Simmons (surname)
Simmons is an English patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Artists
- Edward Simmons (painter), American Impressionist painter
- Don Simmons (artist), Canadian experimental artist and writer
- Philip Simmons, American artisan and blacksmith
Athletes
- Al Simmons, American baseball player
- Andrelton Simmons, Curaçaoan baseball player
- Andrew Simmons, British wrestler
- Anthony Simmons (American football), American football player
- Austin Simmons, American football and baseball player
- Ben Simmons, Australian basketballer
- Bob Simmons (American football coach), American football coach
- Bobby Simmons, American basketball player
- Brian Simmons, American football player
- Brian Simmons (baseball), American baseball player
- Cedric Simmons, American basketball player
- Charles Simmons (gymnast), British gymnast
- Chippy Simmons, English footballer
- Colin Simmons, American football player
- Coralie Simmons, American water polo player
- Craig Simmons, Australian cricketer
- Curt Simmons, American baseball player
- David Simmons (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
- Don Simmons (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Elijah Simmons, American football player
- Elliot Simmons, English footballer
- Grant Simmons (basketball), American basketball player
- Grant Simmons (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Hi Simmons, American college baseball coach
- Isaiah Simmons, American football player
- James Simmons (footballer), English footballer
- Jason Simmons, American football player
- Jeffery Simmons, American football player
- Jim Simmons (American football), American football player
- Joe Simmons, American college sports coach
- Jordan Simmons, American football player
- Josh Simmons, American football player
- Justus Ross-Simmons, American football player
- Kobi Simmons, American basketball player
- Lachavious Simmons, American football player
- Lendl Simmons, Trinidadian cricketer
- Lionel Simmons, American basketball player
- Lloyd Simmons, American baseball coach
- London Simmons, American football player
- Louie Simmons, American powerlifter
- Mark Simmons (American football), American football player
- Mark Simmons (boxer), Canadian heavyweight boxer
- Mark Simmons (cricketer), English cricketer
- Paris Simmons, English footballer
- Phil Simmons, Trinidadian cricketer
- Quinn Simmons, American road cyclist
- Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor
- Robert Wilson Simmons, American surfer
- Ron Simmons, American professional wrestler and football player
- Roy Simmons, American football player
- Royce Simmons, Australian rugby league footballer and coach
- Stephen Simmons (footballer), Scottish footballer
- Ted Simmons, American baseball player
- Tony Simmons (athlete), British athlete
- Tony Simmons (wide receiver), American football player
Businesspeople
- Harold Simmons, American business magnate
- John Simmons (clothing manufacturer), clothing manufacturer
- Matthew Simmons, American investment banker, author
- Russell Simmons, American business magnate
- Sydney Simmons, British entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Zalmon G. Simmons, American business magnate, founder of Simmons Bedding Company, and politician
Criminals
- Gemase Lee Simmons, American convicted and sentenced con man and sex offender
- Ronald Gene Simmons, American spree killer and family annihilator
Educators
- Beth A. Simmons, American academic and notable international relations scholar
- Donald C. Simmons, Jr., American educator, author, historian and public servant
- George F. Simmons, American mathematician
- Ruth Simmons, 18th president of Brown University
- William J. Simmons (teacher), African-American academic; eponymous second president of Simmons College of Kentucky
Entertainers
In acting
- Ashley Simmons, American wrestler
- Chelan Simmons, Canadian actress
- Henry Simmons, African-American actor
- J. K. Simmons, American actor
- Jaason Simmons, Australian actor
- Jason and Kristopher Simmons, American identical twins
- Jean Simmons, British-American actress
- Johnny Simmons, American actor
- Lili Simmons, American actress
- Richard Simmons (actor), American actor
- Shadia Simmons, Canadian actress
In music
- Alice Carter Simmons, American pianist, organist, and music educator
- Daryon Simmons, American hip-hop dancer, rapper, and choreographer
- Diggy Simmons, American rapper and son of Joseph Simmons
- Earl Simmons, birth name of DMX, American rapper and actor
- Gene Simmons, professional name of American rock musician Gene Klein
- Jeff Simmons (musician), American rock musician
- Joseph Simmons, American hip-hop musician
- Joseph Simmons (guitarist), American guitarist
- Jumpin' Gene Simmons, American rockabilly musician
- Little Mack Simmons, American blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter
- Nicholas Alexander Simmons, American rapper known professionally as YBN Nahmir
- Norman Simmons (musician), American jazz musician
- Paul Simmons, American rock drummer
- Sonny Simmons, American jazz musician
In film and television
- Anthony Simmons (writer), British writer and director
- Barry Simmons, British quiz show participant
- Bob Simmons (stunt man), British stunt man
- Julian Simmons, Northern Ireland television presenter
- Milton T. Simmons, fitness personality and actor, best known as Richard Simmons
- Sue Simmons, American news anchor
Fashion
- Dexter Simmons, American fashion designer
- Kayla Simmons, American model
- Kimora Lee Simmons, American fashion model and designer
- Vanessa Simmons, American fashion model and actress
Historical figures
- Michael Simmons, 19th century American pioneer
Politicians
- Barbara Lett-Simmons, 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, American politician
- Robert G. Simmons, American politician
- Ron Simmons (Texas politician), American politician
- Rouse Simmons (Wisconsin politician),, American politician and businessman
- William Simmons (politician), Canadian politician
- W. T. Simmons, American politician from Texas
Scientists
- Edward E. Simmons, American electrical engineer and inventor of the bonded wire resistance strain gauge
- George H. Simmons, editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association and general secretary of the American Medical Association
- Gustavus Simmons, American cryptographer
- Howard Ensign Simmons, Jr. American chemist who discovered the Simmons–Smith reaction
- Michelle Simmons, Australian physicist
- Norman Simmons, Nobel Prize winner and pioneer in DNA research
- Nancy Simmons, American Zoologist specialising in the study of bats
Soldiers
- Robert John Simmons 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, American author and herbalist
- Allan Simmons, British scrabble player and author
- Bill Simmons, American sportswriter and author
- Charles Simmons (author), American editor and novelist
- Christopher Simmons, American designer, author
- Dan Simmons, American writer
- Diane Simmons, American writer
- James Simmons (poet), Irish poet, literary critic and songwriter
- Matty Simmons, American newspaper reporter
- Michael L. Simmons, American screenwriter
- Rachel Simmons, American author
- Steve Simmons, Canadian sports journalist
- William Mark Simmons, American author
Other
- Edwin H. Simmons, United States Marine Corps Brigadier General and Marine Corps historian
- E. H. Simmons, American slave trader
- James B. Simmons (clergyman), recording secretary for American Baptist Home Mission Society
- Lintorn Simmons
- Shraga Simmons, American rabbi
- William Joseph Simmons, 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 a.k.a. Spawn, a superhero from Image Comics