Simon may refer to:

People

Simon (given name) Simon is a given name, from Hebrew language, Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן ''Simeon, Šimʻôn'', meaning "listen" or "hearing". It is also a classical Greek name, deriving from an adjective meaning "flat-nosed". In the first century AD, Simon was the ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon *

Simon (surname) Simon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include the following. A *Abbey Simon (1920–2019), Jewish-American pianist *Abram Simon (1872–1938), American rabbi *Adam Simon (disambiguation), Adam Simon or Ádám Simon, multiple peopl ...

, including a list of people with the surname Simon *

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...

, French naturalist and the genus authority ''Simon'' *

Tribe of Simeon According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Simeon (; ''Šīm‘ōn'', "hearkening/listening/understanding/empathizing") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The Book of Joshua locates its territory inside the boundaries of the Tribe of Judah ...

, one of the twelve tribes of Israel

Places

* Şimon (), a village in

Bran Bran, also known as miller's bran, is the component of a Cereal, cereal grain consisting of the hard layersthe combined aleurone and Fruit anatomy#Pericarp layers, pericarpsurrounding the endosperm. Maize, Corn (maize) bran also includes the p ...

Commune, Braşov County, Romania *

Șimon The Șimon (in its upper course also: ''Gaura'') is a right tributary of the river Turcu in Romania. Its source is in the Bucegi Mountains. It flows into the Turcu in Bran Bran, also known as miller's bran, is the component of a Cereal, c ...

, a right tributary of the river Turcu in Romania

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Simon'' (1980 film), starring Alan Arkin * ''Simon'' (2004 film), Dutch drama directed by Eddy Terstall * ''Simón'' (2018 film), Venezuelan short film directed by Diego Vicentini * ''Simón'' (2023 film), Venezuelan feature film directed by Diego Vicentini

Games

* ''Simon'' (game), a popular computer game *

Simon Says Simon Says is a children's game for three or more players. One player takes the role of "Simon" and issues instructions (usually physical actions such as "jump in the air" or "stick out your tongue") to the other players, which should be foll ...

, children's game

Literature

* ''Simon'' (Sutcliff novel), a children's historical novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff * Simon (Sand novel), an 1835 novel by

George Sand Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand (), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. Being more renowned than either Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balz ...

* ''

Simon Necronomicon The ''Simon Necronomicon'' is a grimoire attributed to "Simon", allegedly a pseudonym of writer Peter Levenda. Materials presented in the book are a blend of ancient Middle Eastern elements, with allusions to the writings of H. P. Lovecraft and ...

'' (1977), a purported grimoire written by an unknown author, with an introduction by a man identified only as "Simon"

Music

* ''Simon'' (album), an album by the band Gruvis Malt * ''Simon'' (EP), an EP by Dirty Little Rabbits

Television

* ''Simon'' (French TV series), a 2016 French animated children's television series * ''Simon'' (American TV series), a 1995 American sitcom * ''

Simon & Simon ''Simon & Simon'' is an American crime drama television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981, to September 16, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS, and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two disparate brothers who ope ...

'', 1980s television series with brother detectives *

Simon (The Walking Dead) The following is a list of characters from ''The Walking Dead (TV series), The Walking Dead'' television series based on the The Walking Dead (comic book), eponymous comic book series. Although some characters appear in both the television and ...

, a fictional character from the television series The Walking Dead

Other arts, entertainment, and media

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Simon's Cat ''Simon's Cat'' is a British animated web and book series written by Simon Tofield. It features a fat, hungry white cat who uses various tactics to get his owner to feed him. Following the success of its first animated films, it was announced ...

'', an animated cartoon and book series *

WSMW WSMW (98.7 FM) is an adult hits station licensed to Greensboro, North Carolina and serving the Piedmont Triad region, including High Point and Winston-Salem. The Audacy, Inc. outlet uses the slogan "We Play Everything!" WSMW broadcasts w ...

, aka Simon FM, a radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina

Brands and enterprises

La Maison Simons La Maison Simons (colloquially Simons) is a Canadian department store chain founded in 1840 by John Simons. The business was established as a dry goods store by the son of a Scottish immigrant to Lower Canada (now Quebec). During the 1960s, th ...

, a Quebec department store *

Simon Property Group Simon Property Group, Inc. is an American real estate investment trust that invests in shopping malls, outlet centers, and community/lifestyle centers. It is the largest owner of shopping malls in the United States and is headquartered in Indian ...

Electronics and technology

Simon (cipher) Simon is a family of lightweight block ciphers publicly released by the National Security Agency (NSA) in June 2013. Simon has been optimized for performance in hardware implementations, while its sister algorithm, Speck, has been optimized f ...

Simon (computer) Simon was a relay-based electromechanical computer, described by Edmund Berkeley in a series of thirteen construction articles in '' Radio-Electronics'' magazine, from October 1950. Intended for the educational purpose of demonstrating the conce ...

, a 1950s personal computer *

IBM Simon The IBM Simon Personal Communicator (simply known as IBM Simon) is a cellular phone and personal digital assistant (PDA) designed by International Business Machines (IBM), released in 1994. Built on an x86 processor, the IBM Simon features a ...

the first smartphone *

SIMON breach grenade The SIMON is an Israeli bullet-trap rifle grenade designed to door breaching, breach through doors, developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. It is intended for use with 5.56×45mm NATO, 5.56 mm rifles such as the M4 carbine. Overview The sy ...

, a door breaching rifle grenade

Other uses

Simon (cat) Simon (c. 1947 – 28 November 1949) was a ship's cat who served on the Royal Navy sloop-of-war HMS Amethyst (U16), HMS ''Amethyst''. In 1949, during the Yangtze Incident, he received the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, PDSA's Dickin Meda ...

, a ship's cat who was awarded the Dickin Medal