Michael or Mike Thompson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Michael Thompson (guitarist) Michael Thompson (born Michael Wood Thompson, February 11, 1954 in Port Washington, New York) is an American guitarist and songwriter. Thompson is known for his work as a session guitarist during the last 4 decades. He founded the rock group T ...

(born 1954), American guitarist and songwriter *

Michael Thompson (horn player) Michael Thompson (born 4 January 1954) is a British horn player. After studying at the Royal Academy of Music, Thompson was appointed Principal Horn with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra aged just 18 years. By the age of 21 he was offered pos ...

(born 1954), British brass musician * Michel Thompson (1921–2007), French painter *

Michael Thompson (photographer) Michael Thompson is an American photographer who began his career as an assistant to Irving Penn after training at the Brooks Institute of Photography in California. His father was a studio photographer in Washington State. Thompson's photography ...

, American photographer * Michael Thompson, American musician and touring member of the

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* Doc Thompson (1969–2019), American talk radio host

Politics

Michael Thompson (Canadian politician) Michael Thompson is a Canadian politician who has been a Toronto city councillor since 2003. He currently represents Ward 21 Scarborough Centre. Early life and education Raised in Scarborough, Thompson is a Jamaican Canadian. He completed hi ...

(first elected 2003), city Councillor in Toronto * Michael C. Thompson, Oklahoma state cabinet member * Mike Thompson (born 1951), United States Representative from California * Mike Thompson (Kansas senator) (born 1957), state senator * Mike Thompson, a member of the

Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for craftin ...

Mike Thompson (Oklahoma politician) Mike Thompson (born October 11, 1976) is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Thompson served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and was a candidate for U.S. Congress. He has 2 kids and one of them is a gro ...

(born 1976), state representative * Mike Thompson (Mississippi politician) (born 1976), state senator

Sports

Basketball

* Michael Thompson (basketball) (born 1989), American professional basketball player who has played overseas *

Mychal Thompson Mychal George Thompson (born January 30, 1955) is a Bahamian sports commentator and former professional basketball player. The top overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft, Thompson played the center position for the University of Minnesota and cen ...

(born 1955), Bahamian sports announcer and former longtime NBA basketball player *

Mychel Thompson Mychel Thompson (born June 1, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Pepperdine Waves. His father, Mychal Thompson, and brother, Klay Thompson, are also basketball players. His youngest b ...

(born 1988), American basketball player who was briefly in the NBA

Other sports

* Michael Thompson (American football) (born 1977), former offensive tackle *

Michael Thompson (golfer) } Michael Hayes Thompson (born April 16, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won two tournaments on the PGA Tour, with the most recent one coming at the 2020 3M Open. Early life Thompson attended Universit ...

(born 1985), American golfer *

Michael Thompson (lacrosse) Michael "Mike" Thompson (b. on June 16, 1977 in Akwesasne, Ontario) is an Iroquois retired professional box lacrosse player. Thompson played seven seasons in the National Lacrosse League, six with the Buffalo Bandits. He signed with the Bandits ...

(born 1976), box lacrosse player *

Michael Thompson (karateka) Michael Thompson (born 23 June 1962) is an English former karateka and kickboxer who competed in the cruiserweight and heavyweight division. After a long and distinguished career in Kyokushin, in which he won the ...

(born 1962), English karateka and kickboxer *

Michael Thompson (sport shooter) Michael Thompson (born June 28, 1956) is an American sports shooter. He competed in the mixed skeet event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 19 ...

(born 1956), American sports shooter *

Mike Thompson (2000s pitcher) Michael Paul Thompson (born November 6, 1980) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The 6'4 right-hander was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 5th round of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft. In , Thompson showed his first signs of ...

(born 1980), Major League Baseball pitcher *

Mike Thompson (1970s pitcher) Michael Wayne Thompson (September 6, 1949 – October 9, 2022) was an American right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the big leagues in 1971 and from 1973 to 1975 for the Washington Senators, St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Br ...

(1949–2022), Major League Baseball pitcher *

Mike Thompson (American football) Mike John Thompson (born December 22, 1971) is an American retired professional football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). Thompson was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fourth round of the 1995 NFL draft and pl ...

(born 1971), former defensive tackle *

Mickey Thompson Marion Lee "Mickey" Thompson (December 7, 1928March 16, 1988) was an American auto racing builder and promoter. A hot rodder since his youth, Thompson increasingly pursued land speed records in his late 20s and early 30s.

(1928–1988), American off-road racer *

Mike Thompson (umpire) Michael J. Thompson (July 22, 1877 – May 31, 1939) was once dean of American football officials, as well as a baseball umpire. He famously officiated the 1903 Carlisle-Harvard football game. He also coached, at Washington College in Chestertow ...

(fl. early 20th century), American football referee and baseball umpire

Other

Michael Thompson (academic) Sir Michael Warwick Thompson (born 1 June 1931), is a British academic, who served as vice-chancellor of the Universities of East Anglia and Birmingham. He was educated at the University of Liverpool, where he graduated with a first in physics. ...