Simon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include the following.
A
Abbey Simon (1920–2019), Jewish-American pianist
Abram Simon (1872–1938), American rabbi
Alice Simon (1887–1943), German victim from the nazis
André Simon (wine) (1877–1970), French wine expert
André Simon (racing driver) (1920–2012), French racing car driver
Anne Simon, American science advisor on the TV series The X-Files
B
Barry Simon (born 1946), American mathematical physicist
Barry Simon (politician) (1936–2004), Australian politician
Ben Simon (born 1978), American ice hockey player
Bill Simon (politician) (born 1951), American businessman and politician
Bill Simon (musician) (1920–2000), American jazz musician
Björn Simon (born 1981), German politician
Bob Simon (1941–2015), American correspondent on CBS News
Brian Simon (1915–2002), English educationist and historian
C
Calvin Simon (1942–2022), American musician
Carlos Eugênio Simon (born 1965), Brazilian FIFA football referee
Carly Simon (born 1943), American singer-songwriter/musician
Carrie Obendorfer Simon (1872–1961), American communal leader
Chase Simon (born 1989), American basketball player for Maccabi Ashdod of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Chris Simon (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
Claude Simon (1913–2005), French novelist
Cliff Simon (1962–2021), South African athlete and actor
Corey Simon (born 1977), former American football player
Cosette Simon, American politician
D
Danny Simon (1918–2005), American television writer
David Simon (basketball) (born 1982), American basketball player
David Simon (CEO), American CEO of Simon Property Group
David Simon, Baron Simon of Highbury (born 1935), British businessman
David Simon (writer) (born 1960), American author and journalist
Dean Simon (born 1960), American professional wrestler better known as Dean Malenko
Dick Simon (born 1933), American racing driver
Dick Simon (entrepreneur) (born 1953), American entrepreneur, philanthropist, photographer and speaker
Diederik Simon (born 1970), Dutch rower
Diosdado Simón (1954–2002), Spanish biologist
Dominik Simon (born 1994), Czech ice hockey player
E
Edgardo Simón (born 1974), Argentinian track and road cyclist
Edward Simon (choreographer), American choreographer
Edward Simon (musician) (born 1969), American musician
Eleazar ben Simon, 1st century Zealot leader
Émilie Simon (born 1978), French singer and composer
Ernest Simon, 1st Baron Simon of Wythenshawe (1879–1960), British industrialist and politician
Ernst Simon (1899–1988), German-Israeli Jewish educator
Ernst Julius Walter Simon (1893–1981), British Sinologist
Eugène Simon (1848–1924), French arachnologist
F
Francesca Simon (born 1955), Anglo-American author
Francis Simon (born Franz Eugen Simon) (1893–1956), German/British physical chemist
François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard (1770–1837), French painter
G
George Simon (disambiguation), several people
Geroy Simon (born 1975), Canadian football player
Glyn Simon (1903–1972), Archbishop of Wales (1968–1971)
Gilles Simon (born 1984), French tennis player
Günther Simon (1925–1972), East German actor
Gustav Simon (1900–1945), German Chief of the Civil Administration in Nazi occupied Luxembourg (1940–1945)
Gustav Simon (physician) (1824–1876), German surgeon
H
Harry Simon (boxer) (born 1972), Namibian boxer
Harry Simon (sport shooter) (1873–1932), American sport shooter
Heinrich Simon (1805–1860), German politician
Helmut Simon, German discoverer of Ötzi the Iceman
Henri Simon (1866–1956), French army officer
Henry Gustav Simon (1835–1899), German-British engineer
Herbert A. Simon (1916–2001), American cognitive psychologist and polymath
Herbert Simon (real estate) (born 1934), American real estate developer
I
Ingo Simon (1875–1964), English archer, singer, and writer
J
Jean-Claude Simon (born 1948), French research scientist
Jeanne Hurley Simon (1922–2000), American politician
Jed Simon (born 1964), Canadian musician
Jerry Simon (born 1968), American-Israeli basketball player
Joanna Simon (mezzo-soprano) (1936–2022), American mezzo-soprano and journalist
Joanna Simon (wine writer), British author and wine columnist
Jocelyn Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale (1911–2006), British politician and QC
Jody Simon (born 1956), American professional wrestler better known as Joe Malenko
Joe Simon (1913–2011), Jewish-American comic book writer
Joe Simon (musician) (1936–2021), American soul and R&B artist
John Simon various, including :
John Simon (1925–2019), American author and literary, film and drama critic
John Simon (record producer) (born 1941), American record producer for Columbia Records
Sir John Simon (doctor) (1816–1904), Chief Medical Officer for England, 1855–76
