Peter Thompson may refer to:

Sports

• Peter Thompson (cricketer) (born 1965), Barbadian cricketer
• Peter Thompson (footballer, born 1942) (1942–2018), English football outside left
• Peter Thompson (footballer, born 1936) (born 1936), English football centre forward
• Peter Thompson (Northern Ireland footballer) (born 1984), Northern Irish football player
• Peter Thompson (rugby union) (1922–1997), rugby union player who represented Australia

Others

• Sir Peter Thompson (antiquarian) (1698–1770), merchant, MP and collector from Poole
• Peter Thompson (Medal of Honor) (1854–1928), survivor of the Battle of Little Bighorn
• Peter Thompson (broadcaster) (born 1952), Australian broadcast journalist and educator
• Peter Thompson, professor at the University of York, UK and creator of the Thatcher effect
• Peter Thompson, a Sydney L. Mayer Associate Professor of American History at St Cross College.

See also

• Peter Thompson dress, a sailor dress, after the c.1900 American former naval tailor credited with creating the style
• Peter Thomson (disambiguation)