# Sims (surname)

Sims is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

## Art and entertainment
### Music and Dance

* Ezra Sims (1928–2015), American composer
* Howard "Sandman" Sims (1917–2003), American vaudeville dancer
* Hylda Sims (1932–2020), English folk musician
* Jamal Sims, American choreographer and director
* Matthew Simms, English guitarist
* Natalie Sims (born 1984), American recording artist and songwriter
* Ray Sims (1921–2000), American trombonist
* Simmie Sims III (Buddy) (born 1993), American rapper, singer, dancer and actor
* Zoot Sims (1925–1985), American saxophonist

### Television and Film

* Chloe Sims (born 1981), English television personality
* David Sims (director)
* Elliot L. Sims, Canadian film and television screenwriter
* Jeremy Sims (born 1966), Australian actor
* Joan Sims (1930–2001), British actress
* Molly Sims (born 1973), American actress and swimsuit model
* Tim Sims (1962–1995), Canadian actor

### Writing

* Bennett Sims (author), American novelist
* George Frederick Sims (1923–1999), English bookseller and writer
* George Robert Sims (1847–1922), British journalist and author
* Gill Sims, British author and blogger
* Guy A. Sims, American author
* Judith Sims (c. 1939–1996), American journalist, music critic, and magazine editor.
* Marian McCamy Sims (1899–1961), American writer

### Visual Arts

* Art Sims (born 1954), American graphic designer and art director
* Charles Sims (painter) (1873–1928), British painter
* Sheryl Sims, American quilter

### Other

* Howard Sims (1933–2016), African American architect, businessman, and philanthropist.
* Kayla Sims (born 1999), American YouTuber
* Monica Sims (1925–2018), British radio producer
* Ronald Hubert Sims (1923–1999) was a British architect and artist

## Business and economics

* Christopher A. Sims (born 1942), American economist
* Cliff Sims, American entrepreneur and author
* Ed Sims, New Zealand businessman
* William Dillwyn Sims (1825–1895), English industrialist and artist
* Zach Sims, American entrepreneur

## Military

* Amor L. Sims (1896–1978), American US Marine Corps officer
* Charles Sims (RAF officer) (1899–1929), English military pilot
* Douglas Sims II, US Army general
* John Joseph Sims (1835–1881), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
* William Sims (1858–1936), American admiral after whom several ships were named

## Politics

* Alexander D. Sims (1803–1848), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
* Barbara Sims (born 1939), American politician
* Betty Sims (1935–2016), American politician
* Brian Sims (born 1978), American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
* Carl Sims (1911–1968), American politician
* Chuck Sims (born 1958), American politician
* Edgar A. Sims (1875–1945), American politician
* Freddie Sims (born 1950), American politician
* Francis Sims, British trade unionist.
* Jinny Sims (born 1952), Indo-Canadian politician and former union activist
* Katherine Sims, American politician
* Kathleen Sims (1942–2019), American politician
* Littlepage Sims, American politician
* Lonnie Sims (born 1970), American politician
* Thetus W. Sims (1852–1939), American politician
* William H. Sims (American politician) (1837–1920), American politician
* William P. Sims, American politician

## Scholars and academics

* Alexandra Sims, New Zealand professor of law
* Elisabeth Hoemberg (1909–1994), Canadian historian, born as Elisabeth Sims
* Kelly Sims, now Kelly Sims Gallagher, American international affairs scholar
* Michael Sims (born 1958), American non-fiction writer
* Robert Page Sims (1872–1944), American academic, civil rights leader, scientist, and college president

## Science and medicine

* Brailey Sims (born 1947), Australian mathematician
* Charles Sims (mathematician) (1937–2017), American mathematician
* J. Marion Sims (1813–1883), American surgeon
* John Sims (taxonomist) (1749–1831), English physician and botanist
* Kenneth Sims (geologist) (born 1959), American geology professor
* Oliver Sims (1943–2015), British computer scientist
* Stacy Sims (born 1973), exercise physiologist, author, and women's health and fitness advocate
* Stella James Sims (1875–1963), American science professor

## Sport
### American football

* Barry Sims (born 1974), American football player
* Ben Sims (born 2000), American football player
* Billy Sims (born 1955), American football player
* Blake Sims (born 1992), American football player
* Bud Sims, American football coach
* Cam Sims (born 1996), American football player
* Ernie Sims (born 1984), American football player
* Jeff Sims (born 2002), American football player
* Jimmy Sims (born 1953), American football player
* Johnny Sims (born 1967), American football player
* LeShaun Sims (born 1993), American football player
* Marvin Sims (born 1957), American former football player
* Phillip Sims (American football) (born 1992), American football player
* Quentin Sims (born 1990), American football player
* Rudy Sims (born 1946) is a Canadian football player
* Terry Sims (born c. 1971), American football coach
* Tom Sims (American football) (born 1967), American football player
* Tommy Sims (American football) (born 1964), American football player

### Basketball

* Jaylen Sims (born 1998), American basketball player
* Jericho Sims (born 1998), American basketball player
* LaTonya Sims (born 1979), American basketball player
* Lazarus Sims (born 1972), American former basketball player
* Willie Sims (1958–2022), American-Israeli basketball player

### Cricket

* Albert Sims (1871–1962), Australian cricketer
* Gareth Sims (born 1983), Zimbabwean former cricketer
* Ilenia Sims (born 2002), English cricketer
* Jim Sims (1903–1973), English cricketer

### Other

* Alexander Sims (racing driver) (born 1988), British racing driver
* Anthony Sims Jr. (born 1995), American boxer
* Ashton Sims (born 1985), Australian rugby league footballer
* Bella Sims (born 2005), American swimmer
* Dave Sims (born 1953), Seattle-based sportscaster
* Jack Sims (born 1999), English footballer
* Jess Sims (born 1990), Welsh bowls player
* John Sims (footballer) (born 1952), English former professional footballer
* Josh Sims (footballer) (born 1997), English professional footballer
* Josh Sims (lacrosse) (born 1978), American professional lacrosse player
* Korbin Sims (born 1992), Australian rugby league footballer
* Landon Sims (born 2001), American baseball player
* Leo Sims, American baseball player
* Lucas Sims (born 1994), American baseball player
* Lyndon Sims (1917–1999), Welsh rally driver
* Natalie Sims (swimmer) (born 1997), American Paralympic swimmer
* Ruan Sims (born 1982), Australian rugby footballer
* Sanders Sims (1921–2003), American field hockey player
* Shane Sims (born 1988), American ice hockey defenseman
* Toby Sims (born 1997), English footballer
* Tom Sims (1950–2012), American snowboarding pioneer
* Tony Sims (born 1985), American mixed martial artist

## Other

* Dorothy Sims (disambiguation), multiple people
* Henry Sims (disambiguation), multiple people
* James Sims (disambiguation), multiple people
* P. Hal Sims (1886–1949), American contract bridge player
* Ray Dell Sims (born 1935), American serial killer
* Steve Sims (disambiguation), multiple people
* Terry Melvin Sims (1942–2000), American convicted murderer
* Thomas Sims, subject of a notorious American fugitive slave case
* Vickie Sims (born 1956), priest
* William Edward Sims (1842–1891), American lawyer