# James Thompson

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**James**, **Jim**, **Jimmy** or **Jamie Thompson** may refer to:

## Arts and sciences

- [James Thompson (cartographer)](/source/James_Thompson_(cartographer)) (active 1785), who produced one of the first maps of York
- [James Thompson (crime writer)](/source/James_Thompson_(crime_writer)) (1964–2014), American-Finnish crime writer
- [James Thompson (designer)](/source/James_Thompson_(designer)) (born 1966), Northern Irish inventor and patent holder in the airline seating industry
- [James Thompson (surveyor)](/source/James_Thompson_(surveyor)) (1789–1872), who produced the first plat of Chicago
- [James Thompson (journalist)](/source/James_Thompson_(journalist)) (1817–1877), journalist and local historian
- [James D. Thompson](/source/James_D._Thompson) (1920–1973), American sociologist, author of *Organizations in Action*
- [James Edwin Thompson](/source/James_Edwin_Thompson) (1863-1927), English born American surgeon
- [James Matthew Thompson](/source/James_Matthew_Thompson) (1878–1956), English historian and theologian
- James [Maurice Thompson](/source/Maurice_Thompson) (1844–1901), American novelist
- [James R. Thompson Jr.](/source/James_R._Thompson_Jr.) (1936–2017), known as J.R. Thompson, former director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, 1986–1989
- [James R. Thompson (statistician)](/source/James_R._Thompson_(statistician)) (1938–2017), American statistician
- [James Westfall Thompson](/source/James_Westfall_Thompson) (1869–1941), American historian
- [Jamie Thompson (musician)](/source/Jamie_Thompson_(musician)), Canadian musician
- [Jim Thompson (writer)](/source/Jim_Thompson_(writer)) (1906–1977), American author and screenwriter, known for his pulp crime fiction
- [Jimmy Thompson (actor)](/source/Jimmy_Thompson_(actor)) (1925–2005), British actor
- [Jimmy Thompson (comics artist)](/source/Jimmy_Thompson_(comics_artist)) (1907–1949), Canadian artist in the Golden Age of Comics
- [Uncle Jimmy Thompson](/source/Uncle_Jimmy_Thompson) (1848–1931), country music pioneer

## Business

- [James Pyke Thompson](/source/James_Pyke_Thompson) (1846–1897), English corn merchant and philanthropist
- [James Walter Thompson](/source/James_Walter_Thompson) (1847–1928), American advertiser and namesake of the JWT advertising agency
- [Jim Thompson (designer)](/source/Jim_Thompson_(designer)) (1906–disappeared 1967), revived the Thai silk industry
- [James E. Thompson](/source/James_E._Thompson) (born 1940), founder, chairman and chief executive of The Crown Worldwide Group

## Military

- [James Thompson (VC)](/source/James_Thompson_(VC)) (1830–1891), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- James Thompson of brothers [Allen and James Thompson](/source/Allen_and_James_Thompson) (1849–1921), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- [Floyd James Thompson](/source/Floyd_James_Thompson) (1933–2002), America's longest-held POW; spent almost 9 years in POW camps in Vietnam
- [James B. Thompson](/source/James_B._Thompson) (1843–1875), American soldier who fought in the American Civil War
- [James E. Thompson Jr.](/source/James_E._Thompson_Jr.) (1935–2017), U.S. Army general
- [James H. Thompson](/source/James_H._Thompson) (1824–1896), American soldier, surgeon and recipient of the Medal of Honor

## Politics

- [James Thompson (jurist)](/source/James_Thompson_(jurist)) (1806–1874), congressman and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- [James Thompson (Kansas politician)](/source/James_Thompson_(Kansas_politician)), congressional candidate in Kansas in 2018
- [James Thompson (Australian politician)](/source/James_Thompson_(Australian_politician)) (1824–1899), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1856–1857
- [James Banford Thompson](/source/James_Banford_Thompson) (1832–1901), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1877–1881
- [James G. Thompson (New York politician)](/source/James_G._Thompson_(New_York_politician)) (1829–1892), New York politician
- [James Thompson (civil servant)](/source/James_Thompson_(civil_servant)) (1848–1929), Acting Governor of Madras
- [James T. Thompson](/source/James_T._Thompson) (1849–1921), mayor of Birkenhead, England, c. 1899
- [James A. Thompson (New York politician)](/source/James_A._Thompson_(New_York_politician)) (c. 1873–1923), New York state senator
- [James Frederick Thompson](/source/James_Frederick_Thompson) (1884–1966), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
- [James R. Thompson](/source/James_R._Thompson) (1936–2020), known as Jim Thompson, governor of Illinois and member of the 9/11 Commission
- [James A. Thompson (Texas politician)](/source/James_A._Thompson_(Texas_politician)), mayor of Sugar Land, Texas
- [James Harold Thompson](/source/James_Harold_Thompson) (born 1944), American politician in Florida
- [Jim Thompson (Oregon politician)](/source/Jim_Thompson_(Oregon_politician)), member of the Oregon House of Representatives
- [Jim Thompson (Kentucky politician)](/source/Jim_Thompson_(Kentucky_politician)), member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
- [James E. W. Thompson](/source/James_E._W._Thompson) (1879–1958), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- [James Thompson (Bahamian politician)](/source/James_Thompson_(Bahamian_politician)), member of the Bahamas Parliament
- [James Thompson (Canadian politician)](/source/James_Thompson_(Canadian_politician)), member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament

