Mark Thompson may refer to: Sports Mark Thompson (baseball) (born 1971), baseball player Mark Thompson (footballer) (born 1963), former Australian rules football premiership captain and coach Mark Scott Thompson, manager of the El Salvador national football team Mark Thompson (hurdler) (born 1967), Jamaican Olympic hurdler Mark Thompson (racing driver) (born 1951), American stock car racing driver, pilot, and businessman Politics Mark Thompson (Minnesota politician) (born 1960), American politician Mark Thompson (Arizona politician), Arizona politician Mark R. Thompson (born 1960), expert on Southeast Asian politics Others Mark Thompson (DJ) (born 1955), American radio personality, best known as half of Mark & Brian Mark Thompson (reporter) (born c. 1953), 1985 Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Mark Thompson (author) (1952–2016), American journalist and author focused on LGBT topics and advocacy. Mark Thompson (media executive) (born 1957), chairman of Ancestry board of directors, former New York Times Co. CEO, former Director-General of the BBC Mark Thompson (newscaster), American television newscaster/announcer Mark Thompson (historian) (born 1959), British historian Mark Thompson (astronomer) (born 1973), British astronomer Mark Thompson (painter) (1812–1875), British painter Mark Thompson (chemist), Californian chemistry academic Mark Christian Thompson (born 1970), professor of English See also Marc Thompson (disambiguation) Mark Thomson (disambiguation)