Sommers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Ben Sommers Ben Sommers (1906-1985) was a leading philanthropic figure in the world of dance, and president of the Capezio dance and theatre shoe company from 1940 to his death. He established the Capezio Foundation in 1951, which focused on dance, especiall ...

(1906–1985), American philanthropist *

Charles Sommers Charles Sommers (20 January 1862 – 19 March 1922) was an Australian businessman and politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1900 to 1918. He was a minister in the first government of George Leake. Som ...

(1862–1922), Australian politician *

Christina Hoff Sommers Christina Marie Hoff Sommers (born 1950) is an American author and philosopher. Specializing in ethics, she is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

(born 1950), American feminist academic *

Dale Sommers Bruce Dale Sommers (November 26, 1943 – August 24, 2012), known by his nickname "The Truckin' Bozo", was an American radio personality, best known for his long-running country music show geared toward truck drivers. Sommers hosted the overnig ...

, American radio personality and country music DJ * David W. Sommers (born 1943), Sergeant Major of the U.S. Marine Corps 1987–91 *

Fred Sommers Frederic Tamler Sommers (January 1, 1923 – October 2, 2014), better known as Fred Sommers, was an American philosopher who, after an initial focus on ontology generally, turned his attention specifically to a revival of classical logic. He ...

(1923–2014), American philosopher * Helen Sommers (1932–2017), American politician *

Jack Sommers Jack William Sommers (February 9, 1917 – September 1975) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at UCLA and was drafted in the eleventh round of ...

(1917–1975), American professional football player *

Jay Sommers Jay Sommers (January 3, 1917September 25, 1985) was an American producer, director and comedy writer whose career spanned four decades. He wrote more than 90 television comedy episodes, produced 63, and was creator and producer of the ''Green Ac ...

(1917–1985), American television writer and producer *

Joanie Sommers Joanie Sommers (born Joan Drost, February 24, 1941) is an American singer and actress with a career concentrating on jazz, standards and popular material and show-business credits. Once billed as "The Voice of the Sixties", and associated with to ...

(born 1941), American singer and actress *

Robert Sommers Robert Edward Sommers (January 3, 1911 – October 28, 2000) was a Canadian elementary school principal and a politician. Sommers served as a Social Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1952 to 1958, representi ...

(1911–2000), Canadian politician *

Rudy Sommers Rudolph Sommers (October 30, 1886 in Cincinnati, Ohio – March 18, 1949 in Louisville, Kentucky) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Tip-Tops and Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an Americ ...

(1886–1949), American professional baseball player *

Samuel Sommers Samuel R. Sommers is an American social psychologist and professor of psychology at Tufts University. He is known for his research on implicit racial stereotyping and color-blind racism. For example, he has published multiple studies on the effe ...

, American social psychologist *

Stephen Sommers Stephen Sommers (born March 20, 1962) is an American filmmaker, best known for big-budget action movies, such as ''The Mummy'' (1999), its sequel, ''The Mummy Returns'' (2001), ''Van Helsing'' (2004), and '' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'' (2009). ...

(born 1962), American film director and writer *

Tamler Sommers Tamler Sommers is an American philosopher and writer. He is the son of the American philosopher Fred Sommers and the stepson of Christina Hoff Sommers. Sommers specializes in ethics and free will, and has commented on the ethics of the Alex Rodrigu ...

, 21st century American philosopher *

William Sommers William Sommers (or Somers; died 15 June 1560) was the best-known court jester of Henry VIII of England. Early life He was said to have been born in Shropshire, and came to the attention of Richard Fermor, a merchant of the Staple at Calais, w ...

(died 1560), court jester of Henry VIII of England Fictional characters: * Jaime Sommers, the "Bionic Woman" of the American TV series

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