Sims (surname)
Sims is an English surname.[1] 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
 - Kym Sims, American singer
 - 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
 - Odyssey Sims (born 1992), American basketball player
 - 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