Peter Thompson may refer to:

Sports

Peter Thompson (cricketer) Peter Thompson (born 12 March 1965) is a Barbadian cricketer. He played in two first-class and four List A matches for the Barbados cricket team in 1992/93 and 1993/94. See also * List of Barbadian representative cricketers This is a list of ...

(born 1965), Barbadian cricketer *

Peter Thompson (footballer, born 1942) Peter Thompson (27 November 1942 Carlisle – 30 December 2018) was an English professional footballer. Thompson was known for his speedy and electric style of play. Thompson made 560 appearances in the English Football League, playing for P ...

(1942–2018), English football outside left *

Peter Thompson (footballer, born 1936) Peter Thompson (born 16 February 1936) is an English former footballer who played as a centre forward. He played most of his career as a full professional in the English Football League, however did make appearances for England Amateur during ...

(born 1936), English football centre forward *

Peter Thompson (Northern Ireland footballer) Peter Thompson (born 2 May 1984) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Besides Northern Ireland, he has played in England. He was capped 8 times by Northern Ireland. Club career Linfield Thompson made h ...

(born 1984), Northern Irish football player * Peter Thompson (rugby union, born 1926) (1926–1997), Australian rugby union player * Peter Thompson (rugby union, born 1929) (born 1929), English rugby union player

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Peter Thompson (antiquarian) Sir Peter Thompson (30 October 1698 – 31 October 1770) was an English merchant, collector and MP. He was a younger son of Captain Thomas Thompson of Poole, Dorset. He became an eminent merchant in Bermondsey, London, trading in Hamburg and N ...

(1698–1770), merchant, MP and collector from Poole *

Peter Thompson (Medal of Honor) Peter Thompson (September 1, 1853 – December 3, 1928) was a Scots- American soldier who was awarded a Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Biography Thompson was born in Markinch in Fife, Scotland. After emigrat ...

(1854–1928), survivor of the Battle of Little Bighorn *

Peter Thompson (broadcaster) Peter Thompson (born 1952) is an Australian broadcast journalist and educator. He is a Fellow of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government and an adjunct professor at Macquarie University. He is director of the Centre for Leadership, a ...

(born 1952), Australian broadcast journalist and educator * Peter Thompson, professor at the University of York, England and creator of the

Thatcher effect The Thatcher effect or Thatcher illusion is a phenomenon where it becomes more difficult to detect local feature changes in an upside-down face, despite identical changes being obvious in an upright face. It is named after the then British prime ...

* Peter Thompson, a Sydney L. Mayer Associate Professor of American History at St Cross College.