Semion is a male slavic given name. Notable people with the name include: *

Semion Abugov Semion Lvovich Abugov (russian: Семён Львович Абугов) (30 December 1877 in Byerazino, Minsk Governorate – 3 May 1950 in Leningrad) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a memb ...

(1877–1950), Jewish, Russian and Soviet painter and art educator * Semion Alapin (1856–1923), chess master, openings analyst, and puzzle composer * Semion Belits-Geiman (born 1945), former Soviet freestyle swimmer * Semion Bogatyrev (1890–1960), Russian musicologist and composer *

Semion Braude Semion Yakovlevich Braude ( uk, Семен Якович Брауде; 28 January 1911 – 29 June 2003) was a Soviet and Ukrainian physicist and radio astronomer. Of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, Braude was born in Poltava, Ukraine, and pursued his hig ...

(1911–2003), Ukrainian physicist and radio astronomer * Semion Budionnyi (1883–1973), red cossack, Soviet cavalryman, military commander, politician and close ally of Joseph Stalin *

Semion Chelyuskin Semyon Ivanovich Chelyuskin (; c. 1700 – 1764) was a Russian polar explorer and naval officer. Chelyuskin graduated from the Navigation School in Moscow. He first became a deputy navigator while serving in the Baltic Fleet (1726) and later pr ...

(1700–1764), Russian polar explorer and naval officer * Semion Domash (born 1950), Belarusian politician *

Semion Elistratov Semion Andreyevich Elistratov (russian: Семён Андреевич Елистратов; alternatively spelled Semen or Semyon, born 3 May 1990) is a Russian short track speed skater. He is the 2014 Olympic champion in the 5000 m relay and a ...

(born 1990), Russian short-track speed-skater * Semion Grigoryevich Frug (1860–1916), multi-lingual Russian poet, lyricist and author *

Semion Furman Semyon Abramovich Furman (December 1, 1920 – March 17, 1978) was a Soviet chess player and trainer of Belarussian Jewish origin. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1966. Furman is best known for developing Anatoly Karpov into a ...

(1920–1978), Soviet chess International Grandmaster and trainer *

Semion Grossu Semion Grossu (born 18 March 1934, Satul Nou) is a Moldovan politician and businessman. Biography Grossu was born on 18 March 1934 in the commune of Satu-Nou, Cetatea Albă County, Kingdom of Romania (nowadays Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Ukra ...

(born 1934), Moldovan politician and businessman * Semion Ivanov (1907–1993), Soviet general *

Semion Mogilevich Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich ( uk, Семен Юдкович Могилевич, Semén Yúdkovych Mohylévych ; born June 30, 1946) is a Ukrainian-born Russian organized crime boss. He quickly built a highly structured criminal organization, in ...

(born 1946), Israeli, Ukrainian-born organized crime boss, believed to be the "boss of bosses" of most Russian Mafia syndicates in the world * Semion Morozov (1914–1943), commissar of the Taganrog antifascist underground organization (1941–1943) * Semion G. Murafa (1887–1917), Bessarabian politician in the Russian Empire, also known as a publicist and composer *

Semion Rotnitsky Semion Aronovich Rotnitsky (russian: Семён Аронович Ротницкий; December 28, 1915 — 2004) was a Soviet Russian painter, Honored Art worker of Tatar Republic, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 ...

(1915–2004), Soviet Russian painter, Honoured Art worker of Tatar Republic, member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists *

Semion Șestopali Sesto Pals, pen name of Simion (or Semion) Șestopali (born Шестопаль, also rendered as ''S(h)estopal'', ''Sestopaly'', or ''Sestopali''; ca. 1912 – October 27, 2002), was a Russian-born Romanian and Israeli writer. Primarily a poet-phil ...

(1912–2002), Russian-born Romanian and Israeli writer *

Semion Shchedrin Semyon Fyodorovich Shchedrin (1745–1804) was a Russian landscape painter, the uncle and mentor of Sylvester Shchedrin. Member of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Biography He was born in St. Petersburg into the family of a life guard. In 175 ...

(1895–1970), Soviet military commander, senior professional officer of the Red Army when the Soviets invaded Poland in 1939 *

Semion Yushkevich Semyon Solomonovich Yushkevich russian: Семён Соломонович Юшкевич (July 12, 1868 – December 2, 1927), was a Russian language writer, and playwright and a member of the Moscow literary group Sreda. He was a representativ ...

(1868–1927), Russian language writer, and playwright and a member of the Moscow literary group Sreda

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