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Thompson is an English patronymic surname meaning "son of Tom (or Thomas)". There are varied spellings. Thompson can refer to:

Thompson Family Name
Related names	Thomson
Popularity	Behind the Name
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Thompson

Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 Nations and languages 4 Things 5 References 6 See also

[edit] People

Well-known individuals whose surname is or was Thompson include:

• Ahmir Khalib Thompson (b. 1971), aka ?uestlove, African-American musician, DJ, and record producer
• Alden Thompson, Christian theologian
• Archie Thompson, Australian football (soccer) player for Melbourne Victory
• Barry Thompson
• Ben Thompson (1842–1884), gunfighter and gambler
• Benjamin Thompson (1753–1814), Anglo-American physicist, usually called "Count Rumford"
• Bradley Thompson, American television producer and writer
• Bryan Thompson, American automotive designer
• Burnett Thompson American musician
• Cameron Thompson, Australian politician
• D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860–1948), Scottish biologist and mathematician
• Dan Thompson (b. 1956), Canadian butterfly swimmer
• Dave Thompson, British standup comedian
• David Thompson (explorer) (1770–1857), Canadian explorer
• Daley Thompson (b. 1958), twice Olympic Gold Medalist in the decathlon
• Duncan Thompson, Australian rugby league footballer
• Eddie Thompson, Scottish businessman and chairman of Dundee United F.C.
• Edward Thompson (1881–1949), English steam locomotive engineer for the LNER
• Emma Thompson (b. 1959), British actress
• E. P. Thompson (1924–1993), British 'new-left' historian
• Fred Dalton Thompson (b. 1942), Former U.S. Senator (Tennessee), film/TV actor, candidate for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
• Francis Thompson (1859–1907), English poet
• Georgia Thompson
• Georgie Thompson
• Greg Thompson
• Gregg Thompson, Australian astronomer
• Gregg Thompson, U. S. soccer player
• Hugh Thompson, Jr., U.S. Army helicopter pilot, known for saving lives at the My Lai Massacre
• Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005), U.S. journalist and author
• Jack Thompson (attorney) (b. 1951), U.S. Lawyer and anti-videogame activist
• James R. Thompson (b. 1936), longest-serving governor of State of Illinois
• Jim Thompson (writer) (1906–1977), U.S. pulp fiction writer
• Jonathan Thompson British television presenter, actor and entrepreneur
• John B. Thompson, Cambridge sociologist
• John Thompson (Manitoba politician) (b. 1908), Manitoba Provincial Cabinet Minister
• John Thompson (b. 1941), All-America basketball player and longtime basketball coach for Georgetown University, who coached the Hoyas to the 1984 NCAA Men's title
• John G. Thompson (b. 1932), U.S. mathematician, Fields Medal winner
• John Sparrow David Thompson (1845–1894), former Prime Minister of Canada
• John W. Thompson (b. 1949), CEO of Symantec
• Kate Thompson (author), author of The New Policeman
• Ken Thompson (computer programmer) (b. 1943), U.S. computer scientist
• Kenan Thompson, American actor
• Lady Gwen Thompson
• Laird A. Thompson, American astronomer
• LaMarcus Adna Thompson (1848–1919), known for his early work developing roller coasters, sometimes called the "Father of Gravity"
• Lea Thompson
• Lee Jay Thompson (b. 1947), the saxophonist of Madness
• Llewellyn Thompson, U.S. Ambassador to Austria and Soviet Union
• Libby Thompson (1855–1953), frontier prostitute and madam
• Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican reggae artist
• Linda Chavez-Thompson, American union leader
• Mickey Thompson, renowned race car driver, promoter
• Morris Thompson, American politician and businessman
• Mychal Thompson, one of the Jena 6
• Nathan Thompson, AFL football player
• Paul Thompson (ice hockey b. 1906), former ice hockey player
• Paul Thompson (ice hockey b. 1968), former Guildford Flames Captain
• Paul Thompson (ice hockey coach)
• Paul Thompson (football), quarterback for the University of Oklahoma Sooners
• Paul Thompson (musician) (Roxy Music)
• Paul Thompson (professor), a management professor at the university of Strathclyde
• Paul Thompson, author of The Terror Timeline
• Paul B. Thompson, fantasy writer
• Paul "Porl" Thompson (musician) (The Cure)
• Reginald Campbell Thompson (1876–1941), a British archaeologist and epigraphist
• Richard Thompson, British musician
• Rob Thompson (musician)
• Sir Robert Grainger Ker Thompson (1916–1992), a member of Wingate's Chindits, a counter-insurgency expert and author
• Ruth Thompson, first female state representative of Michigan, first female U.S. Representative from Michigan
• Sada Thompson (b. 1929), an American actress
• Saige Thompson, an American actress
• Sarah Thompson (b. 1979), an American actress
• Scott Thompson (b. 1959), Canadian television comedian
• Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916), English physicist
• Susanna Thompson (b. 1958), American television and film actress
• Syd'quan Thompson, defensive back for Cal Golden Bears
• Thomas L. Thompson, Old Testament scholar
• Thomson and Thompson, The Adventures of Tintin's Character
• Tiny Thompson
• Tommy Thompson, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, one-time candidate for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
• Marko "Thompson" Perković, Croatian musician
• Whitney Thompson - a fashion model, winner of America's Next Top Model

[edit] Places

In Canada:

• Thompson, Manitoba
• Thompson (Manitoba riding), an electoral district in the above location
• Thompson River, a river in British Columbia
  • Thompson Country, a region within the basin of the Thompson River
  • Thompson Plateau, a landform in the Interior of British Columbia named for the Thompson River
  • Thompson-Nicola Regional District, a regional district in British Columbia

In Chile:

• Thompson Island, a small island in the south

In England:

• Thompson, Norfolk

In the United States of America:

• Thompson, Connecticut
• Thompson, Iowa
• Thompson Island, Massachusetts
• Thompson Township, Michigan
• Thompson, New York
• Thompson, Alamance County, North Carolina
• Thompson, Robeson County, North Carolina
• Thompson, North Dakota
• Thompson Township, Delaware County, Ohio
• Thompson and Thompson Township, Geauga County, Ohio
• Thompson Township, Seneca County, Ohio
• Thompson, Pennsylvania
• Thompson, Wisconsin

In the South Atlantic

• Thompson Island

[edit] Nations and languages

• Thompson River Salish, a Canadian First Nation in south central British Columbia
• Thompson language (Thompson River Salish), a Salishan language spoken by the Thompson people of British Columbia

[edit] Things

• USS Thompson, two U.S. Navy destroyers
• Thompson submachine gun
• Thompson v. Johnson County Community College in Oklahoma
• Rothmund-Thompson's syndrome, a hereditary and familial disease
• Thomson and Thompson (Dupont et Dupond), the two clumsy detectives from the Tintin series
• Thompson Twins, English 1980s neoromantic rock band
• Thompson (band), a Croatian rock band
• Sadie Thompson, a 1928 film about a "fallen woman" which was remade several times
• Aarne-Thompson classification system of folk stories

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• John Thompson
• Thomson (disambiguation)
• Thomsen