Linda Thompson (born 23 August 1947 in London, England) is a British singer. Born Linda Pettifer (Linda is the sister of the actor Brian Pettifer) in the London Borough of Hackney, Thompson became one of the most recognised names—and voices—in the British folk rock movement of the 1970s and 1980s, in collaboration with her former husband and fellow British folk rock legend, guitarist Richard Thompson, and later, as a solo artist.