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Academics

Szymon Askenazy Szymon Askenazy (December 24, 1865, Zawichost – June 22, 1935, Warsaw) was a Jewish-Polish historian, educator, statesman and diplomat, founder of the Askenazy school. He was the first Polish representative at the League of Nations. His work a ...

– a historian and diplomat who served as the first Polish representative at the League of Nations *

Szymon Datner Szymon Datner (Kraków, 2 February 1902 – 8 December 1989, Warsaw) was a Polish historian, Holocaust survivor and underground operative from Białystok, best known for his studies of the Nazi war crimes and events of The Holocaust in the Biał ...

– a Polish-Jewish historian and anti-Nazi partisan fighter

Artists

Szymon Bobrowski Szymon Bobrowski (born 16 January 1972 in Konin, Poland) is a Polish actor. Acted in tens of cinema and TV films, as well as theatre plays. Filmography * Magda M. * Hania * S@motność w sieci *Na dobre i na złe * Operacja "Koza" * Serce na d� ...

– an actor *

Szymon Buchbinder Szymon Buchbinder, or Simeon Buchbinder (6 January 1853, in Radzyń Podlaski – 21 October 1922, in Berlin) was a Polish painter. Most of his works were genre and historical scenes (often with a moral) and portraits done in small formats. Bi ...

– a 19th and early 20th century Polish painter *

Szymon Czechowicz Szymon Czechowicz (July 1689 – 21 July 1775) was a prominent Poland, Polish painter of the Baroque, considered one of the most accomplished painters of 18th century Christian art, sacral painting in Poland. He specialized in sublime effigie ...

– an 18th-century Polish painter *

Szymon Goldberg Szymon Goldberg (1 June 190919 July 1993) was a Polish-born Jewish classical music, classical violinist and Conducting, conductor, latterly an American. Born in Włocławek, Congress Poland, Goldberg played the violin as a child growing up in Warsa ...

– a Polish-American violinist and conductor * Szymon Szymonowic – a Polish Renaissance poet * Szymon Josiah Borzestowski - an Australian musician

Athletes

Szymon Matuszek Szymon Matuszek (born 7 January 1989) is a Polish professional Association footballer, footballer who plays as a midfielder. Career Club In February 2011, he was loaned to Chojniczanka Chojnice on a half year deal. He returned half a year later ...

– a Polish footballer (midfielder) *

Szymon Pawlak Szymon Pawlak (born 22 July 1986) is a Polish football ( defender) playing currently for Unia Janikowo. He is a trainee of UKS SMS Łódź. Clubs * 2005-2006 UKS SMS Łódź * 2006–present Unia Janikowo KS Unia Janikowo is a Polish foo ...

– a Polish footballer (defender) *

Szymon Szewczyk Szymon Szewczyk (born December 21, 1982) is a Polish professional basketball player who last played for Anwil Włocławek of the Polish Basketball League, PLK. of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). Standing at 6'9, he plays both the Power forwar ...

– a Polish professional basketball player *

Szymon Ziółkowski Szymon Jerzy Ziółkowski (; born 1 July 1976 in Poznań) is a retired Poland, Polish hammer thrower and an Olympic Games, Olympic gold medal winner from 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney 2000. He also won a gold medal at the 2001 World Championship ...

– an Olympic gold medal-winning

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Nobility

Szymon Marcin Kossakowski Szymon Marcin Kossakowski ( lt, Simonas Martynas Kosakovskis; 1741 in Šilai, Jonava – 1794) was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman ( szlachcic), and one of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation. In 1793, he became the last Grand Hetman of Li ...

– an 18th-century Polish Lithuanian nobleman and a leader of the

Targowica Confederation The Targowica Confederation ( pl, konfederacja targowicka, , lt, Targovicos konfederacija) was a Confederation (Poland), confederation established by Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish and Lithuanian magnates on 27 April 1792, in Saint Pe ...

* Szymon Samuel Sanguszko – a 17th-century nobleman of the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Crown of the Kingdom of ...

Szymon Starowolski Szymon Starowolski (1588 – 1656; Simon Starovolscius) was a writer, scholar and historian in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was probably born near Pruzhany, and died near Kraków. He was a very prolific writer, and left behind over 70 w ...

– a 17th-century Lithuanian writer and scholar * Szymon Bogumił Zug – an 18th-century Polish nobleman and architect

Politicians

* Szymon Konarski – a 19th-century Polish democrat and revolutionary * Szymon Stanisław Giżyński – a member of Poland's lower house of parliament (the

Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of t ...

) from

Law and Justice Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. Its chairman is Jarosław Kaczyński. It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct su ...

* Szymon Pawłowski (politician) – a member of Poland's lower house of parliament (the Sejm) from

League of Polish Families The League of Polish Families (Polish: ''Liga Polskich Rodzin'', LPR) is a conservative political party in Poland, with many far-right elements in the past. The party's original ideology was that of the National Democracy movement which was heade ...

Szymon Perske 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 ...

– the birth name of former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres *

Szymon Niemiec Szymon Niemiec (born 5 October 1977, in Warsaw) is a Polish priest, gay rights activist, journalist, photographer, and politician. He is the founder of the first Polish Gay Pride parade, ''Parada Równości'' held in 2001. From 2000 to 2006, Niem ...

– a vice president of Polish party Union of the Left, gay activist and founder of first Polish

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parade

Others

Szymon Winawer Szymon Abramowicz Winawer (March 6, 1838 – November 29, 1919) was a Polish-Jewish chess player who won the German Chess Championship in 1883. Tournament and match results At the Paris 1867 tournament held at the Café de la Régence, his first ...

– a chess player {{given name Polish masculine given names