David Thompson

David or Dave Thompson may refer to:

Exploration

• David Thompson (less commonly Thomson), founder (1623) of the first European settlement in New Hampshire, United States (See: History of New Hampshire#Founding: 1600–1775)
• David Thompson (explorer) (1770–1857), Canadian explorer

Politics and diplomacy

• David Thompson (Barbadian politician) (1961–2010), Prime Minister of Barbados
• David Thompson (Canadian politician) (1836–1886), member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Dave Thompson (Scottish politician) (born 1949), Scottish National Party member of the Scottish Parliament for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
• David Eugene Thompson (1854–1942), American diplomat
• David P. Thompson (1834–1901), governor of the Idaho Territory, mayor of Portland, Oregon
• David R. Thompson (1930–2011), U.S. federal judge
• Dave Thompson (Minnesota politician) (born 1961), Minnesota State Senator
• David Thompson (Canada West politician) (1793–1851), entrepreneur and political figure in Canada West

Sport

• David Thompson (basketball) (born 1954), member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
• David Thompson (footballer, born 1962), former English football player with Rochdale, Notts County, Wigan, Preston and Chester
• David Thompson (footballer, born 1968), English former professional footballer
• David Thompson (footballer, born 1977), former English football player with Liverpool, Coventry, Blackburn, Wigan, Portsmouth and Bolton
• David Thompson (cricketer) (born 1976), former English cricketer
• David Thompson (American football), American football player
• David Thompson (baseball), baseball player
• Dave Thompson (American football), American football player
• Dave Thompson (footballer) (born 1945), English former professional footballer

Music and film

• Dave Thompson (author), British author, largely dealing with rock and pop music
• Lil' Dave Thompson (1969–2010), American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
• David H. Thompson (1884–1957), American actor
• David Thompson (writer), writer and playwright including Steel Pier
• Dave Thompson (comedian), British actor and comedian
• David M. Thompson (born 1950), founder of BBC Films
• David Thompson (singer) (died 2010), lead singer of the Canadian country band Thunder Road

Other fields

• A pen name for David L. Robbins (Oregon writer)
• David Thompson (chef), Australian chef
• David Thompson (businessman) (1798–1871), president of New York Life Insurance & Trust Company
• David Thompson (entrepreneur) (born 1936), co-founder of Hillsdown Holdings
• David B. Thompson (1923–2013), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
• David W. Thompson (born 1954), co-founder of Orbital Sciences Corporation
• G. David Thompson (1899-1965), American investment banker, industrialist, and modern art collector

Also

• David Thompson Highway, named for the explorer of Canada

See also

• David Thomson (disambiguation)