Parsons (surname)
Parsons as a surname has an occupational meaning, and refers to a parson's servant or a person that worked in the parson's house. Another meaning of the surname is the parson's son.[1]
Notable people with the surname of Parsons include:
- Alan Parsons (born 1948), British musician and record producer
- Albert Parsons (1848–1887), English labour activist
- Andrew Parsons (1817–1856), American politician
- Andy Parsons (born 1967), English comedian
- Bill Parsons (born 1948), former American baseball player
- Benny Parsons (1941–2007), American NASCAR driver
- Betty Parsons (1900–1982), American artist and art dealer
- Bob Parsons (born 1950), American entrepreneur
- Bob Parsons (born 1950), American football player
- Casey Parsons, former American Major League baseball player
- Charles Algernon Parsons (1854–1931, British engineer
- Charles Parsons (philosopher) (born 1943), American philosopher
- Charlie Parsons (born 1958), British television producer
- Chick Parsons (1900–1988), American businessman and diplomat
- Clere Parsons, (1908-1931), English poet
- Coleman Parsons (1905–1991), American professor of literature
- Dave Parsons (born 1966), English bass guitarist
- David Parsons (cricketer) (born 1967), English cricket coach
- David 'Skippy' Parsons (born 1959), Australian racing driver
- Don Parsons (disambiguation), multiple people
- Elsie Clews Parsons (1875–1941), American anthropologist
- Eric Parsons (born 1923), former English footballer
- Ernie Parsons (born 1946), Canadian JP and politician
- Estelle Parsons (born 1927), Academy Award winning actress
- Francis Newton Parsons, British soldier, awarded the Victoria Cross
- Gary Parsons, American radio executive
- Gene Parsons (born 1944), American musician
- Geoff Parsons (born 1964), Scottish high jumper
- Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (1929–1995), Australian classical pianist
- Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist) (1910–1987), English lyricist
- George Parsons (disambiguation), multiple people
- Gram Parsons (1946–1973), American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist
- Herbert Parsons (1869–1925), U.S. Representative from New York
- Jack Parsons (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jayne Parsons (born 1962), New Zealand paralympic cyclist
- Jim Parsons (born 1973), American television and film actor
- John Parsons (disambiguation), multiple people
- Johnnie Parsons (1918–1984), American race car driver
- Johnny Parsons (born 1944), American race car driver
- Jonathan Parsons (1705–1776), New England clergyman
- Karyn Parsons (born 1966), American film and television actress
- Keith Parsons (born 1973), English cricketer
- King Parsons (born 1945), former American professional wrestler
- Les Parsons (disambiguation), multiple people
- Liam Parsons (born 1977), Canadian rower
- Lindsay Parsons (born 1946), English footballer
- Louella Parsons (1881–1972), American gossip columnist
- Lucas Parsons (born 1989), Australian professional golfer
- Lucy Parsons (1853–1942), American labor organizer
- Lynn Parsons, British radio disk jockey
- Michael Parsons (disambiguation), multiple people
- Mosby Parsons (1822–1865), U.S. officer in the Mexican-American War
- Nancy Parsons (1942–2001), American actress
- Nicholas Parsons (born 1923), English actor and radio and television presenter
- Peter Parsons (1951–1993), ceramic artist
- Phil Parsons (born 1957), former American NASCAR driver
- Randy Parsons American luthier
- Richard Parsons (disambiguation), multiple people
- Robert Parsons (composer) (c. 1535-1572), English composer
- Robert Parsons (Jesuit) (1546–1610), English Jesuit priest
- Robert E. Parsons, American politician
- Rodger Parsons, American voice actor
- Sarah Parsons (born 1987), American ice hockey player
- Samuel Parsons (1844–1923), American landscxape architect
- Samuel Holden Parsons (1737–1789), American lawyer
- Sidney Parsons (1893–1955), Canadian politician
- Squire Parsons (born 1949), American gospel singer
- Talcott Parsons (1902–1979), American sociologist
- Ted Parsons, American drummer
- Terence Parsons (born 1939), American philosopher
- Theophilus Parsons (1749–1813), American jurist
- Tom Parsons (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tony Parsons (disambiguation), multiple people
- Torrence Parsons (1941–1987), American mathematician
- William Parsons (disambiguation), multiple people
- Willy Parsons (born 1959), American comedian
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