David Thompson (April 30, 1770 - February 10, 1857), was an English-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and map-maker, known to some native peoples as "Koo-Koo-Sint" or "the Stargazer". Over his career he mapped over 3.9 million square kilometres of North America and for this has been described as the "greatest land geographer who ever lived." David Thompson's narrative of his explorations in western America, 1784-1812 (edited by J.B. Tyrell)

David Anthony Thompson (born September 12, 1977 in Birkenhead, Merseyside) is a former English football player who played as a midfielder.

During his career Thompson has played for Liverpool, Coventry City, Blackburn Rovers, Wigan Athletic, Portsmouth and Bolton Wanderers.

David O'Neil Thompson (born July 13, 1954 in Shelby, North Carolina) is a former American professional basketball star with the Denver Nuggets of both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA), as well as the Seattle SuperSonics.

David Thompson (December 7 1836 - April 18 1886) was a Canadian businessman and political figure. He represented Haldimand in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1886.

He was born in Wainfleet Township in Upper Canada in 1836, the son of David Thompson who represented Haldimand in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1851. After studying at Upper Canada College, he became a merchant selling flour and grain. In 1863, he was elected to the 8th Parliament of the Province of Canada for Haldimand; after Confederation, he was reelected to the House of Commons. He died while still in office in 1886.

David's son, Andrew, later represented Haldimand and Monck in the House of Commons.

The property where the mansion built by Thompson's father still stands is now preserved as a Canadian National Historic site, Ruthven Park.

David Thompson is an Australian chef, restaurateur and cookery writer, known for his skill and expertise in Thai cuisine.

He made his name at Darley Street Thai in Sydney, opened on his return from several years living and working in Bangkok. He currently runs Sailors Thai (opened 1995) in that city, and the Michelin starred Nahm (opened 2001) in London's Halkin Hotel - the first Thai restaurant to gain this award.

Thompson has also written a book. Aharn Thai or Thai Food is published by Pavilion Books and is a comprehensive account of Thai Cuisine, covering its history and role in society, as well as numerous recipes and menus.

David Thompson is an American writer and playwright. He currently resides in Millburn, New Jersey.

His credits include And The World Goes 'Round, The Look of Love, Thou Shalt Not, Steel Pier, and the 1996 Broadway revival of Chicago, to which he contributed a new book.

Thompson was nominated for the 1997 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Steel Pier.

David Thompson is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent Highlands and Islands at the 2007 election.

Thompson received some media attention in the aftermath of the 2007 election because he pointed out to the returning officer that the number of additional members for each party had been wrongly calculated . The initial calculation would have given Labour four additional seats and the SNP none, which would have resulted in Labour gaining a plurality and winning the election. After Thompson challenged this calculation and the figures were correctly calculated, Labour were allocated three seats and the SNP two. This resulted in the SNP gaining a plurality of one seat and enabled them to form the Scottish Executive.

David Thompson (born November 20, 1968 in Ashington, Northumberland) is an English former professional football player. He played as a defender.

David John Howard Thompson, MP (born December 1961, London dlpwins.shtml" target="_blank">"Thompson: 'much at stake for Barbados'", BBC Caribbean, January 16, 2008. http://www.rulers.org/indext1.html#thompd ) has been the Prime Minister of Barbados since January 2008.

Thompson came to politics in a by-election after the death of Prime Minister _Errol Barrow, gaining his parliamentary seat for Saint John in 1987.

Whilst Erskine Sandiford was in office as Prime Minister, Thompson served as Minister of Community Development and Culture from 1991 to 1993. He was subsequently appointed Minister of Finance from 1993 to 1994 and launched a process of restructuring and reposition the Barbados economy after it had undergone a stabilization programme. Through his efforts, the economy was placed back on a growth path. Indeed, this foundation paved the way for vigorous pattern of growth during the ensuing years after Thompson's Democratic Labour Party lost elections held in September 1994 that were prematurely called. He became leader of the DLP after Sandiford resigned after losing a parliamentary no confidence motion and unsuccessfully led the Democratic Labour Party in elections in 1994 and 1999. He resigned as party leader in September 2001. However, when party leader Clyde Mascoll defected, Thompson once again became opposition leader in January 2006.

The DLP won the general election held on January 15 2008 with 20 seats against 10 for the Barbados Labour Party, which was led by former Prime Minister Owen Arthur. Thompson was sworn in as Prime Minister on January 16, becoming Barbados' sixth prime minister and the third to serve under the DLP. Thompson was also re-elected to his own seat from St. John constituency with 84% of the vote. He announced his Cabinet on January 19, including himself as Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs and Development, Labour, Civil Service and Energy; it was sworn in on January 20.