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  • Ashton Sims
    Ashton Sims
    Ashton Sims is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League competition. He primarily plays at prop forward.-Playing career:...

    , Australian rugby league footballer
  • Charles Sims (painter)
    Charles Sims (painter)
    Charles Henry Sims was a British painter of portraits, landscapes, and decorative paintings...

    , British painter
  • Christopher A. Sims
    Christopher A. Sims
    Christopher Albert "Chris" Sims is an econometrician and macroeconomist. He is currently the Harold B. Helms Professor of Economics and Banking at Princeton University....

    , American economist
  • George Robert Sims
    George Robert Sims
    George Robert Sims was an English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist and bon vivant.Sims began writing lively humour and satiric pieces for Fun magazine and The Referee, but he was soon concentrating on social reform, particularly the plight of the poor in London's slums...

    , British journalist and author
  • Howard Sims ("Sandman" Sims), American vaudeville dancer
  • J. Marion Sims
    J. Marion Sims
    J. Marion Sims, born James Marion Sims was a surgical pioneer, considered the father of American gynecology. Modern historians argue about his legacy as Sims used slaves as experimental subjects....

    , American gynaecological surgeon
  • Joan Sims
    Joan Sims
    Irene Joan Marion Sims was an English actress best remembered for her roles in the Carry On films, and latterly for playing Madge Hardcastle in As Time Goes By.-Early life:...

    , British Actress
  • John Sims
    John Sims
    John Sims was a taxonomist who classified various species of plants.He was the first editor of The Botanical Magazine after the founder, William Curtis....

    , botanist
  • Michael Sims
    Michael Sims
    Michael Sims is a noted American nonfiction writer, author most recently of Apollo’s Fire: A Day on Earth in Nature and Imagination . He is the author of two other books, as well as editor of two collections of literary classics...

    , American non-fiction writer
  • Thomas Sims
    Thomas Sims
    Thomas Sims was an enslaved African American who escaped from slavery in Georgia at age 17 and lived for a time in Boston, Massachusetts. He was arrested there under the federal Fugitive Slave Law on April 4,1851. Following a dramatic court trial, he was returned to his owner against the strong...

    , subject of a notorious American fugitive slave case
  • Tom Sims
    Tom Sims
    Tom Sims is a world champion of snowboarding in California. In 1963, he made what he called a "snowboard," a version of a skateboard, in the Haddonfield Middle School's shop room after failing to complete his intended project, a custom skateboard. Sims was the snowboarding stunt double for "007" ...

    , American snowboarding pioneer
  • Zoot Sims
    Zoot Sims
    John Haley "Zoot" Sims was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor and soprano.-Biography:He was born in Inglewood, California. Growing up in a vaudeville family, Sims learned to play both drums and clarinet at an early age...

    , American jazz tenor saxophonist
  • Molly Sims
    Molly Sims
    Molly Sims is an American model and actress. Sims is best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues and her role as Delinda Deline in the NBC drama Las Vegas.-Early life:...

    , American actress and swimsuit model
  • Andrew Sims, MC and member of the Doomtree
    Doomtree
    Doomtree is a hip hop collective based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Members of Doomtree bring various bases of knowledge and musical backgrounds together to create alternative-influenced rap and hip hop music. Nearly as prominent as the influence of hip-hop in their music is that of punk and their...

     hip-hop collective
  • William Sims
    William Sims
    William Sowden Sims was an admiral in the United States Navy who sought during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to modernize the Navy. During World War I he commanded all United States naval forces operating in Europe...

    , American admiral after whom several ships were named:
  • * The destroyer , served in World War II, sunk by the Japanese, 1942
  • * The destroyer escort , commissioned 1943, decommissioned 1946
  • * The destroyer escort USS W. S. Sims (DE-1059)
    USS W. S. Sims (FF-1059)
    The USS W. S. Sims was a of the United States Navy in commission from 1970 to 1991. She was named for William Sims.-Construction and commissioning:...

