Parsons
Parsons is the name of several places in the United States:
- Parsons ( Alabama)
- Parsons ( Kansas)
- Parsons ( Mississippi)
- Parsons ( Missouri)
- Parsons ( Pennsylvania)
- Parsons ( Tennessee)
- Parsons ( West Virginia)
Parsons is a surname, and may refer to:
A
- Alan Parsons ( born 1948 ), British musician
- Alan Parsons (badminton ) (* ~ 1940), South African badminton players
- 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 ( * ~ 1955), South African badminton player
- Anthony Derrick Parsons (1922-1996), British diplomat
B
- Benny Parsons (1941-2007), American race car driver
- Betty Parsons (1900-1982), American painter and gallery owner
C
- Chandler Parsons ( * 1988), American basketball player
- Charles Parsons (1854-1931), British mechanical engineer
- Charles Wynford Parsons (1901-1950), British zoologist
- Claude V. Parsons (1895-1941), American politician
E
- Edward Y. Parsons (1842-1876), American politician
- Eliza Parsons ( née Phelp Eliza; 1739-1811 ), English writer
- Elsie Clews Parsons (1875-1941), American sociologist and anthropologist
- Estelle Parsons ( * 1927), American actress
- Frank Alvah Parsons (1866-1930), American designer
G
- Gene Parsons ( born 1944 ), American country musician
- Geoff Parsons (born 1964 ), British high jumper
- Geoffrey Parsons (1929-1995), Australian pianist
- Gram Parsons (1946-1973), American country musician
B
- Herbert Parsons (1869-1925), American politician
J
- James Benton Parsons (1911-1993), American lawyer
- Jim Parsons (born 1973 ), American actor
- John Parsons (musician ) (born 1954 ), Welsh guitarist
- John Whiteside Parsons (1914-1952), American rocket engineer
- Johnnie Parsons (1918-1984), American racing driver
K
- Karyn Parsons (born 1966 ), American actress
- Kenneth Parsons ( * ~ 1950), South African badminton players
L
- Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse ( 1840-1908 ), Irish astronomer
- Lewis Parsons (1817-1894), American politician (Alabama )
- Louella Parsons (1881-1972), American reporter
M
- Mark Parsons ( physicist ), physicist and university teacher
- Mark Parsons ( animator ), animator
- Mark Parsons ( football coach ), American football coach
N
- Nancy Parsons (1942-2001), American actress
- Nathan Parsons ( * 1988), Australian- American actor
- Nicholas Parsons ( b. 1923 ), British actor and presenter
P
- Peter J. Parsons ( b. 1936 ), British classical scholar and papyrologist
R
- Richard C. Parsons (1826-1899), American politician
- Richard Dean Parsons ( born 1949 ), American Manager and Business Lawyer
- Robert Parsons (1546-1610), English Jesuit priest and politician
- Robert E. Parsons (1892-1966), American politician
S
- Stephen W. Parsons, composer, singer and music producer
T
- Talcott Parsons (1902-1979), American sociologist
W
- William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse ( 1800-1867 ), Irish astronomer
Parsons is the name of the following institutions:
- Parsons The New School for Design in New York City
- Parsons College, University in Fairfield, Iowa
See also:
- The Alan Parsons Project, a British music project
- Parsons turbine, invented by Charles Parsons steam turbine
- Disambiguation