Shimon ( he, שמעון) is the original Hebrew pronunciation of the names
Simon
Simon may refer to:
People
* Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon
* Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon
* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
and
Simeon
Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated as Shimon. In Greek it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Symeon.
Meaning
The name is derived from Simeon, so ...
. Among individuals, Shimon can refer to:
Given names
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Shimon Agranat (1906-1992), Israeli judge and President of the Israeli Supreme Court
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Shimon Amsalem
Shimon Yaakov Amsalem (שמעון אמסלם; born November 10, 1966) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward and center positions. He played in the Israeli Premier Basketball League and for the Israeli National Basketball Te ...
(born 1966), Israeli basketball player
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Shimon Dotan
Shimon Dotan ( he, שמעון דותן; born 23 December 1949) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, and producer.
Biography
Early life
Shimon Dotan was born in Romania in 1949 and moved to Israel in 1959. He grew up in Moshav Arugot, ...
(born 1949), Israeli filmmaker
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Shimon Gershon
Shimon Gershon ( he, שמעון גרשון; born October 6, 1977) is a retired Israeli national footballer and central defender. For nearly 10 years, Gershon was the captain of the Israeli football team Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפ ...
(born 1977), Israeli footballer
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Shimon Iakerson
Shimon Mordukhovich Iakerson (Russian: Семён Мордухович Якерсон; born August 4, 1956) is a Russian scholar specializing in medieval Hebrew manuscripts and incunabula.
Career
Iakerson is the Head of the Department of Semitic ...
(born 1956), Russian historian
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Shimon Moore
Shimon "Shim" Moore is a rock music songwriter, producer, performing artist, as well as a TV and film actor. Shimon was born on November 11, 1982, in Sydney, Australia.
Acting career
He began his acting career at the age of nine when he was cas ...
(born 1982), Australian musician
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Shimon Moyal
Shimon Moyal (1866–1915) was a Zionist activist and physician. He worked for several newspapers and started a short-lived newspaper with his wife, Esther Moyal. He was the translator of the Talmud into Arabic language.
Early life and educatio ...
(1866–1915) was a Zionist activist and physician
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Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres (; he, שמעון פרס ; born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the ninth president of ...
(1923-2016), Israeli politician and President of Israel
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Shimon Shetreet
Professor Shimon Shetreet ( he, שמעון שטרית, born 1 March 1946) is a former Israeli politician who held several ministerial portfolios between 1992 and 1996. He is currently the Greenblatt Chair of Public and International Law at the H ...
(born 1946), Israeli politician
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Shimon Ullman
Shimon Ullman (שמעון אולמן, born January 28, 1948, in Jerusalem) is a professor of computer science at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. Ullman's main research area is the study of vision processing by both humans and machines. ...
(born 1948), Israeli computer scientist
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Shimon (DJ)
Shimon Alcoby, who performs and records music as Shimon, is an English DJ, record producer, and founder of AudioPorn Records. Shimon is also affiliated with the drum and bass record label Ram Records, and has published music through Ram since i ...
, British music producer
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Šimon Šimon (Old Norse: ''Sigmundr'') was a Varangian (Viking) whose story is related in the Kievan '' Patericon'' and his story concerns the creation of the Kievan cave monastery, where he is reported to have been its most important donor.
Story
Šimo ...
, a Viking warrior in medieval Russia
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Shimon Cheenikkal Shimon ( he, שמעון) is the original Hebrew pronunciation of the names Simon and Simeon. Among individuals, Shimon can refer to:
Given names
* Shimon Agranat (1906-1992), Israeli judge and President of the Israeli Supreme Court
* Shimon Amsale ...
,a catholic priest
Surnames
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Masato Shimon
, also known as Masato Simon, is a retired Japanese vocalist from Meguro, Tokyo. He is most known for his contributions to the theme songs of various anime and tokusatsu series. In his career, he has sung under the names and . "Masato Shimon" is a ...
(born 1944), Japanese singer
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Ran Ben Shimon
Ran Ben Shimon ( he, רן בן שמעון; born 28 November 1970) is a former Israeli football player and the current manager of F.C. Ashdod.
Playing career
Ben Shimon was born in Petah Tikva, Israel, to a Jewish family. In 1987, Ben Shimon be ...
(born 1970), Israeli football player and manager
See also
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Simon (given name)
Simon is a common name, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן '' Šimʻôn'', meaning "listen" or "hearing". It is also a classical Greek name, deriving from an adjective meaning "flat-nosed". In the first century AD, Simon was the most popular male name ...
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Shimun
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Hebrew masculine given names