Sumter

Sumter may refer to:

Given name

 * Sumter S. Arnim (1904–1990), American dentist
 * Sumter de Leon Lowry Jr. (1893–1985), United States Army general

Surname

 * Rowendy Sumter (born 1988), Curaçaoan footballer
 * Shavonda E. Sumter (born 1974), American politician
 * Thomas Sumter (1734–1832), brigadier general during the American War of Independence
 * Thomas De Lage Sumter (1809–1874), American politician

Places

 * Fort Sumter, location of the first shots of the United States Civil War
 * Sumter, Georgia
 * Sumter, Nebraska
 * Sumter, South Carolina
 * Sumter National Forest
 * Sumter County, Alabama
 * Sumter County, Florida
 * Sumter County, Georgia
 * Sumter County, South Carolina
 * Sumter Township, McLeod County, Minnesota

Ships

 * CSS Sumter a Confederate Navy vessel in the American Civil War
 * USS Sumter (1862), the former CSS General Sumter, a cottonclad ram captured in 1862
 * USS Sumter (APA-52) (previously AP-97), an attack transport; formerly Iberville
 * USS Sumter (LST-1181), a tank landing ship
 * Sumter-class attack transport