Simon



Gender:
Origin: Greek, Hebrew
4213 famous people named Simon found on Wikipedia.
60102 male, 155 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 254-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 142-th in year 1888
Used in: Biblical, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovene, Swedish

Meanings

A male given name, form of Simeon.


Simon is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʻôn, meaning "listen". It is also a classical Greek name, deriving from an adjective meaning "flat-nosed".
The Hebrew name is Hellenized as Symeon (Greek: Συμεών) in the Septuagint, and in the New Testament as both Symeon and, according to most authorities, Simon. Some commentators on the New Testament say that it could be a Hellenised form of the Hebrew Shim'on, but if not then it indicates that Peter came from a "Hellenistic background"; this was not unheard of in this era, as contemporary Jews such as Andrew the Apostle sometimes bore originally Greek names.
Simon is one Latinised version of the name, the others being Simeon or Symeon. This practice carried over into English: in the King James Version, the name Simeon Niger is spelt Simeon (Act 13:1) as is Simeon (Gospel of Luke) (Luke 2:25), while Peter is called Simon (John 1:44).

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


Masc. proper name, from Latin, from Greek Symeon, from Hebrew Shim'on, literally "hearkening, hearing," from shama "he heard." In English Old Testaments, usually printed as Simeon, but in New Testament almost always as Simon. Confused with Greek masc. proper name Simon, which is from simos "snub-nosed."


He (god) has heard, listening, snub-nosed.

