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Ancient •
Simon the Shoemaker (5th century BCE), friend of Socrates •
Simon Thassi (r. 141–135 BCE), high priest of Jerusalem and ruler of Judaea •
Simon of Peraea (died 4 BCE), Jewish rebel mentioned by Josephus •
Simon the Zealot, apostle of Jesus •
Simon bar Giora, (died 70 CE), Judean leader in the First Jewish-Roman War •
Simon bar Kokhba, Jewish rebel leader •
Simon bar Yochai, rabbi • Simon of Bet-Parsaje (died 339), Christian martyred with
Mana of Bet-Parsaje •
Simon of Bet-Titta (died 447), Christian martyr
Medieval •
Simeon I of Bulgaria (died 927), tsar of the First Bulgarian Empire •
Simon the Tanner (10th century), Coptic saint •
Simon of Kalocsa (fl. 1108–1142), Hungarian prelate •
Simon (bishop of Transylvania) (fl. 1111–1113), Hungarian prelate •
Simon of Worcester (died 1150), English Bishop of Worcester •
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208–1265) Leader of the barons against Henry III •
Simon Kacsics (fl. 1212–1228), Hungarian lord •
Simon Kacsics, Count of the Székelys (fl. 1291–1327), Hungarian lord •
Simon of Southwell, canon lawyer and Treasurer of Lichfield Cathedral •
Simon Sudbury (died 1381) English Archbishop and Lord Chancellor •
Simon, Metropolitan of Moscow (died 1512), Russian Orthodox leader
Renaissance to modern •
Simon Abeywickrema (1903–1948), Sri Lankan politician •
Simon Abkarian (born 1962), French actor •
Simon Adingra (born 2002), Ivorian footballer •
Simon Adjei (born 1993), Swedish footballer •
Simon Pardiñas López (born 1987), Spanish dentist •
Simon Ammann (born 1981), Swiss ski jumper •
Simon Amstell (born 1979), English television presenter •
Simon Armitage (born 1963), English poet, playwright and novelist who was appointed Poet Laureate in May 2019 •
Simon Appiah Asamoah (born 2002), Ghanaian footballer •
Simon Arora (born 1969), British billionaire businessman •
Simon Aspelin (born 1974), Swedish tennis player •
Simon Baker (born 1969), Australian actor and director •
Simon Barere (1896–1951), Russian-born American pianist •
Simon Baron-Cohen (born 1958), British autism researcher •
Simon Baynes, British politician •
Simon Beckett (born 1960), British journalist and author •
Simon Bengtsson (born 2004), Swedish footballer •
Simon Bening (1483–1561), Flemish miniaturist •
Simon van den Bergh (1819–1907), Dutch margarine manufacturer, founder of Unilever •
Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), Latin American military and political leader •
Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823–1914), American soldier and Governor of Kentucky •
Simon Callow (born 1949), British actor •
Simon Cameron (1799–1889), American politician and Secretary of War •
Simon Carmiggelt (1913–1987), Dutch poet, columnist and satirist •
Simon Chang (designer) (born 1947), Chinese-Canadian fashion designer •
Simon Chang (politician) (Chang San-cheng; born 1954), Premier of the Republic of China •
Simon J. Clark, British protein biochemist •
Simon Conway Morris (born 1951), English palaeontologist •
Simon Coveney (born 1972), Irish government minister •
Simon Cowell (born 1959), British television personality •
Simon Dach (1605–1659), Prussian lyrical poet •
Simon Dallow, New Zealand television journalist •
Simon Davies (disambiguation), several people •
Simon Dobler (born 2006), German trampoline gymnast •
Simon Donaldson (born 1957), English mathematician •
Simon Dring (1945–2021), British journalist and television presenter •
Simon During (born 1950), New Zealand-Australian academic •
Simon Episcopius (1583–1643), Dutch theologian and Remonstrant •
Simon Fairweather (born 1969), Australian archer •
Simon Farine (born 1987), Canadian basketball player •
Simon Fernando Sri Chandrasekera (1829–1908), Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman •
Simon Fisher-Becker (1961–2025), British stage, television and film actor •
