Thompson (surname)

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Thompson
Pronunciation/ˈtɒmpsən/ TOMP-sən
Origin
MeaningSon of Thom, Son of Thomas, Son of Tom
Region of originScotland and England
Other names
Variant form(s)Di Tommaso, Thom, Thomas, Thomason, Thomassen, Thomasson, Thomson, Tom, Tomadze, Tomašević, Tomashov, Tomashvili, Tomaszewicz, Tomescu, Tommasi, Tumasian, Tumasyan
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Thompson is a variant spelling of Thomson and likewise, it is a patronymic surname of Scottish origin, with a variety of spellings, originally meaning "son of Thom(as)".[2] An alternative origin may be geographical, arising from the placename Thompson.[3] During the Plantation period, settlers carried the name to Ireland. Thom(p)son is also the English translation of MacTavish, which is the Anglicised version of the Gaelic name MacTamhais.[4]

According to the 2010 United States Census, Thompson was the 23rd most frequently reported surname, accounting for 0.23% of the population.[5]

Notable people[]

A[]

  • Aaron Thompson (born 1987), American baseball player
  • Adam Thompson (born 1992), English footballer
  • Al Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alan Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alberto Thompson (1907–1957), American chemist and nuclear scientist
  • Alexander Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alfred Hill Thompson (1839–1874), British architect
  • Allen Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alvin W. Thompson (born 1953), American judge
  • Andrew Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Anthony Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Archie Thompson (born 1978), Australian footballer

B[]

  • Benjamin Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Barry Thompson (1947–2006), New Zealand rugby union player
  • Barry B. Thompson (1936–2014), American academic and administrator
  • Bill Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Blake Thompson (born 1993), Australian footballer
  • Bodene Thompson (born 1988), New Zealand Rugby League player
  • Bradley Thompson (born 1951), American television producer and writer
  • Brent Thompson (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Brian Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Bronwyn Thompson (born 1978), Australian long jumper
  • Bryan Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Bryce Thompson (born 2002), American basketball player

C[]

D[]

E[]

F[]

  • Fiona Thompson, English cellist
  • Francis Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Frank Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Frederick Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people

G[]

  • Gary Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • George Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Georgia Thompson (born 1950), American civil servant wrongfully convicted of corruption, but later exonerated
  • Georgie Thompson (born 1977), British broadcast journalist and television presenter
  • Glenn Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Gregory Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Grace Thompson (1891–??), American silent film actress
  • Graham Thompson (swimmer) (born 1964), Zimbabwean swimmer
  • Gwen Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people

H[]

  • Hank Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Harold Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Harry Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Helen F. Thompson, American businesswoman, teacher, and politician
  • Henry Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Herbert Thompson Jr. (1933–2006), American prelate
  • Hope Thompson, Canadian writer
  • Hugh Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005), U.S. journalist and author

I[]

  • Ian Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Israel Thompson (1742–1805), American soldier and politician

J[]

  • J. Lee Thompson (1914–2002), British film director
  • Jack Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jackson Thompson (born 1986), Indian cricketer
  • Jacob Thompson (1810–1885), American politician
  • Jake Thompson (born 1994), American baseball player
  • Jalen Thompson (born 1998), American football player
  • James Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jasmine Thompson (born 2000), English singer and YouTube celebrity
  • Jeff Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jennifer Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jeremy Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jerome Thompson (born 1988), American lacrosse player
  • Jerry Thompson (born 1923), American long-distance runner
  • Jerry D. Thompson (born 1943), American historian
  • Jesse Thompson, (1749–1834), American soldier and politician
  • Jim Thompson (writer) (1906–1977), American writer
  • Joe Thompson (rugby) (1902–1983) British rugby union and rugby league footballer
  • John Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jonathan Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jordan Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Joseph Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Josh Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Judith Thompson (born 1954), Canadian playwright
  • Justin Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people

K[]

  • Kamila Thompson (born 1954), British singer-songwriter
  • Katherine Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Kay Thompson (1909–1998), American author
  • Keith Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Kelly Thompson, American author
  • Kemel Thompson (born 1974), Jamaican hurdler
  • Kenneth Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Kenan Thompson (born 1978), American actor
  • Kevin Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Kirsten Moana Thompson (born 1964), scholar of American and New Zealand cinema and visual culture
  • Kirt Thompson (born 1967), Trinidad and Tobago javelin thrower
  • Klay Thompson (born 1990), American basketball player; son of Mychal (below)
  • Kyle Thompson (born 1992), American photographer

L[]

  • L. F. Thompson, (1827–1894), American politician
  • Laird A. Thompson (born 1947), American astronomer
  • LaMarcus Adna Thompson (1848–1919), known for his early work developing roller coasters, sometimes called the "Father of Gravity"
  • Larry Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Laura Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Lea Thompson (born 1961), American actress and director
  • Lee Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Leonard Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Lexi Thompson (born 1995), American golfer
  • Liam Thompson (born 1992), English rugby footballer
  • Liam Thompson (YouTuber) (born 2000), YouTube personality from New Zealand
  • Libby Thompson (1855–1953), American frontier prostitute and madam
  • Lincoln Thompson (1949–1999), Jamaican reggae artist
  • Linda Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Lindsay Thompson (1923–2008), Australian politician
  • Lisa Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Llewellyn Thompson (1904–1972), American Ambassador to Austria and Soviet Union
  • Lois Thompson, American football player
  • Loren P. Thompson (1927–2015), American politician
  • Lucas P. Thompson (1797–1866), American lawyer and politician
  • Lucky Thompson (1924–2005), American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist
  • Luke Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Lyle Thompson (born 1992), American lacrosse player

