Editing Simeon (section)

==Persons with the given name==
===Up to 1700===
:''Ordered chronologically.''
*[[Simeon of Jerusalem]] (15–14 BC–c. 107 or 117), 2nd Bishop of Jerusalem, perhaps one of the Seventy Apostles sent out by Jesus
*[[Simeon ben Gamliel]], Nasi of the Sanhedrin in 50 AD<!-- not a bit later?-->
*[[Simeon ben Gamliel II]], Nasi of the Sanhedrin in c. 118 AD
*[[Simeon Bar Kokhba]], leader of the Bar Kokhba revolt
*[[Simeon bar Yochai]], rabbi of the Tannaim period, possibly the author of the ''Zohar''
*[[Simeon Stylites]] (c. 388–459 AD), Christian pillar-hermit from Sisan, Syria
*[[Simeon Stylites III]], 5th-century pillar-hermit
*[[Simeon Stylites the Younger]] (521–597 AD), hermit and pillar-hermit from Antioch
*Simeon, the name of one priest and one deacon martyred with [[Abda and Abdjesus]]
*[[Simeon the Holy Fool]], 6th-century Christian saint and hermit
*[[Simeon I of Bulgaria]] (866–927), Bulgarian tsar
*[[Symeon Metaphrastes]] (10th century?), Byzantine hagiographer
*[[Symeon the New Theologian]] (949–1022), Eastern Orthodox saint
*[[Simeon (abbot)]] (994–1094), Abbot of Ely Cathedral
*[[Simeon Seth]] (fl. 1070), Jewish Byzantine physician, writer, and grand chamberlain from Antioch
*[[Simeon of Mantua]] (died 1016), Armenian monk
*[[Symeon of Durham]] (died after 1129), English chronicler and monk of Durham Priory
*[[Stefan Nemanja]] (1113–1199), canonized as Saint Simeon, Serbian ruler and saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church
*[[Simeon of Moscow]], 14th-century Grand Prince of Moscow
*[[Simeon Uroš]], 14th-century ruler of Epirus and Thessaly
*[[Simon of Trent]], 15th-century boy supposedly killed by Jews, and formerly a martyr of the Catholic Church
*[[Patriarch Symeon I of Constantinople]], or Symeon of Trebizond, reigned three times: 1466, 1471–1475 and 1482–1486
*[[Simeon Bekbulatovich]], ''de jure'' Tsar of Russia (1575–1576)
*[[Symeon of Polotsk]] (1629–1680), Russian poet, dramatist, churchman, and enlightener

===Since 1700===
:''Ordered alphabetically by last name.''
*[[Simeon Barrow]] (born 2002), American football player
*[[Semyon Belits-Geiman]] (born 1945), former Soviet Olympic freestyle swimmer
*[[Semyon Budyonny]] (1883–1973), Soviet military commander
*Simeon Coxe (usually known only as Simeon), American musician, singer and synth player of [[Silver Apples]]
*[[Simeon Jocelyn]] (1799-1879), minister and abolitionist
*[[Simeon Mangiuca]] (1831–1890), Austro-Hungarian Romanian folklorist
*[[Simeon V. Marcelo]] (born 1953), Filipino lawyer and former Ombudsman and Solicitor-General of the Philippines
*[[Simeon North]] (1765–1852), American gunmaker
*[[Siméon Denis Poisson]] (1781–1840), French mathematician
*[[Simeon Rice]] (born 1974), American football player
*[[Simeon Woods Richardson]] (born 2000), American professional baseball player
*[[Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]] (born 1937), Tsar of Bulgaria (1943–1946), prime minister of Bulgaria (2001–2005)
*[[Semyon Sereda]] (1871–1933), Soviet politician
*[[Simeon Solomon]] (1840-1905), British painter
*[[Simeon Thomas]] (born 1993), American football player
*[[Simeon Tienpont]] (born 1982), Dutch sailor
*[[Semyon Varlamov]] (born 1988), Russian ice hockey player
*[[Simeon S. Willis]] (1879–1965), American lawyer, judge, and politician from Kentucky