Thurston () is an English-language

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. The name has several origins. In some cases it can have originated from the

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personal name ''Þórsteinn''. This name is derived from the Old Norse elements ''Þórr'' ("

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", the Scandinavian

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) and ''steinn'' ("stone", "

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Thurston Thurston may refer to: Places Antarctica * Thurston Glacier, Marie Byrd Land * Thurston Island, off Ellsworth Land United Kingdom * Thurston, Suffolk, England, a village and parish ** Thurston railway station United States * Thurston County, Neb ...

, located in

Suffolk Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...

, England.. This webpage cited: . This place name is derived from the Old Norse personal name ''Þóri'' and the

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element ''tūn'' ("enclosure", "settlement").. This webpage cited: .

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Asa Thurston Asa Thurston (October 12, 1787 – March 11, 1868) was a Protestant missionary from the United States who was part of the first company of American Christian missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands with his wife Lucy Goodale Thurston. Asa Thurston ...

(1787–1868), American missionary in Hawaii *

Baratunde Thurston Baratunde Rafiq Thurston (; born September 11, 1977) is an American writer, comedian, and commentator. Thurston co-founded the black political blog ''Jack and Jill Politics'', whose coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention was archived ...

(born 1977), American comedian *

Colin Thurston Colin Thurston (b. 1947 – 15 January 2007) was an English recording engineer and record producer, known for his work with David Bowie, Duran Duran and The Human League. Early life Born in Singapore in 1947, Thurston was a guitarist in se ...

(1947–2007), English recording engineer and producer *

Darren Thurston Darren Todd Thurston (born ) is a former Canadian animal rights activist. In July 2006, Thurston pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy and related arson charges that occurred from 1996 through 2001 in Oregon and four other U.S. states, and wh ...

(born c. 1970), Canadian animal rights activist * David Thurston (1918–2013), American aircraft designer * David Thurston (born 1955), British Anti-Cancer Drug Design Professor * Deborah Thurston, American engineer * E. Temple Thurston (1879–1933), Irish author * Fred Thurston (1933–2014), American football player *

Howard Thurston Howard Thurston (July 20, 1869 – April 13, 1936) was a stage Magic (illusion), magician from Columbus, Ohio, United States. As a child, he ran away to join the circus, where his future partner Harry Kellar also performed. Thurston was deeply i ...

(1869–1936), American magician * Jennifer L. Thurston (born 1967), American judge * John Thurston (basketball) (born 1948), American college basketball coach * John Thurston (inventor) (1777–1850), dubbed "the father of the billiards trade" * John Thurston (politician) (born 1972), American politician from Arkansas *

Johnathan Thurston Johnathan Dean Thurston (born 25 April 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the National Rugby League (NRL). Thurston was an Australian international, Queensland State of Origin and Indigenous All ...

(born 1983), Australian rugby league footballer * John Mellen Thurston (1847–1916), American politician *

John Bates Thurston Sir John Bates Thurston (31 January 1836 – 7 February 1897) was a British colonial official who served Fiji in a variety of capacities, including Premier of the Kingdom of Viti (before the islands were ceded to the United Kingdom) and lat ...

(1836–1897), British governor of Fiji * Katherine Thurston (1875–1911), Irish author * Laura M. Hawley Thurston (1812–1842), American poet, educator *

Lorrin A. Thurston Lorrin Andrews Thurston (July 31, 1858 – May 11, 1931) was a Hawaiian citizen lawyer, politician, and businessman. Thurston played a prominent role in the revolution that overthrew the Hawaiian Kingdom to replace Queen Liliuokalani with ...

(1857–1931), American lawyer and leader of the 1893 Hawaiian revolution *

Lucy Goodale Thurston Lucy Goodale Thurston (October 29, 1795October 13, 1876) was a Protestant missionary and author. She was the wife of Asa Thurston and was one of the first American Christian missionaries to Hawaii. She is noted for her letters documenting her ...

(1795–1876), Hawaiian missionary and author, wife of Asa Thurston *

Richard Thurston Richard Thurston (born January 6, 1973) is an American musician. He notably performed in such hardcore and metalcore bands as Timescape Zero, Culture, Blood Has Been Shed, Until the End, Diecast, Terror, Walls of Jericho, On Bodies and A ...

(born 1973), American musician *

Robert Thurston (novelist) Robert Thurston (28 October 1936 – 20 October 2021) was a science fiction author well known for his works in popular shared world settings. Career Thurston attended the Clarion Workshop at Clarion State College, Pennsylvania in 1968, instruc ...

(1936–2021), American science fiction writer *

Robert Henry Thurston Robert Henry Thurston (October 25, 1839 – October 25, 1903) was an American engineer, and the first professor of mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. He was assistant professor at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis and ...

