Simmons (surname)

Simmons is an English patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Artists

• Edward Simmons (painter) (1852–1931), American Impressionist painter
• Don Simmons (artist) (born 1973), Canadian experimental artist and writer
• Philip Simmons (1912–2009), American artisan and blacksmith

Athletes

• Al Simmons (1902–1956), American baseball player
• Andrelton Simmons (born 1989), Curaçaoan baseball player
• Andrew Simmons (born 1984), British wrestler
• Anthony Simmons (American football) (born 1976), American football player
• Ben Simmons (born 1996), Australian basketballer
• Bob Simmons (American football coach) (born 1948), American football coach
• Bobby Simmons (born 1980), American basketball player
• Brian Simmons (born 1975), American football player
• Brian Simmons (baseball) (born 1973), American baseball player
• Cedric Simmons (born 1976), American basketball player
• Charles Simmons (gymnast) (1885–1945), British gymnast (competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics)
• Chippy Simmons (1878–1937), English footballer
• Coralie Simmons (born 1977), American water polo player
• Craig Simmons (born 1982), Australian cricketer
• Curt Simmons (1929–2022), American baseball player
• David Simmons (rugby league) (born 1984), Australian rugby league player
• Don Simmons (ice hockey) (1931–2010), Canadian ice hockey player
• Elliot Simmons (born 1998), English footballer
• Grant Simmons (basketball) (born 1943), American basketball player
• Grant Simmons (footballer) (born 1952), Australian rules footballer
• Hi Simmons (1905–1995), American college baseball coach
• Isaiah Simmons (born 1998), American football player
• James Simmons (footballer), English footballer
• Jason Simmons (born 1976), American football player
• Jeffery Simmons (born 1997), American football player
• Jim Simmons (American football) (1903–1977), American football player
• Joe Simmons (1895–1973), American college sports coach
• Jordan Simmons (born 1994), American football player
• Justus Ross-Simmons, American football player
• Lachavious Simmons (born 1996), American football player
• Lendl Simmons (born 1985), Trinidadian cricketer
• Lionel Simmons (born 1968), American basketball player
• Lloyd Simmons, American baseball coach
• Louie Simmons (1947–2022), American powerlifter
• Mark Simmons (American football) (born 1984), American football player
• Mark Simmons (boxer) (born 1974), Canadian heavyweight boxer
• Mark Simmons (cricketer) (born 1955), English cricketer
• Paris Simmons (born 1990), English footballer
• Phil Simmons (born 1963), Trinidadian cricketer
• Richard Simmons (born 1948), American fitness trainer and actor
• Robert Wilson Simmons (1919–1954), American surfer
• Ron Simmons (born 1958), American professional wrestler and football player
• Roy Simmons (1956–2014), American football player
• Royce Simmons (born 1960), Australian rugby league player and coach
• Stephen Simmons (footballer) (born 1982), Scottish footballer
• Ted Simmons (born 1949), American baseball player
• Tony Simmons (athlete) (born 1948), British athlete
• Tony Simmons (gridiron football) (born 1974), American football player

Businesspeople

• Harold Simmons (1931–2013), American business magnate
• John Simmons (clothing manufacturer) (1796–1870), clothing manufacturer
• Matthew Simmons (1943–2010), American investment banker, author
• Russell Simmons, (born 1957) American business magnate
• Sydney Simmons (1840–1924), British entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Zalmon G. Simmons (1828–1910), American business magnate, founder of Simmons Bedding Company, and politician

Criminals

• Gemase Lee Simmons, (born 1976) American convicted and sentenced con man and sex offender
• Ronald Gene Simmons (1940–1990), American spree killer and family annihilator

Educators

• Beth A. Simmons (born 1958), American academic and notable international relations scholar
• Donald C. Simmons, Jr. (born 1964), American educator, author, historian and public servant
• George F. Simmons (1925–2019), American mathematician
• Ruth Simmons (born 1945), 18th president of Brown University
• William J. Simmons (teacher) (1849–1890), African-American academic; eponymous second president of Simmons College of Kentucky

Entertainers

In acting

• Ashley Simmons (born 1986), American wrestler (best known as Madison Rayne)
• Chelan Simmons (born 1982), Canadian actress
• Henry Simmons (born 1970), African-American actor
• J. K. Simmons (born 1955), American actor
• Jaason Simmons (born 1970), Australian actor
• Jason and Kristopher Simmons, American identical twins
• Jean Simmons (1929–2010), British-American actress
• Johnny Simmons (born 1986), American actor
• Lili Simmons (born 1993), American actress
• Richard Simmons (actor) (1913–2003), American actor
• Shadia Simmons (born 1986), Canadian actress