     (later FF-1059), commissioned 1970, decommissioned 1991
  • * The transport vessel

  • The Sims, a life simulation computer and video game series by designer Will Wright (see List of The Sims games)
    • The Sims
      The Sims
      The Sims is an American strategic life-simulation computer game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It was created by game designer Will Wright, also known for developing SimCity. It is a simulation of the daily activities of one or more virtual persons in a suburban household...

      , the first game in The Sims series
    • The Sims 2
      The Sims 2
      The Sims 2 is a 2004 strategic life simulation computer game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to the best-selling computer game, The Sims, which debuted on February 4, 2000. It was first released on September 14, 2004 for Microsoft Windows. A port to Macintosh...

      , the second game in The Sims series
    • The Sims 3
      The Sims 3
      The Sims 3 is a strategic life simulation video game in The Sims franchise, originally created by Maxis.It was released on DVD for Microsoft Windows and for Macintosh, using cider emulation, on June 2, 2009 in North America, on June 4, 2009 in Australia and on June 5, 2009 in Europe...

      , the third game in The Sims series
  • Sim (Maxis Sim games)
    Sim (Maxis Sim games)
    A Sim is one of the race of humanoid characters populating Maxis Sim games. Although premade Sims do exist in these games, a complex system of autonomous behaviour is also defined for custom-built Sims that can have a wide variety of personalities....

    , the name of the humanoid characters that populate Maxis Sim games
  • Student information system
    Student information system
    A student information system is a software application for educational establishments to manage student data. Student information systems provide capabilities for entering student test and other assessment scores through an electronic grade book, building student schedules, tracking student...

    , computer software for managing student records
  • SIMS.net
    SIMS.net
    SIMS is a Management Information System used by more than 22,000 schools in 120 local authorities across the United Kingdom boasting from 80% to 90% of the market share....

    , a School Information Management System developed by Capita
  • SIMS (video game company)
    SIMS (video game company)
    is a Japanese video game publisher and developer originally established on June 12, 1991 as a joint venture of Sanritsu Denki Co., Ltd. and Sega Enterprises, Ltd. About 50 employees transferred over from Sanritsu...

    , a Japanese video game publisher and developer

  • Sims, Illinois
    Sims, Illinois
    Sims is a village in Wayne County, Illinois, United States. The population was 273 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sims is located at ....

    , a village in the United States
  • Sims Township, Grant County, Indiana
    Sims Township, Grant County, Indiana
    Sims Township is one of thirteen townships in Grant County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,858.-Geography:Sims Township covers an area of 24.07 square miles...

    , a township in the United States
    • Sims, Indiana
      Sims, Indiana
      Sims is an unincorporated town in Sims Township, Grant County, Indiana. In 2000 it had a population of 250.-Geography:Sims is located at near the county's western border. A rail line operated by the Central Railroad Company of Indianapolis passes along the north side of town....

      , an unincorporated community in that township
  • Sims Township, Michigan
    Sims Township, Michigan
    Sims Township is a civil township of Arenac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,091 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 43.7 square miles , of which, 11.5 square miles of it is land and 32.2 square...


  • Secondary ion mass spectrometry
    Secondary ion mass spectrometry
    Secondary ion mass spectrometry is a technique used in materials science and surface science to analyze the composition of solid surfaces and thin films by sputtering the surface of the specimen with a focused primary ion beam and collecting and analyzing ejected secondary ions...

    , an elemental surface analysis technique
  • Sims Snowboards
  • Sims (novel)
    Sims (novel)
    Sims is a science fiction novel by F. Paul Wilson explores a near-future event where Humanzees are created as a de facto slave race....

    , a book by F.
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  • Ashton Sims
    Ashton Sims
    Ashton Sims is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League competition. He primarily plays at prop forward.-Playing career:...

    , Australian rugby league footballer
  • Charles Sims (painter)
    Charles Sims (painter)
    Charles Henry Sims was a British painter of portraits, landscapes, and decorative paintings...

