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
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