Parsons
Parsons is the name of the following places in the United States:
- Parsons, Alabama
- Parsons (Kansas)
- Parsons (Mississippi)
- Parsons (Missouri)
- Parsons, Pennsylvania
- Parsons (Tennessee)
- Parsons (West Virginia)
Parsons is the family name of the following people:
A.
- Alan Parsons (* 1948), British musician
- Alan Parsons (badminton) (* around 1940), South African badminton player
- Albert Parsons (1848–1887), American labor leader
- Alfred Parsons (painter) (1847-1920) British painter
- Alfred Parsons (diplomat) (1925-2010), Australian diplomat
- Andrew Parsons (1817–1855), American politician (Michigan)
- Ann Parsons (* around 1945), South African badminton player
- Anthony Derrick Parsons (1922–1996), British diplomat
B.
- Benny Parsons (1941–2007), American racing car driver
- Betty Parsons (1900–1982), American painter and gallery owner
C.
- Chandler Parsons (* 1988), American basketball player
- Charles Parsons (engineer) (1854–1931), British mechanical engineer
- Charles Parsons (philosopher) (* 1933), American mathematician and philosopher
- Charles L. Parsons (1867-1954), American chemist
- Charles Wynford Parsons (1901–1950), British zoologist
- Chuck Parsons (1924–1999), American racing car driver
- Claude V. Parsons (1895–1941), American politician
D.
- Dominic Parsons (* 1987), British skeleton pilot
- Donald James Parsons (1922–2016), American clergyman, Bishop of Quincy
E.
- Edward Smith Parsons (1863-1943), American university professor
- Edward Y. Parsons (1842–1876), American politician
- Eli Parsons (18841945) American middle-distance runner and sprinter
- Eliza Parsons (born Eliza Phelp ; 1739-1811), English writer
- Elsie Clews Parsons (1875–1941), American sociologist and anthropologist
- Eric Parsons (1923-2011), English football player
- Estelle Parsons (born 1927), American actress
F.
- Frank Alvah Parsons (1866–1930), American designer
- Frederick Gymer Parsons (1863–1943), British anatomist
G
- Gene Parsons (born 1944), American country musician
- Geoff Parsons (* 1964), British high jumper
- Geoffrey Parsons (1929–1995), Australian pianist
- Gram Parsons (1946–1973), American country musician
H
- Herbert Parsons (1869–1925), American politician
J
- James Parsons (medic) (1705–1770), English physician, antiquarian and author
- James Parsons (politician) (1724–1779), American politician
- James Parsons (rugby player) (born 1986), New Zealand rugby union player
- James A. Parsons († 1945), American politician
- James Benton Parsons (1911–1993), American lawyer
- Jennifer Parsons , actress
- Jim Parsons ( James Joseph Parsons ; * 1973), American actor
- John Parsons (musician) (born 1954), Welsh guitarist
- John Parsons (murderer) (* 1971), American murderer and prison escape
- John T. Parsons (1913–2007), American engineer
- John Whiteside Parsons (1914–1952), American rocket engineer
- Johnnie Parsons (1918–1984), American racing driver
K
- Karyn Parsons (born 1966), American actress
- Kenneth Parsons (* around 1950), South African badminton player
L.
- Laurie Parsons (* 1959), artist of minimalism
- Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse (1840-1908), Irish astronomer
- Lawrence Worthington Parsons (1850–1923), British Lieutenant General
- Lewis Parsons (1817–1895), American politician (Alabama)
- Liam Parsons (* 1977), Canadian rower
- Longineu Parsons (* 1950), American jazz musician
- Lorenza Izzo Parsons (* 1989), Chilean actress and model, see Lorenza Izzo
- Louella Parsons (1881–1972), American reporter
- Lucy Parsons († 1942), personality of the American labor movement, radical socialist and anarcho-communist
M.
- Mark Parsons (physicist) , physicist and university professor
- Mark Parsons (animator) , animator
- Mark Parsons (soccer coach) , American soccer coach
N
- Nancy Parsons (1942–2001), American actress
- Nate M. Parsons (1888–1945), American politician
- Nathan Parsons (* 1988), Australian-American actor
- Nicholas Parsons (1923-2020), British actor and presenter
P
- Peter J. Parsons (* 1936), British classical philologist and papyrologist
R.
- Richard C. Parsons (1826–1899), American politician
- Richard Dean Parsons (* 1949), American manager and business lawyer
- Richard Godfrey Parsons (1882–1948), British bishop
- Riley Parsons (* 2000), English snooker player
- Robert Parsons (1546–1610), English Jesuit and politician
- Robert E. Parsons (1892–1966), American politician
- Roger Parsons (1926-2017), British chemist
S.
- Sam Parsons (athlete) (* 1994), American-German athlete
- Sam Parsons (badminton) (born 1995), English badminton player
- Sidney Parsons (* 1987), German basketball trainer and player
- Stephen W. Parsons (* around 1950), composer, singer and music producer
T
- Talcott Parsons (1902–1979), American sociologist
- Terry Parsons (1935-1999), Welsh snooker player
- Theophilus Parsons (poet) , poet and playwright
- Theophilus Parsons (jurist, 1750) (1750-1813), American lawyer and judge
- Theophilus Parsons (lawyer, 1797) (1797–1882), American lawyer and university professor
W.
- William Parsons (composer) (1745 / 1746–1817), British musician and composer
- William Parsons (actor) ( Smiling Bill ; 1878–1919), American actor and producer
- William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800–1867), Irish astronomer
- William Sterling Parsons (1901–1953), American naval officer
See also:
- Parsons Peak , several mountains
- Mount Parsons , mountain in Mac Robertson Land, Antarctica
- Parsons The New School for Design in New York City
- Parsons College , University of Fairfield, Iowa
- The Alan Parsons Project , British music project
- Parsons turbine , steam turbine
- Parsons Electric Motor Carriage Company , former American automobile manufacturer
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