Thompson 242239 225970503 2008-07-16T07:15:37Z Xn4 1896773 /* People */ better link {{splitdab}} {{Mergefrom|David Thompson|date=September 2007}} {{Mergefrom|Thomas L. Thompson (disambiguation)|date=September 2007}} '''Thompson''' is an English [[patronymic]] [[surname]] with a variety of spellings meaning "son of Tom (or Thomas)". According to the 1990 United States Census, 'Thompson' was the seventeenth most frequently reported surname, accounting for 0.27% of the population.<ref>[[United States Census Bureau]] (9 May 1995). [[s:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100)]]. Retrieved on 2008-07-04.</ref> Thompson can refer to: {{Family name | name = Thompson | image= Thompsoncoa.jpg | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation = Thompson | meaning = | region = | origin = | related names = [[Thomson]] | footnotes = <ref>[http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html 1990 Census Name Files<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> }} ==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&ndash;1884), gunfighter and gambler *[[Benjamin Thompson]] (1753&ndash;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&ndash;1948), Scottish biologist and mathematician *[[Dan Thompson (swimmer)|Dan Thompson]] (b. 1956), Canadian butterfly swimmer *[[Dave Thompson]], British standup comedian *[[David Thompson (explorer)]] (1770&ndash;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 (engineer)|Edward Thompson]] (1881&ndash;1949), English steam locomotive engineer for the LNER *[[Emma Thompson]] (b. 1959), British actress *[[E. P. Thompson]] (1924&ndash;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&ndash;1907), English poet *[[Georgia Thompson]] *[[Georgie Thompson]] *[[Greg Thompson]] *[[Gregg Thompson (astronomer)|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&ndash;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&ndash;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&ndash;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&ndash;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&ndash;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]], [[Australian Football League|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 (researcher)|Paul Thompson]], author of The Terror Timeline *[[Paul B. Thompson]], fantasy writer *[[Porl Thompson|Paul "Porl" Thompson (musician)]] (The Cure) *[[Reginald Campbell Thompson]] (1876–1941), a British archaeologist and epigraphist *[[Richard Thompson (musician)|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 (actress)]] (b. 1979), an American actress *[[Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford]] (1774-1852), first American countess *[[Scott Thompson]] (b. 1959), Canadian television comedian *[[Silvanus P. Thompson]] (1851&ndash;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 Perković|Marko "Thompson" Perković]], Croatian musician *[[Whitney Thompson]] - a fashion model, winner of [[America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10|America's Next Top Model]] ==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 <!--not named for the rivers, but for the "countries"--> In Chile: * [[Thompson Island (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 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 (South Atlantic)|Thompson Island]] ==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 ==Things== *[[USS Thompson|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 ==References== {{reflist}} ==See also== * [[John Thompson]] * [[Thomson (disambiguation)]] * [[Thomsen]] {{disambig}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson}} [[Category:Surnames]] [[Category:English surnames]] [[Category:Lists of people sharing a surname]] [[cs:Thompson]] [[de:Thompson]] [[fr:Thompson]] [[it:Thompson]] [[nl:Thompson]] [[ja:トンプソン]] [[pl:Thompson]] [[pt:Thompson]] [[ru:Томпсон]] [[fi:Thompson]] [[vo:Thompson]]