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Simon
Simon is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Simeon. Notable bearers of the name include:
Biblical Simons
- Simon Peter, an apostle of Jesus
- Simon the Canaanite (also called Simon the Zealot), another apostle
- Simon the Leper
- Simon of Cyrene
- Simon Magus
Historical Simons
- Simon Bolivar (Liberator of South America)
- Simon, Metropolitan of Moscow
- Simon of Trent
- Simon Cowell
- Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel
- Simon Wiesenthal - Nazi hunter
- Simon Dubnow - Jewish historian
Also:
- Simon is an electronic game launched in 1978 at Studio 54 in New York.
- Simon Says is a popular children's game and also an electronic device, not to mention a song by 1910 Fruit Gum Company
- Simple Simon is a well-known nursery rhyme
- Simple Simon is a Broadway musical
- Simple Simon is a variant of card solitaire.
- Simon is a chess engine.
- Simon grenade is a wall breaching rifle grenade.
- Simon is an archaic term for a turkey.
- Simon the Sorcerer by AdventureSoft.
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