of Parliament for the City of London William Thompson (1629–1692), English Member of Parliament for Scarborough William Thompson (Ipswich MP) (1678–1739), English Member of Parliament for Ipswich William Thompson (died 1744) (c.1680–1744), British Whig politician, MP for Scarborough 1701–1722 and 1730–1744 William Thompson (1792–1854), MP for Callington, London, Sunderland and Westmorland, also Sheriff and Lord Mayor of London William Thompson (Ulster Unionist politician) (1939–2010), Northern Ireland politician Elsewhere William Thompson (Upper Canada) (1786–1860) William Thompson (New South Wales politician) (1862–1937), Australian politician William Thompson (Australian politician) (1863–1953) William Murray Thompson (1841–1912), railway contractor and politician in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Science William Thompson (naturalist) (1805–1852), Irish ornithologist and botanist William Thompson (viticulturist) (1816–1897), Englishman who developed the Thompson Seedless grape William Wardlaw Thompson (died 1917), South African ichthyologist and zoologist William Thompson (physician) (1861–1926), physician, Registrar General for Ireland William A. Thompson (1864–1925), member of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers William Boyce Thompson (1869–1930), American mining engineer and financier William R. Thompson (1887–1972), Canadian entomologist William Francis Thompson (1888–1965), American ichthyologist William Lay Thompson (1930–2016), American ornithologist Sports William Thompson (boxer) (1811–1880), British prizefighter William Thompson (archer) (1848–1918), American archer William V. Thompson (1865–1938), American bowler William Thompson (cricketer, born 1866) (1866–1920), English first-class cricketer Willie Thompson (William Pringle Thompson, 1867–1928), English footballer, played for Newcastle United in the 1890s William Thompson (cricketer, born 1882) (1882–1954), English cricketer William Thompson (Australian cricketer) (born 1891), Australian cricketer William Thompson (British Guiana cricketer) (born 1888), Guyanese cricketer William Thompson (rower) (1908–1956), American Olympic rower William Thompson (footballer), Scottish footballer William Thompson (skier) (1905-1994), Canadian Olympic skier Will Thompson (baseball) (1870–1962), American baseball player Other William Thompson (banker), Governor of the Bank of England from 1725 to 1727 William Thompson (Methodist) (1733–1799), first President of the Methodist Conference after Wesley's death William Thompson (philosopher) (1775–1833), Irish political and philosophical writer and social reformer William Thompson (journalist) (1846–1934), American Indian fighter and newspaper editor William Clyde Thompson (1839–1912), leader of the Mount Tabor Indian Community in Texas William Thompson (bishop) (1885–1975), Anglican bishop of Persia (Iran) William A. Thompson (bishop) (1946-2020), Anglican bishop of the Diocese of Western Anglicans (U.S.) William Thompson (archdeacon of Cork) (1766–1833) William Thompson (archdeacon of Wellington), Canadian Anglican priest William C. Thompson (New York judge) (1924–2018), New York politician and judge William Paul Thompson (1937–1989), American serial killer William L. ("T") Thompson (born 1951), pilot for Delta Air Lines,