Szymon
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Szymon is a Polish
version of the masculine given name
Simon
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Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
version of the masculine given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
Simon
Simon
Simon is a common name, from Hebrew meaning "He who has heard/hears [the word of God]".Simon may also refer to:-Names:* Simon , including a list of people with the given name Simon...
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Academics
- Szymon AskenazySzymon AskenazySzymon Askenazy was a Polish historian, diplomat and politician, founder of the Askenazy school....
– a historian and diplomat who served as the first Polish representative at the League of Nations - Szymon DatnerSzymon DatnerSzymon Datner was a Polish historian of Jewish descent, best known for his studies of Nazi war crimes committed against the Jewish population of the Białystok area after the German attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941.Datner settled into Białystok in 1928...
– a Polish-Jewish historian and anti-Nazi partisan fighter
Artists
- Szymon BobrowskiSzymon BobrowskiSzymon Bobrowski 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 dłoni*Złoty środek...
– an actor - Szymon BuchbinderSzymon BuchbinderSzymon Buchbinder was a Polish painter. He studied under Jan Matejko.There are two Simeon, Simon or Szymon Buchbinders both listed artists and both Polish...
– a 19th and early 20th century Polish painter - Szymon CzechowiczSzymon CzechowiczSzymon Czechowicz was a prominent Polish painter of the Baroque, considered one of the most accomplished painters of 18th century sacral painting in Poland. He specialized in sublime effigies of painted figures...
– an 18th century Polish painter - Szymon GoldbergSzymon GoldbergSzymon Goldberg was a Polish-born American violinist and conductor.Born in Włocławek, Congress Poland, Goldberg played the violin as a child growing up in Warsaw...
– a Polish-American violinist and conductor - Szymon SzymonowicSzymon SzymonowicSzymon Szymonowic was a Polish Renaissance poet. He was known as "the Polish Pindar."-Life:Szymonowic studied in Poland , France and Belgium...
– a Polish Renaissance poet
Athletes
- Szymon MatuszekSzymon MatuszekSzymon Matuszek is a Polish football midfielder who plays for Piast Gliwice.-Club:In February 2011, he was loaned to Chojniczanka Chojnice on half year deal. He returned half year later.- External links :...
– a Polish footballer (midfielder) - Szymon PawlakSzymon PawlakSzymon Pawlak is a young Polish footballer playing currently for Unia JanikowoHe is a trainee of UKS SMS Łódź- Clubs :* 2005-2006 UKS SMS Łódź* 2006–present Unia Janikowo- External links :*...
– a Polish footballer (defender) - Szymon SzewczykSzymon SzewczykSzymon Szewczyk is a Polish professional basketball player.Szewczyk grew up with PKK Szczecin youth teams. He has been a member of the Polish Junior National Team, the Polish Under-20 National Team and the Polish “B” National Team...
– a Polish professional basketball player - Szymon Ziółkowski – an Olympic gold medal winning hammer throwHammer throwThe modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...
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Nobility
- Szymon Marcin KossakowskiSzymon Marcin KossakowskiSzymon Marcin Kossakowski was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman , and one of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation. In 1793, he became the last Great Hetman of Lithuania.- Biography :...
– an 18th century Polish Lithuanian nobleman and a leader of the Targowica ConfederationTargowica ConfederationThe Targowica Confederation was a confederation established by Polish and Lithuanian magnates on 27 April 1792, in Saint Petersburg, with the backing of the Russian Empress Catherine II. The confederation opposed the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791, which had been adopted by the Great Sejm,... - Szymon Samuel SanguszkoSzymon Samuel SanguszkoSzymon Samuel Sanguszko was a noble of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Castellan of Mścisław from 1620. Voivode of Mińsk, later, from 1626 or 1629 voivode of Witebsk....
– a 17th century nobleman of the Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthPolish-Lithuanian CommonwealthThe Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a dualistic state of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch. It was the largest and one of the most populous countries of 16th- and 17th‑century Europe with some and a multi-ethnic population of 11 million at its peak in the early 17th century... - Szymon StarowolskiSzymon StarowolskiSzymon Starowolski was a writer, scholar and historian in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was probably born near Pruzhany, and died near Kraków. He was very prolific writer, left behind over 70 works, mostly in Latin...
– a 17th century Lithuanian writer and scholar - Szymon Bogumił Zug – an 18th century Polish nobleman and architect
Politicians
- Szymon KonarskiSzymon KonarskiSzymon Konarski was a 19th-century Polish radical democratic politician and revolutionary. As a politician, he supported the radical idea of social and economic equality for all men, as well as the right of political and national liberty and self-governance.Konarski supported the idea of land...
– a 19th century Polish democrat and revolutionary - Szymon Stanisław Giżyński – a member of Poland's lower house of parliament (the SejmSejmThe Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....
) from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość - Szymon Pawłowski – a member of Poland's lower house of parliament (the Sejm) from Liga Polskich Rodzin
- Szymon Perske – the birth name of former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres
- Szymon Niemiec - a vice president of Polish party Union of the Left, gay activist and founder of first Polish Gay PrideGay prideLGBT pride or gay pride is the concept that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity...
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Others
- Szymon WinawerSzymon WinawerSzymon Abramowicz Winawer , born in Warsaw, Poland, was a leading chess player who won the German Chess Championship in 1883...
– a chess player