Simon

Simon is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Shimeon. Simon or Simoun can refer to:

People

Given name

• Simon of Trent
• Simón Bolívar, liberator of South America
• Simon Burnett, British swimmer
• Simon Dubnow, Jewish historian
• Simon Hughes, British politician
• Simon Le Bon, the lead singer of Duran Duran
• Simon Magus, Samaritan (Proto-)Gnostic
• Leonard Simon Nimoy, American actor, film director, poet and photographer best known for playing the character Spock in the Star Trek franchise
• Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi hunter
• Simon Wilcox, Canadian musician

In the Bible

• Simon Peter, an apostle of Jesus
• Simon the Canaanite (also called Simon the Zealot), another apostle
• Simon the Leper
• Simon of Cyrene
• Simon Magus

On American Idol

• Simon Cowell, judge
• Simon Fuller, creator
• Simon Jones, producer
• Simon Lythgoe, producer

Last name

• Carly Simon, American musician
• Claude Simon, French writer
• Herbert Simon, cognitive psychologist and polymath
• John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain 1940–45, and several of his descendants who also held the title of Viscount Simon
• John Simon, author and literary, film and drama critic
• John Simon, record producer for Columbia Records
• Sir John Simon, Chief Medical Officer for England, 1855 - 1876
• Jules Simon, French statesman and philosopher
• Neil Simon, American playwright and screenwriter
• Norton Simon, American industrialist
• Richard Simon, French biblical critic
• Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel, musician
• Paul Simon, US senator

Fictional characters

• Simon the Sorcerer by AdventureSoft.
• Simon Belmont, the first Castlevania hero character created
• Simon Tam, fictional character from Joss Whedon's Firefly and Serenity
• Simon, member of the fictional singing group Alvin and the Chipmunks
• Simoun, major character in the novel El Filibusterismo
• Simon, character from Lord of the Flies

Other

• Simon, electronic game launched in 1978 at Studio 54 in New York
• Simon Says, popular children's game
• Simon, chess engine
• La Maison Simons, Canadian Fashion retailer
• Simon grenade, wall breaching rifle grenade
• Simon Property Group, retail management company which owns numerous malls and shopping centers across the United States
• Simple Simon, well-known nursery rhyme
• Simple Simon, Broadway musical
• Simple Simon, variant of card solitaire
• Simple Simon, song by 1910 Fruit Gum Company
• Simon, slang term used to refer to a man who wears women's clothing for comfort reasons
• Simon, Metropolitan of Moscow
• Simon, a radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina that operates at 98.7 MHz.