Szymon is a Polish version of the masculine given name Simon.

Academics

* Szymon Askenazy – a historian and diplomat who served as the first Polish representative at the League of Nations * Szymon Datner – a Polish-Jewish historian and anti-Nazi partisan fighter

Artists

* Szymon Bobrowski – an actor * Szymon Buchbinder – a 19th and early 20th century Polish painter * Szymon Czechowicz – an 18th-century Polish painter *

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

– a Polish-American violinist and conductor *

Szymon Szymonowic Szymon Szymonowic (in Latin, Simon Simonides; in Armenian, Շիմոն Շիմոնովիչ; also, in Polish, "Szymonowicz" and "Bendoński"; born Lwów, 24 October 1558 – died 5 May 1629, Czarnięcin, near Zamość) was a Polish Renaissance poet. ...

– a Polish Renaissance poet * Szymon Josiah Borzestowski - an Australian musician

Athletes

* Szymon Matuszek – a Polish footballer (midfielder) * Szymon Pawlak – 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 PLK. of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). Standing at 6'9, he plays both the power forward / center positions. Ea ...

– a Polish professional basketball player * Szymon Ziółkowski – an Olympic gold medal-winning

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Nobility

* Szymon Marcin Kossakowski – 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 established by Polish and Lithuanian magnates on 27 April 1792, in Saint Petersburg, with the backing of the Russian Empress Catheri ...

Szymon Samuel Sanguszko Szymon (Symon) Samuel Sanguszko (before 1592 – November 1638) was a noble of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was castellan of Mścisław from 1620 and Voivode of Mińsk, later, from 1626 or 1629 voivode of Witebsk. He was raised b ...

– 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 Poland and Lithuania ...

* Szymon Starowolski – 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 ...

) 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 ...

Szymon Pawłowski (politician) Szymon Jerzy Pawłowski (born 5 December 1978 in Sanok) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 7984 votes in 20 Warsaw district as a candidate from the League of Polish Families list. See also *Members of ...

– 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 hea ...

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, Ni ...

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