Sumner

Sumner is a surname, and may refer to

* Allen Melancthon Sumner (1882-1918), American marine soldier
* Bernard Sumner (born 1956), British musician
* Brian Sumner (born 1979), British skateboarder
* Carl Sumner (1908-1999), American baseball player
* Charles Sumner (1811-1874), American politician
* Charles Richard Sumner (1790-1874), British religious leader
* Charlie Sumner (born 1930), American football player and coach
* Cid Ricketts Sumner (1890-1970), American novelist
* Claude Sumner, Canadian/Ethiopian philosopher
* C. Norton Sumner, (born 1970), World Class Chef and Entertainer
* Edwin Vose Sumner (1797-1863), American soldier
* Gordon Sumner (born 1951), the British musician Sting
* Heywood Sumner (1853-1940), English artist, designer, writer and archaeologist
* Increase Sumner (1746-1799), American politician and jurist
* J. D. Sumner (1924-1998), American singer and songwriter
* James B. Sumner (1887-1955), American biochemist
* Jake Sumner (born 1985), British model
* Jethro Sumner, American Revolutionary War general
* Joe Sumner (born 1976), British musician
* John Sumner (1936-2004), British mountaineer
* John Bird Sumner (1780-1862), British religious leader
* Joseph Burton Sumner (1837-1920), American settler
* Kelly Sumner, British businessman
* L. W. Sumner, Canadian philosopher
* Mary Sumner (1828–1921), founder of the Mothers' Union
* Robert Sumner (born 1922), American evangelist & writer
* Samuel S. Sumner (1842-1937), American general
* Steve Sumner (fl. 1980s), New Zealand football player
* Thomas Hubbard Sumner (1807-1876), American mariner
* Timothy Sumner, British astronomer
* Walt Sumner, American football player
* William Graham Sumner (1840-1910), American sociologist
* William H. Sumner (1780-?), Boston historical figure

Also
* Viscount Sumner

As a given name:
*Sumner Paine, 1896 Olympic shooting gold and silver medalist
*Sumner Chilton Powell, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1964
*Sumner Redstone (or Sumner Murray Rothstein, born 1923), Chairman of Viacom
*Sumner Welles, (1892-1961), U. S. Undersecretary of State

Places

*In Australia
** Sumner, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane
*In New Zealand:
**Sumner, New Zealand, a seaside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand
**Lake Sumner
*In the United States:
**Sumner, Georgia
**Sumner, Illinois
**Sumner, Iowa
**Sumner, Maine
**Sumner, Michigan
**Sumner, Mississippi
**Sumner, Missouri
**Sumner, Nebraska
**Sumner, Washington
**Three places called Sumner in the state of Wisconsin:
***Sumner, Barron County, Wisconsin
***Sumner, Jefferson County, Wisconsin
***Sumner, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
**Sumner County, Kansas
**Sumner County, Tennessee
**Sumner Township, Michigan
**Sumner Township, Minnesota
**Fort Sumner, New Mexico
**Lake Sumner, New Mexico
**Sumner Elementary School, in Topeka, Kansas
**The Sumner Tunnel, a vehicular tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts

Things

*Sumner (crater), a crater on the moon
*The Sumner method, a way of finding a ship's location at sea; William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) calculated a set of tables for its ready application
* , a World War II Liberty ship
*USS "Sumner", a number of U.S. Navy ships, including
**USS "Sumner" (DD-333), Clemson-class destroyer
**USS "Sumner" (AGS-5), survey ship
**USS "Allen M. Sumner" (DD-692), destroyer, namesake of class (see Allen M. Sumner class destroyer)