Arts and Sciences
- James D. Thompson (1920–1973), American sociologist, author of Organizations in Action
- James Maurice Thompson (1844–1901), American novelist
- James R. Thompson, Jr. (born 1936), former director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, 1986–1989
- James Thompson (cartographer) (active 1785), who produced one of the first maps of York
- James Thompson (journalist) (1817–1877), journalist and local historian
- James Thompson (poet) (1700–1748), Scottish poet and playwright
- James Thompson (researcher) (born 1966), Northern Irish inventor and patent holder in the airline seating industry
- James Westfall Thompson (1869–1941), American historian
- Jimmy Thompson (actor) (1925–2005), British actor
- Jim Thompson (writer) (1906–1977), American author and screenwriter, known for his pulp crime fiction
- Uncle Jimmy Thompson (1848–1931), country music pioneer
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