William Thompson may refer to:

Academics

William Forde Thompson William Forde "Bill" Thompson is an academic who has worked in Canada, Sweden and Australia. He is an Emeritus Professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, where he was Distinguished Professor of Psychology (2017- ) and Chair of the De ...

(), Canadian psychologist * William Hepworth Thompson (1810–1886), English classical scholar * William Gilman Thompson (1856–1927), American professor of medicine *

William Oxley Thompson William Oxley Thompson, D.D. (November 5, 1855 – December 9, 1933) was the fifth president of Ohio State University. During his term as president, he was known for his practice of segregationist policies against black students on campus ...

(1855–1933), president of Ohio State University * William Hertzog Thompson (1895–1981), American psychology professor and minister * William Irwin Thompson (1938–2020), American social philosopher and cultural critic * William Robert Thompson (1923/4–1979), Canadian psychologist and behavior geneticist

Entertainment

* William Thompson (poet, born circa 1712) (1712–1766), English poet * William C. Thompson (cinematographer) (1899–1963), American cinematographer * William H. Thompson (actor), (1852–1923), American actor * William Tappan Thompson (1812–1882), American humorist and journalist * Will Lamartine Thompson (1847–1909), American composer

Military

* William Thompson (general) (1736–1781), American Revolutionary War general * William Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1861) (1812–1872), signal quartermaster in the American Civil War * William P. Thompson (1844–1864), American Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor * William Francis Kynaston Thompson (1909–1980), British officer who fought and was captured at Arnhem * William Thompson (admiral) (1922–2018), American admiral, former chief of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation * William Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1950) (1927–1950), Korean War recipient of the Medal of Honor * Frank Thompson (SOE officer) (William Frank Thompson, 1920–1944), British officer who worked in Bulgaria in the Second World War * James Thompson (VC) (William James Thompson, 1830–1891), English recipient of the Victoria Cross

Politics

U.S.

* William Thompson (North Carolina politician) (1772–1802), member of the North Carolina General Assembly * William B. Thompson (1797–?), Virginia farmer and politician * William Thompson (Iowa politician) (1813–1897), representative from Iowa * William C. Thompson (New York) (1924–2018), lawyer and state senator * William F. Thompson (1852–?), representative from Florida * William George Thompson (1830–1911), representative from Iowa * William G. Thompson (1840–1904), mayor of Detroit * William Henry Thompson (1853–1937), senator from Nebraska * William I. S. Thompson (1936–1993), member of the Mississippi House of Representatives * William Barlum Thompson (1860–1941), mayor of Detroit * William T. Thompson (Nebraska politician) (1860–1939), Nebraska Attorney General and Solicitor of the United States Treasury *

William Hale Thompson William Hale Thompson (May 14, 1869 – March 19, 1944) was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1927 to 1931. Known as "Big Bill",Paul Reynolds (BBC journalist), Reynolds, Paul (November 29, 200 ...

(1868–1944), mayor of Chicago *

William Howard Thompson William Howard Thompson (October 14, 1871February 9, 1928) was a United States senator from Kansas. Biography Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, he moved with his parents to Nemaha County, Kansas in 1880, where attended the public schools and gra ...

(1871–1928), senator from Kansas * W. Lair Thompson (1880–1940), American politician and lawyer from the state of Oregon * William Carrington Thompson (1915–2011), American politician and jurist from Virginia * William Thompson (New York) (born 1953), New York City Comptroller and Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City * Bill Thompson (Arkansas politician) (died 1981), a state legislator in Arkansas

U.K.

* William Thompson (died 1637), MP for

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* William Thompson (1614–1681), English Member of Parliament for the City of London * William Thompson (1629–1692), English Member of Parliament for

* William Thompson (Ipswich MP) (1678–1739), English Member of Parliament for Ipswich * William Thompson (died 1744) (c.1680–1744), British Whig politician, MP for Scarborough 1701–1722 and 1730–1744 * William Thompson (1792–1854), MP for Callington, London, Sunderland and Westmorland, also Sheriff and Lord Mayor of London *

William Thompson (Ulster Unionist politician) William John "Willie" Thompson (26 October 1939 – 12 December 2010) was a Northern Irish Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Tyrone from 1997 to 2001. He was one of the UUP members opposed t ...