## Religion

- [James Thompson (martyr)](/source/James_Thompson_(martyr)) (died 1582), Catholic priest hanged under Elizabeth I
- James [Denton Thompson](/source/Denton_Thompson) (1856–1924), Bishop of Sodor and Man
- [Jim Thompson (bishop)](/source/Jim_Thompson_(bishop)) (1936–2003), Anglican bishop of Stepney and Bath and Wells

## Sports and games

### Association football

- [James Thompson (footballer)](/source/James_Thompson_(footballer)) (1898–1984), English footballer, manager and scout
- [Jimmy Thompson (footballer, born 1899)](/source/Jimmy_Thompson_(footballer,_born_1899)) (1899–1961), English footballer
- [Jimmy Thompson (footballer, born 1935)](/source/Jimmy_Thompson_(footballer,_born_1935)), English footballer
- [Jimmy Thompson (footballer, born 1943)](/source/Jimmy_Thompson_(footballer,_born_1943)) (1943–2020), English footballer (Grimsby Town)

### Rugby

- [Jimmy Thompson (rugby league)](/source/Jimmy_Thompson_(rugby_league)) (born 1948), British rugby league footballer
- [Jim Thompson (rugby union)](/source/Jim_Thompson_(rugby_union)) (born 1984), Scottish rugby union player
- [James Thompson (rugby union)](/source/James_Thompson_(rugby_union)) (born 1999), New Zealand rugby union player

### Water sports

- [James Thompson (swimmer)](/source/James_Thompson_(swimmer)) (1906–1966), Canadian swimmer at the 1928 Olympics
- [James Thompson (rower)](/source/James_Thompson_(rower)) (born 1986), South African rower
- [Jim Thompson (powerboat racing)](/source/Jim_Thompson_(powerboat_racing)) (1926–2021), manager of three-time Harmsworth Trophy winner *Miss Supertest III*
- [Jim Thompson (designer)](/source/Jim_Thompson_(designer)) (1906–disappeared 1967), American businessman and Olympic sailor

### Other sports and games

- [James Thompson Jr.](/source/James_Thompson_Jr.) (born 2002), American football player
- [James Thompson (chess player)](/source/James_Thompson_(chess_player)) (1804–1870), American chess master
- [James Thompson (cricketer)](/source/James_Thompson_(cricketer)) (born 1961), Nevisian cricketer
- [Jim Thomson (ice hockey, born 1965)](/source/Jim_Thomson_(ice_hockey,_born_1965)), Canadian ice hockey player
- [James Thompson (racing driver)](/source/James_Thompson_(racing_driver)) (born 1974), English racing driver
- [James Thompson (fighter)](/source/James_Thompson_(fighter)) (born 1978), English mixed martial artist
- [James Thompson (table tennis)](/source/James_Thompson_(table_tennis)) (1889–?), English table tennis player
- [J. B. Thompson](/source/J._B._Thompson) (James Bogne Thompson, 1829–1877), co-creator of the laws of Australian rules football
- [Jim Thompson (coach)](/source/Jim_Thompson_(coach)) (born 1949), founder and executive director of Positive Coaching Alliance and author
- [James Thompson (judoka)](/source/James_Thompson_(judoka)) (born 1964), American judoka
- [Sandy Thompson](/source/Sandy_Thompson) (James Thompson, 1901–?), American baseball player

## Other

- [James Thompson (Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford)](/source/James_Thompson_(Rector_of_Lincoln_College,_Oxford))
- [Jimmy Thompson (executioner)](/source/Jimmy_Thompson_(executioner)) (1895–1952), Mississippi executioner active from 1940 to 1950
- James Richard "Ricky" Thompson Jr., perpetrator of the [murders of John Goosey and Stacy Barnett](/source/Murders_of_John_Goosey_and_Stacy_Barnett) (West Campus murders)

## See also

- [James Thomson (disambiguation)](/source/James_Thomson_(disambiguation))

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