Simmons (surname)

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Simmons is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Artists

Edward Simmons (painter) (1852–1931), American Impressionist painter

Don Simmons (artist), Canadian experimental artist and writer

Philip Simmons (1912–2009), American artisan and blacksmith

Athletes

Al Simmons (1902–1956), American 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 (born 1929), American baseball player

David Simmons (rugby league) (born 1984), Australian rugby league player

Don Simmons (ice hockey) (1931–2010), Canadian National Hockey League player

Hi Simmons (1905–1995), American college baseball coach

James Simmons (footballer), English footballer

Jason Simmons (born 1976), American football player

Jim Simmons (American football) (1903–1977), American football player

Joe Simmons (1895–1973), American college sports coach

Lendl Simmons (born 1985), Trinidadian cricketer

Lionel Simmons (born 1968), American basketball player

Louie Simmons, 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 (born 1938), American business magnate

John Simmons, clothing manufacturer

Matthew Simmons (1943–2010), American investment banker, author

Russell Simmons, American business magnate

Zalmon G. Simmons (1828–1910), American business magnate, founder of Simmons Bedding Company, and politician

Criminals

Ronald Gene Simmons (1940–1990), American mass murderer

Educators

Beth Simmons, American academic

Donald C. Simmons, Jr. (born 1964), American educator, author, historian and public servant

Ruth J. Simmons, 18th president of Brown University

William J. Simmons (teacher) (1849–1890), African-American academic; eponymous second president of Simmons College of Kentucky

In acting

Ashley Simmons (born 1986), American professional wrestler (best known as Madison Rayne)

Chelan Simmons (born 1982), Canadian actress

Henry Simmons (1970), African-American actor

J. K. Simmons (1955), American actor

Jaason Simmons (1970), Australian actor

Jason and Kristopher Simmons, American identical twins

Jean Simmons (1929–2010), British-American actress

Richard Simmons (actor) (1913–2003), American actor

Shadia Simmons (born 1986), Canadian actress

In music

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 (born 1970), American rapper and actor (best known as DMX (rapper))

Gene Simmons (born 1949), American musician

Jeff Simmons (musician) (born 1949), American rock musician

Joseph Simmons (born 1964), American musician (best known as a member of Run-D.M.C.)

Norman Simmons (musician) (born 1929), American jazz musician

Paul Simmons, American drummer (best known as a member of Reverend Horton Heat)

Sonny Simmons (born 1933), American jazz musician

In film and television

Anthony Simmons (writer) (born 1922), 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 (born 1927), American politician

Charles Simmons, 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 Senator from Rhode Island

James S. Simmons, United States Representative 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 (born 1960), American politician

Rouse Simmons (Wisconsin politician), (1832–1897), American politician and businessman

William Simmons (politician) (1865–1908), Canadian politician

Scientists

Edward E. Simmons (1911–2004), American electrical engineer and inventor of the bonded wire resistance strain gauge

Gustavus Simmons (1930), American cryptographer

Howard Ensign Simmons, Jr. (1929–1997) American chemist who discovered the Simmons–Smith reaction

Norman Simmons (1915–2004), Nobel Prize winner and pioneer in DNA research

Writers and journalists

Adelma Simmons (1903–1997), American author and herbalist

Allan Simmons (born 1959), British scrabble player and author

Bill Simmons (born 1969), American sportswriter and author

Charles Simmons (author) (born 1924), 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

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

Diane Simmons, a character in Family Guy

Frank Simmons (Stargate), a character in Stargate

Mabel "Madea" Simmons, a character portrayed by Tyler Perry

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. (commonly paired with the character Leo Fitz to form another name, 'Fitzsimmons', as a shorthand.)

References

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