Joseph Thompson may refer to:
- Joseph Thompson (doctor) (1797–1885), early settler of Atlanta, Georgia, hotelier, and real-estate investor
- Joseph H. Thompson (1871–1928), World War I Medal of Honor recipient and University of Pittsburgh hall of fame player and head coach
- Joseph Bryan Thompson (1871–1919), US Congressman from Oklahoma
- Joseph Thompson (Canadian politician) (1867–?), speaker of the Legislature of Ontario
- Joe Thompson (rugby) (1902–1983), British rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1910s, '20s and '30s
- Joseph Whitaker Thompson (1861–1946), American judge
- Joseph Cheesman Thompson (1874–1943), medical officer in the United States Navy
- Joseph Atang Thompson (born 1989), Nigerian football player
- Joe Thompson (footballer) (born 1989), English footballer for Tranmere Rovers
- Joe Thompson (Australian politician) (1923–2005), member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
- Joe F. Thompson, American aerospace engineer.
- Joseph Parrish Thompson, American abolitionist and Baptist minister
- Joseph R. Thompson, American Word War II Army veteran and Légion d'honneur recipient
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“If you tie a horse to a stake, do you expect he will grow fat? If you pen an Indian up on a small spot of earth, and compel him to stay there, he will not be contented, nor will he grow and prosper. I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They can not tell me.”
—Chief Joseph (c. 1840–1904)
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And griefless as a rich man’s funeral.”
—Sidney Thompson Dobell (1824–1874)