People
- Carlos Antoine Emmons (born 1973), American football player
- Carlos Emmons (politician) (1799–1875), New York physician and politician
- Delos Carleton Emmons (1889–1965), United States general
- Ebenezer Emmons (1799–1863), American geologist
- George F. Emmons (1811–1884), American admiral
- George T. Emmons(1852–1945), American ethnographic photographer
- Kateřina Emmons (born 1983), Czech sport shooter
- Matthew Emmons (born 1981), American sport shooter
- Nathanael Emmons (1745–1840), American theologian
- Phillip Emmons, pen name of Bentley Little (born 1960), American author of horror novels
- Robert Emmons (1872–1928), American football coach at Harvard and yachter
- Samuel Franklin Emmons (1841-1911), American geologist
- Shirlee Emmons (1923–2010), American operatic soprano, writer on music, and voice teacher
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