William Boyce Thompson | |
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| Born | May 13, 1869 Virginia City, Montana, U.S. |
| Died | June 27, 1930 (aged 61) Yonkers, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Sleepy Hollow Cemetery |
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William Boyce Thompson (May 13, 1869 – June 27, 1930) was an American mining engineer, financier, prominent in the Republican party, philanthropist, and founder of Newmont Mining. Thompson was one of the early twentieth century mine operators that discovered and exploited vast copper deposits that revolutionized Western American mining, and reaped tremendous fortunes. The William Boyce Thompson School in Yonkers, New York, is named after him.