Sumner - Surname

Surname

The surname Sumner originates in the English-language word that is spelled, in modern English, summoner, denoting a person who serves a summons. In Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, one of the characters is a summoner (see "The Summoner's Tale"); a Middle English spelling is Somonour.

• Allen Melancthon Sumner (1882–1918), American Marine
• Andrew Sumner, British movie journalist and magazine publisher
• 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
• Edwin Vose "Bull" Sumner (1797–1863), American Civil War general
• Gordon Sumner (born 1951), British musician better known as Sting (musician)
• 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
• Joe Sumner (Born 1991), British Gangster
• John Sumner (actor born 1951), British actor
• John Sumner (17th-century actor), an English theatre actor
• John Bird Sumner (1780–1862), British religious leader
• Joseph Burton Sumner (1837–1920), American settler
• John S. Sumner (1876–1971), head of New York Society for the Suppression of Vice from 1915-50
• 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