Szymon is a

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version of the masculine given name Simon.

Academics

Szymon Askenazy Szymon Askenazy (December 24, 1865, Zawichost – June 22, 1935, Warsaw) was a Jewish-Polish historian, educator, statesman and diplomat, founder of the Askenazy school. He was the first Polish representative at the League of Nations. His work as ...

– a historian and diplomat who served as the first Polish representative at the League of Nations *

Szymon Datner Szymon Datner (Kraków, 2 February 1902 – 8 December 1989, Warsaw) was a Polish historian, Holocaust survivor and underground operative from Białystok, best known for his studies of the Nazi war crimes and events of The Holocaust in the Biały ...

– a Polish-Jewish historian and anti-Nazi partisan fighter

Artists

Szymon Bobrowski Szymon Bobrowski (born 16 January 1972 in Konin, Poland) is a Polish actor. Acted in tens of cinema and TV films, as well as theatre plays. Filmography *Magda M. *Hania * S@motność w sieci *Na dobre i na złe * Operacja "Koza" * Serce na dło ...

– an actor * Szymon Buchbinder – a 19th and early 20th century Polish painter * Szymon Czechowicz – an 18th-century Polish painter *

Szymon Goldberg Szymon Goldberg (1 June 190919 July 1993) was a Polish-born Jewish classical violinist and conductor, latterly an American. Born in Włocławek, Congress Poland, Goldberg played the violin as a child growing up in Warsaw. His first teacher was Hen ...

– a Polish-American violinist and conductor *

Szymon Szymonowic Szymon Szymonowic (in Latin, Simon Simonides; in Armenian, Շիմոն Շիմոնովիչ; also, in Polish, "Szymonowicz" and "Bendoński"; born Lwów, 24 October 1558 – died 5 May 1629, Czarnięcin, near Zamość) was a Polish Renaissance p ...

– a Polish Renaissance poet * Szymon Josiah Borzestowski - an Australian musician

Athletes

Szymon Matuszek Szymon Matuszek (born 7 January 1989) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Career Club In February 2011, he was loaned to Chojniczanka Chojnice on a half year deal. He returned half a year later. On 4 August 2020, ...

– a Polish footballer (midfielder) * Szymon Pawlak – a Polish footballer (defender) *

Szymon Szewczyk Szymon Szewczyk (born December 21, 1982) is a Polish professional basketball player who last played for Anwil Włocławek of the PLK. of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). Standing at 6'9, he plays both the power forward / center positions. Ea ...

– a Polish professional basketball player *

Szymon Ziółkowski Szymon Jerzy Ziółkowski (; born 1 July 1976 in Poznań) is a retired Polish hammer thrower and an Olympic gold medal winner from Sydney 2000. He also won a gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton with a career best throw of ...

– an Olympic gold medal-winning

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consist ...

Nobility

Szymon Marcin Kossakowski Szymon Marcin Kossakowski ( lt, Simonas Martynas Kosakovskis; 1741 in Šilai, Jonava – 1794) was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman (szlachcic), and one of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation. In 1793, he became the last Grand Hetman of Lith ...

– an 18th-century Polish Lithuanian nobleman and a leader of the

Targowica Confederation The Targowica Confederation ( pl, konfederacja targowicka, , lt, Targovicos konfederacija) was a confederation established by Polish and Lithuanian magnates on 27 April 1792, in Saint Petersburg, with the backing of the Russian Empress Catheri ...

Szymon Samuel Sanguszko Szymon (Symon) Samuel Sanguszko (before 1592 – November 1638) was a noble of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was castellan of Mścisław from 1620 and Voivode of Mińsk, later, from 1626 or 1629 voivode of Witebsk. He was raised by ...

– a 17th-century nobleman of the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi- confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ...

Szymon Starowolski Szymon Starowolski (1588 – 1656; Simon Starovolscius) was a writer, scholar and historian in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was probably born near Pruzhany, and died near Kraków. He was a very prolific writer, and left behind over 70 w ...

– a 17th-century Lithuanian writer and scholar *

Szymon Bogumił Zug Szymon Bogumił Zug (20 February 1733 – 11 August 1807), born Simon Gottlieb Zug, and also known as Zugk, was a renowned Polish-German classicist architect and designer of gardens. Born in Merseburg in Saxony, he spent most of his life in th ...

– an 18th-century Polish nobleman and architect

Politicians

Szymon Konarski Szymon Konarski (1808–1839) was a 19th-century Polish-Lithuanian radical democratic politician and revolutionary, one of the leaders of the November Uprising of 1831. As a politician, he supported the radical idea of social and economic ...

– a 19th-century Polish democrat and revolutionary *

Szymon Stanisław Giżyński 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- ...

– a member of Poland's lower house of parliament (the

Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of ...

) from

Law and Justice Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. Its chairman is Jarosław Kaczyński. It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct ...

Szymon Pawłowski (politician) Szymon Jerzy Pawłowski (born 5 December 1978 in Sanok) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 7984 votes in 20 Warsaw district as a candidate from the League of Polish Families list. See also *Members of ...

– a member of Poland's lower house of parliament (the Sejm) from

League of Polish Families The League of Polish Families ( Polish: ''Liga Polskich Rodzin'', LPR) is a conservative political party in Poland, with many far-right elements in the past. The party's original ideology was that of the National Democracy movement which was hea ...

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

– the birth name of former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres *

Szymon Niemiec Szymon Niemiec (born 5 October 1977, in Warsaw) is a Polish priest, gay rights activist, journalist, photographer, and politician. He is the founder of the first Polish Gay Pride parade, '' Parada Równości'' held in 2001. From 2000 to 2006, Ni ...

– a vice president of Polish party Union of the Left, gay activist and founder of first Polish

Gay Pride LGBT pride (also known as gay pride or simply pride) is the promotion of the self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people as a social group. Pride, as opposed to ...

parade

Others

Szymon Winawer Szymon Abramowicz Winawer (March 6, 1838 – November 29, 1919) was a Polish-Jewish chess player who won the German Chess Championship in 1883. Tournament and match results At the Paris 1867 tournament held at the Café de la Régence, his first ...

– a chess player {{given name Polish masculine given names