M[]

  • Marcus Thompson (born 1946), American violinist
  • Marc Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mariquita Sánchez de Thompson (1786–1868), Argentine patriot and salonnière
  • Mark Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Martin Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mary Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Matthew Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Max Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mel Thompson (basketball) (1932–2009), American basketball coach
  • Michael Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mildred Thompson (1935–2003) American painter, sculptor and printmaker
  • Miles Thompson (born 1990), American lacrosse player
  • Miles Thompson (architect) (1808–1868), English architect
  • Morris Thompson (1939–2000), American politician and businessman
  • Mychal Thompson (born 1955), Bahamian–American basketball player and broadcaster
  • Mychel Thompson (born 1988), American basketball player; son of Mychal
  • Myron Thompson (1936–2019), Canadian politician

N[]

  • Nainoa Thompson (born 1953), Hawaiian navigator
  • Nathan Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Nathaniel Thompson (born 1983), better known as Giggs (rapper)
  • Ned Thompson (1910–2011), American football and basketball coach
  • Nick Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people

O[]

P[]

  • Patricia Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Patrick Thompson (born 1935), British politician
  • Paul Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Pauline Thompson (1942–2012), New Zealand artist
  • Pearl Thompson (born 1957), British musician in The Cure
  • Peter Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Peyton Thompson (born 1990), American football player
  • Phillip Thompson (born 1988), Australian politician

R[]

  • Rachel Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ralph Thompson (footballer) (1892–1916), English footballer
  • Randall Thompson (1899–1984), American composer
  • Randy Thompson (born 1963), American singer-songwriter
  • Rangi Thompson (1910–1971), New Zealand rower
  • Raymond Thompson (born 1949), New Zealand television writer and producer
  • Reginald Campbell Thompson (1876–1941), British archaeologist and epigraphist
  • Richard Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Robert Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Roger Thompson (born 1991), Canadian soccer player
  • Roly Thompson (1932–2003), English cricketer
  • Ron Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ruth Thompson (1887–1970), first female state representative of Michigan, first female U.S. Representative from Michigan
  • Ryan Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people

S[]

  • Sada Thompson (1927–2011), American actress
  • Samuel Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Sarah Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Scott Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Scottie Thompson (born 1981), American actress
  • Sean Thompson (born 1972), Guyanese cricketer
  • Shaq Thompson (born 1994), American football player
  • Shawn Thompson (born 1958), Canadian actor and director
  • Shedrick Thompson (died 1932), African American suicide victim
  • Sheldon Thompson (1785–1851), American politician from Buffalo, New York
  • Shirley Thompson, British composer, conductor and violinist
  • Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916), English physicist
  • Siobhan Thompson (born 1984), British-American sketch comedian and comedy writer.
  • Soren Thompson (born 1981), American épée fencer
  • Stanley Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Steve Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Susanna Thompson (born 1958), American television and film actress
  • Sydney Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people

T[]

V[]

W[]

  • Wallace Thompson (1896–1952), American politician
  • Walter Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Wilbur Thompson (1921–2013), American shot putter
  • William Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Whitney Thompson (born 1987), American fashion model, winner of America's Next Top Model, cycle 10
  • Woodrow R. Thompson (1919–1942), American Marine Corps sergeant and posthumous Navy Cross recipient
  • Wright Thompson (born 1976), American sportswriter

Z[]

Fictional characters[]

  • Agent Thompson, in The Matrix franchise
  • Connie Thompson (nicknamed "Creepy Connie"), from the Disney television series Jessie
  • Eugene "Flash" Thompson, in Marvel Comics
  • Holly Thompson, in the 1988 American science-fiction action thriller movie They Live
  • Nancy Thompson, in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise
  • Nucky Thompson, in the American TV series Boardwalk Empire
  • Sarah Thompson, in the Home and Away soap opera
  • Vivian Thompson, the main villain of the film In Dreams
  • Thomson and Thompson, twins in Tintin

Further reading[]

  • "Thompson Surname Meaning, Origins & Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-07.

References[]

  1. ^ 1990 Census Name Files Archived 2010-10-07 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
  2. ^ Quinn, Seán E. (2000), Surnames in Ireland (Google Snippet), Bray, Ireland: Irish Genealogy Press, p. 173, ISBN 978-1-871509-39-7, OCLC 48632352, retrieved 1 January 2012
  3. ^ Redmonds, George; King, Turi; Hey, David (2011), "Hereditary Surnames", Surnames, DNA, and Family History, New York: Oxford University Press, Classifying Surnames, ISBN 978-0-19-162036-2, retrieved 1 Jan 2012
  4. ^ "Scottish Thompson Name is MacTavish". Clan MacTavish. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. ^ Bureau, US Census. "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the 2010 Census". www.census.gov. Retrieved 2018-06-07.

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