Famous People with Name Sumner

Sumner Locke Elliott            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Sumner Locke Elliott: was an Australian (later American) novelist.Elliott was born in Sydney to the writer Helena Sumner Locke (1881-1917) and the journalist Henry Logan Elliott. His mother died of eclampsia one day after his birth.[1] Elliott was raised by his aunts, who had a fierce custody battle over him, fictionalized in Elliott's autobiographical novel, Careful, He Might Hear You.Elliott became an actor and writer with the Independent Theatre. He was drafted into the Australian Army in 1942, but instead of being posted overseas, he worked as a clerk in Australia. He used these experiences as the inspiration for his controversial play, Rusty Bugles. The play toured extensively throughout Australia and achieved the notoriety of being closed down by the Chief Secretary's Office for obscenity.

Sumner Wheeler White III            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sumner Wheeler White III: was an American sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in New York and died in Summit.

William Graham Sumner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Graham Sumner: was an American academic and professor at Yale College. For many years he had a reputation as one of the most influential teachers there. He was a polymath with numerous books and essays on American history, economic history, political theory, sociology, and anthropology.His popular essays gave him a wide audience for his laissez-faire: advocacy of free markets, anti-imperialism, and the gold standard. He was a president of American Sociological Association from 1908 to 1909.

Charles Allen Sumner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Allen Sumner: was a U.S. Representative from California. He moved to California in 1856 and settled in San Francisco where he reported for the legislature from 1857 to 1861. Between the legislative sessions he was engaged in the state and county courts, in law-reportin

Charles Sumner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Sumner: was an American politician and statesman from Massachusetts. An academic lawyer and a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate during the American

George G. Sumner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George G. Sumner: was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1883 to 1885. Sumner was a Democrat. He was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1867 for Bolton. He was elected Mayor of Hartford in 1878 in a race against M

Jessie Sumner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jessie Sumner: was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Sumner was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1947). She was not a candidate for renomination in 1946. She resumed position as vice presid