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Simon Yates (cyclist)
Simon Yates (born 1992, Bury, England), twin of Adam Yates, British road cyclist; won the 2018 Vuelta a España and 2025 Giro d'Italia, retired suddenly on 7 January 2026 from Visma-Lease a Bike.
Simon Zavarian
Simon Zavarian (Սիմոն Զաւարեան), known by his nom de guerre Anton, was an Armenian revolutionary who cofounded the Armenian Revolutionary Federation in 1890 and drafted its first program.
Simon-Kucher
Simon-Kucher, often called Simon-Kucher & Partners, is a partner-owned management consultancy specializing in pricing, sales, and marketing, founded in Bonn, Germany in 1985 as a university spin-off with about 2,200 employees in 45 offices.
Simon–Ehrlich wager
The Simon–Ehrlich wager, also known as the Ehrlich-Simon bet, was a 1980 bet between economist Julian Simon and biologist Paul Ehrlich on metal prices that Simon won in 1990.
Simon's Cat
Simon's Cat is a British animated web series by Simon Tofield, first uploaded to YouTube in March 2008 as Cat Man Do, featuring a hungry white cat; over 3 billion views, books, and Tactile Games titles.
Simon's problem
Simon's problem is a 1994 oracle problem in quantum computing, where a quantum algorithm finds a hidden string s exponentially faster than any classical algorithm.
Simona Amanar
Simona Amanar (Simona Tabără Amânar), Romanian artistic gymnast born 1979 in Constanța; seven Olympic medals including 2000 all-around gold after Răducan's disqualification; the two-and-a-half twisting Yurchenko vault is named the Amanar.
Simona Dyankova
Simona Dyankova (Симона Дянкова), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast born 1994 in Varna; captain of the Bulgarian group that won the Tokyo 2020 Olympic group all-around gold, Bulgaria's first in the sport; retired 2021.
Simona Francese
Simona Francese is an Italian-born chemist and Professor of Forensic and Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry at Sheffield Hallam University, best known for pioneering molecular fingerprinting of fingermarks.
Simona Gherman
Simona Gherman (Simona Cristina Gherman, born 1985, Bucharest) is a Romanian épée fencer, Steaua București club, who won team épée gold at Rio 2016 and competed at London 2012, with world and European titles.
Simona Halep
Simona Halep, Romanian tennis player, 2018 French Open and 2019 Wimbledon champion, WTA world No. 1 for 64 weeks, 24 singles titles; career ended by 2022 roxadustat doping case and 2025 retirement.
Simona Krupeckaitė
Simona Krupeckaitė, born 1982 in Utena, Lithuanian track cyclist; 2009 world 500 m champion, 2010 keirin champion, world records of 33.296 s (500 m) and 10.793 s (200 m), five Olympiads, retired 2021.
Simona Mohamsson
Simona Mohamsson (born 1994, Hamburg) is leader of Sweden's Liberal Party since June 2025 and Minister for Education and Integration; first Arab-origin leader of a Swedish party, known for the 2026 opening to the Sweden Democrats.
Simona Pauca
Simona Păuca (Păuca-Rus), Romanian artistic gymnast born 1969 in Azuga, won three medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics: team gold, balance beam gold tied with Ecaterina Szabo, and all-around bronze.
Simona Pop
Simona Pop (born 1988, Satu Mare), Romanian épée fencer, Steaua București; Olympic team épée gold at Rio 2016, world team silver and bronze, two European team titles.
Simona Tabasco
Simona Tabasco, Italian actress born 1994 in Naples, is known as Lucia in The White Lotus season 2 (Emmy-nominated, 2023) and for Italian series Doc - Nelle tue mani and films Perez. and Immaculate.
Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas (1793–1864) was a Lithuanian historian, writer, and educator who wrote the first history of Lithuania in the Lithuanian language in 1822 and became a leading figure of the nineteenth-century Lithuanian national revival.
Simone (2002 film)
Simone (2002 film), also known as S1mone, is a 2002 American satirical comedy-drama directed by Andrew Niccol. It stars Al Pacino as a director who creates a digital actress.
Simone and Malcolm Collins
Simone and Malcolm Collins are American pronatalist advocates, founders of the Pronatalist Foundation and hosts of the podcast Based Camp, known for IVF with embryo IQ screening, Techno-Puritanism, Trump administration policy drafts, and the Hope Not Hate city-state proposal.
Simone Ashley
Simone Ashley is a British actress and singer known as Kate Sharma in Bridgerton season two and Olivia Hanan in Sex Education; also The Devil Wears Prada 2 and the EP Songs I Wrote in New York.
Simone Battle
Simone Battle (Simone Sherise Battle, 1989–2014) was an American singer and actress, a Top 17 finalist on The X Factor USA 2011 and member of Robin Antin's girl group G.R.L., featured on Pitbull's "Wild Wild Love" and the EP single "Ugly Heart".
Simone Biles
Simone Biles (born 1997), American artistic gymnast, most decorated in history with 41 Olympic and world medals, 11 Olympic (7 gold); Rio 2016 four golds, Tokyo 2020 twisties withdrawal, Paris 2024 three golds.
Simone Cinquegrano
Simone Cinquegrano (born 2004, Modena) is an Italian footballer, a centre-forward converted to right-back, who came through Sassuolo's academy, had Serie C loans at Rimini and Inter U23, debuted in Serie A for Sassuolo in August 2026, and renewed to 2032.
Simone Consolin
Simone Consolin, French interwar sprinter with Fémina Sport Paris; 1931 French 200 m champion (29.2 s) and third leg on the 3:29.8 world-record 100-100-200-800 m relay team of 14 June 1931.
Simone Consonni
Simone Consonni (born 1994, Ponte San Pietro, Italy) is an Italian track and road cyclist with Lidl-Trek; Olympic team pursuit gold at Tokyo 2020 in world-record time, silver (Madison) and bronze (team pursuit) at Paris 2024, brother of Chiara Consonni.
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986), French existentialist philosopher and feminist, author of The Second Sex (1949) and The Ethics of Ambiguity (1947), Prix Goncourt winner, lifelong companion of Sartre, and 1971 Manifesto of the 343 author.
Simone Deromedis
Simone Deromedis, born 2000 in Trento, is an Italian ski cross freestyle skier with Fiamme Gialle who won the 2023 world title and Olympic gold at Milano Cortina 2026.
Simone Di Giovanni
Simone Di Giovanni is a physician-scientist and Professor of Neuroscience at Imperial College London, where he holds the James W Hartnett Chair in Restorative Neuroscience and studies axonal repair.
Simone Fabiano
Simone Fabiano is an Italian-born organic electronics researcher, professor and head of unit at Linköping University's Laboratory of Organic Electronics in Norrköping, Sweden, working on organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors and doping.
Simone Giannelli
Simone Giannelli (born 1996, Bolzano) is an Italian volleyball setter, captain of the national team and 2022 world champion, who debuted in Serie A1 at 17 and plays for Sir Susa Scai Perugia.