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 and steinn. In other cases the name can have originated from the name of Thurston, located in Suffolk, England. This place name is derived from the Old Norse personal name Þóri and the Old English element tūn.
Surname
People
- Asa Thurston, American missionary in Hawaii
- Baratunde Thurston, American comedian
- Colin Thurston, English recording engineer and producer
- Darren Thurston, Canadian animal rights activist
- David Thurston, American aircraft designer
- David Thurston, British Anti-Cancer Drug Design Professor
- Deborah Thurston, American engineer
- E. Temple Thurston, Irish author
- Fred Thurston, American football player
- Harry Thurston, Canadian writer and journalist
- Howard Thurston, American magician
- Jennifer L. Thurston, American judge
- John Thurston (basketball), American college basketball coach
- John Thurston (inventor), dubbed "the father of the billiards trade"
- John Thurston (politician), American politician from Arkansas
- Johnathan Thurston, Australian rugby league footballer
- John Mellen Thurston, American politician
- John Bates Thurston, British governor of Fiji
- Katherine Thurston, Irish author
- Laura M. Hawley Thurston, American poet, educator
- Lorrin A. Thurston, American lawyer and leader of the 1893 Hawaiian revolution
- Lucy Goodale Thurston, Hawaiian missionary and author, wife of Asa Thurston
- Richard Thurston, American musician
- Robert Thurston (novelist), American science fiction writer
- Robert Henry Thurston, American engineer
- Sally Thurston, American statistician
- Samuel Thurston, American politician
- Scott Thurston, American musician
- Sloppy Thurston, American professional baseball pitcher
- William Thurston, American mathematician
Fictional characters
- Renton Thurston, protagonist of the manga series Eureka Seven
- Sid "The Snitch" Thurston, character in the American TV series Hill Street Blues and its spin-off, Beverly Hills Buntz
- Francis Wayland Thurston, narrator of the short story The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft
- King Thurston in the medieval Middle English romance ''King Horn''
Given name
People
- Thurston Clarke, American historian, author and journalist
- Thurston Daniels, Populist politician from the U.S. state of Washington
- Thurston Dart, British musicologist, conductor, and keyboard player
- Thurston Hall, American film actor
- Thurston Harris, American singer
- Thurston Howe, lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Flayed Disciple
- Thurston Hunt, English Roman Catholic priest
- Thurston Moore, American musician in the rock band Sonic Youth
- Thurston Rostron, English footballer
- Thurston Twigg-Smith, businessman and philanthropist from Hawaii
Fictional characters
- Thurston Howell III, one of the seven castaways, credited as "The Millionaire" in the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island
- Thurston "Cupcake", a fictional cat character in the Nickelodeon animated series, ''Hey Arnold!''