Simon Anthony Lee Brett OBE FRSL is a British author of detective fiction, a playwright, and a producer-writer for television and radio. As an author, he is best known for his mystery series featuring Charles Paris, Mrs Pargeter, Fethering, and Blotto & Twinks. His radio credits have included The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and Just a Minute.

Simon Carmiggelt was a Dutch writer, journalist, and poet who became a well known public figure in the Netherlands because of his daily newspaper columns and his television appearances.

Simon Ivanes dze Chikovani was a prominent Georgian poet. He set out to be the leader of the Georgian Futurist movement and ended up as a Soviet establishment figure.

Simon Clark is a horror novelist from Doncaster, England. He is the author of the novel The Night of the Triffids, the novella Humpty's Bones, and the short story Goblin City Lights, which have all won awards.

Simon Critchley is an English philosopher and the Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York, USA.

Simon Dach was a German lyrical poet and hymnwriter, born in Memel, Duchy of Prussia.

Simon Dubnow was a Jewish-Russian historian, writer and activist.

Simon Eliot is professor of the History of the Book at the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, at the University of London. He is the general editor of the History of Oxford University Press and the editor of Publishing History. He is the joint editor of Wiley-Blackwell's A Companion to the History of the Book (2007).

Simon Webster Frith is a British sociomusicologist and former rock critic who specializes in popular music culture. He is Professor Emeritus of Music at University of Edinburgh.

Simon Frug was a multi-lingual Russian and Yiddish poet, lyricist and author.