# David Thompson

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**David** or **Dave Thompson** may refer to:

## Business

- [David Thompson (American businessman, born 1798)](/source/David_Thompson_(American_businessman,_born_1798)) (1798–1871), president of New York Life Insurance & Trust Company
- [David Thompson (British businessman)](/source/David_Thompson_(British_businessman)) (1936–2021), co-founder of Hillsdown Holdings
- [G. David Thompson](/source/G._David_Thompson) (1899–1965), American investment banker, industrialist, and modern art collector

## Entertainment

- [Dave Thompson (author)](/source/Dave_Thompson_(author)) (born 1960), English author, largely dealing with rock and pop music
- [Dave Thompson (comedian)](/source/Dave_Thompson_(comedian)) (born 1959), English actor and comedian
- [David M. Thompson](/source/David_M._Thompson) (born 1950), founder of BBC Films
- [David Thompson (singer)](/source/David_Thompson_(singer)) (1950–2010), lead singer of the Canadian country band Thunder Road
- [David Thompson (writer)](/source/David_Thompson_(writer)) (born 1956), American writer and playwright
- [David W. Thompson](/source/David_W._Thompson) (born 1994), American actor
- [Lil' Dave Thompson](/source/Lil'_Dave_Thompson) (1969–2010), American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
- David Thompson, a pen name of American author [David L. Robbins](/source/David_L._Robbins_(Oregon_writer)) (born 1950)

## Law

- [David R. Thompson](/source/David_R._Thompson) (1930–2011), U.S. federal judge
- [David N. Thompson](/source/David_N._Thompson) (1859–1945), justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
- Sir [Dave Thompson (police officer)](/source/Dave_Thompson_(police_officer)), chief constable of West Midlands Police

## Politics

- [David Thompson (Canada West politician)](/source/David_Thompson_(Canada_West_politician)) (1793–1851), entrepreneur and political figure in Canada West
- [David P. Thompson](/source/David_P._Thompson) (1834–1901), governor of the Idaho Territory, mayor of Portland, Oregon
- [David E. Thompson](/source/David_E._Thompson) (1854–1942), American diplomat
- [David Thompson (Canadian politician)](/source/David_Thompson_(Canadian_politician)) (1836–1886), member of the Canadian House of Commons
- [Dave Thompson (Scottish politician)](/source/Dave_Thompson_(Scottish_politician)) (born 1949), Scottish National Party member of the Scottish Parliament for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
- [Dave Thompson (Minnesota politician)](/source/Dave_Thompson_(Minnesota_politician)) (born 1961), Minnesota state senator
- [David Thompson (Barbadian politician)](/source/David_Thompson_(Barbadian_politician)) (1961–2010), prime minister of Barbados

## Sports

### Football and rugby

- [David Thompson (footballer, born 1962)](/source/David_Thompson_(footballer,_born_1962)), former English football player with Rochdale, Notts County, Wigan, Preston and Chester
- [David Thompson (footballer, born 1968)](/source/David_Thompson_(footballer,_born_1968)), English former professional footballer
- [David Thompson (footballer, born 1977)](/source/David_Thompson_(footballer,_born_1977)), former English football player with Liverpool, Coventry, Blackburn, Wigan, Portsmouth and Bolton
- [Dave Thompson (footballer, born 1945)](/source/Dave_Thompson_(footballer,_born_1945)), English former professional footballer
- [Dave Thompson (American football)](/source/Dave_Thompson_(American_football)) (born 1949), American football player
- [David Thompson (American football)](/source/David_Thompson_(American_football)) (born 1975), American football player
- [David Thompson (rugby league, born 1978)](/source/David_Thompson_(rugby_league,_born_1978)), Australian rugby league footballer
- [Dave Thompson (rugby league, born 1995)](/source/Dave_Thompson_(rugby_league,_born_1995)), for Leigh Centurions

### Other sports

- [David Thompson (basketball)](/source/David_Thompson_(basketball)) (born 1954), American basketball player
- [David Thompson (cricketer)](/source/David_Thompson_(cricketer)) (born 1976), former English cricketer
- [David Thompson (baseball)](/source/David_Thompson_(baseball)) (born 1993), American baseball player

## Other fields

- [David B. Thompson](/source/David_B._Thompson) (1923–2013), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- [David D. Thompson](/source/David_D._Thompson) (born 1963), US Space Force general
- [David Thompson (New Hampshire settler)](/source/David_Thompson_(New_Hampshire_settler)) (1593–?), founder of the first European settlement in New Hampshire
- [David Thompson (explorer)](/source/David_Thompson_(explorer)) (1770–1857), Canadian explorer
- [David Thompson (chef)](/source/David_Thompson_(chef)), Australian chef
- [David Thompson (nurse)](/source/David_Thompson_(nurse)) (born 1955), British academic nurse and psychologist
- [Rosa 'David Thompson'](/source/Rosa_'David_Thompson'), a rose cultivar
- [David A. Thompson](/source/David_Thompson_(engineer)) (born 1940), American electrical engineer

## See also

- [David Thompson Highway](/source/David_Thompson_Highway), named for the explorer of Canada
- [David Thompson Secondary School (disambiguation)](/source/David_Thompson_Secondary_School_(disambiguation))
- [David Thomson (disambiguation)](/source/David_Thomson_(disambiguation))

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