Richard Thompson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Richard Thompson (animator) Richard Thompson (26 August 1914 – 12 June 1998) was an American animator who worked at several animated cartoon departments over a career of four decades. Career Thompson's longest association was with Chuck Jones at Warner Bros. Cartoon ...

(1914–1998), Warner Bros. cartoon animator in the 1950s *

Richard Thompson (cartoonist) Richard Church Thompson (October 8, 1957 – July 27, 2016) was an American illustrator and cartoonist best known for his syndicated comic strip ''Cul de Sac (comic strip), Cul de Sac'' and the illustrated poem "Richard's Poor Almanac, Make the ...

(1957–2016), cartoonist who also worked as an illustrator *

Richard Thompson (musician) Richard Thompson (born 3 April 1949) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Thompson first gained prominence in the late 1960s as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the folk rock group Fairport Convention, which he had co-founde ...

(born 1949), songwriter and musician * Richard Earl Thompson (1914–1991), artist * Rick Thompson (''Falling Skies''), a character from the television series ''Falling Skies''

Politics

* Sir Richard Thompson, 1st Baronet (1912–1999), British Conservative politician * Richard Thompson (Australian politician) (1832–1906), New South Wales politician * Richard Thompson (Maine politician) (born 1947), attorney and Democratic member of the Maine House of Representatives *

Richard Thompson (MP for Reading) Richard Thompson (died 1735), of Coley Park, Coley, Reading, Berkshire, was a merchant in Jamaica and a Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons between 1720 and 1734. Thompson was the son of William Thompson and ...

(died c. 1735), British Whig politician * Richard E. Thompson (1871–1928), member of the Mississippi State Senate * Richard Frederick Thompson (1873–1949), farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada * Richard Henry Thompson (1906–1964), Australian politician and Methodist lay preacher * Richard W. Thompson (1809–1900), United States Secretary of the Navy

Religion

* Richard Thompson (priest) (1648–1685), Dean of Bristol * Richard Thomson (theologian) (died 1613), or Thompson, 17th-century theologian * Richard L. Thompson (1947–2008), American author and Gaudiya Vaishnava religious figure

Sports

* Richard Thompson (cricket administrator) (born 1966), Chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board *

Richard Thompson (footballer, born 1969) Richard John Thompson (born 11 April 1969) is an English former professional footballer. He played professionally for Newport County and Torquay United and has been manager of Yate Town and Almondsbury Town. He is currently manager of Mango ...

, English football player * Richard Thompson (footballer, born 1974), English football player *

Richard Thompson (sprinter) Richard "Torpedo" Thompson (born 7 June 1985) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best of 9.82 seconds, set in June 2014, was one of the top ten fastest of all time, and a national recor ...

(born 1985), Trinidad and Tobago sprinter * Rich Thompson (outfielder) (born 1979), American baseball player *

Rich Thompson (pitcher, born 1984) Richard Graeme Thompson (born 1 July 1984) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Oakland Athletics. Career Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Thompson was originally signed as ...

, Australian baseball player * Rich Thompson (pitcher, born 1958), American baseball player * Richard Thompson (triple jumper) (born 1969), American triple jumper, All-American for the

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets track and field The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets track and field team is the track and field program that represents Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team is based in Atlanta, Georgia ...

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Other

Richard Thompson (marine biologist) Richard Charles Thompson is a marine biologist who researches marine litter. At the University of Plymouth he is director of the Marine Institute; professor of Marine Biology; and leads the International Marine Litter Research Unit. Thompson coi ...

, director of the Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth, coined the term "microplastics" *

Richard Thompson (physician) Sir Richard Paul Hepworth Thompson, (born 14 April 1940) is a British physician and past president of the Royal College of Physicians in London. Biography Thompson studied medicine at Oxford University and St Thomas' Hospital, and specialised ...

(born 1940), president of the Royal College of Physicians and formerly physician to the Queen *

Richard Thompson (Royal Navy officer) Vice Admiral Sir Richard Charles Thompson, (born 12 February 1966) is a retired Royal Navy officer. Early life and education Thompson was born on 12 February 1966 in Reading, Berkshire, England. He was educated at Meadway School, a state schoo ...

(born 1966), British admiral * Richard F. Thompson (1930–2014), American behavioral neuroscientist * Richard H. Thompson (philatelist) (1903–1985), American philatelist *

Richard Horner Thompson Richard Horner Thompson (24 September 1926 – 21 February 2016) was a United States Army general. Early life Thompson was born on 24 September 1926, in New York City, New York and died on 21 February 2016, in Fairfax, Virginia. Military career ...

(1926–2016), U.S. Army general * Richard M. Thomson (born 1933), Canadian banker * Richard W. Thompson (journalist) (1865–1920), journalist and public servant in Indiana and Washington, D.C. * Richard Thompson, former prosecutor and current president of Thomas More Law Center * Richard Thompson, mathematician for whom the infinite Thompson groups are named

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