Simms
Encyclopedia
First or middle name
- Mary Simms OliphantMary Simms OliphantMary Simms Oliphant was a South Carolina historian famous for her History of South Carolina that was taught in the public schools for over sixty years. She is also a member of the South Carolina Hall of Fame....
, South Carolina historian - Simms TabackSimms TabackSimms Taback is an American author, graphic artist, and illustrator and winner of the Caldecott Medal. Taback has illustrated over 35 books, including the Caldecott Medal winning Joseph Had a Little Overcoat and the Caldecott Honor book There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.Taback graduated...
(born 1932), author and illustrator - Simms ThomasSimms ThomasSimms Thomas is an American actress.Born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Tennessee with a B.S. in communications. She is married to actor Bob Thomas and is the mother of three children, including the actor Jake Thomas. She has appeared in several...
, American actress from Tennessee
Last name
- Benjamin Simms (c. 1830–1854)
- Brendan SimmsBrendan SimmsBrendan Peter Simms, Ph.D is Professor of the History of International Relations in the Centre of International Studies at the University of Cambridge. Simms, a Newton-Sheehy Teaching Fellow, completed his doctoral dissertation, Anglo-Prussian relations, 1804-1806: The Napoleonic Threat, at...
, historian, writer, and Newton-Sheehy teaching fellow at Cambridge - Charles SimmsCharles SimmsCharles Simms was a lawyer and public official from Virginia.He was born in 1755 in Prince William County, Virginia, the son of Jane Glascock Purcell and John Simms. He was studying law at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War and on 12 November 1776 became a major of the 12th Virginia...
(1755–1819), American lawyer and politician - Charles Carroll SimmsCharles Carroll SimmsCharles Carroll Simms, a native of Virginia, became a United States Navy midshipman in 1839. He served in the U.S. Navy for more than two decades, achieving the rank of Lieutenant in 1854. He was dismissed from the service in April 1861, after his state left the United States, and briefly was an...
, officer of the U.S. Navy - Chris SimmsChris SimmsChristopher David Simms is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of in the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas.Simms has also played for the Denver Broncos and Tampa Bay Buccaneers...
(born 1980), NFL quarterback - Clyde SimmsClyde SimmsClyde Simms is an American soccer player who currently plays for D.C. United in Major League Soccer.-College:...
(born 1982), American soccer player - David J. SimmsDavid J. SimmsDavid J. Simms is a Fellow Emeritus and former Associate Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College, Dublin specialized in differential geometry and geometric quantisation...
, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College, Dublin - Eric Simms (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ernie SimmsErnie SimmsErnest "Ernie" Simms was an English footballer, who was best known as a Luton Town centre forward. He was the first forward to play for England while playing for a Third Division club.-Luton Town:...
(born 1891), English footballer - Frank SimmsFrank SimmsFrank Simms is an American singer and voice-over artist known for providing the voices behind such iconic characters as the Kool-Aid Man, the Honeycomb Craver, the bug-eyed, fuzzy mascot of Honeycomb cereal, and the Geico ringtone. He is one of the founding members and songwriters of The Simms...
(born 1947), American singer and voice-over artist - Frederick Richard SimmsFrederick Richard SimmsFrederick Richard Simms was a British mechanical engineer, businessman, prolific inventor and motor industry pioneer. Simms coined the words "petrol" and "motorcar"...
, British engineer and motor industry pioneer - Lise SimmsLise SimmsElisabeth Caroline Simms, credited as Lise Simms, is an American actress, singer, designer and dancer.-Personal life:As of 2006, Lise lives in the 1941 Hollywood colonial home she renovated. She is married to actor Terry Rhoads....
(born 1967), American actress, singer, and dancer from Colorado - Harry SimmsHarry SimmsHarry Lester Simms was an English first class cricketer. Simms was born in Adelaide, Australia but moved to England where he played cricket with Sussex from 1905 until 1913. He also played with Warwickshire and the European side based in India.-References:*...
(1882–1942), English cricketer - Harry Simms (labor leader)Harry Simms (labor leader)Harry Simms , born Harry Simms Hersh, was a Jewish American labor leader from Springfield, Massachusetts...
(1913–1932), murdered American labor leader - Heather SimmsHeather SimmsHeather Simms is an American actress who has done parts on the Law & Order television series and the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas computer and video game as Denise Robinson....
, American actress from Connecticut - Howard SimmsHoward SimmsHoward Sims , also known as "Sandman", was a tap dancer in vaudeville. He acquired his name from the sand he sprinkled on the floor to amplify the sound of his steps when he danced. In his senior years, Sims appeared at the famous Apollo Theater, comedically ushering failed acts offstage with a...
