Question: Q1: What county was Simmons born in?

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Minneapolis: Minneapolis ( ) is the county seat of Hennepin County, and the larger of the Twin Cities, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.  As of 2016, Minneapolis is the largest city in the state of Minnesota and 46th-largest in the United States, with an estimated population of 413,651.  The Twin Cities metropolitan area is the third largest in the Midwest with about 3.5 million people.  Minneapolis and Saint Paul anchor the second-largest economic center in the Midwest, after Chicago.

James B. Simmons: James B. Simmons, D.D. (1826/27 – December 17, 1905), Corresponding Secretary of the American Baptist Home Mission Society from 1867 to 1874, was born in the township of Northeast, Dutchess County, New York.  His father was a thrifty farmer of German extraction; his mother was of Scotch descent.  She was thrown from a carriage and killed when James was but five months old.

Richard Simmons (actor): Simmons was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota and his family later moved across the Mississippi River to Minneapolis.  There, he attended West Side High School and then the University of Minnesota.

Leslie S. Hodgson: Leslie Simmons Hodgson (born December 18, 1879 in Salt Lake City, died July 24, 1947) was an architect in the Weber County, Utah, United States area from about 1906 to 1947.

George Garton: George Henry Simmons Garton (born 15 April 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex County Cricket Club.  He is a left-handed batsman who bowls left-arm medium-fast.  He made his first-class debut for Sussex against the Leeds/Bradford MCC University side in April 2016.  Prior to his first-class debut, Garton was named in England's U19 squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

David H. Simmons: David H. Simmons (born June 13, 1952) is a Republican member of the Florida Senate, representing parts of Greater Orlando since 2010.  He has represented the 9th district, encompassing Seminole County and southern Volusia County, since 2016, after being redistricted from the 10th district, and before that, the 22nd.  Simmons previously served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 37th district from 2000 to 2008.

Mychal Simonz: Mychal Simonz a.k.a. Mychal Kae Simmons ( born Michael Keith Simmons born on September 11, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York City) is a multi instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, record producer and author.  He is best known for his work as part of a record production duo “The 88/X Unit” which he with production and songwriting credits with former partner Victor N. Taylor a.k.a. “The X-Man”.  He currently records and produces records for his label Playatime Recordings.

Luiz R. S. Simmons: Luiz R. S. Simmons (born January 27, 1949) is an American politician who represented the 17th legislative district of the state of Maryland in the Maryland House of Delegates.  The 17th district is located in Montgomery County and includes Gaithersburg, Rockville and Garrett Park.  Simmons was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates as a Republican in 1975.  After serving 4 years, Simmons ran for County Executive in Montgomery County but was defeated in 1982.  Simmons was elected again to the House of Delegates, as a Democrat in 2002.

Sean Parlaman: Griffith Simmons Parlaman III (30 October 1958 – 23 November 2002), who often referred to himself as “Sean Parlaman”, was a long-time college student and trafficking activist who, before his curious and unexpected death, sought to raise awareness regarding the trafficking and prostitution of children into Thailand.  Parlaman was born in Los Angeles County, California, to Griffith Mead Parlaman (20 April 1923 – 22 October 1991) and Doris V. Simmons Parlaman (22 November 1923 – 11 February 2007); he fell to his death in Jomtien, Pattaya, Thailand.  Parlaman created websites to represent his projects, such as the now-defunct "capcat.org".

Ron Simmons (politician): Ronald Ellis Simmons, known as Ron Simmons (born September 21, 1960) is an investment advisor from Carrollton, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 65 in suburban southeastern Denton County.

Supporting paragraphs: Richard Simmons (actor) Minneapolis
Answer: Hennepin County