David John Howard Thompson QC (25 December 1961 – 23 October 2010) was the Prime Minister of Barbados from 15 January 2008 until his death from pancreatic cancer on 23 October 2010.
Thompson is the third sitting Prime Minister of Barbados to die in office following the deaths of Tom Adams in 1985 and Errol Barrow in 1987.
He was also the 7th head of government of a CARICOM country to die in office since CARICOM was founded in 1973.