    , British painter
  • Christopher A. Sims
    Christopher A. Sims
    Christopher Albert "Chris" Sims is an econometrician and macroeconomist. He is currently the Harold B. Helms Professor of Economics and Banking at Princeton University....

    , American economist
  • George Robert Sims
    George Robert Sims
    George Robert Sims was an English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist and bon vivant.Sims began writing lively humour and satiric pieces for Fun magazine and The Referee, but he was soon concentrating on social reform, particularly the plight of the poor in London's slums...

    , British journalist and author
  • Howard Sims ("Sandman" Sims), American vaudeville dancer
  • J. Marion Sims
    J. Marion Sims
    J. Marion Sims, born James Marion Sims was a surgical pioneer, considered the father of American gynecology. Modern historians argue about his legacy as Sims used slaves as experimental subjects....

    , American gynaecological surgeon
  • Joan Sims
    Joan Sims
    Irene Joan Marion Sims was an English actress best remembered for her roles in the Carry On films, and latterly for playing Madge Hardcastle in As Time Goes By.-Early life:...

    , British Actress
  • John Sims
    John Sims
    John Sims was a taxonomist who classified various species of plants.He was the first editor of The Botanical Magazine after the founder, William Curtis....

    , botanist
  • Michael Sims
    Michael Sims
    Michael Sims is a noted American nonfiction writer, author most recently of Apollo’s Fire: A Day on Earth in Nature and Imagination . He is the author of two other books, as well as editor of two collections of literary classics...

    , American non-fiction writer
  • Thomas Sims
    Thomas Sims
    Thomas Sims was an enslaved African American who escaped from slavery in Georgia at age 17 and lived for a time in Boston, Massachusetts. He was arrested there under the federal Fugitive Slave Law on April 4,1851. Following a dramatic court trial, he was returned to his owner against the strong...

    , subject of a notorious American fugitive slave case
  • Tom Sims
    Tom Sims
    Tom Sims is a world champion of snowboarding in California. In 1963, he made what he called a "snowboard," a version of a skateboard, in the Haddonfield Middle School's shop room after failing to complete his intended project, a custom skateboard. Sims was the snowboarding stunt double for "007" ...

    , American snowboarding pioneer
  • Zoot Sims
    Zoot Sims
    John Haley "Zoot" Sims was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor and soprano.-Biography:He was born in Inglewood, California. Growing up in a vaudeville family, Sims learned to play both drums and clarinet at an early age...

    , American jazz tenor saxophonist
  • Molly Sims
    Molly Sims
    Molly Sims is an American model and actress. Sims is best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues and her role as Delinda Deline in the NBC drama Las Vegas.-Early life:...

    , American actress and swimsuit model
  • Andrew Sims, MC and member of the Doomtree
    Doomtree
    Doomtree is a hip hop collective based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Members of Doomtree bring various bases of knowledge and musical backgrounds together to create alternative-influenced rap and hip hop music. Nearly as prominent as the influence of hip-hop in their music is that of punk and their...

     hip-hop collective
  • William Sims
    William Sims
    William Sowden Sims was an admiral in the United States Navy who sought during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to modernize the Navy. During World War I he commanded all United States naval forces operating in Europe...

    , American admiral after whom several ships were named:
  • * The destroyer , served in World War II, sunk by the Japanese, 1942
  • * The destroyer escort , commissioned 1943, decommissioned 1946
  • * The destroyer escort USS W. S. Sims (DE-1059)
    USS W. S. Sims (FF-1059)
    The USS W. S. Sims was a of the United States Navy in commission from 1970 to 1991. She was named for William Sims.-Construction and commissioning:...

     (later FF-1059), commissioned 1970, decommissioned 1991
  • * The transport vessel

Computer related

  • The Sims, a life simulation computer and video game series by designer Will Wright (see List of The Sims games)
    • The Sims
      The Sims
      The Sims is an American strategic life-simulation computer game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It was created by game designer Will Wright, also known for developing SimCity. It is a simulation of the daily activities of one or more virtual persons in a suburban household...

