# Szymon

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**Szymon** is a [Polish](/source/Polish_language) version of the masculine [given name](/source/Given_name) [Simon](/source/Simon_(given_name)).

## Academics

- [Szymon Askenazy](/source/Szymon_Askenazy) – historian and diplomat who served as the first Polish representative at the League of Nations
- [Szymon Datner](/source/Szymon_Datner) – Polish-Jewish historian and anti-Nazi partisan fighter

## Artists

- [Szymon Bobrowski](/source/Szymon_Bobrowski) – actor
- [Szymon Buchbinder](/source/Szymon_Buchbinder) – 19th and early 20th century Polish painter
- [Szymon Czechowicz](/source/Szymon_Czechowicz) – 18th-century Polish painter
- [Szymon Goldberg](/source/Szymon_Goldberg) – Polish-American violinist and conductor
- [Szymon Szymonowic](/source/Szymon_Szymonowic) – Polish Renaissance poet
- [Szymon Josiah Borzestowski](/source/Szymon_(musician)) – Australian musician

## Athletes

- [Szymon Matuszek](/source/Szymon_Matuszek) – Polish footballer (midfielder)
- [Szymon Piątkowski](/source/Szymon_Pi%C4%85tkowski) – Polish taekwondo practitioner
- [Szymon Szewczyk](/source/Szymon_Szewczyk) – Polish professional basketball player
- [Szymon Ziółkowski](/source/Szymon_Zi%C3%B3%C5%82kowski) – Olympic gold medal-winning [hammer thrower](/source/Hammer_throw)

## Nobility

- [Szymon Marcin Kossakowski](/source/Szymon_Marcin_Kossakowski) – 18th-century Polish Lithuanian nobleman and a leader of the [Targowica Confederation](/source/Targowica_Confederation)
- [Szymon Samuel Sanguszko](/source/Szymon_Samuel_Sanguszko) – 17th-century nobleman of the [Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth](/source/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth)
- [Szymon Starowolski](/source/Szymon_Starowolski) – 17th-century Lithuanian writer and scholar
- [Szymon Bogumił Zug](/source/Szymon_Bogumi%C5%82_Zug) – 18th-century Polish nobleman and architect
- [Szymon Madej](/source/Szymon_Madej) – 16th-century Polish councilor and scholar

## Politicians

- [Szymon Hołownia](/source/Szymon_Ho%C5%82ownia) – [Marshal of the Sejm](/source/Marshal_of_the_Sejm), leader of [Polska 2050](/source/Polska_2050) political party
- [Szymon Konarski](/source/Szymon_Konarski) – 19th-century Polish democrat and revolutionary
- [Szymon Stanisław Giżyński](/source/Szymon_Stanis%C5%82aw_Gi%C5%BCy%C5%84ski) – member of Poland's lower house of parliament (the [Sejm](/source/Sejm)) from [Law and Justice](/source/Law_and_Justice_(Poland))
- [Szymon Pawłowski](/source/Szymon_Paw%C5%82owski_(politician)) – member of Poland's lower house of parliament (the Sejm) from [League of Polish Families](/source/League_of_Polish_Families)
- [Szymon Perske](/source/Szymon_Perske) – the birth name of former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres
- [Szymon Niemiec](/source/Szymon_Niemiec) – vice president of Polish party [Union of the Left](/source/Union_of_the_Left_(Poland)), gay activist and founder of first Polish [Gay Pride](/source/Gay_Pride) parade

## Others

- [Szymon Majewski](/source/Szymon_Majewski) – journalist, showman, presenter, television personality
- [Szymon Marciniak](/source/Szymon_Marciniak) – professional football referee, named "The World's Best Referee" by the [International Federation of Football History & Statistics](/source/International_Federation_of_Football_History_%26_Statistics) (IFFHS) in 2023
- [Szymon Winawer](/source/Szymon_Winawer) – chess player
- Szymon Aleksander Brzostek - [Super Mario Bros](/source/Super_Mario_Bros.) expert

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