John Simon may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

John Simon (composer) John Simon (born 12 March 1944) is a South African-born British classical music composer. Education and musical career The composer was born in Cape Town. He studied to be an economist at the University of Cape Town and left South Africa in 196 ...

(born 1944), classical composer and poet *

John Simon (critic) John Ivan Simon (né Simmon; May 12, 1925 − November 24, 2019) was an American author and literary, theater, and film critic. After spending his early years in Belgrade, he moved to the United States, serving in the United States Army Air Forc ...

(1925–2019), American author and critic * John Simon (record producer) (born 1941), record producer for Columbia Records *

John F. Simon Jr. John F. Simon Jr. (1963, Louisiana) is a new media artist who works with LCD screens and computer programming. He currently lives and works in New York City. Simon holds several degrees: a Bachelor of Arts, BA in Art Studio and a Bachelor of Scienc ...

(born 1963), American artist and creator of ''Unfolding Object''

Politicians and peers

John Simon (died 1524) John Simon (by 1458 - 1524), was an English politician. He married twice. His first wife, Alison, died at some point after January 1519. They had one son together and he asked in his will if he could be buried beside her. His second wife was nam ...

, MP for Exeter *

John Simon (MP for Dewsbury) Sir John Simon, SL (9 December 1818 – 24 June 1897) was a British serjeant-at-law and Liberal Party politician. Biography Simon was born at Montego Bay, Jamaica, the son of Isaac Simon. He was sent to England in 1833 to a school in Live ...

(1818–1897), British politician *

John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, (28 February 1873 – 11 January 1954), was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second World War. He is one of only three peop ...

(1873–1954), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, 1940–1945 **Two of his descendants who have held the title of Viscount Simon

Sports

* John Simon (rugby league) (born 1972), Australian former professional rugby league footballer * John Simon (running back) (born 1978), American football running back *

John Simon (linebacker) John Simon (born October 14, 1990) is an American football outside linebacker who is a free agent. He played college football at Ohio State, and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He has also played fo ...

(born 1990), American football linebacker *

John L. Simon John L. Simon, better known as Jack Simon, is an American national swimming coach and former president of the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA). Now semi-retired, Simon is coaching swimming in Malaysia. Swimmers coached by Simon *Jo ...

, U.S. national swimming coach

Others

John Simon (engraver) Jean Simon, anglicized as John Simon (also spelled Simons; c. 1675–1751) was an English mezzotint engraver and print publisher of French Huguenot birth, particularly known for his portraits. Notably associated with the German-born portrait pain ...

(1675–1751), Anglo-French engraver *Sir John Simon (pathologist) (1816–1904), Chief Medical Officer (United Kingdom), 1855–1876 * John Y. Simon (1933–2008), American Civil War scholar * John Douglas Simon (born 1957), president of Lehigh University *

Jonathan Simon Jonathan Simon is an American academic, the Lance Robbins Professor of Criminal Justice Law, and the former Associate Dean of the Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program at the UC Berkeley School of Law. Simon’s scholarship concerns the ro ...

, UC Berkeley Law professor

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