James Thompson
James Thompson may refer to:
Arts and sciences
- James Thompson (poet) (1700–1748), Scottish poet and playwright
- James Thompson (cartographer) (active 1785), who produced one of the first maps of York
- James Thompson (journalist) (1817–1877), journalist and local historian
- James Maurice Thompson (1844–1901), American novelist
- Uncle Jimmy Thompson (1848–1931), country music pioneer
- James Westfall Thompson (1869–1941), American historian
- Jim Thompson (writer) (1906–1977), American author and screenwriter, known for his pulp crime fiction
- James D. Thompson (1920–1973), American sociologist, author of Organizations in Action
- Jimmy Thompson (actor) (1925–2005), British actor
- James R. Thompson, Jr. (born 1936), known as J.R. Thompson, former director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, 1986–1989
- James Thompson (author) (1964–2014), American-Finnish crime writer
- James Thompson (designer) (born 1966), Northern Irish inventor and patent holder in the airline seating industry
- Jamie Thompson, Canadian musician
Business
- James Pyke Thompson (1846–1897), English corn merchant and philanthropist
- James Walter Thompson (1847–1928), American advertiser and namesake of the JWT advertising agency
- Jim Thompson (designer) (born 1906-disappeared 1967), revived the Thai silk industry
- James E. Thompson (born 1940), founder, chairman and chief executive of The Crown Worldwide Group
Military
- James Thompson (VC) (1830–1891), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- James Thompson of brothers Allen and James Thompson (1849–1921), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Floyd James Thompson (1933–2002), America's longest-held POW; spent almost 9 years in POW camps in Vietnam
Politics
- James Thompson (jurist) (1806–1874), congressman and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- James Thompson (American politician), candidate in Kansas in 2017
- James Thompson (Australian politician), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1856–1857
- James Banford Thompson (1832–1901), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1877–1881
- James G. Thompson (New York) (born 1829), New York politician
- James Thompson (civil servant) (1848–1929), Acting Governor of Madras
- James T. Thompson, Mayor of Birkenhead, England, circa 1899
- James A. Thompson (Brooklyn) (c. 1873 – 1923), New York state senator
- James Frederick Thompson (1884–1966), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
- James R. Thompson, Jr. (born 1936), known as Jim Thompson, governor of Illinois and member of the 9/11 Commission
- James A. Thompson, mayor of Sugar Land, Texas
- James F. Thompson, United States government official
Religion
- James Thompson (martyr) (died 1582), Catholic priest hanged under Elizabeth I
- James Thompson (pastor) (1788–1854), Scottish Baptist pastor and translator
- James Denton Thompson (1856–1924), Bishop of Sodor and Man
- Jim Thompson (bishop) (1936–2003), Anglican bishop of Stepney and Bath and Wells
Sports and games
- James Thompson (chess player) (1804–1870), American chess master
- James Thompson (footballer) (1898–1984), English footballer, manager and scout
- James Thompson (swimmer) (1906–1966), Canadian swimmer at the 1928 Olympics
- James Thompson (racing driver) (born 1974), English racing driver
- James Thompson (fighter) (born 1978), professional mixed martial arts fighter from Britain
- James Thompson (rower) (born 1986), South African rower
- J. B. Thompson (James Bogne Thompson, 1829–1877), co-creator of the laws of Australian rules football
- Jimmy Thompson (footballer, born 1899), English footballer
- Jimmy Thompson (footballer, born 1935), English footballer
- Jimmy Thompson (footballer, born 1943), English footballer (Grimsby Town)
- Jimmy Thompson (rugby league) (born 1948), British rugby league footballer
- Jim Thompson (powerboat racing) (born 1926), manager of three-time Harmsworth Trophy winner Miss Supertest III
- Jim Thompson (coach), (born 1949) founder and executive director of Positive Coaching Alliance and author
- Jim Thompson (rugby union) (born 1984), Scottish rugby union player
Other
- Jimmy Thompson (executioner), Mississippi executioner active from 1940 to 1950
- James Richard "Ricky" Thompson Jr., perpetrator of the murder of John Goosey and Stacy Barnett (West Campus murders)
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