Simmons (surname)
Simmons is a surname, and it may refer to:
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Entertainers
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
- 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
- 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, fictional character in The Cheetah Girls
- Diane Simmons, fictional character in Family Guy
- Frank Simmons (Stargate), fictional character in Stargate
- Mabel "Madea" Simmons, fictional character portrayed by Tyler Perry
- Mindy Simmons, fictional character played by Michelle Pfeiffer in an episode of The Simpsons
- Thag Simmons, fictional caveman from Gary Larson's comic The Far Side
- Walter Simmons, 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.)