(1939–2010), Northern Ireland politician

Elsewhere

* William Thompson (Upper Canada) (1786–1860) * William Thompson (New South Wales politician) (1862–1937), Australian politician * William Thompson (Australian politician) (1863–1953) * William Murray Thompson (1841–1912), railway contractor and politician in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Science

* William Thompson (naturalist) (1805–1852), Irish ornithologist and botanist * William Thompson (viticulturist) (1816–1897), Englishman who developed the Thompson Seedless grape * William Wardlaw Thompson (died 1917), South African ichthyologist and zoologist * William Thompson (physician) (1861–1926), physician, Registrar General for Ireland * William A. Thompson (1864–1925), member of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers * William B. Thompson (1922–1995), British plasma physicist * William Boyce Thompson (1869–1930), American mining engineer and financier * William R. Thompson (1887–1972), Canadian entomologist *

William Francis Thompson (biologist) William Francis Thompson (born St. Cloud, Minnesota 1888, died 7 November 1965) was an American ichthyologist and fisheries scientist. He researched the exploitation and management of the stocks of Pacific halibut for the fisheries departmen ...

(1888–1965), American ichthyologist * William Lay Thompson (1930–2016), American ornithologist

Sports

* William Thompson (boxer) (1811–1880), British prizefighter * William Thompson (archer) (1848–1918), American archer * William V. Thompson (1865–1938), American bowler * William Thompson (cricketer, born 1866) (1866–1920), English first-class cricketer * Willie Thompson (William Pringle Thompson, 1867–1928), English footballer, played for Newcastle United in the 1890s * William Thompson (cricketer, born 1882) (1882–1954), English cricketer * William Thompson (Australian cricketer) (born 1891, date of death unknown), Australian cricketer * William Thompson (British Guiana cricketer) (born 1888, date of death unknown), Guyanese cricketer * William Thompson (rower) (1908–1956), American Olympic rower * William Thompson (footballer) (1868–?), Scottish footballer * William Thompson (skier) (1905–1994), Canadian Olympic skier * Will Thompson (baseball) (1870–1962), American baseball player

Other

* William Thompson (banker) (), Governor of the Bank of England from 1725 to 1727 *

William Thompson (Methodist) William Thompson (1733–1799) was the first President of the Methodist Conference after John Wesley's death, being elected President at the Manchester conference in 1791.Kelly, C. H. (1891)''Wesley and his successors: a centenary memorial ...

(1733–1799), first President of the Methodist Conference after Wesley's death *

William Thompson (philosopher) William Thompson (30 June 1775 – 28 March 1833) was an Irish political and philosophical writer and social reformer, developing from utilitarianism into an early critic of capitalist exploitation whose ideas influenced the cooperative, trade ...

(1775–1833), Irish political and philosophical writer and social reformer * William Thompson (journalist) (1846–1934), American Indian fighter and newspaper editor *

William Clyde Thompson William Clyde Thompson (c. 1839–1912) was a Texas Choctaw-Chickasaw leader of the Mount Tabor Indian Community in Texas and an officer of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. After moving north to the Chickasaw Nation in 188 ...

(1839–1912), leader of the Mount Tabor Indian Community in Texas * William Thompson (bishop) (1885–1975), Anglican bishop of Persia (Iran) * William A. Thompson (bishop) (1946-2020), Anglican bishop of the Diocese of Western Anglicans (U.S.) * William Thompson (archdeacon of Cork) (1766–1833) * William Thompson (archdeacon of Wellington) (), Canadian Anglican priest * William C. Thompson (New York judge) (1924–2018), New York politician and judge * William Paul Thompson (1937–1989), American serial killer * William L. ("T") Thompson (born 1951), pilot for Delta Air Lines, lawyer, and businessman * William C. Thompson (Alabama judge) (born 1962), judge on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals * William Harvey Thompson (died 1927), prohibition enforcement agent in Seattle, Washington *

William Thompson (confidence man) William Thompson was an American criminal and con artist whose deceptions probably caused the term ''confidence man'' to be coined. Operating in New York City in the late 1840s, a genteelly dressed Thompson would approach an upper-class mark, pre ...

(), American criminal * William S. Thompson (born 1969), American judge in West Virginia * William Thompson (pirate), ship captain who stole the Treasure of Lima c. 1820 * William Francis Thompson (1810-42), civil servant, magistrate and philatelist * William Thompson (1805–1866), also known as Wiremu Tamihana, Maori preacher