William Thompson

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William Thompson could refer to:

1 Academics and scientists
2 Authors
3 Religious Figures
4 Military figures
5 Political figures
6 Sports figures
7 Others
8 See also

[edit] Academics and scientists

William Thompson (naturalist) (1805–1852), Irish ornithologist and botanist
William Thompson (viticulturist), an Englishman who developed the Thompson Seedless grape
William Hepworth Thompson (1810–1886), English classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge
William Irwin Thompson (born 1938), United States cultural historian, philosopher, poet, novelist, yogi

[edit] Authors

William Tappan Thompson (1812–1882), United States humorist

[edit] Religious Figures

William Thompson (Methodist) (1733-1799), Early Anglo-Irish Methodist Leader

[edit] Military figures

William Thompson (leveller) (died 1649), leader of the Banbury mutiny of the New Model Army in 1649
William Thompson (general) (1736–1781), Revolutionary War brigadier general
William Thompson (Medal of Honor), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
William A. Thompson (1854–1925), figure in the United States Army Corps of Engineers whose name is used for the USACE's dredge for the upper Mississippi River
William Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1950) (1927-1950), Korean War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

[edit] Political figures

Sir William Thompson (London) (1614-1681), English politician (MP, City of London 1661-1679)
William Thompson (1629-1692), of Humbleton, MP for Scarborough
William Thompson (Suffolk), MP for Ipswich and Orford
William Thompson (d. 1744), of Humbleton, MP for Scarborough
William Thompson (Upper Canada) (1786–1860), political figure in Upper Canada
William Thompson (1793-1854), MP for the City of London and Sunderland
William Thompson (Cork) (1775–1833), Irish political and philosophical writer and social reformer
William Thompson (Iowa) (1813–1897), United States representative from Iowa
William Thompson (New York), New York City political figure
William Thompson (North Carolina), a member of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1778 and 1779
William Thompson (Ulster) (born 1939), an Ulster politician and former member of the British parliament
William G. Thompson (1840–1904), two-time mayor of Detroit
William George Thompson (1830–1911), United States representative from Iowa
William Hale Thompson (1869–1944), corrupt mayor of Chicago from 1915–1923 and again from 1927–1931
William Henry Thompson (1853–1937), United States senator from Nebraska
William Howard Thompson (1871–1928), United States senator from Kansas

[edit] Sports figures

William Thompson (archer) (born 1848, date of death unknown), United States archer who won three medals at the 1904 Summer Olympics
William Thompson (boxer) (1811–1880), British prizefighter

[edit] Others

William Thompson (confidence man)
William Fawcett Thompson (1894–1974), character actor
William H. Thompson (financier) (1830–1905), United States financier

[edit] See also

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