Simon is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (Shim'on), meaning "hearkening" or "listening".[1]. The word Hebrew most likely means to cross over, referring to the Semitic people crossing over the Euphrates River. ...

Simon can refer to:

People

• Simeon II of Bulgaria
• Simon of Bet-Titta, a Christian martyr
• Simon of Bet-Parsaje, a martyr of Iran with Mana of Bet-Parsaje
• Simon of Sudbury
• Simon, Metropolitan of Moscow

Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha as Prime Minister of Bulgaria Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria (born June 16, 1937) was the last Tsar of Bulgaria from 1943 to 1946, and was Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2001 until August 2005. ... Simon of Bet-Titta (?-447) was a Christian martyr at Bet-Titta, near Karka in Mesopotamia. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For the martyr of 447 in Bet-Titta, see Simon of Bet-Titta. ... Simon of Sudbury (otherwise known as Simon Theobald or Simon Tybald) (13XX - 1381) was an English prelate. ... Simon (Симон in Russian) (? - 1512) was the Metropolitan of Moscow between 1495 and 1511. ...

In the Bible

• Simon Peter, better known as Saint Peter, one of the Twelve Apostles.
• Simon the Zealot (also called Simon the Canaanite), another of the twelve apostles.
• Simon the Leper
• Simon of Cyrene
• Simon Magus
• Simon, the brother (or step-brother) of Jesus, is only mentioned in passing in the Bible (Matthew 13:55, Mark 6:3), but he is sometimes identified with Simeon of Jerusalem.

According to tradition, Peter was crucified upside-down, as shown in this painting by Caravaggio. ... Saint Peter, also known as Shimon Keipha Ben-Yonah/Bar-Yonah, Simon Peter, Cephas and Keipha — original name Shimon or Simeon (Acts 15:14) — was one of the Twelve Apostles whom Jesus chose as his original disciples. ... For other uses, see Twelve Apostles (disambiguation). ... The apostle Simon, called Simon the Zealot in Luke 6:15 and Acts 1:13; and Simon Kananaios (Simon signifying שמעון hearkening; listening, Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew ), was one of the most obscure among the apostles of Jesus; little is recorded of him aside from his name. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... According to the Gospel of Mark (15:21-22), Matthew (27:32), and Luke (23:26) Simon of Cyrene (שמעון Hearkening; listening, Standard Hebrew Šimʿon, Tiberian Hebrew Šimʿôn) was compelled by the Romans to carry the cross of Jesus as... Simon Magus, also known as Simon the Sorcerer and Simon of Gitta, is the name used by the ancient Christian Orthodoxy to refer to someone they identified as a Samaritan (Proto-)Gnostic, and, also according to ancient Christian Orthodoxy, founder of his own religious sect. ... Simeon of Jerusalem, son of Cleophas was the leader of the church of Jerusalem, sometimes called the Jewish Christians, and according to most Christian traditions the second Bishop of Jerusalem. ...

Fictional characters

• Simon, member of Alvin and the Chipmunks
• Simon, character in Lord of the Flies
• Simon, the main villain from Trollz
• Simon, King of the Witches, protagonist of psychedelic '70s satire of the same name
• Simon Phoenix, a fictional criminal in the 1990s movie Demolition Man

Alvin and the Chipmunks, left to right: Theodore, Simon, and Alvin. ... Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding. ... Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding. ... Simon is a fictional character in the American animated television series Trollz. ... Trollz is also a fictional band in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novel, Soul Music. ... Simon, King of the Witches, a rarely-seen 1971 film, directed by Bruce Kessler and starring Andrew Prine, is not technically a horror film as the title might suggest. ... The character Simon Phoenix (played by Wesley Snipes) is a ruthless thug, murderer, and rapist who has evaded John Spartan and the police for too long. ...

Animals

• Simon (Amethyst's cat), ship's cat on the HMS Amethyst, promoted to Able Seaman in the Royal Navy
• St. Simon (horse), a British racehorse currently in the grand national.

Simon was the ships cat who served on HMS Amethyst. ... // In the Royal Navy in the middle of the 18th century, the term Able Seaman referred to a seaman with at least two years experience at sea. ... St. ...

Electronics and technology

• Simon (game), a 1978 electronic game
• Simon (chess), chess engine
• SIMON breach grenade, door breaching rifle grenade
• SIMON (Batch Interactive test/debug)
• IBM Simon the first smartphone
• Simon (logic instruction), interactive smart tutor for students learning classical logic

A modern version of Simon. ... A chess engine is a computer program that can play the game of chess, it can also refer not just to a program, but to a whole hardware machine. ... The Simon is a rifle grenade designed to breach through walls. ... SIMON (Batch interactive test/debug) was a proprietary test/debugging toolkit for interactively testing Batch programs designed to run on IBMs System 360/370/390 architecture. ... The IBM Simon Personal Communicator was the first attempt to market a commercially viable smartphone and was a joint venture between IBM and BellSouth. ...

Media names

• Simon FM, a radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina
• Simon (1980 film), starring Alan Arkin
• Simon (2004 film) (nl)

WSMW (98. ... Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and director. ... Simon is a Dutch film about two friends, one heterosexual and one gay person. ...

Other

• Simon Property Group
• Simon Says (children's game)
• Simon Snorkel, manufacturer of range of Hydraulic Platforms, e.g. for fire trucks

Simon Property Group, Inc. ... Simon Says is a game for three or more players (most often children). ...

See also

• Simon (surname)
• Simeon

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