(1839–1903), American engineer * Sally Thurston, American statistician *

Samuel Thurston Samuel Royal Thurston (April 15, 1816 – April 9, 1851) was an American pioneer, lawyer and politician. He was the first delegate from the Oregon Territory to the United States Congress and was instrumental in the passage of the Donation Land Cla ...

(1815–1851), American politician *

Scott Thurston Scott Troy Thurston (born January 10, 1952) is an American guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and session musician. He was a member of the Stooges, and of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, in which he sang harmony vocals and played guitar, keyboa ...

(born 1952), American musician *

Sloppy Thurston Hollis John "Sloppy" Thurston (June 2, 1899 – September 14, 1973) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington ...

(1899-1973), American professional baseball pitcher *

William Thurston William Paul Thurston (October 30, 1946August 21, 2012) was an American mathematician. He was a pioneer in the field of low-dimensional topology and was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982 for his contributions to the study of 3-manifolds. Thurst ...

(1946–2012), American mathematician

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Renton Thurston The ''Eureka Seven'' anime and manga series features an extensive cast of characters created by Bones. The central protagonist of the series is Renton Thurston, a young boy who joins the renegade group Gekkostate to fight against the U.F. Force, ...

, protagonist of the manga series ''Eureka Seven'' *Sid "The Snitch" Thurston, character in the American TV series ''

Hill Street Blues ''Hill Street Blues'' is an American serial police procedural television series that aired on NBC in prime-time from January 15, 1981, to May 12, 1987, for 146 episodes. The show chronicles the lives of the Metropolitan Police Department staff ...

'' and its spin-off, '' Beverly Hills Buntz'' *Francis Wayland Thurston, narrator of the short story

The Call of Cthulhu "The Call of Cthulhu" is a cosmic horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in the pulp magazine ''Weird Tales'' in February 1928. The story is a founding document of the Cthul ...

(1926) by H. P. Lovecraft *King Thurston in the medieval Middle English romance ''

King Horn ''King Horn'' is a Middle English chivalric romance dating back to the middle of the thirteenth century. It survives in three manuscripts: London, British Library, MS. Harley 2253; Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Laud. Misc 108; and Cambridge, Cambr ...

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Thurston Clarke Thurston Clarke (born 1946) is an American historian, author and journalist. Education and career Clarke was educated at Yale University, Columbia University and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Clarke is the author of thirt ...

(born 1946), American historian, author and journalist * Thurston Daniels (1859–1926), Populist politician from the U.S. state of Washington *

Thurston Dart Robert Thurston Dart (3 September 1921 – 6 March 1971) was an English musicologist, conductor and keyboard player. Along with Nigel Fortune, Oliver Neighbour and Stanley Sadie, he was one of Britain's leading musicologists of the post-World W ...

(1921–71), British musicologist, conductor, and keyboard player *

Thurston Hall Ernest Thurston Hall (May 10, 1882 – February 20, 1958) was an American film, stage and television actor.Aylesworth, Thomas G. and Bowman, John S. (1987). ''The World Almanac Who's Who of Film''. World Almanac. . Pp. 186-187. Career Stag ...

(1882–1958), American film actor *

Thurston Harris Thurston Harris (July 11, 1931 – April 14, 1990) was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his 1957 hit "Little Bitty Pretty One". Career Harris first appeared on record in 1953. He was the vocalist for South Central Los Angel ...

(1931–90), American singer *Thurston Howe (born 1983), lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Flayed Disciple * Thurston Hunt (executed 1601), English Roman Catholic priest *

Thurston Moore Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known as a member of the rock band Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside Sonic Youth, as well as running ...

(born 1958), American musician in the rock band

Sonic Youth Sonic Youth were an American rock band formed in New York City in 1981. Founding members Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar), Thurston Moore (lead guitar, vocals) and Lee Ranaldo (rhythm guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of ...

* Thurston Rostron (1863–91), English footballer *

Thurston Twigg-Smith Thurston Twigg-Smith (August 17, 1921 – July 16, 2016) was an American businessman and philanthropist from Hawaii. Biography Twigg-Smith was a fifth-generation descendant of missionary settlers in Hawaii. He was born in 1921 in Honolulu, Hawaii ...

(1921–2016), businessman and philanthropist from Hawaii

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Thurston Howell III Thurston Howell III (mentioned in the opening credits as: "The Millionaire") is a character on the CBS television sitcom '' Gilligan's Island'', which ran from 1964 to 1967, and later in syndication. Portrayal Howell, portrayed by veteran ch ...

, one of the seven castaways, credited as "The Millionaire" in the 1960s sitcom ''

Gilligan's Island ''Gilligan's Island'' is an American sitcom created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz. The show's ensemble cast features Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson, and Dawn Wells. It aired for th ...

'' *Thurston "Cupcake", a fictional cat character in the Nickelodeon animated series, '' Hey Arnold!''

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