General Thompson may refer to:

Charles F. Thompson (1882–1954), U.S. Army major general David D. Thompson (born 1963), U.S. Space Force general Edmund R. Thompson (1930–2019), U.S. Army major general Geoffrey Thompson (British Army officer) (1905–1983), British Army lieutenant general James E. Thompson Jr. (1935–2017), U.S. Army lieutenant general John F. Thompson (general) (fl. 1980s–2020s), U.S. Air Force lieutenant general John T. Thompson (1860–1940), U.S. Army brigadier general Julian Thompson (Royal Marines officer) (born 1934), Royal Marines major general M. Jeff Thompson (1826–1876), Missouri State Guard brigadier general Michael C. Thompson (fl. 1980s–2020s), Oklahoma Army National Guard major general Richard Horner Thompson (1926–2016), U.S. Army general Thomas Perronet Thompson (1783–1869), British Army major general Tracy A. Thompson (fl. 1980s–2020s), U.S. Army Reserve major general Waddy Thompson Jr. (1798–1868), South Carolina Militia brigadier general William Thompson (Iowa politician) (1813–1897), Iowa Volunteer Cavalry brevet brigadier general William Thompson (general) (1736–1781), Continental Army brigadier general

See also General Thomson (disambiguation) Attorney General Thompson (disambiguation)