Charles Thompson

Last updated January 30, 2026

Charles or Charlie Thompson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Charles Thompson (jazz) (1918–2016), American jazz musician also known as "Sir Charles"
Charles Hubbard Thompson (1891–1964), American ragtime musician
Charles P. Thompson (1891–1979), American actor
Charles S. Thompson (set decorator) (1908–1994), Hollywood art designer
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816–1868), British photographer
Black Francis (Charles Thompson IV, born 1965), American musician, frontman of the alternative rock band Pixies

Charles Thompson (Cherokee chief) (died 1891), (Cherokee name Oochalata), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
Charles Collins Thompson (1898–1983), Texas judge, attorney, banker and rancher
Charles E. Thompson (1889–1986), member of the Mississippi Senate
Charles Edwin Thompson (1890–1966), Canadian politician
Charles H. Thompson (Florida politician) (1843 - ?), Baptist minister and state legislator for Columbia County 1873-1875, also a county commissioner
Charles H. Thompson (Wisconsin official) (1935–2012), Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation 1987–1991
Charles H. Thompson (Illinois judge) (1882–1972), Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court in 1945, 1946, 1949, and 1950
Charles J. Thompson (1862–1932), US Representative from Ohio
Charles Perkins Thompson (1827–1894), US Representative from Massachusetts
Tommy Thompson (Royal Navy officer) (Charles Ralfe Thompson, 1894–1966), British naval officer and Prime Ministerial aide-de-camp
Charles Winston Thompson (1860–1904), US Representative from Alabama
Charles W. Thompson (Kansas politician) (1867–1950), Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
Mike Thompson (California politician) (Charles Michael Thompson, born 1951), US representative from California

Charles Thompson (American football) (born 1968), former quarterback of the Oklahoma Sooners
Charles Thompson (athlete) (1921–?), Guyanaese Olympic sprinter
Charles Thompson (rugby union, born 1874) (1874–?), British rugby union player
Charles Thompson (rugby union, born 1885), Irish rugby union player
Charles Meysey-Thompson (1849–1881), footballer who played for Wanderers
Charlie Thompson (footballer, born 1909) (1909–1979), English footballer
Charlie Thompson (footballer, born 1920) (1920–1997), English footballer
Charlie Thompson (rugby union) (c. 1896–c. 1965), rugby union player who represented Australia
Charlie Thompson (American football) (1894–1949), college football player and high school football coach
Chuck Thompson (1921–2005), American sportscaster

Charles Thompson (engraver) (1791–1843), English wood-engraver in France
Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet (c. 1740–1799), British admiral
Charles A. Thompson (1843–1900), American Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
Charles B. Thompson (1814–1895), leader of a Latter Day Saint schismatic group in Missouri and Iowa
Charles C. Thompson (born 1961), bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States
Charles C. Thompson II, American writer, author of A Glimpse of Hell
Charles F. Thompson (1882–1954), United States Army general
Charles Henry Thompson (1896–1980), first African American to obtain a doctoral degree in educational psychology
Charles L. Thompson (1868–1959), American architect
Charles J. S. Thompson (1862–1943), British physician and writer
Charles S. Thompson (ornithologist) (1881–1960), American ornithologist
Charles Stewart Thompson (1851–1900), medical missionary in India
Charles Victor Thompson (1970–2026), American executed murderer
Charlie Thompson (reporter), American journalist