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Simeon (שמעון) (Gospel of Luke)

Simeon (שמעון), also called Simeon the God-receiver, is the righteous man of Jerusalem who took the infant Jesus in his arms in the Temple in Luke 2.

Simeon Bekbulatovich

Simeon Bekbulatovich (Симеон Бекбулатович), born Sain-Bulat, was a baptized Chingisid Tatar prince made nominal grand prince of all Russia in 1575–1576 while Ivan IV kept real power.

Simeon ben Gamaliel I

Simeon ben Gamaliel I, also known as Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, was a Mishnaic sage who presided over the Great Sanhedrin at Jerusalem until 70 CE.

Simeon ben Gamaliel II

Simeon ben Gamaliel II (רבן שמעון בן גמליאל) was a second-century tanna who served as nasi of the Sanhedrin, son of Rabban Gamaliel II and father of Judah ha-Nasi.

Simeon ben Hillel

Simeon ben Hillel (שמעון בן הלל) is the figure tradition places as second Nasi of the Sanhedrin, between his father Hillel the Elder and his son Gamaliel I.

Simeon Boikov (Симеон Бойков)

Simeon Boikov (Симеон Бойков), aka "Aussie Cossack", is an Australian-born pro-Russian activist and disinformation distributor, hiding in Sydney's Russian consulate since 2023, granted Russian citizenship in 2023, EU-sanctioned in 2025, and tied to Storm-1516 paid amplification.

Simeon Brown

Simeon Brown is a New Zealand National Party politician who has been MP for Pakuranga since 2017 and serves as Minister of Health, Minister for Energy, and Minister for State Owned Enterprises.

Simeon Burt Wolbach

Simeon Burt Wolbach (1880–1954) was an American pathologist at Harvard Medical School whose studies established the tick-borne transmission of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and the cause of epidemic typhus.

Simeon Career Academy

Simeon Career Academy (Neal F. Simeon Career Academy High School) is a Chicago Public Schools career academy at 8147 S Vincennes Ave, grades 9-12, about 1,095 students, requiring 26 credits plus a three-year CTE pathway, lottery admission with 2.50 GPA minimum, Commendable state designation in 2024.

Simeon Djankov

Simeon Djankov is a Bulgarian economist at the London School of Economics, founder of the World Bank's Doing Business project and Bulgaria's finance minister from 2009 to 2013.

Simeon I of Bulgaria

Simeon I of Bulgaria (Симеон I), called "the Great", ruled from 893 to 927, crushed Byzantium at Achelous in 917, and made Preslav the center of a Slavonic literary Golden Age.

Simeon I. Taylor

Simeon I. Taylor is an American physician-scientist known for research on insulin resistance and the insulin receptor gene, and a professor at the University of Maryland.

Simeon Nikolov (Симеон Владимиров Николов)

Simeon "Moni" Nikolov (Симеон Николов), born 2006, is a 208 cm Bulgarian volleyball setter; 2025 World Championship silver medalist, formerly Levski Sofia, Long Beach State, and Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, signed by Lube Civitanova until 2029.

Simeon of Polotsk

Simeon of Polotsk (Симеон Полоцкий) was a Belarusian-born hieromonk, poet, and dramatist who tutored Tsar Alexei's children and drafted the project of Russia's first higher school.

Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Симеон Борисов Сакскобургготски)

Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Simeon II, Simeon Borisov Sakskoburggotski), born 1937, was the last Tsar of Bulgaria (1943-1946) under a regency, exiled after the 1946 referendum, and returned to serve as Bulgaria's Prime Minister 2001-2005, leading NATO accession.

Simeon Stylites (Συμεών ό Στυλίτης)

Simeon Stylites, also known as Symeon the Stylite, was a Syrian Christian ascetic who lived atop pillars near Antioch for 37 years until his death in 459.

Simeon T. Lake III

Simeon T. Lake III, born 1944 in Chicago, is a senior United States district judge for the Southern District of Texas, appointed by President Reagan in 1988.

Simeon Woods Richardson

Simeon Woods Richardson (born 2000) is an American right-handed pitcher drafted by the Mets in 2018, traded twice (Stroman, Berríos deals), an Olympic silver medalist, and MLB debutant with the Twins on October 2, 2022.

Simeonovskaya Chronicle

The Simeonovskaya Chronicle (Симеоновская летопись) is a Russian chronicle compilation covering 1177 to 1493, compiled around 1498–1502 and valued for unique reports on 14th-century Moscow.

Simeprevir

Simeprevir (TMC435, Olysio) is a second-wave macrocyclic HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitor approved by the FDA in November 2013 for genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C with peginterferon/ribavirin, limited by the Q80K polymorphism; EU marketing withdrawn in 2018.

Simeticone

Simeticone (simethicone), a polydimethylsiloxane plus silica antifoaming agent, relieves gas-related bloating and improves colonoscopy bowel preparation; not absorbed, ineffective for infant colic, and a reprocessing biofilm concern.

Simeulue

Simeulue is an Indonesian island about 150 kilometers off the west coast of Sumatra and the seat of a regency in Aceh province, centered on Sinabang.

SimFarm

SimFarm (1993) is a Maxis farm-management simulation, a SimCity spinoff for DOS, Mac, and Windows. Players grow 24 crops, raise livestock, manage weather and disasters, and sell harvests; no sequel was made.

Simferopol

Simferopol (Симферополь; Crimean Tatar Aqmescit) is the capital city of Crimea on the Salhyr River, founded under its Greek name in 1784 beside the Tatar Ak-Mechet; about 340,000 people, Crimea's transport hub, annexed by Russia in 2014.

Simge Sağın

Simge Sağın, known as Simge, is a Turkish pop singer born in Istanbul in 1981 who broke through in 2015 with "Miş Miş", a four-week number one.

Simha (సింహ) (film)

Simha (సింహ) is a 2010 Telugu action drama directed by Boyapati Srinu, starring Nandamuri Balakrishna in a dual role with Nayanthara and Sneha Ullal; it grossed over Rs 60 crore and won Balakrishna a Nandi Award.

Simha Bhikshu (Aryasimha; 师子菩提)

Simha Bhikshu (Aryasimha; 师子尊者) is the Buddhist monk counted as the twenty-fourth Indian patriarch in Chan and Zen tradition, said to have been beheaded by a persecuting king, with milk flowing instead of blood.

Simhadri (సింహాద్రి) (2003 film)

Simhadri (సింహాద్రి) is S. S. Rajamouli's 2003 Telugu action drama starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Bhumika Chawla, and Ankitha; a ₹8 crore film that collected about ₹26 crore and made NTR Jr. a top Telugu star.

Simhadri power station

Simhadri power station, also known as Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station, is a 2,000 MW coal-fired power station of NTPC Limited in Andhra Pradesh, India, its first coastal plant.

Simhagiri

Simhagiri (सिंहगिरि) is, by the Sringeri Sharada Peetham's own tradition, the seventh Jagadguru of that Advaita Vedanta matha, reigning from 1038 to 1098 between Jnanagiri and Ishwara Tirtha.