Thurston (name)
Thurston () is an English-language name . The name has several origins. In some cases it can have originated from the Old Norse personal name Þórsteinn . This name is derived from the Old Norse elements Þórr ("Thor ", the Scandinavian thunder god ) and steinn ("stone", "rock "). In other cases the name can have originated from the name of Thurston , located in Suffolk , England.[ 1] Þóri and the Old English element tūn ("enclosure", "settlement").[ 1] [ 2]
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People
Asa Thurston (1787–1868), American missionary in HawaiiBaratunde Thurston (born 1977), American comedianColin Thurston (1947–2007), English recording engineer and producerDarren Thurston (born c. 1970), Canadian animal rights activistDavid Thurston (1918–2013), American aircraft designerDavid Thurston (born 1955), British Anti-Cancer Drug Design ProfessorDeborah Thurston , American engineerE. Temple Thurston (1879–1933), Irish authorFred Thurston (1933–2014), American football playerHoward Thurston (1869–1936), American magicianJennifer L. Thurston (born 1967), American judgeJohn Thurston (basketball) (born 1948), American college basketball coachJohn Thurston (inventor) (1777–1850), dubbed "the father of the billiards trade"John Thurston (politician) (born 1972), American politician from ArkansasJohnathan Thurston (born 1983), Australian rugby league footballerJohn Mellen Thurston (1847–1916), American politicianJohn Bates Thurston (1836–1897), British governor of FijiKatherine Thurston (1875–1911), Irish authorLaura M. Hawley Thurston (1812–1842), American poet, educatorLorrin A. Thurston (1857–1931), American lawyer and leader of the 1893 Hawaiian revolutionLucy Goodale Thurston (1795–1876), Hawaiian missionary and author, wife of Asa ThurstonRichard Thurston (born 1973), American musicianRobert Thurston (novelist) (1936–2021), American science fiction writerRobert Henry Thurston (1839–1903), American engineerSally Thurston , American statisticianSamuel Thurston (1815–1851), American politicianScott Thurston (born 1952), American musicianSloppy Thurston (1899-1973), American professional baseball pitcherWilliam Thurston (1946–2012), American mathematician
Fictional characters
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People
Thurston Clarke (born 1946), American historian, author and journalistThurston Daniels (1859–1926), Populist politician from the U.S. state of WashingtonThurston Dart (1921–71), British musicologist, conductor, and keyboard playerThurston Hall (1882–1958), American film actorThurston Harris (1931–90), American singerThurston Howe (born 1983), lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Flayed Disciple
Thurston Hunt (executed 1601), English Roman Catholic priestThurston Moore (born 1958), American musician in the rock band Sonic Youth Thurston Rostron (1863–91), English footballerThurston Twigg-Smith (1921–2016), businessman and philanthropist from Hawaii
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See also
References
^ a b Thurston Family History Ancestry.com , retrieved 19 February 2012 Dictionary of American Family Names , Oxford University Press , ISBN 0-19-508137-4 ^ Thurston Encyclopedia.com , retrieved 19 February 2012 Mills, A. D. (2003), A Dictionary of British Place-Names , Oxford University Press , ISBN 0-19-508137-4
