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'''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:
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==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 (swimmer)|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 (engineer)|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 (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]] (1937–2005), 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]], [[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]] (1851–1916), 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==
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==See also==
* [[John Thompson]]
* [[Thomson (disambiguation)]]
* [[Thomsen]]
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