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
• Alice Simon (1887–1943), German victim from the nazis
• André Simon (wine) (1877–1970), French wine expert
• André Simon (racing driver) (1920–2012), French racing car driver
• Anne Simon, American science advisor on the TV series The X-Files

B

• Barry Simon (born 1946), American mathematical physicist
• Barry Simon (politician) (1936–2004), Australian politician
• Ben Simon (born 1978), American ice hockey player
• Bill Simon (politician) (born 1951), American businessman and politician
• Bill Simon (musician) (1920–2000), American jazz musician
• Björn Simon (born 1981), German politician
• Bob Simon (1941–2015), American correspondent on CBS News
• Brian Simon (1915–2002), English educationist and historian

C

• Calvin Simon (1942–2022), American musician
• Carlos Eugênio Simon (born 1965), Brazilian FIFA football referee
• Carly Simon (born 1943), American singer-songwriter/musician
• Carrie Obendorfer Simon (1872–1961), American communal leader
• Chase Simon (born 1989), American basketball player for Maccabi Ashdod of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Chris Simon (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
• Claude Simon (1913–2005), French novelist
• Cliff Simon (1962–2021), South African athlete and actor
• Corey Simon (born 1977), former American football player
• Cosette Simon, American politician

D

• Danny Simon (1918–2005), American television writer
• David Simon (basketball) (born 1982), American basketball player
• David Simon (CEO), American CEO of Simon Property Group
• David Simon, Baron Simon of Highbury (born 1935), British businessman
• David Simon (writer) (born 1960), American author and journalist
• Dean Simon (born 1960), American professional wrestler better known as Dean Malenko
• Dick Simon (born 1933), American racing driver
• Dick Simon (entrepreneur) (born 1953), American entrepreneur, philanthropist, photographer and speaker
• Diederik Simon (born 1970), Dutch rower
• Diosdado Simón (1954–2002), Spanish biologist
• Dominik Simon (born 1994), Czech ice hockey player

E

• Edgardo Simón (born 1974), Argentinian track and road cyclist
• Edward Simon (choreographer), American choreographer
• Edward Simon (musician) (born 1969), American musician
• Eleazar ben Simon, 1st century Zealot leader
• Émilie Simon (born 1978), French singer and composer
• Ernest Simon, 1st Baron Simon of Wythenshawe (1879–1960), British industrialist and politician
• Ernst Simon (1899–1988), German-Israeli Jewish educator
• Ernst Julius Walter Simon (1893–1981), British Sinologist
• Eugène Simon (1848–1924), French arachnologist

F

• Francesca Simon (born 1955), Anglo-American author
• Francis Simon (born Franz Eugen Simon) (1893–1956), German/British physical chemist
• François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard (1770–1837), French painter

G

• George Simon (disambiguation), several people
• Geroy Simon (born 1975), Canadian football player
• Glyn Simon (1903–1972), Archbishop of Wales (1968–1971)
• Gilles Simon (born 1984), French tennis player
• Günther Simon (1925–1972), East German actor
• Gustav Simon (1900–1945), German Chief of the Civil Administration in Nazi occupied Luxembourg (1940–1945)
• Gustav Simon (physician) (1824–1876), German surgeon

H

• Harry Simon (boxer) (born 1972), Namibian boxer
• Harry Simon (sport shooter) (1873–1932), American sport shooter
• Heinrich Simon (1805–1860), German politician
• Helmut Simon, German discoverer of Ötzi the Iceman
• Henri Simon (1866–1956), French army officer
• Henry Gustav Simon (1835–1899), German-British engineer
• Herbert A. Simon (1916–2001), American cognitive psychologist and polymath
• Herbert Simon (real estate) (born 1934), American real estate developer

I

• Ingo Simon (1875–1964), English archer, singer, and writer

J

• Jean-Claude Simon (born 1948), French research scientist
• Jeanne Hurley Simon (1922–2000), American politician
• Jed Simon (born 1964), Canadian musician
• Jerry Simon (born 1968), American-Israeli basketball player
• Joanna Simon (mezzo-soprano) (1936–2022), American mezzo-soprano and journalist
• Joanna Simon (wine writer), British author and wine columnist
• Jocelyn Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale (1911–2006), British politician and QC
• Jody Simon (born 1956), American professional wrestler better known as Joe Malenko
• Joe Simon (1913–2011), Jewish-American comic book writer
• Joe Simon (musician) (1936–2021), American soul and R&B artist
• John Simon various, including :
  • John Simon (1925–2019), American author and literary, film and drama critic
  • John Simon (record producer) (born 1941), American record producer for Columbia Records
  • Sir John Simon (doctor) (1816–1904), Chief Medical Officer for England, 1855–76
  • John L. Simon (Jack Simon), U.S. national swimming coach
• Joseph Minos Simon (1922–2004), American attorney
• Josef Simon (1930–2016), German philosopher
• Joseph Simon (politician) (1851–1935), German-born American politician
• Josette Simon (born 1960), British actress
• Joshua Simon, Israeli art curator and journalist from Tel Aviv
• Jules Simon (1814–1896), French statesman and philosopher
• Julián Simón (born 1987), Spanish motorcycle racer
• Julian Lincoln Simon (1932–1998), American business professor
• Justin Simon (born 1996), American basketball player

