Thompson

The taxon authority Thompson may refer to:

Betty J. Thompson (born 1943), U.S. entomologist
Bruce Alan Thompson (1946–2007), U.S. ichthyologist
Cody W. Thompson, U.S. zoologist
David M. Thompson (born 1957; D.M.Thomps.), botanist
Edward John Thompson (fl. 1994; E.J.Thomps.), botanist
Ernest Freeman Thompson, New Zealander ichthyologist and carcinologist
Ernest Thompson Seton (1860–1946), U.S. naturalist and author, born Ernest Evan Thompson. Also published as Ernest Thompson-Seton or Ernest Seton-Thompson
Frederic Christian Thompson (1944–2021), U.S. entomologist
Fred G. Thompson, zoologist
Fred Gilbert Thompson, herpetologist
Graham J. Thompson, Canadian entomologist
Gordon Burnette Thompson (1911–1979), British entomologist
Henry Nilus Thompson (1867–1938; H.N.Thomps.), English forester
Henry Joseph Thompson (born 1921; H.J.Thomps.), U.S. botanist
Ida Thompson, U.S. paleontologist
John Thompson (fl. 1798; J.Thomps.‎), botanist
John Vaughan Thompson (1779–1847), British-Australian zoologist
Joseph Thompson, U.S. entomologist
Joseph Cheesman Thompson (1874–1943), U.S. zoologist
Joy Thompson (1923–2018; Joy Thomps.), Australian botanist
Julia Resende Thompson, Brazilian herpetologist
Luther Thompson, U.S. bacteriologist
Mary Fraser Thompson (1941-1982; M.F.Thomps.), botanist
Max C. Thompson (born 1936), U.S. ornithologist
Michelle E. Thompson, U.S. zoologist
Millett Taylor Thompson (1875–1907), carcinologist, entomologist
Paul M. Thompson, U.S. entomologist
Richard Thomas Thompson (born 1933), English entomologist
Rufus Henney Thompson (1908–1980; R.H.Thomps.), botanist and phycologist
Thomas Everett Thompson (1933–1990), English malacologist
Thomas L. Thompson, palaeontologist
Vinton Thompson, U.S. entomologist
William Thompson (1805–1852; Wm.Thomps.), Irish botanist and naturalist
William Francis Thompson (1888–1965), U.S. ichthyologist
William Wardlaw Thompson (?–1917), South African ichthyologist
Zadock Thompson (1796–1856), U.S. naturalist