In music

• Alice Carter Simmons (1883–1943), American pianist, organist, and music educator
• Daryon Simmons (born 1995), American hip-hop dancer, rapper, and choreographer (best known as DLow)
• Diggy Simmons (born 1995), American rapper and son of Joseph Simmons
• Earl Simmons (1970–2021), birth name of DMX, American rapper and actor
• Gene Simmons (born 1949), professional name of American rock musician Gene Klein
• Jeff Simmons (musician) (born 1949), American rock musician
• Joseph Simmons (born 1964), American hip-hop musician
• Joseph Simmons (guitarist), American guitarist
• Jumpin' Gene Simmons (1933–2006), American rockabilly musician
• Little Mack Simmons (1933–2000), American blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter
• Nicholas Alexander Simmons (born 1999), American rapper known professionally as YBN Nahmir
• Norman Simmons (musician) (1929–2021), American jazz musician
• Paul Simmons, American rock drummer
• Sonny Simmons (1933–2021), American jazz musician

In film and television

• Anthony Simmons (writer) (1922–2016), British writer and director
• Barry Simmons (born 1948), British quiz show participant
• Bob Simmons (stunt man) (1933–1988), British stunt man
• Julian Simmons (born 1952), Northern Ireland television presenter
• Milton T. Simmons (born 1948), fitness personality and actor, best known as Richard Simmons
• Sue Simmons (born 1943), American news anchor

Fashion

• Kimora Lee Simmons (born 1975, as Kimora Lee Perkins), American fashion model and designer
• Vanessa Simmons (born 1983), American fashion model and actress (daughter of Joseph Simmons)

Historical figures

• Michael Simmons, 19th century American pioneer

Politicians

• Barbara Lett-Simmons (1927–2012), American politician
• Charles Simmons (politician), British Lord of the Treasury and later Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Pensions
• David Simmons (Australian politician), Australian politician
• Furnifold McLendel Simmons, American politician
• James Aubrey Simmons, Canadian politician and notary
• James F. Simmons, United States politician from Rhode Island
• James S. Simmons (New York politician), United States politician from New York
• Lindsay Simmons, Australian politician
• Lydia Simmons, British politician
• Rob Simmons (born 1943), American politician
• Robert G. Simmons (1891–1969), American politician
• Ron Simmons (Texas politician) (born 1960), American politician
• Rouse Simmons (Wisconsin politician), (1832–1897), American politician and businessman
• William Simmons (politician) (1865–1908), Canadian politician
• W. T. Simmons, American politician from Texas

Scientists

• Edward E. Simmons (1911–2004), American electrical engineer and inventor of the bonded wire resistance strain gauge
• George H. Simmons (1852–1937), editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association and general secretary of the American Medical Association
• Gustavus Simmons (born 1930), American cryptographer
• Howard Ensign Simmons, Jr. (1929–1997) American chemist who discovered the Simmons–Smith reaction
• Michelle Simmons (1967), Australian physicist
• Norman Simmons (1915–2004), Nobel Prize winner and pioneer in DNA research
• Nancy Simmons, American Zoologist specialising in the study of bats

Soldiers

• Robert John Simmons (circa 1837–1863) a Bermudian soldier who served in the British Army and 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, mortally wounded at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner.

Writers and journalists

• Adelma Simmons (1903–1997), American author and herbalist
• Allan Simmons (born 1957), British scrabble player and author
• Bill Simmons (born 1969), American sportswriter and author
• Charles Simmons (author) (1924–2017), American editor and novelist
• Christopher Simmons, American designer, author
• Dan Simmons (born 1948), American writer
• Diane Simmons, American writer
• James Simmons (poet) (1933–2001), Irish poet, literary critic and songwriter
• Matty Simmons, American newspaper reporter
• Michael L. Simmons (1896–1980), American screenwriter
• Rachel Simmons (born 1974), American author
• Steve Simmons, Canadian sports journalist
• William Mark Simmons (born 1953), American author

Other

• Edwin H. Simmons, United States Marine Corps Brigadier General and Marine Corps historian
• James B. Simmons (clergyman), recording secretary for American Baptist Home Mission Society
• Lintorn Simmons (1821–1903)
• Shraga Simmons, American rabbi
• William Joseph Simmons (1880–1945), founder of second Ku Klux Klan in the United States

Fictional characters

• Simmons (Red vs. Blue), a character in the machinima production Red vs. Blue
• Chanel Simmons, a character in The Cheetah Girls
• Derek C. Simmons, a character in Resident Evil
• Diane Simmons, a character in Family Guy
• Frank Simmons (Stargate), a character in Stargate
• Jemma Simmons from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Mabel "Madea" Simmons, a character portrayed by Tyler Perry
• Matt Simmons, a protagonist of Criminal Minds and Beyond Borders
• Mindy Simmons, a character played by Michelle Pfeiffer in an episode of The Simpsons
• Mr. Robert Simmons, fictional character from the Nickelodeon animated series Hey Arnold!
• Thag Simmons, a caveman from Gary Larson's comic The Far Side
• Walter Simmons, a character on CSI: Miami
• Albert Francis "Al" Simmons AKA Spawn, fictional superhero comic book character
• Kennith Simmons, a character from COMMUNICATIONS CASE 2 (GHOST)

See also

• Simmonds
• Simonds (disambiguation)
• Simons
• Symonds (disambiguation)