Surname Sams (Sams 
, סמס 
, Самс 
) , globally, is a common family name. The last name Sams is habitual in British Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common surname, Isle of Man, and Latvia, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the United States, Bangladesh, and the United Kingdom. Also, Sams is the forename as well as the last name.
| joseph sams Sams, Joseph (1784–1860), bookseller and dealer in antiquities (b. 1784) |
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| william sams Australian cricketer (1792-1871), AU (b. 1792) |
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| frank w. sams American politician (1846–1921) (b. 1846) |
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| louis sams cricketer (1863-1941), AU (b. 1863) |
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| richard sams cricketer (1864-1933), AU (b. 1864) |
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george w. sams, jr. American murderer (b. 1946) |
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| lynn l. sams businessman and leader in the musical instrument industry, US (b. 1896) |
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greg sams American writer (b. 1948) |
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| alfie sams English football player (1911-1990), GB (b. 1911) |
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| undine sams American nurse, president of Florida Nurses Association, US (b. 1919) |
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| ferrol sams American writer (1922-2013), US (b. 1922) |
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| chester sams (b. 1913) |
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| joseph reed sams Canadian politician, US (b. 1923) |
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| margaret sams (b. 1916) |
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| eric sams British musicologist, GB (b. 1926) |
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