Shimon () is the original Hebrew pronunciation of the names Simon and

Simeon Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical Hebrew, Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian vocalization, Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated in English as Shimon. In Greek, it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Sy ...

. Among individuals, Shimon can refer to:

Given names

* Shimon Agranat (1906-1992), Israeli judge and President of the Israeli Supreme Court *

Shimon Amsalem Shimon Yaakov Amsalem (; born November 10, 1966) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward and center positions. He played in the Israeli Premier Basketball League and for the Israeli National Basketball Team. Biography Ams ...

(born 1966), Israeli basketball player * Shimon Dotan (born 1949), Israeli filmmaker * Shimon Gershon (born 1977), Israeli footballer * Shimon Iakerson (born 1956), Russian historian * Shimon Kagan (1942-2024), Israeli chess player * Shimon Lev-Ari (1942–2012), Israeli actor, director and translator * Shimon Moore (born 1982), Australian musician *

Shimon Moyal Shimon Moyal (1866–1915) was a Zionist activist and physician. He worked for several newspapers and started a short-lived newspaper with his wife, Esther Moyal. He was the translator of the Talmud into the Arabic language. Early life and educ ...

(1866–1915) was a Zionist activist and physician *

Shimon Peres Shimon Peres ( ; ; born Szymon Perski, ; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the president of Israel from 2007 t ...

(1923-2016), Israeli politician and President of Israel *

Shimon Shetreet Professor Shimon Shetreet (; born 1 March 1946) is an Israeli former politician who held several ministerial portfolios between 1992 and 1996. He is currently the Greenblatt Chair of Public and International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerus ...

(born 1946), Israeli politician *

Shimon Ullman Shimon Ullman (; born January 28, 1948, in Jerusalem) is a professor of computer science at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. Ullman's main research area is the study of vision processing by both humans and machines. Specifically, he focu ...

(born 1948), Israeli computer scientist *

Shimon (DJ) Shimon Alcoby, who performs and records music as Shimon, is an English DJ, record producer, and founder of AudioPorn Records. Shimon is also affiliated with the drum and bass record label Ram Records, and has published music through Ram since its ...

, British music producer *

Šimon Šimon (Old Norse: ''Sigmundr'') was a Varangian (Viking) whose story is related in the Kievan '' Patericon'' and his story concerns the creation of the Kievan cave monastery, where he is reported to have been its most important donor. Story Šimo ...

, a Viking warrior in medieval Russia

Surnames

Masato Shimon (also known as Masato Simon), born with the name is a retired Japanese vocalist from Meguro, Tokyo. He is most known for his contributions to the theme songs of various anime and tokusatsu series. In his career, he has sung under the names , a ...

(born 1944), Japanese singer *

Ran Ben Shimon Ran Ben-Shimon (; born ) is a former Israeli football player and current manager, who serves as the head-coach of the Israel national team. As a footballer, he has played as a center-back. Early and personal life Ben-Shimon was born and rais ...

(born 1970), Israeli football player and manager *

Samuel Shimon Samuel Shimon (born 1956 in Al-Habbaniyah, Iraq) is an Iraqi writer and journalist of Assyrian descent. He left Iraq in 1979 with dreams of becoming a director in Hollywood, and has since then lived in Damascus, Amman, Beirut, Nicosia, Aden, Cairo ...

(born 1956), Iraqi Assyrian journalist

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