Semion is a male slavic given name. Notable people with the name include: *

Semion Abugov Semion Lvovich Abugov () (30 December 1877 – 3 May 1950) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, professor of the Repin Institute of Arts, regarded ...

(1877–1950), Jewish, Russian and Soviet painter and art educator * Semion Alapin (1856–1923), chess master, openings analyst, and puzzle composer * Semion Belits-Geiman (born 1945), former Soviet freestyle swimmer * Semion Bogatyrev (1890–1960), Russian musicologist and composer *

Semion Braude Semion Yakovlevich Braude (; 28 January 1911 – 29 June 2003) was a Soviet and Ukrainian physicist and radio astronomer. Of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, Braude was born in Poltava, Ukraine, and pursued his higher education at the National Universi ...

(1911–2003), Ukrainian physicist and radio astronomer *

Semion Budionnyi Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny ( rus, Семён Миха́йлович Будённый, Semyon Mikháylovich Budyonnyy, p=sʲɪˈmʲɵn mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ bʊˈdʲɵnːɨj, a=ru-Simeon Budyonniy.ogg; – 26 October 1973) was a Russian and ...

(1883–1973), red cossack, Soviet cavalryman, military commander, politician and close ally of Joseph Stalin * Semion Chelyuskin (1700–1764), Russian polar explorer and naval officer * Semion Domash (born 1950), Belarusian politician * Semion Elistratov (born 1990), Russian short-track speed-skater * Semion Grigoryevich Frug (1860–1916), multi-lingual Russian poet, lyricist and author *

Semion Furman Semyon Abramovich Furman (December 1, 1920 – March 17, 1978) was a Soviet Union, Soviet chess player and trainer of Belarusian Jews, Belarusian Jewish origin. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster by FIDE in 1966. Furman ...

(1920–1978), Soviet chess International Grandmaster and trainer *

Semion Grossu Semion Grossu (born 18 March 1934) is a Moldovan politician and businessman. Biography Grossu was born on 18 March 1934 in the commune of Satu-Nou, Cetatea Albă County, Kingdom of Romania (nowadays Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Ukraine). In 1 ...

(born 1934), Moldovan politician and businessman * Semion Ivanov (1907–1993), Soviet general *

Semion Mogilevich Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich (, ; , ; born June 30, 1946) is a Ukrainian-born Russian organized crime boss. He is described by agencies in the European Union and United States as the " boss of all bosses" of most Russian Mafia syndicates in th ...

(born 1946), Israeli, Ukrainian-born organized crime boss, believed to be the "boss of bosses" of most Russian Mafia syndicates in the world * Semion Morozov (1914–1943), commissar of the Taganrog antifascist underground organization (1941–1943) * Semion G. Murafa (1887–1917), Bessarabian politician in the Russian Empire, also known as a publicist and composer * Semion Rotnitsky (1915–2004), Soviet Russian painter, Honoured Art worker of Tatar Republic, member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists * Semion Șestopali (1912–2002), Russian-born Romanian and Israeli writer * Semion Shchedrin (1895–1970), Soviet military commander, senior professional officer of the Red Army when the Soviets invaded Poland in 1939 * Semion Yushkevich (1868–1927), Russian language writer, and playwright and a member of the Moscow literary group Sreda

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