Cummings is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Abbott Lowell Cummings, American architectural historian and genealogist
Albert Cummings, blues guitarist
Alexander Cummings, inventor of the flush toilet
Alexander Cummings (1810–1879), Territorial Governor of Colorado and Civil War general
Amos J. Cummings (1841–1902), US Congressman from New York
Andrew Boyd Cummings, Officer killed in the American Civil War
Bart Cummings, Australian racehorse trainer
Bill Cummings, Indianapolis 500 winner
Bill Cummings (actor) (deceased 2002) actor who played Quist in the film Thunderball
Bob Cummings, American actor
Bruce Frederick Cummings, writer under the pen name W. N. P. Barbellion
Burtland Cummings (born 1965), Canadian football player
Burton Cummings (born 1947), Canadian songwriter
Candy Cummings, baseball pitcher
Conrad Cummings (born 1948), US composer
Constance Cummings, American-born British actress
Damon M. Cummings (1910–1942), United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
Dave Cummings, American porn star
David Cummings (musician), British musician and scriptwriter
Dean Cummings, Scottish footballer
E. E. Cummings, American poet
Elijah Cummings, US Congressman from Maryland
Elisabeth Cummings, Australian artist
Ella Bully-Cummings, first female police chief of Detroit
Fred Cummings, theoretical physicist
Fred N. Cummings, US Congressman from Colorado
George Cummings, guitarist and songwriter
George Cummings (footballer), Scottish professional footballer
Glen Cummings (politician) (born 1944), politician in Manitoba, Canada
Glen Cummings (musician), American thrash metal guitarist
Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings (1831–1909), US Congressman from Iowa
Herbert Wesley Cummings (1873–1956), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
Homer S. Cummings (1870–1956), US Attorney General
Irving Cummings, American actor, director, producer and writer
James H. Cummings, politician from Tennessee, USA
James Cummings (Ontario politician) (1815–1894), Canadian politician
Jim Cummings, voice actor
John Cummings (disambiguation)
Johnna Lee Cummings, American pop singer
Louise Duffield Cummings (1870–1947), Canadian-American mathematician
Mac Cummings, American entrepreneur and Democratic political fundraiser
Mary Cummings, philanthropist
Maxwell Cummings, Canadian builder and philanthropist
Michael Cummings, 1919–1997, English cartoonist
Midre Cummings, Major League Baseball outfielder
Nicholas Cummings US psychologist
Omar Cummings, Jamaican footballer
Pat Cummings (1956–2012), American basketball player
Quinn Cummings, American inventor, businesswoman, and actress
Ray Cummings, American science fiction writer
Richard Cummings (disambiguation)
Robert Cummings, American actor
Robert Cummings (politician)
Samuel Cummings (1927–98), US arms dealer
Scott Cummings, Australian footballer
Stephen Cummings, Australian rock singer-songwriter
Steve Cummings, English racing cyclist
Steven Cummings, American comic book artist
Stuart Cummings (cricketer), English cricketer of 1980s
Stuart Cummings (rugby league), former referee and match official
Susan Cummings (heiress) (born 1959), American heiress
Susan Cummings (actress), (born 1930) German-born US film and television actress
T. J. Cummings (born 1981), American basketball player
Terry Cummings (Robert Terrell, born 1961), American basketball player
Thomas Seir Cummings (1804–94), English-born painter and author
Tim Cummings, US actor and author
Tommy Cummings, English football player and manager
Vonteego Cummings, American basketball player
Walter J. Cummings, Jr., US Solicitor General and federal judge
Warren Cummings, Scottish professional footballer
Whitney Cummings, American comedian
William Hayman Cummings (1831–1915), English musician, tenor and organist