Simon Gagné (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player •
Simon Gallup (born 1960), bassist in English rock band The Cure •
Simon Harris (born 1986), Irish Fine Gael politician, Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael since 2024 •
Simon Harris (musician) (born 1962), British music producer •
Simon Helberg (born 1980), American actor, comedian, and musician •
Simon Heslop (born 1987), English footballer •
Simon Jackson, British playwright, filmmaker and poet •
Simon Jolin-Barrette, Canadian lawyer and politician from Quebec •
Simon Joyner (born 1971), American singer-songwriter •
Simon Karam (born 1950), Lebanese lawyer and diplomat •
Simon Katich (born 1976), Australian test cricketer •
Simon Keenlyside (born 1959), British baritone •
Simon Kidane (born 1975), Ethiopian basketball player •
Simon Kuper (born 1969), British author •
Simon Lane (born 1978), British comedian and YouTuber •
Simon Le Bon (born 1958), lead singer of English band Duran Duran •
Simon Lindholm (born 2001), Finnish footballer •
Simon MacCorkindale, British actor •
Simon Madden (born 1957), Australian footballer •
Simon Magalashvili (born 1968), Israeli Olympic judoka •
Simon Maljevac (born 1981), Slovenian politician •
Simon Mann (1952–2025), British Army officer and convicted mercenary •
Simon Marcus (1986), Canadian kickboxer •
Simon van der Meer (1925–2011), Dutch particle physicist and Nobel Laureate •
Simon Mignolet (born 1988), Belgian football player •
Simon Miller, wrestling journalist for
WhatCulture and professional wrestler •
Simon Moabi, Motswana MP •
Simon Monjack (1970–2010), British filmmaker •
Simon Neil (born 1979), Scottish guitarist and lead singer of Biffy Clyro •
Simon Oakland (1928–1983), American actor •
Simon Okker (1881–1944), Dutch Olympic fencer killed in Auschwitz •
Simon Pegg (born 1970), English writer and actor •
Simon Poulsen (born 1984), Danish footballer •
Simon Pryce (born 1972), Australian children's lead singer of The Wiggles •
Simon Rex (born 1974), American actor and rapper •
Simon H. Rifkind (1901–1995), American lawyer and judge •
Simon Rosenbaum (baseball) (born 1993), American-Israeli baseball player with Team Israel •
Simon Schama (born 1945), English historian specializing in art, Dutch, and French history •
Simon Sears (born 1984), Danish actor •
Simon Shirley (born 1966), Australian decathlete •
Simon Shnapir (born 1987), American Olympic medalist pair skater •
Simon Singer (born 1941), American world champion
American handball player, and radio and television actor •
Simon Sjödin (born 1986), Swedish swimmer •
Simon Skrabb (born 1995), Finnish footballer •
Simon Steel (born 1969), English cricketer •
Simon van der Stel (1639–1712), Dutch Governor of the Cape Colony •
Simon Stepaniak (born 1997), American football player •
Simon Stevin (1548–1620), Netherlandish mathematician, physicist and engineer •
Simon Tahamata (born 1956), Dutch and Belgian footballer •
Simon Terry (1974–2021), British archer •
Simon Townsend (1945–2025), Australian children's show host and producer •
Simon Tong (born 1972), English guitarist and keyboardist formerly of The Verve •
Simon Trpčeski (born 1979), Macedonian pianist •
Simon Vestdijk (1898–1971), Dutch novelist and poet •
Simon Vukčević (born 1986), Montenegrin footballer •
Simon de Vlieger (1601–1653), Dutch designer, draughtsman, and marine painter •
Simon Vroemen (born 1969), Dutch steeplechase runner •
Simon Webbe (born 1978), English singer and rapper from Blue •
Simon Weston (born 1961), British soldier who suffered severe burn injuries during the Falklands War •
Simon Wiesenthal (1908–2005), Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter •
Simon Yam (born 1955), Hong Kong actor/director •
Simeon II of Bulgaria (born 1937), tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria
Biblical characters •
