Szymon

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Szymon is a Polish version of the masculine given name Simon.

Academics

• Szymon Askenazy – a historian and diplomat who served as the first Polish representative at the League of Nations
• Szymon Datner – a Polish-Jewish historian and anti-Nazi partisan fighter

Artists

• Szymon Bobrowski – an actor
• Szymon Buchbinder – a 19th and early 20th century Polish painter
• Szymon Czechowicz – an 18th century Polish painter
• Szymon Goldberg – a Polish-American violinist and conductor
• Szymon Szymonowic – a Polish Renaissance poet

Athletes

• Szymon Matuszek – a Polish footballer (midfielder) currently playing for Real Madrid
• Szymon Pawlak – a Polish footballer (defender) currently playing for Unia Janikowo
• Szymon Szewczyk – a Polish professional basketball player
• Szymon Ziółkowski – an Olympic gold medal winning hammer thrower

Nobility

• Szymon Marcin Kossakowski – an 18th century Polish Lithuanian nobleman and a leader of the Targowica Confederation
• Szymon Samuel Sanguszko – a 17th century nobleman of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
• Szymon Starowolski – a 17th century Lithuanian writer and scholar
• Szymon Bogumił Zug – an 18th century Polish nobleman and architect

Politicians

• Szymon Konarski – a 19th century Polish democrat and revolutionary
• Szymon Stanisław Giżyński – a member of Poland's lower house of parliament (the Sejm) from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość
• Szymon Pawłowski – a member of Poland's lower house of parliament (the Sejm) from Liga Polskich Rodzin
• Szymon Perske – the birth name of former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres
• Szymon Niemiec - a vice president of Polish party Union of the Left, gay activist and founder of first Polish Gay Pride parade

Others

• Szymon Stefanek – creator of KVIrc, a UNIX IRC client
• Szymon Winawer – a chess player