Editing David Thompson

'''David''' or '''Dave Thompson''' may refer to:

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==Business==
* [[David Thompson (American businessman, born 1798)]] (1798–1871), president of New York Life Insurance & Trust Company
* [[David Thompson (British businessman)]] (1936–2021), co-founder of Hillsdown Holdings
* [[G. David Thompson]] (1899–1965), American investment banker, industrialist, and modern art collector

==Entertainment==
* [[Dave Thompson (author)]] (born 1960), British author, largely dealing with rock and pop music
* [[Dave Thompson (comedian)]] (born 1959), British actor and comedian
* [[David M. Thompson]] (born 1950), founder of BBC Films
* [[David Thompson (singer)]] (1950–2010), lead singer of the Canadian country band Thunder Road
* [[David Thompson (writer)]] (born 1956), American writer and playwright
* [[David W. Thompson]] (born 1994), American actor
* [[Lil' Dave Thompson]] (1969–2010), American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
* David Thompson, a pen name of American author [[David L. Robbins (Oregon writer)|David L. Robbins]] (born 1950)

==Law==
* [[David R. Thompson]] (1930–2011), U.S. federal judge
* [[David N. Thompson]] (1859–1945), justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court 
* Sir [[Dave Thompson (police officer)]], chief constable of West Midlands Police

== Politics ==
*[[David Thompson (Canada West politician)]] (1793–1851), entrepreneur and political figure in Canada West
*[[David P. Thompson]] (1834–1901), governor of the Idaho Territory, mayor of Portland, Oregon
*[[David E. Thompson]] (1854–1942), American diplomat
*[[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
*[[Dave Thompson (Minnesota politician)]] (born 1961), Minnesota state senator
*[[David Thompson (Barbadian politician)]] (1961–2010), prime minister of Barbados

== Sports ==
===Football and rugby===
*[[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
*[[Dave Thompson (footballer, born 1945)]], English former professional footballer
*[[Dave Thompson (American football)]] (born 1949), American football player
*[[David Thompson (American football)]] (born 1975), American football player
*[[David Thompson (rugby league, born 1978)]], Australian rugby league player
*[[Dave Thompson (rugby league, born 1995)]], for Leigh Centurions

===Other sports===
*[[David Thompson (basketball)]] (born 1954), American basketball player
*[[David Thompson (cricketer)]] (born 1976), former English cricketer
*[[David Thompson (baseball)]] (born 1993), American baseball player

==Other fields==
* [[David B. Thompson]] (1923–2013), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
* [[David D. Thompson]] (born 1963), US Space Force general
* [[David Thompson (New Hampshire settler)]] (1593–?), founder of the first European settlement in New Hampshire
* [[David Thompson (explorer)]] (1770–1857), Canadian explorer
* [[David Thompson (chef)]], Australian chef
* [[David Thompson (nurse)]] (born 1955), British academic nurse and psychologist
* [[Rosa 'David Thompson']], a rose cultivar
== See also ==
*[[David Thompson Highway]], named for the explorer of Canada
*[[David Thompson Secondary School (disambiguation)]]
*[[David Thomson (disambiguation)]]

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