Sir Richard Paul Hepworth Thompson, KCVO (born 14 April 1940) is a British physician and past president of the Royal College of Physicians in London.

[1] Thompson studied medicine at Oxford University and St Thomas' Hospital, and specialised in gastroenterology.

He conducted research with Prof Roger Williams, and at the Mayo Clinic.

[1] From 1982 until 2005 he was also attached to King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes.

[2] From 2003 until 2010 he acted as treasurer to the Royal College of Physicians, and in 2010 was elected to succeed Ian Gilmore as president (PRCP).