Simeon (Hebrew Bible), second son of Jacob and Leah •
Simon Maccabaeus (died 135 BCE), brother of Judas Maccabeus and ruler of Judea • 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, resident of Bethany visited by Jesus •
Simon the Tanner (New Testament), resident of Joppa with whom Peter stayed on the way to Caesarea to see Cornelius •
Simon of Cyrene, man forced to carry Jesus' cross •
Simon Magus, magician confronted by Saint Peter and namesake of the term "simony" •
Simon (brother of Jesus) Fictional characters •
Simon Adebisi, a sadistic Nigerian inmate in the HBO drama
Oz • Simon Alvarez, a main character in
Soy Luna •
Simon Bar Sinister, main antagonist in the television cartoon
Underdog • Simon de Belleme, a baron and evil sorcerer in the television series
Robin of Sherwood •
Simon Belmont, one of the main characters of the video game series
Castlevania •
Simon Boccanegra, pirate in a Verdi opera by the same name •
Simon Camden, one of the main characters of television drama
7th Heaven • Simon P. Chillings, a character who appeared in 5 episodes of The
Punky Brewster TV sitcom •
Simon Cooper, one of the main characters in the British television series
The Inbetweeners • Simon Doyle, played by Simon MacCorkindale in the movie
Death on the Nile • Simon Escher, a recurring villain in the espionage television series
Burn Notice • Simon Gold, an uncle of Sally Gold in
Tennessee Williams's
Little New Orleans Girl •
Simon Grace, one of the main characters of
The Spiderwick Chronicles, by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black • Simon Gruber, antagonist in
Die Hard with a Vengeance • Simon Henriksson, the main protagonist of
Cry of Fear • Simon Kelleher, the victim in
Karen McManus's
One of Us Is Lying •
Simon Lasker (Pyro), a Marvel Comics character and member of the X-Men • Simon Laurent, a character from
Infinity Train •
Simon Legree, the antagonist of ''
Uncle Tom's Cabin'' •
Simon Lewis, one of the protagonists in
The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare • Simon Lynch, a 9-year-old autistic boy and one of the main characters in the film
Mercury Rising • Sir
Simon McDuck, a Disney character who is an ancestor of Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck • Simon McKay, genius inventor played by David Rappaport on the CBS television series
The Wizard • Simon Petrikov, more commonly known as the
Ice King, a character in the animated television series
Adventure Time • Simon Phoenix, criminal in the 1993 film
Demolition Man •
Simon "Ghost" Riley, a popular campaign and playable character appearing in several games from the
Call of Duty video game franchise, and the subject of a series of
graphic novels • Simon Seville, an animated character from
Alvin and the Chipmunks • Simon Silver, one of the main characters of
Red Lights • Simon Sinestrari, protagonist of the 1971 film
Simon, King of the Witches • Simon Snow, the main character in Rainbow Rowell's novel
Carry On • Simon Spier, the main character in
Becky Albertalli's novel
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, its follow up
Leah on the Offbeat, and film adaptation
Love, Simon •
Simon Tam, character from the television series
Firefly •
Simon Templar, main character of Leslie Charteris'
The Saint novels •
Simon (Gurren Lagann), protagonist of the anime series
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann •
Simon (Lord of the Flies), character in
Lord of the Flies, by William Golding •
Simon (Trollz), main villain in the television series
Trollz • Simon, a child in the British television programme
Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings • Simon, a child in the Canadian television programme
The Secret Railroad • Simon, a character from the animated band
Prozzäk •
Simon, a character from the television series
The Walking Dead, played by Steven Ogg • Simple Simon, a character from
Simon Says ==See also==