List of Famous people with last name Sumter

Thomas Sumter

First Name Thomas
Last Name Sumter
Born on August 14, 1734
Died on June 1, 1832 (aged 97)

Thomas Sumter was a soldier in the Colony of Virginia militia; a brigadier general in the South Carolina militia during the American War of Independence, a planter, and a politician. After the United States gained independence, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives and to the United States Senate, where he served from 1801 to 1810, when he retired. Sumter was nicknamed the "Carolina Gamecock" for his fierce fighting style against British soldiers after they burned down his house during the Revolution.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her
    index: 1x 0.024526119232178s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.015053987503052s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.014994859695435s
router_page: 1x 0.0086770057678223s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0079529285430908s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.0064220428466797s
t_/blocks/person-card: 1x 0.0063748359680176s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0060279369354248s
headline: 2x 0.0025308132171631s
qids: 2x 0.0016608238220215s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00029587745666504s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00023508071899414s
head-facts: 1x 0.00020599365234375s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 1.8119812011719E-5s
related: 1x 5.0067901611328E-6s
using-qids-cache: 1x 1.1920928955078E-6s
----- END OF DUMP (2026-05-24 15:23:05)  -----