Ammons is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Albert Ammons
Albert Clifton Ammons (March 1, 1907 – December 2, 1949) was an American pianist and player of boogie-woogie, a blues style popular from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s.
Life and career
Ammons was born in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were ...
(1907–1949), American jazz pianist
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A.R. Ammons (1926–2001), American author and poet
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Cliff Ammons
Clifton "Cliff" Ammons was an American politician from Louisiana who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1960 to 1964. He is known as the "father of the Toledo Bend Reservoir
Toledo Bend Reservoir is a reservoir on the Sab ...
(1918–1981), Louisiana state representative
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Donalda Ammons
Donalda Kay Ammons (born 15 May 1953) is an American educator and author. She served as a teacher at several deaf schools in the United States. Ammons was also the former President of the Comite International des Sports des Sourds (CISS) from 200 ...
(born 1953), American educator and writer
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Doug Ammons
Doug Ammons (born March 14, 1957) is an adventurer and is best known for his kayaking expeditions. He has degrees in mathematics, physics, and a masters and PhD in psychology from University of Montana. He is also a classical guitarist, black-belt ...
(born 1957), American adventurer, kayaker, psychologist, and author
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Elizabeth Ammons
Elizabeth Ammons is professor emerita at Tufts University. She was previously the Harriet B. Fay Professor of Literature at Tufts University.
Early life and education
Ammons attended University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
The Universi ...
, American literary scholar
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Gene Ammons
Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and R ...
(1925–1974), American jazz saxophonist
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Elias M. Ammons (1860–1925), Governor of Colorado
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Jane Ammons
Jane Chumley Ammons (born 1953) is an American industrial engineer known for her research on supply chain engineering and on the recycling of industrial goods, including carpet. She is the former chair of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial ...
(born 1953), American industrial engineer
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Robert B. Ammons (1920–1999), American psychologist
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