Simon

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Simon Given Name
Gender	male
Meaning	"he has heard"
Origin	Genesis 29:33
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Simon

Contents 1 People called Simon 1.1 In the Bible 1.2 Fictional characters 2 Animals 3 Electronics and technology 4 Media names 5 Other 6 See also

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

• Simeon (name)
• Simon (surname)

[edit] People called Simon

• 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 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
• the author/editor of the so-called Simon Necronomicon and related works.
• Simeon the Holy Fool - christian saint, monk and hermit (VI century)
• Simon Pegg, writer and actor
• Simon Amstell, TV presenter
• Simon Cowell, TV personality and music mogul
• Simon H. Rifkind, American lawyer and judge
• Simão Sabrosa, Portuguese footballer

[edit] 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 step-brother) 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.

[edit] Fictional characters

• 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 at 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.

[edit] 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 currently in the grand national.

[edit] Electronics and technology

• Simon (game), a 1978 electronic game
• SIMON breach grenade, door breaching rifle grenade
• SIMON (Batch Interactive test/debug)
• IBM Simon the first smartphone
• Simon (logic instruction), interactive smart tutor for students learning classical logic

[edit] Media names

• Simon FM, a radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina
• Simon (1980 film), starring Alan Arkin
• Simon (2004 film) (nl)
• Simon, pseudonymic writer of the 1977 'Simon Necronomicon', or the 'real Necronomicon'

[edit] Other

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

[edit] See also

• Simone
• Saint-Simon