K

• K. V. Simon (1883–1944), Indian poet
• Kay Simon, American winemaker
• Kerry Simon, American celebrity chef
• Kevin Simon (born 1983), American football player
• Kyah Simon (born 1991), Australian football player

L

• Lawrence Simon (1933–1994), American professional wrestler better known as Boris Malenko (also father of Dean and Jody Simon, aka Dean and Joe Malenko)
• Leon Simon (born 1945), Australian mathematician, professor at Stanford
• Leon Simon (Zionist) (1881–1965), British intellectual and civil servant; President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Leslie Earl Simon (1900–1983), American scientist
• Lidia Șimon (born 1973), Romanian long-distance athlete
• Lou Anna Simon, American, President of Michigan State University
• Lowrell Simon (1943–2018), American singer (of The Lost Generation (band))
• Lucy Simon (1943–2022), American singer

M

• Marcel Simon (actor) (1872–1958), Belgian actor
• María Simón (1922–2009), Argentine sculptor
• Maria Simon (actress) (born 1976), German actress
• Maria Simon (sociologist) (1918–2022), Austrian sociologist
• Marie Simon (1824–1877), German nurse
• Marge Simon (born 1942), American artist and writer
• Matilda Simon, 3rd Baroness Simon of Wythenshawe (born 1955), first British transgender peer
• Melissa Simon, American clinical obstetrician/gynecologist
• Melvin Simon (1926–2009), American real estate developer and film producer
• Melvin Simon (basketball) (born 1971), American professional basketball player
• Melvin I. Simon (born 1937), American molecular biologist and geneticist
• Michel Simon (1895–1975), Swiss actor
• Mike Simon (1883–1963), American baseball player
• Miles Simon (born 1975), American basketball player

N

• Neil Simon (1927–2018), American playwright and screenwriter
• Norton Simon (1907–1993), American industrialist

O

• Oliver Simon (1957–2013), German singer of the pop duo Mixed Emotions

P

• Pál Simon (1881–1922), Hungarian athlete
• Paul Simon (born 1941), American musician (of Simon & Garfunkel)
• Paul Simon (politician) (1928–2003), U.S. senator
• Paul Ludwig Simon (1771–1815), German architect and scientist
• Peter Simon (actor) (born 1943), American actor
• Peter Simon (presenter) (born 1962), British television presenter
• Peter June Simon (born 1980), Filipino professional basketball player

R

• Lady Rachel Simon (1823–1899), British writer
• Rachel Simon (born 1959), American writer
• Ralph Simon, South African business executive
• Randall Simon (born 1975), Major League baseball player from Netherlands Antilles
• Raymond Simon, American educator
• Richard Simon (priest) (1638–1712), French biblical critic
• Richard Simon (painter) (1898–1993), German expressionist painter, pseudonym Simmerl
• Richard L. Simon (1899–1960), American businessman
• Roberlandy Simon (born 1987), Cuban volleyball player
• Robert E. Simon (1914–2015), American property developer
• Roger L. Simon (born 1943), American author
• Roger Simon (journalist) (born 1948), American journalist and author
• Roger Simon, 2nd Baron Simon of Wythenshawe (1913–2002), British solicitor and journalist

S

• S. J. Simon (1904–1948), British author
• Sam Simon (1955–2015), American television producer and writer
• Scott Simon (born 1952), American journalist
• Shena Simon, Lady Simon of Wythenshawe (1883–1972), British politician, feminist, educationalist and writer
• Simone Simon (1910–2005), French film actress
• Sindee Simon, American chemical engineer
• Siôn Simon (born 1968), British Labour Party politician
• Stephen Simon (1937–2013), American conductor, composer, and arranger of classical music

T

• Tamás Simon (1935–1956), Hungarian poet and playwright
• T. F. Simon (1877–1942), Czech artist
• Ted Simon (born 1931), British journalist
• Theodore Simon (1872–1961), French psychologist
• Thomas Simon (1623–1665), English engraver

W

• Walt Simon (1939–1997), American basketball player
• Walter Simon (philanthropist) (1857–1920), German philanthropist
• William E. Simon (1927–2000), United States Secretary of the Treasury (1974–77)

Y

• Yehude Simon (born 1947), Peruvian politician

Z

• Zoe Kelli Simon (born 1965), American actress
• Zsolt Simon (born 1970), Slovak politician

Fictional characters

• Mark Simon, a character in the 1998 American science-fiction disaster movie Deep Impact

See also

• Simon (disambiguation)
• Baron Simon of Wythenshawe
• Saint-Simon
• Simone
• Simons
• Symon

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Simon.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.

References

This page was last edited on 2 January 2024, at 13:21