Samuel/Sam Thompson/Thomson/Thomsen may refer to:
- Brigadier Samuel Thompson (1735–1798), American Revolutionary War solder
- Samuel Thomson (1769–1843), practician of alternative medicine
- Samuel Thompson (newspaper editor) (1810–1886), Canadian businessman and newspaper editor
- Samuel Thompson (Canadian politician) (1845–1909), veterinarian and politician in Manitoba, Canada
- Samuel S. Thompson, California politician in Los Angeles
- Sam Thompson (1860–1922), Major League Baseball player
- Sam Thomson (1862–1943), Scottish footballer
- Samuel Huston Thompson (1875–1966), American football player
- Samuel Eaton Thompson (1875?–1960?), American contactee who claimed to have been in contact with extraterrestrials
- Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson (1890–1918), British World War I flying ace
- Sam Thompson (playwright) (1916–1965), Irish playwright
- Samuel James Thomson (1922–2006), Scottish chemist
- Samuel B. Thomsen (born 1931), American diplomat
- Samuel D. Thompson (born 1935), member of the New Jersey Senate
- Samuel Thompson (footballer), Ghanaian footballer
- Sam Thompson (rugby league) (born 1986), English rugby league player
- Sam Thompson (writer), British novelist
Famous quotes containing the words samuel and/or thompson:
“Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 5:5.
The third of the Beatitudes, from the Sermon on the Mount. The words recall those in Proverbs 37:11, “But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.” In his Notebooks, the author Samuel Butler wrote, “I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.” (Samuel Butler’s Notebooks, p. 220, 1951)
“I stand amid the dust o’ the mounded years—
My mangled youth lies dead beneath the heap,
My days have crackled and gone up in smoke,
Have puffed and burst as sun-starts on a stream.”
—Francis Thompson (1859–1907)