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), 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 biologistBusiness
* John Thompson (American banker) (1802–1891), American banker * John Fairfield Thompson, 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 WolverhamptonEntertainment
* 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 * 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 ** John Thompson (producer), producer and director of John Thompson ProductionsMilitary
* 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), U.S. Air Force generalPolitics
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, IowaCanada
* 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 politicianUnited 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 AngolaOther
* John Malbon Thompson (1830–1908), Australian politician, MLA for QueenslandScience
* 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 meteorologistSports
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 playerAssociation 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 footballerAustralian 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 RichmondBaseball
* Jocko Thompson (John Samuel Thompson, 1917–1988), Major League Baseball pitcher * Tug Thompson (John Parkinson Thompson, 1856–1938), Major League Baseball outfielderBasketball
* 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 playerCricket
* John Thompson (cricketer, born 1870) (1870–1945), English cricketer * John Thompson (cricketer, born 1918) (1918–2010), English cricketerRugby
* 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 1990sOther sports
* John Garcia Thompson (born 1979), British beach volleyball player * John Thompson (boxer) (born 1989), professional boxerOther
* John Thompson (priest) (died 1571), Canon of Windsor * 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 (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 United States Supreme Court case '' Connick v. Thompson''See also
* Jon Thompson (disambiguation) * John Thomson (disambiguation) * Jack Thompson (disambiguation) * Jonathan Thompson (disambiguation) * Thompson (disambiguation) {{dab, hn=Thompson, John