Military Figures
- William Thompson (general) (1736–1781), Irish-born American Revolutionary War general
- William A. Thompson (1864–1925), figure in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers whose name is used for the USACE's dredge for the upper Mississippi River
- William Frank Thompson (SOE officer) (1920–1944), British officer who worked in Bulgaria in the World War II
- William Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1861) Signal Quartermaster in the American Civil War and recipient of the Medal of Honor for action at Forts Beauregard and Walker on Hilton Head, South Carolina, in 1861
- William P. Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1864) Sergeant in the American Civil War and recipient of the Medal of Honor for action at Battle of the Wilderness, 1864
- William Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1950) (1927-1950) Private in the Korean War and recipient of the Medal of Honor for action at Haman, Korea, 1950
- William James Thompson (VC) (1830–1891), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
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