Famous People with Name Shimon

Shimon Peres            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Shimon Peres: President of the State of l. Peres has long been a popular and important politician in Israel - he previously served three times as Prime Minister of Israel and has served in 12 cabinets over a political career lasting over 66 years. Peres was elected to the Knesset in November 1959 and, except for a three-month-long hiatus in early 2006, served continuously until 2007, when he became President.

Shimon Gershon            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Shimon Gershon: an Israeli national footballer and central defender. For nearly 10 years, Gershon was the captain of the Israeli soccer team Hapoel Tel Aviv. In 2006 he moved to capital city club Beitar Jerusalem, newly bought by Russian benefactor Arkady Gaydamak.This transfer was not well received among Hapoel supporters , and some had resorted to verbal abuse regarding Gershon, accusing him of infidelity towards his boyhood club. In response, Gershon orgaznized a press conference to address the issue, in which he expressed his love for, and regret at leaving his home club, also adding that it was his right to seek improvement in his salary, and take care of his proper interests.

Shimon Kagan            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Shimon Kagan: an Israeli chess master.He was Israeli Champion in 1967 and 1969. He tied for 4-5th at Netanya 1968 (Robert James Fischer won), tied for 9-10th at Netanya 1969 (Samuel Reshevsky won), took 9th at Netanya 1971 (Lubomir Kavalek and Bruno Parma won).

Shimon Even            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Shimon Even: was an Israeli computer science researcher. His main topics of interest included algorithms, graph theory and cryptography. He had been a member of the Computer Science Department of the Technion since 1974. Shimon Even was the PhD advisor of Oded Goldreich, a prominent cryptographer.

Shimon Adaf            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Shimon Adaf: is an Israeli poet and author born in Sderot.Shimon Adaf's first book of poetry, Icarus' Monologue won a prize from the Israeli Ministry of Education. In 1996–2000, Adaf studied at Tel Aviv University, simultaneously writing articles on literature, film and rock music for Israeli newspapers. In 2000–2005, he worked as a prose editor for Keter Publishing House.

Ran Ben Shimon            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Ran Ben Shimon: an Israeli football manager and formerly a professional football player with Hapoel Haifa and the Israel national football team. This days he is in charge at Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. as their head coach.

Masato Shimon            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masato Shimon: a Japanese vocalist from Meguro, Tokyo. He is most known for his contributions to the theme songs of various anime and tokusatsu series. In his career, he has sung under the names Kouichi Fuji (? ?? ,Fuji Koichi?), Akira Tani (? ??? ,Tani Akira?), and Ryu Kisami (??? ? ,Kisami Ryu?). "Masato Shimon" is also his recording name, as he was born with the name Masaharu Fujikawa (?? ?? ,Fujikawa Masaharu?). He recorded a song "Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun" (1975) with only 50,000 yen, but the single sold 4,547,620 copies and became the best-selling single in Japan. It is also listed in the Guinness World Records.[1]

Sab Shimono            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sab Shimono: is an American theater, film and television actor and dancer, known for his portrayal of foreign or Asian characters in various roles in film and television. His roles have included Prince Chulalongkorn in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, college student T.J. Padmanagham in High Time, and Ho-Jon in seven episodes of the television series M*A*S*H.