Simmons (surname)
Simmons is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Artists
- Edward Simmons , American Impressionist painter
- Don Simmons, Canadian experimental artist and writer
- Philip Simmons, American artisan and blacksmith
Athletes
- Al Simmons, American baseball player
- Andrew Simmons, British wrestler
- Anthony Simmons , American football player
- Ben Simmons, Australian basketballer
- Bob Simmons , American football coach
- Bobby Simmons, American basketball player
- Brian Simmons , American football player
- Brian Simmons , American baseball player
- Cedric Simmons, American basketball player
- Charles Simmons , British gymnast
- Chippy Simmons, English footballer
- Coralie Simmons, American water polo player
- Craig Simmons, Australian cricketer
- Curt Simmons, American baseball player
- David Simmons , Australian rugby league player
- Don Simmons , Canadian ice hockey player
- Elliot Simmons, English footballer
- Hi Simmons, American college baseball coach
- Isaiah Simmons, American football player
- James Simmons, English footballer
- Jason Simmons, American football player
- Jeffery Simmons, American football player
- Jim Simmons , American football player
- Joe Simmons, American college sports coach
- Jordan Simmons, American football player
- Lachavious Simmons, American football player
- Lendl Simmons, Trinidadian cricketer
- Lionel Simmons, American basketball player
- Louie Simmons, American powerlifter
- Mark Simmons , American football player
- Mark Simmons , Canadian heavyweight boxer
- Mark Simmons , English cricketer
- Paris Simmons, English footballer
- Phil Simmons, Trinidadian cricketer
- Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor
- Robert Wilson Simmons, American surfer
- Ron Simmons, American professional wrestler and football player
- Roy Simmons, American football player
- Royce Simmons, Australian rugby league player and coach
- Stephen Simmons , Scottish footballer
- Ted Simmons, American baseball player
- Tony Simmons , British athlete
- Tony Simmons , American football player
Businesspeople
- Harold Simmons, American business magnate
- John Simmons, clothing manufacturer
- Matthew Simmons, American investment banker, author
- Russell Simmons, American business magnate
- Zalmon G. Simmons, American business magnate, founder of Simmons Bedding Company, and politician
Criminals
- Ronald Gene Simmons, American spree killer and family annihilator
Educators
- Beth A. Simmons, American academic and notable international relations scholar
- Donald C. Simmons, Jr., American educator, author, historian and public servant
- George F. Simmons, American mathematician
- Ruth J. Simmons, 18th president of Brown University
- William J. Simmons , African-American academic; eponymous second president of Simmons College of Kentucky
Entertainers
In acting
- Ashley Simmons, American professional wrestler
- Chelan Simmons, Canadian actress
- Henry Simmons, African-American actor
- J. K. Simmons, American actor
- Jaason Simmons, Australian actor
- Jason and Kristopher Simmons, American identical twins
- Jean Simmons, British-American actress
- Lili Simmons, American actress
- Richard Simmons , American actor
- Shadia Simmons, Canadian actress
In music
- Daryon Simmons, American hip-hop dancer, rapper, and choreographer
- Diggy Simmons, American rapper and son of Joseph Simmons
- Earl Simmons, American rapper and actor
- Gene Simmons, professional name of American rock musician Gene Klein
- Jeff Simmons , American rock musician
- Joseph Simmons, American hip-hop musician
- Jumpin' Gene Simmons, American rockabilly musician
- Norman Simmons , American jazz musician
- Paul Simmons, American rock drummer
- Sonny Simmons, American jazz musician
In film and television
- Anthony Simmons , British writer and director
- Barry Simmons, British quiz show participant
- Bob Simmons , British stunt man
- Julian Simmons, Northern Ireland television presenter
- Milton T. Simmons, fitness personality and actor, best known as Richard Simmons
- Sue Simmons, American news anchor
Fashion
- Kimora Lee Simmons, American fashion model and designer
- Vanessa Simmons, American fashion model and actress
Historical figures
- Michael Simmons, 19th century American pioneer
Politicians
- Barbara Lett-Simmons, American politician
- Charles Simmons, British Lord of the Treasury and later Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Pensions
- David Simmons, Australian politician
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons, American politician
- James Aubrey Simmons, Canadian politician and notary
- James F. Simmons, United States Senator from Rhode Island
- James S. Simmons, United States Representative from New York
- Lindsay Simmons, Australian politician
- Lydia Simmons, British politician
- Rob Simmons, American politician
- Robert G. Simmons, American politician
- Ron Simmons, American politician
- Rouse Simmons,, American politician and businessman
- William Simmons , Canadian politician
- W. T. Simmons, American politician. Member of the Texas House of Representatives
Scientists
- Edward E. Simmons, American electrical engineer and inventor of the bonded wire resistance strain gauge
- George H. Simmons, editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association and general secretary of the American Medical Association
- Gustavus Simmons, American cryptographer
- Howard Ensign Simmons, Jr. American chemist who discovered the Simmons–Smith reaction
- Michelle Simmons, Australian physicist
- Norman Simmons, Nobel Prize winner and pioneer in DNA research
Writers and journalists
- Adelma Simmons, American author and herbalist
- Allan Simmons, British scrabble player and author
- Bill Simmons, American sportswriter and author
- Charles Simmons , American editor and novelist
- Christopher Simmons, American designer, author
- Dan Simmons, American writer
- Diane Simmons, American writer
- James Simmons , Irish poet, literary critic and songwriter
- Matty Simmons, American newspaper reporter
- Rachel Simmons, American author
- Steve Simmons, Canadian sports journalist
- William Mark Simmons, American author
Other
- Edwin H. Simmons, United States Marine Corps Brigadier General and Marine Corps historian
- James B. Simmons, recording secretary for American Baptist Home Mission Society
- Lintorn Simmons
- Shraga Simmons, American rabbi
- William Joseph Simmons, founder of second Ku Klux Klan in the United States
Fictional characters
- Simmons, a character in the machinima production Red vs. Blue
- Chanel Simmons, a character in The Cheetah Girls
- Diane Simmons, a character in Family Guy
- Frank Simmons, a character in Stargate
- Mabel "Madea" Simmons, a character portrayed by Tyler Perry
- Matt Simmons, a protagonist of Criminal Minds and
- Mindy Simmons, a character played by Michelle Pfeiffer in an episode of The Simpsons
- Thag Simmons, a caveman from Gary Larson's comic The Far Side
- Walter Simmons, a character on CSI: Miami
- Jemma Simmons from Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.