Famous People: 4213 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Simon Cowell 1959 English reality television judge and producer
2 Simon Pegg 1970 English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer
3 Simon Helberg 1980 American actor, voice actor and comedian
4 Carly Simon 1945 American singer-songwriter, musician and author
5 Simon Monjack 1970 British writer, director, producer
6 Simon Baker 1969 Australian actor and director
7 Simon Sinek 1973 British/American author, motivational speaker and marketing consultant
8 Simon Le Bon 1958 British musician
9 Simon Wiesenthal 1908 Austrian Holocaust survivor noted for his work as a Nazi hunter
10 Simon Callow 1949 English actor
11 Simon Rex 1974 American actor and musician
12 Simon Bird 1984 British actor and comedian
13 Neil Simon 1927 Playwright, writer, academic
14 Herbert A. Simon 1916 American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist
15 Simon Gotch 1982 American wrestler
16 Simon Fuller 1960 British artist manager and television producer
17 Simon Mignolet 1988 Belgian footballer
18 Simon McBurney 1957 British actor, voice actor and director
19 Sam Simon 1955 American director, producer, writer, boxing manager and philanthropist
20 Simon Kinberg 1973 American screenwriter
21 Simon Baron-Cohen 1958 Psychologist and author
22 Simon Woods 1980 British actor
23 Simon Brodkin 1977 English comedian
24 Simon Amstell 1979 English comedian, television presenter, screenwriter, and actor
25 Simon Reeve 1972 British television presenter
26 Simon Dominic 1984 Rapper
27 Simon Collins 1976 Musician (Son of Phil Collins)
28 Simon MacCorkindale 1952 British actor, director and producer
29 Simon Russell Beale 1961 British actor and music historian
30 Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester 1208 Anglo-Norman nobleman who led a rebellion against King Henry III of England
31 Simon Kirke 1949 British musician
32 Simon Quarterman 1981 British actor
33 Simon Schama 1945 British historian
34 Simon of Cyrene Man who was forced by the Romans to carry the cross of Jesus
35 Gilles Simon 1984 French tennis player
36 Simon Desue 1991 German presenter
37 Simon Sebag Montefiore 1965 British historian
38 Simon Webbe 1978 English singer-songwriter and actor
39 Simon Kjær 1989 Danish footballer
40 Simon Ward 1941 English stage and film actor
41 Simon Magus Religious figure who interact with Peter
42 Simon the Zealot 0001 Apostle of Jesus
43 Simon Templar Fictional character
44 Simon Danczuk 1966 British politician
45 Simon Curtis 1960 British film director and producer
46 Ungespielt 1990
47 Simon Astier 1983 French actor, film director and screenwriter
48 Simon Neil 1979 Scottish singer, guitarist and songwriter
49 Simon Phillips 1957 English drummer
50 Simon Yam 1955 Hong Kong actor and film producer
51 Simon Pryce 1972 Australian musician
52 Simon Oakland 1915 American actor
53 Simon Barlow
54 Simon Cadell 1950 British actor
55 Simon Weston 1961 British charity worker and Falklands War veteran
56 Eugene Simon 1992 English actor
57 Simon Mayo 1958 British radio presenter
58 Simon Williams 1946 Actor
59 Simon Wright 1963 English drummer
60 Simon Church 1988 Footballer
61 Simon Zebo 1990 Irish rugby union player
62 Simon Farnaby 1972 British actor
63 Simon Baz Fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by DC Comics
64 Simon Rattle 1955 British conductor
65 Simon Armitage 1963 Poet, playwright, novelist
66 Simon Gallup 1960 British musician
67 Simon Rimmer 1963 English chef
68 Simon Böer 1974 German actor
69 Simon Kunz 1954 British actor
70 Susanna Simon 1968 German actress
71 Simon Gregson 1974 British actor
72 Simon Adebisi
73 Simon Grayson 1969 English footballer and manager
74 Simon Rich 1984 American humorist, novelist, and television writer
75 Simon Singh 1964 British author
76 Simon Huck 1983 Public relations executive and reality TV personality
77 Simon Scarrow 1962 British fiction writer
78 Simon Jäger 1972 German voice actor
79 Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat 1911 25th Chief of the Clan Fraser of Lovat and a prominent British Commando
80 Simon West 1961 English film director
81 Simon Stagg Fictional character in the DC Universe
82 Simon Templeman British actor
83 Simon bar Kokhba Jewish leader
84 Simon Greenall 1958 English actor, writer, producer, voice artist
85 Simon Kuznets 1901 Economist
86 Simon Francis 1985 English footballer
87 Paul Simon 1928 Former United States Senator from Illinois
88 Simon Whitlock 1969 Australian darts player
89 Simon Yates 1963 British mountaineer
90 Simon Harris 1986 Irish politician
91 Simon Mann 1952 British military officer; Equatoguinean detainee
92 Simon Krätschmer 1979 German television presenter and journalist
93 Simon Majumdar British-American chef
94 Herbert Simon 1934 American businessman
95 Simon Tolkien 1959 British writer
96 Simon O'Brien 1965 British actor
