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 (1948–2024), 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

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)