Famous People with Name Thurmond

James Strom Thurmond            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Strom Thurmond: was an American politician who served as governor of South Carolina and as a United States Senator. He also ran for the presidency of the United States in 1948 under the segregationist States Rights Democratic Party banner. He garnered 39 electoral votes in that election. He later represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to April 1956 and November 1956 to 1964 as a Democrat and from 1964 to 2003 as a Republican. He served as Senator through his 90s, and left office at age 100 as the oldest serving and longest-serving senator in U.S. history (although he was later surpassed in the latter by Robert C. Byrd). Thurmond holds the record for the longest serving Dean of the United States Senate in U.S. history at 14 years. He conducted the longest filibuster ever by a U.S. Senator in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957. He later moderated his position on race, but continued to defend his early segregationist campaigns on the basis of states' rights; never fully renouncing his earlier viewpoints. He was the third U.S. Senator to reach age 100 but the only one to do it while still in office.

Nathaniel Nate Thurmond            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nathaniel Nate Thurmond: is a retired American basketball player, feared and praised by legends including Bob Pettit, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Wilt Chamberlain. His nickname during his playing years was "Nate the Great".He played in high school with another future NBA star, Gus Johnson, at Akron Central. Their powerful team went undefeated before losing to Middletown, led by Jerry Lucas, in the Ohio state high school playoffs. Passing on a scholarship offer to Ohio State, to avoid becoming Lucas's backup there, the 6'11" Thurmond chose Bowling Green. He was named a first-team All-American by The Sporting News in 1963, and was drafted by the San Francisco Warriors later that year.

Deborah Lynn Thurmond            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Deborah Lynn Thurmond: Allen was born Deborah Lynn Thurmond in Memphis, Tennessee and was strongly influenced by Patsy Cline. It was at the young age of 17, that Allen decided to pursue a country music career, and she then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, the hometown of Country music

Michael L. "Mike" Thurmond            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Michael L. "Mike" Thurmond: is the former Commissioner of Labor for the state of Georgia and was the Democratic Party's nominee for United States Senate in 2010.In April 2010, Thurmond announced his intention to challenge incumbent Republican Senator Johnny Isakson. He easily defeat