John Dawson Hedley Thompson (16 February 1920 – February 2000) was a Scottish-born Welsh international lawn bowler.

Introduced to bowls by his father in 1938 and moved to Wales at the end of World War II.

Thompson was a Welsh international from 1961 to 1973 and captain from 1966 to 1968.

Thompson bowled and captained Wales in the 1966 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in New South Wales, Australia.

Thompson died in Glamorgan in February 2000, at the age of 80.