Business
- James E. Thompson (born 1940), founder, chairman and chief executive of The Crown Worldwide Group
- James Pyke Thompson (1846–1897), English corn merchant and philanthropist
- James Walter Thompson (1847–1928), American advertiser and namesake of the JWT advertising agency
- Jim Thompson (designer) (born 1906), revived the Thai silk industry
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