Simon

See also: Simeon

Simon is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʿon, meaning "he [God] has heard" (compare Ishmael).

• Simeon (name)
• Simon (surname)

People called Simon

• Simon Amstell, TV presenter
• Simon Cowell, TV personality and music mogul
• Simon the Shoemaker, (5th century BC) friend of Socrates
• Simon the Tanner, (10th century), Coptic saint
• Simeon II of Bulgaria
• Simon of Bet-Titta, a Christian martyr
• Simon of Bet-Parsaje, a martyr of Iran with Mana of Bet-Parsaje
• Simon of Sudbury
• Simon Arkell, Australian pole vaulter
• Simon Tong, ex Verve guitarist
• Simon Jones, bassist of Verve
• Simon Dahl, Swedish beach volleyball player
• Simon Le Bon, lead singer of Duran Duran
• Simon Harris, British music producer
• Simon, Metropolitan of Moscow
• Simón Bolívar, the leader of several independence movements throughout South America
• Simone Arturo Saint-Bon (1823-1892)
• Sim On, was a Prime Minister of the Korean Joseon Dynasty
• Simon Shirley, Australian decathlete
• Simon of Worcester early 12th century Bishop of Worcester
• Simeon the Holy Fool - christian saint, monk and hermit (VI century)
• Simon Pegg, writer and actor
• Simon H. Rifkind, American lawyer and judge
• Simão Sabrosa, Portuguese footballer
• Simon Sjödin, Swedish swimmer
• Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi hunter

In the Bible

• Simeon - the second son of Jacob and Leah.
• Simon Peter, better known as Saint Peter, one of the Twelve Apostles.
• Simon the Zealot (also called Simon the Canaanite), another of the twelve apostles.
• Simon the Leper
• Simon of Cyrene
• Simon Magus
• Simon, the brother (or stepbrother) of Jesus, is only mentioned in passing in the Bible (Matthew 13:55, Mark 6:3), but he is sometimes identified with Simeon of Jerusalem and Simon the Zealot.

Fictional characters

• Simon & Simon, brother detectives in the 80's TV series
• Simon Templar - The Saint, 1970s TV series
• Simon, member of Alvin and the Chipmunks
• Simon, character in Lord of the Flies
• Simon, the main villain from Trollz
• Simon, King of the Witches, protagonist of psychedelic 1970s satire of the same name
• Simon Phoenix, a fictional criminal in the 1990s movie Demolition Man
• Simon Tam, a fictional character from the TV series Firefly
• Simon Belmont, hero of the video game Castlevania
• Simon Adebisi, a sadistic Nigerian in the HBO drama Oz
• The main character of Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
• Simon, protagonist of the anime series Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
• Simon Gruber, the antagonist in Die Hard 3
• Simon Grace, one of the main characters of The Spiderwick Chronicles.
• Simon Camden, one of the main characters of 7th Heaven.

Animals

• Simon (Amethyst's cat), ship's cat on the HMS Amethyst, promoted to Able Seaman in the Royal Navy
• St. Simon (horse), a British racehorse
• Simon (racehorse), a competitor in the 2008 Grand National

Electronics and technology

• Simon (game), a popular 1980's electronic game
• Simon (computer), a 1950's personal computer
• SIMON breach grenade, a door breaching rifle grenade
• SIMON (Batch Interactive test/debug)
• IBM Simon the first smartphone

Media names

• Simon FM, a radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina
• Simon (1980 film), starring Alan Arkin
• Simon, pseudonymic writer of the 1977 'Simon Necronomicon', or the 'real Necronomicon'
• Simon (album), an album by the band Gruvis Malt

Other

• Simon Property Group
• Simon Says (children's game)
• La Maison Simons, a Quebec department store

See also

• Simone
• Saint-Simon