John L. Simon (Jack Simon), U.S. national swimming coach
Joseph Minos Simon (1922–2004), American attorney
Josef Simon (1930–2016), German philosopher
Joseph Simon (politician) (1851–1935), German-born American politician
Josette Simon (born 1960), British actress
Joshua Simon, Israeli art curator and journalist from Tel Aviv
Jules Simon (1814–1896), French statesman and philosopher
Julián Simón (born 1987), Spanish motorcycle racer
Julian Lincoln Simon (1932–1998), American business professor
Justin Simon (born 1996), American basketball player
K
K. V. Simon (1883–1944), Indian poet
Kay Simon, American winemaker
Kerry Simon, American celebrity chef
Kevin Simon (born 1983), American football player
Kyah Simon (born 1991), Australian football player
L
Lawrence Simon (1933–1994), American professional wrestler better known as Boris Malenko (also father of Dean and Jody Simon, aka Dean and Joe Malenko)
Leon Simon (born 1945), Australian mathematician, professor at Stanford
Leon Simon (Zionist) (1881–1965), British intellectual and civil servant; President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Leslie Earl Simon (1900–1983), American scientist
Lidia Șimon (born 1973), Romanian long-distance athlete
Lou Anna Simon, American, President of Michigan State University
Lowrell Simon (1943–2018), American singer (of The Lost Generation (band))
Lucy Simon (1943–2022), American singer
M
Marcel Simon (actor) (1872–1958), Belgian actor
María Simón (1922–2009), Argentine sculptor
Maria Simon (actress) (born 1976), German actress
Maria Simon (sociologist) (1918–2022), Austrian sociologist
Marie Simon (1824–1877), German nurse
Marge Simon (born 1942), American artist and writer
Matilda Simon, 3rd Baroness Simon of Wythenshawe (born 1955), first British transgender peer
Melissa Simon, American clinical obstetrician/gynecologist
Melvin Simon (1926–2009), American real estate developer and film producer
Melvin Simon (basketball) (born 1971), American professional basketball player
Melvin I. Simon (born 1937), American molecular biologist and geneticist
Michel Simon (1895–1975), Swiss actor
Mike Simon (1883–1963), American baseball player
Miles Simon (born 1975), American basketball player
N
Neil Simon (1927–2018), American playwright and screenwriter
Norton Simon (1907–1993), American industrialist
O
Oliver Simon (1957–2013), German singer of the pop duo Mixed Emotions
P
Pál Simon (1881–1922), Hungarian athlete
Paul Simon (born 1941), American musician (of Simon & Garfunkel)
Paul Simon (politician) (1928–2003), U.S. senator
Paul Ludwig Simon (1771–1815), German architect and scientist
Peter Simon (actor) (born 1943), American actor
Peter Simon (presenter) (born 1962), British television presenter
Peter June Simon (born 1980), Filipino professional basketball player
R
Lady Rachel Simon (1823–1899), British writer
Rachel Simon (born 1959), American writer
Ralph Simon, South African business executive
Randall Simon (born 1975), Major League baseball player from Netherlands Antilles
Raymond Simon, American educator
Richard Simon (priest) (1638–1712), French biblical critic
Richard Simon (painter) (1898–1993), German expressionist painter, pseudonym Simmerl
Richard L. Simon (1899–1960), American businessman
Roberlandy Simon (born 1987), Cuban volleyball player
Robert E. Simon (1914–2015), American property developer
Roger L. Simon (born 1943), American author
Roger Simon (journalist) (born 1948), American journalist and author
Roger Simon, 2nd Baron Simon of Wythenshawe (1913–2002), British solicitor and journalist
S
S. J. Simon (1904–1948), British author
Sam Simon (1955–2015), American television producer and writer
Scott Simon (born 1952), American journalist
Shena Simon, Lady Simon of Wythenshawe (1883–1972), British politician, feminist, educationalist and writer
Simone Simon (1910–2005), French film actress
Sindee Simon, American chemical engineer
Siôn Simon (born 1968), British Labour Party politician
Stephen Simon (1937–2013), American conductor, composer, and arranger of classical music
T
Tamás Simon (1935–1956), Hungarian poet and playwright
T. F. Simon (1877–1942), Czech artist
Ted Simon (born 1931), British journalist
Theodore Simon (1872–1961), French psychologist
Thomas Simon (1623–1665), English engraver
W
Walt Simon (1939–1997), American basketball player
Walter Simon (philanthropist) (1857–1920), German philanthropist
William E. Simon (1927–2000), United States Secretary of the Treasury (1974–77)
Y
Yehude Simon (born 1947), Peruvian politician
Z
Zoe Kelli Simon (born 1965), American actress
Zsolt Simon (born 1970), Slovak politician
Fictional characters
Mark Simon, a character in the 1998 American science-fiction disaster movie Deep Impact