Simmons (surname) explained
Simmons is an English patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Artists
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
Criminals
Educators
Entertainers
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
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
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
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
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)
See also
