George Thompson may refer to:
- George Thompson (abolitionist) (1804–1878), British anti-slavery lecturer and British MP for Tower Hamlets
- George Thompson (aviator) (1888–1912), one of Colorado's earliest aviators
- George Thompson (basketball) (born 1947), American basketball player
- George Thompson (cricketer) (1877–1943), English Test cricketer
- George Thompson (MP) (1804–1895), founder of the Aberdeen Line and Liberal MP for Aberdeen
- George Thompson (politician) (born 1928), Scottish National Party politician, MP for Galloway
- George Thompson (VC) (1920–1945), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- George Thompson (Wisconsin politician) (1918–1982), Wisconsin attorney general
- George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth (1921–2008), Scottish newspaperman and politician
- George A. Thompson (geologist), Stanford geophysicist, winner of the Penrose Medal
- George W. Thompson (1806–1888), Virginia politician and lawyer
- George W. Thompson (Medal of Honor) (1847–?), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- George A. Thompson (1921–2000), American inventor and businessman
- George Thompson (Australian politician) (born 1945), former Australian politician
- George Lowther Thompson (1786–1841), British Member of Parliament for Haslemere, and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
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“Above the bayonets, mixed and crossed,
Men saw a gray, gigantic ghost
Receding through the battle cloud,
And heard across the tempest loud
The death cry of a nation lost!”
—Will Henry Thompson (1848–1918)