Simeon
Simeon (from Hebrew שמעון, Bibl. Šimʿon , Tiberian. Šimʿôn ; Greek Συμεών, Syme'on ) is a single name, a male given name and a family name.
variants
- Jon (Luxembourgish)
Name bearer
Single name
- Simeon (Old Testament) , one of the 12 sons of Jacob and ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel
- Simeon , Jewish resistance fighter, ethnarch and high priest of Judea, strategist in the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BC Chr.
- Simeon (Prophet) , prophet in the New Testament
- Simeon von Trier , Byzantine monk and hermit, saint (around 980/990 to 1035)
- Simeon (Kostadinow) (1926–2016), Bulgarian Orthodox clergyman, metropolitan and founder of the Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of Western and Central Europe and member of the Holy Synod
- Simeon I (Patriarch) († 9 AD), Jewish scholar and patriarch
- Simeon I (Bulgaria) (864–927), Tsar of Bulgaria
- Simeon II (Patriarch) (~ 10–70), Jewish patriarch
- Simeon II (* 1937), Tsar of Bulgaria and Bulgarian politician, see Simeon Sakskoburggotski
- Simeon II (Jerusalem) , Patriarch
- Simeon (Jerusalem) (1st century), Bishop of Jerusalem
- Simeon ben Eleazar (2nd century), Jewish scholar (Amorae)
- Simeon ben Gamaliel I , 1st generation Tannait
- Simeon ben Gamaliel II , 3rd generation Tannait
- Simeon bar Isaac (* around 950; † 1015/1030), Jewish Talmudic scholar and liturgical poet
- Simeon ben Lakisch (3rd century), Jewish scholar (Amorae)
- Simeon ben Menasja (Simon ben Menassia), ancient Jewish scholar
First name
- Simeon Bavier (1825–1896), Swiss politician, civil engineer and diplomat
- Simeon Jackson (* 1987), Jamaican-Canadian soccer player
- Siméon Denis Poisson (1781–1840), French physicist and mathematician
- Simeon Radew (1879–1967), Bulgarian politician and writer
- Simeón Cuba Sanabria (1935–1967), Bolivian guerrilla fighter
family name
- Corsin Simeon (* 1986), Swiss snowboarder
- Joseph Jérôme Comte Siméon (1749–1842), French statesman, Minister of the Kingdom of Westphalia
- Omer Simeon (1902–1959), American saxophonist and clarinetist
- Richson Simeon (* 1997), track and field athlete from the Marshall Islands
- Stephan Simeon (1927–2017), Swiss church musician and composer
- Xavier Siméon (* 1989), Belgian motorcycle racer
Web links
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