Sir John Thompson (16 December 1907 – 11 July 1995) was a British barrister and High Court judge from 1961 to 1982.
He was educated at Bellahouston Academy, before proceeding to Glasgow University, where he graduated MA, winning the Arthur Jones Memorial Prize in 1928 and the Ewing Gold Medal in 1929.
He then proceeded to Oriel College, Oxford, where he held the Neale Scholarship, graduating BA in 1930 and MA in 1943.
In 1961, Thompson was appointed a Justice of the High Court and was assigned to the Queen's Bench Division, receiving the customary knighthood.
Thompson married in 1934 Agnes Baird, (Nancy), oldest of John and Jeanie Drummond, of Glasgow; they had two sons.