Simon
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Simon means obedient (he who listens or hears well) in Hebrew. In the New Testament Simon was the name of two apostles, one of which includes Simon the Apostle, Peter. Simon is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Shimeon or שמעון. Simon or Simeon or Simoun can refer to:
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People
Given name
- Simon de Montfort, medieval English nobleman and parliamentarian
- Simon of Trent
- Simón Bolívar, liberator of South America
- Simon Burnett, British swimmer
- Simon Dubnow, Jewish historian
- Simon Frith, British music critic
- Simon Hughes, British politician
- Simon Le Bon, the lead singer of Duran Duran
- Simon Magus, Samaritan (Proto-)Gnostic
- Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi hunter
- Simon Wilcox, Canadian musician
- Simeon I of Bulgaria
- Simeon II of Bulgaria
- Simon Theobald
- Eugène Simon, a French entomologist
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
- Simon The Cyrodiil, sealed shut the gates of Oblivion
On American Idol
- Simon Cowell, judge
- Simon Fuller, creator
- Simon Jones, producer
- Simon Lythgoe, producer
Last name
- See Simon (surname)
Fictional characters
- Simon the Sorcerer by Adventure Soft.
- 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
- SImon the Gremlin from Trollz
- Simon, the Mike Myers character from Saturday Night Live
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, door 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
- Simon Says, song by 1910 Fruitgum Company
- Simon, Metropolitan of Moscow
- Simon, a radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina that operates at 98.7 MHz.
- Simon & Garfunkel
- Simon & Simon
- Simon, a film starring Alan Arkin
- Uncle Simon, an episode of The Twighlight Zone
- SIMON (Batch Interactive test/debug)
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