, tap dancer also known as "Sandman" - James SimmsJames SimmsJames Simms was a British instrument maker.He succeeded his father William Simms at the instrument making firm Troughton & Simms...
(1828–1915), British instrument maker - Paul SimmsPaul SimmsPaul Simms is an American television writer.Paul spent some years of his life in Saudi Arabia, where his parents were school teachers, but began his career in television writing for Late Night with David Letterman. Simms later wrote for the HBO program, The Larry Sanders Show. He was the creator...
, American television writer - Phil SimmsPhil SimmsPhillip Martin "Phil" Simms is a former American football quarterback, and currently a television sportscaster for the CBS network. After a standout career at Morehead State University, Simms was drafted in the first round by the New York Giants of the National Football League with the number...
(born 1955), former quarterback for the New York Giants of the NFL and current television sportcaster for CBS - Randy SimmsRandy SimmsRandy Simms is the current mayor of Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Simms is also host of Open Line, a call-in radio talk show that airs weekday mornings on the VOCM/CFCB radio network, and a political commentator for The Telegram and CBC News....
, Mayor of Mount Pearl, Newfoundland - Sarah SimmsSarah SimmsSarah Simms is a supporting character in the DC Universe and a love interest of Cyborg.-Character history:Vic Stone, having just been rejected by his girlfriend because of his disfiguring implants, was brooding about how he cannot have a normal life and no one outside his teammates in the Teen...
, a fictional character in the DC Universe - Scott SimmsScott SimmsScott Simms is a Canadian politician. He is the Liberal Member of Parliament for the Newfoundland and Labrador riding of Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor.-Early life:...
(born 1970), Canadian politician - Stuart O. SimmsStuart O. SimmsStuart "Stu" O. Simms is a Maryland politician, who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2006 election for Attorney General of the state of Maryland in the United States....
, Maryland politician - Travis SimmsTravis SimmsTravis Simms is a professional American boxer in the super welterweight division.-Background:Simms is a native of the South Norwalk section of Norwalk, Connecticut. His childhood street bears his name "Travis Simms Way". He is currently a member of the Norwalk Common Council...
(born 1971), super welterweight professional boxer - William Simms (1793–1860), British instrument maker
- William Emmet Simms (1822–1898), U.S. Congressman and prominent Confederete politician during the American Civil War
- William Gilmore SimmsWilliam Gilmore SimmsWilliam Gilmore Simms was a poet, novelist and historian from the American South. His writings achieved great prominence during the 19th century, with Edgar Allan Poe pronouncing him the best novelist America had ever produced...
(1806–1870), southern American poet, novelist, and historian - Willie SimmsWillie SimmsWillie Simms was an American Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse racing jockey....
(1870–1927), champion thoroughbred horse racing jockey
In geography
- Simms, MontanaSimms, MontanaSimms is a census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana, United States. The population was 373 at the 2000 census. It is part of the 'Great Falls, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area'.-Geography:Simms is located at ....
- Simms, OklahomaSimms, OklahomaSimms is a census-designated place in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 295 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Simms is located at ....
- Simms, TexasSimms, TexasSimms is an unincorporated community in Bowie County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Texarkana, Texas–Texarkana, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.The Simms Independent School District serves area students....
- Simms BuildingSimms BuildingThe Simms Building in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico was the city's first modern, International Style skyscraper. It was built in 1954, making it a contemporary of the similar Lever House in New York City. The building is located at 400 Gold Avenue SW, which was originally the location of the old...
, New Mexico's first modern, International Style skyscraper - Simms StreamSimms StreamSimms Stream is a 10.4 mile long river in northern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows south to Long Island Sound, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean....
, a river in northern New Hampshire in the United States
Other
- Cooke, Troughton & SimmsCooke, Troughton & SimmsCooke, Troughton & Simms was a British instrument-making firm formed in 1922 by the merger of T. Cooke & Sons and Troughton & Simms.In 1938 its telescope-making business was acquired by Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd.-References:* * *...
, a British instrument-making firm- Troughton & SimmsTroughton & SimmsTroughton & Simms was a British instrument-making firm, formed when Edward Troughton in his old age took on William Simms as a partner in 1826.It became a limited company in 1915 and in 1922 it merged with T...
- Troughton & Simms
- Simms Independent School DistrictSimms Independent School DistrictSimms Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Simms, Texas .The district has three campuses - James Bowie High , James Bowie Middle , and James Bowie Elementary ....
- The Simms Brothers BandThe Simms Brothers Band-Early years:The Simms Brothers Band is a rock/jazz/R&B group formed in early 1974 in southwestern Connecticut. The group began as a trio; Frank and George Simms, and Dave Spinner, composed their harmonies set to an acoustic guitar and played local coffee houses...
, a rock/jazz/R&B group