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