Sams is a surname shared by several notable people:;Born before 1800 William Sams (1792–1871), Australian government official and entrepreneurBorn before 1950 Ferrol Sams (born 1922), American physician and novelist Eric Sams (1926–2004), British musicologist and Shakespeare scholar B. J. Sams (television) (born 1935), American local television news personality Michael Sams (born 1941), English capital criminal B. B. Sams (born 1944), American artist and illustrator George W.… (More on Sams)