcore punk drumming styles. After MC5 broke up in the early 1970s, Thompson was a member of the 1975–1976 Los Angeles–based supergroup The New Order, the 1981 Australia-based supergroup New Race, The Motor City Bad Boys, and The Secrets. In 2001, he guested fo ...
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Dennis Thompson (footballer)
Dennis Thompson (2 June 1925 – 10 June 1986) was an English footballer who played as a forward. Born in Sheffield, Thompson was already an England schoolboy international when he joined Sheffield United on amateur terms in March 1939. Employed as a member of the ground staff, Thompson was sent to play for two of United's feeder clubs, Woodbourne Alliance and Fulwood. With league football suspended during World War II, Thompson became a regular player for the club's reserve team before making his first-team debut in 1941 (playing in the unofficial wartime league), becoming the club's youngest ever player to that point, being only 16 years and 103 days old. Thompson enlisted not long after making his debut and served with the Durham Light Infantry, but continued to make occasional appearances for United when not on active duty, as well as making guest appearances for Rotherham United, Lincoln City and Crystal Palace. Wounded while on active duty in Germany in 1945, Thompson r ...
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