      , the first game in The Sims series
    • The Sims 2
      The Sims 2
      The Sims 2 is a 2004 strategic life simulation computer game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to the best-selling computer game, The Sims, which debuted on February 4, 2000. It was first released on September 14, 2004 for Microsoft Windows. A port to Macintosh...

      , the second game in The Sims series
    • The Sims 3
      The Sims 3
      The Sims 3 is a strategic life simulation video game in The Sims franchise, originally created by Maxis.It was released on DVD for Microsoft Windows and for Macintosh, using cider emulation, on June 2, 2009 in North America, on June 4, 2009 in Australia and on June 5, 2009 in Europe...

      , the third game in The Sims series
  • Sim (Maxis Sim games)
    Sim (Maxis Sim games)
    A Sim is one of the race of humanoid characters populating Maxis Sim games. Although premade Sims do exist in these games, a complex system of autonomous behaviour is also defined for custom-built Sims that can have a wide variety of personalities....

    , the name of the humanoid characters that populate Maxis Sim games
  • Student information system
    Student information system
    A student information system is a software application for educational establishments to manage student data. Student information systems provide capabilities for entering student test and other assessment scores through an electronic grade book, building student schedules, tracking student...

    , computer software for managing student records
  • SIMS.net
    SIMS.net
    SIMS is a Management Information System used by more than 22,000 schools in 120 local authorities across the United Kingdom boasting from 80% to 90% of the market share....

    , a School Information Management System developed by Capita
  • SIMS (video game company)
    SIMS (video game company)
    is a Japanese video game publisher and developer originally established on June 12, 1991 as a joint venture of Sanritsu Denki Co., Ltd. and Sega Enterprises, Ltd. About 50 employees transferred over from Sanritsu...

    , a Japanese video game publisher and developer

Geography

  • Sims, Illinois
    Sims, Illinois
    Sims is a village in Wayne County, Illinois, United States. The population was 273 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sims is located at ....

    , a village in the United States
  • Sims Township, Grant County, Indiana
    Sims Township, Grant County, Indiana
    Sims Township is one of thirteen townships in Grant County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,858.-Geography:Sims Township covers an area of 24.07 square miles...

    , a township in the United States
    • Sims, Indiana
      Sims, Indiana
      Sims is an unincorporated town in Sims Township, Grant County, Indiana. In 2000 it had a population of 250.-Geography:Sims is located at near the county's western border. A rail line operated by the Central Railroad Company of Indianapolis passes along the north side of town....

      , an unincorporated community in that township
  • Sims Township, Michigan
    Sims Township, Michigan
    Sims Township is a civil township of Arenac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,091 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 43.7 square miles , of which, 11.5 square miles of it is land and 32.2 square...


Other

  • Secondary ion mass spectrometry
    Secondary ion mass spectrometry
    Secondary ion mass spectrometry is a technique used in materials science and surface science to analyze the composition of solid surfaces and thin films by sputtering the surface of the specimen with a focused primary ion beam and collecting and analyzing ejected secondary ions...

    , an elemental surface analysis technique
  • Sims Snowboards
  • Sims (novel)
    Sims (novel)
    Sims is a science fiction novel by F. Paul Wilson explores a near-future event where Humanzees are created as a de facto slave race....

    , a book by F. Paul Wilson about genetically enhanced chimpanzees used as a labor force
  • Services Institute of Medical Sciences
    Services Institute of Medical Sciences
    Services Institute of Medical Sciences is a public medical school, attached to Services Hospital, and located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Its Principal Chief Executive is Prof. Dr...

    , a medical school attached to Services Hospital in Lahore
  • Subscriber Identity Module
    Subscriber Identity Module
    A subscriber identity module on a removable SIM card securely stores the service-subscriber key used to identify a subscriber on mobile telephony devices...

    , removable smart card ICC
  • Sims Metal Management, a scrap metal collector
  • Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, a Canadian research institute