Famous People with Name Szymon

Szymon Okolski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Szymon Okolski: (also known as Simon Okolski) (1580 - 1653) was a well-known Polish-Lithuanian historian, theologian, and specialist in heraldry. His own clan and coat of arms were that of Rawicz. Born in Kamieniec Podolski, died in Lviv. He headed chairs of theology in Lviv and Bologna. A member of the Dominican Order, in 1641 he became a superior of the Dominican monastery in Kamieniec Podolski.

Szymon Ziólkowski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Szymon Ziólkowski: (born 1 July 1976 in Poznan, Poland) is a Polish hammer thrower and an Olympic gold medal winner from Sydney 2000.

Szymon Abramowicz Winawer            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Szymon Abramowicz Winawer: (March 6, 1838 – January 12, 1920), born in Warsaw, Poland, was a leading chess player who won the German Chess Championship in 1883.

Szymon Gasinski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Szymon Gasinski: a Polish footballer who currently plays for Zaglebie Sosnowiec.

Szymon Kazmierowski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Szymon Kazmierowski: a Polish football player currently playing for Polonia Warsaw in the Polish Ekstraklasa.

Elaine Eisfelder Szymoniak            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elaine Eisfelder Szymoniak: was a State Senator from the U.S. state of Iowa, a former City Council Member representing the city of Des Moines, Iowa and a retired hearing and speech specialist, counselor, and administrator for the Iowa Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.

Szymon Szymonowic            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Szymon Szymonowic: was a Polish Renaissance poet. He was known as "the Polish Pindar."Szymonowic studied in Poland (Lwów, Kraków), France and Belgium. From 1586 he was associated with Grand Hetman and Royal Chancellor Jan Zamoyski, with whom in 1593–1605 he organized the Zamojski Academy.[1]In 1590 he was elevated to the nobility (szlachta), with Kosciesza coat-of-arms.