97 Bob Simon 1941 CBS News television correspondent
98 Simon Makienok 1990 Danish footballer
99 Taryn Simon 1975 American photographer
100 Simon Bates 1946 English radio DJ
101 Simone Simon 1910 French actress
102 Simon Marcus 1986 Kickboxer
103 Simon Wakelin British photojournalist
104 Nathalie Simon 1964 French television presenter and radio host
105 Simon Kassianides 1979 British actor
106 Simon Coveney 1972 Irish politician
107 Moses Simon 1995 Nigerian footballer
108 Bui Simon 1968 Miss Thailand 1988, Miss Universe 1988
109 Harper Simon 1972 Singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer
110 Miles Simon 1975 American basketball player-coach
111 Simon Dee 1935 British broadcaster
112 Simon Jenkins 1943 English journalist
113 Kerry Simon 1955 American celebrity chef and restaurateur based in Las Vegas Valley
114 Simon Stevin 1548 Flemish scientist, mathematician and military engineer
115 Simon Pagenaud 1984 French racecar driver
116 Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat 1667 Scottish clan chief
117 Simon Jordan 1967 British businessman
118 Simon Taufel 1971 Australian cricket umpire
119 Simon Day 1962 Comedian
120 Simon Wicks
121 Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester 1165 Leader of the Albigensian Crusade
122 Simon Beaufoy 1966 British screenwriter
123 Simon Woodroffe 1952 British businessman
124 Simon Delaney 1970 Irish actor
125 Simon Cox 1987 Footballer
126 Simon Licht 1966 German actor
127 Simon Gagné 1980 Ice hockey player
128 Norton Simon 1907 American art collector
129 Simon Newcomb 1835 American astronomer
130 Simon Wells 1961 English film director
131 Simon Tong 1972 English alternative rock musician
132 Simon Merrells 1966 British actor
133 Richard L. Simon 1899 American publisher
134 Simon Townshend 1960 British guitarist
135 Simon Winchester 1944 British journalist and popular historian
136 Robert F. Simon 1908 Actor
137 Simon R. Green 1955 British writer
138 Lucy Simon 1943 Composer
139 Simon Katich 1975 Australian Test cricketer
140 Simon Dawkins 1987 Footballer
141 Simon Hopkinson 1954 British chef
142 Simon Hurt
143 Simon Dolan 1969 British businessman, entrepreneur and racing driver
144 Simon Abkarian 1962 French-Armenian actor
145 Josette Simon 1960 British actress
146 Simon Ostrovsky 1981 Soviet-born American journalist
147 Simon Nessman 1989 Canadian model
148 William E. Simon 1927 Secretary of the Treasury, businessman
149 Scott Simon 1952 American journalist
150 Simon Bolivar Buckner 1886 American lieutenant general during World War II
151 Simon Reynolds 1963 English music critic
152 Simon Kenton 1755 American explorer
153 Chris Simon 1972 Canadian ice hockey player
154 Simon Critchley 1960 British philosopher
155 Simon Barrett 1978 American screenwriter, film actor, director and producer
156 Simon Cameron 1799 American politician
157 Simon Shepherd 1956 British actor
158 Julian Simon 1932 American economist
159 Simon Heffer 1960 British journalist
160 Simon Bingelhelm 1565
161 John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon 1873 British politician
162 Simon Poulsen 1984 Danish footballer
163 Simon Hantaï 1922 French painter
164 Simon Easterby 1975 Irish rugby union player
165 Melvin Simon 1926 American businessman
166 Simon Burke 1961 Australian actor
167 Simon Evans 1965 British comedian
168 Simon Wheeler British screenwriter
169 Simon Diamond 1968 American professional wrestler
170 Simon Bowes-Lyon, 19th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 1986 British noble
171 Simon McCoy 1961 British newsreader
172 Simon Hoggart 1946 English journalist and broadcaster
173 Simon Blackburn 1944 British academic philosopher
174 Simon Abney-Hastings, 15th Earl of Loudoun 1974 Australian peer
175 Simon Brett 1945 English writer
176 Simon Groom 1950 British TV presenter, producer and director
177 David Simon 1983 American businessman
178 Simon Climie 1957 British songwriter and producer
179 Simon Gerrans 1980 Road bicycle racer
180 Simon Bowman 1961 British actor
181 Simon the Leper
182 Simon Jack 1971 British journalist
183 Simon Ramo 1913 Father of the ICBM
184 Kornél Simon 1976 Hungarian actor
185 Simon Richardson 1983 English racing cyclist
186 Simon Rouse 1951 English television actor
187 Simon Donaldson 1957 English mathematician and Fields medalist
188 Simon Fraser 1246 Scottish Knight Banneret
189 Simon Hughes 1959 English cricketer and journalist
190 Simon Wolfson 1967 British businessman
191 Simon Terodde 1988 German footballer
192 Simon Fraser, 16th Lord Lovat 1977 Scottish peer
193 Simon Stephens 1971 British playwright
194 Simon Birmingham 1974 Australian politician
195 Tharold Simon 1991 American football player, defensive back
196 Brett Simon 1973 American film director
197 Simon Fowler 1965 English musician
198 Joe Simon 1943 American soul and R&B musician
199 Simon Shelton 1966 British actor
200 Simon Rolfes 1982 German footballer