# Simmons (surname)

Simmons is an English patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:

## Artists

* Edward Simmons (painter) (1852–1931), American Impressionist painter
* Don Simmons (artist) (born 1973), Canadian experimental artist and writer
* Philip Simmons (1912–2009), American artisan and blacksmith

## 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
* Austin Simmons (born 2005), American football and baseball 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
* Colin Simmons (born 2006), American football player
* 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
* Josh Simmons (born 2002), American football player
* Justus Ross-Simmons, American football player
* Kobi Simmons (born 1997), American basketball 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 1959), Australian rugby league footballer 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 (1931–2013), American business magnate
* John Simmons (clothing manufacturer) (1796–1870), clothing manufacturer
* Matthew Simmons (1943–2010), American investment banker, author
* Russell Simmons, (born 1957) American business magnate
* Sydney Simmons (1840–1924), British entrepreneur and philanthropist
* Zalmon G. Simmons (1828–1910), American business magnate, founder of Simmons Bedding Company, and politician

## Criminals

* Gemase Lee Simmons, (born 1976) American convicted and sentenced con man and sex offender
* Ronald Gene Simmons (1940–1990), American spree killer and family annihilator

## Educators

* Beth A. Simmons (born 1958), American academic and notable international relations scholar
* Donald C. Simmons, Jr. (born 1964), American educator, author, historian and public servant
* George F. Simmons (1925–2019), American mathematician
* Ruth Simmons (born 1945), 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 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

* Anthony Simmons (writer) (1922–2016), British writer and director
* Barry Simmons (born 1948), British quiz show participant
* Bob Simmons (stunt man) (1923–1987), British stunt man
* Julian Simmons (born 1952), Northern Ireland television presenter
* Milton T. Simmons (1948–2024), 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 (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

* Robert John Simmons (circa 1837–1863) 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 (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

* Edwin H. Simmons, United States Marine Corps Brigadier General and Marine Corps historian
* E. H. Simmons (c. 1815 – c. 1852), American slave trader
* James B. Simmons (clergyman), recording secretary for American Baptist Home Mission Society
* Lintorn Simmons (1821–1903)
* 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, 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)