The centrepiece is an artwork by Simon Watkinson, named Hyperscope ; the stainless steel column incorporates lighting effects and represents the town's coal mining heritage and history as a wartime submarine base.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Simon Guggenheim attended Central High School and Peirce College before settling in Pueblo, Colorado, where he worked as the chief ore buyer for his father's mining and smelting operation, M. Guggenheim ’ s Sons.

The narrator finds Simon at the " decayed mining camp of Angel's " The narrator asks the fat, bald-headed man about Leonidas.

The town was named after Orkney Isles off the north coast of Scotland, the birthplace of Simon Fraser, one of the gold mining pioneers of the 1880s.

Subholdings of Gulf + Western were blue chip names such as Paramount Pictures ( acquired in 1966 ), Madison Square Garden, and Simon & Schuster publishing as well as less glamorous holdings such as mining, New Jersey Zinc Company.

This was in contrast to the industry's common practice, in which credits were often missing, although some artists at other companies, such as the Jack Kirby-Joe Simon team, Jack Cole and Bob Kane had been prominently promoted.

* 1957 – Simon McBurney, English actor, writer and director

* 1913 – Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel laureate ( d. 2005 )

* 1913 – Joe Simon, American comic book artist and writer ( d. 2011 )

* 1913 – Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and writer ( d. 1987 )

* August 25 – Simon McBurney, British actor, writer and theatre director

** Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 2005 )

* October 11 – Joe Simon, American comic book artist and writer ( d. 2011 )

* July 18 – Simon Vinkenoog, Dutch poet and writer ( d. 2009 )

* July 29 – Simon Dach, Prussian lyrical poet and writer of hymns ( d. 1659 )

* December 14 – Joe Simon, American comic book writer and artist ( b. 1913 )

Larry Simon Gelbart ( February 25, 1928 – September 11, 2009 ) was an American television writer, playwright, screenwriter and author.

He told writer Alex Simon " In the interest of maintaining my friendships with Jack Nicholson and Robert Evans, I ’ d rather not go into it, but let ’ s just say The Two Jakes wasn ’ t a pleasant experience for any of us.

* Simon Blumenfeld, writer and columnist

The more enduring Johann Schmidt version of the Red Skull was created by writer France Herron and artist Kirby ( with Simon on inks ); he first appeared in Captain America Comics # 7 ( Oct. 1941 ).

As of 2009, notable residents living in or close to Wymondham include / have included George Szirtes, poet ; Oliver Winterbottom, car designer ; Simon Beaufoy, writer of the films ' The Full Monty ' and ' Slumdog Millionaire '; Bill Bryson, humorist, author and travel writer ; Justin Hawkins, singer with The Darkness ; and the late Edwin Gooch, MP and President of the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers.

* The Dutch writer Simon Vestdijk's 1938 novel De nadagen van Pilatus ( The Last Days of Pilate ) presents an account of Pilate's life after the crucifixion.

According to music writer Simon Reynolds, the hallmark of 1980s synthpop was its " emotional, at times operatic singers " such as Marc Almond, Alison Moyet and Annie Lennox.

* Simon Beaufoy, writer of the screenplay for the films The Full Monty and Slumdog Millionaire

* Simon Brett, writer

The comic was created by writer Simon Oliver and artist Tony Moore.

* Simon Nye-TV writer who was born in Burgess Hill.

The famous Dutch writer Simon Vestdijk was born in Harlingen and used to depict his hometown in his writings as Lahringen.

Simon Pegg ( born Simon John Beckingham ; 14 February 1970 ) is an English actor, comedian, writer, film producer, and director.

* 1958 – Simon Baron-Cohen, English psychiatrist and author

There have been numerous appearances from NPR personalities, including Bob Edwards, Susan Stamberg, Scott Simon, Ray Suarez, Will Shortz, Sylvia Poggioli, and commentator and author Daniel Pinkwater.

In The Sciences of the Artificial by polymath Herbert A. Simon the author asserts design to be a meta-discipline of all professions.

A modern grimoire is the Simon Necronomicon, named after a fictional book of magic in the stories of author H. P. Lovecraft, and inspired by Babylonian mythology and the Ars Goetia, a section in the Lesser Key of Solomon which concerns the summoning of demons.

According to author Simon Reeve, Afif, Nazzal and one of their confederates had all worked in various capacities in the Olympic Village, and had spent a couple of weeks scouting out their potential target.

It was at this time he began his controversy with Simon Episcopius, who, in attacking the Coronis, railed against the author as having been " a disturber of the public peace in his native country, so that the English magistrates had banished him thence ; and now, by his late printed Coronis, he was raising new disturbances in the peaceable Netherlands.

** Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author ( b. 1932 )

* February 12 – Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author ( d. 1998 )

Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn (; 19 February 1948 – 6 May 2002 ), was a Dutch politician, civil servant, sociologist, author and professor who formed his own party, Pim Fortuyn List ( Lijst Pim Fortuyn or LPF ) in 2002.

In a 1984 interview for Polyhedron Newszine, Gary Gygax revealed several " alternate Oerths " while explaining the setting for his HEROES CHALLENGE game books, co-written with author Flint Dille and published under the aegis of the Dungeons & Dragons Entertainment Corporation by the Wanderer Book division of Simon & Schuster.

From his days in magazine publishing, Jim Baen had a reputation for being able to recognize a gem in the rough and the ability to take a new author and nurture and train him up able to write salable material, and establish himself, which were some of the qualities desired by Simon and Schuster on their team.

The most prominent current advocate of the ensemble interpretation is Leslie E. Ballentine, professor at Simon Fraser University, author of the graduate level text book Quantum Mechanics, A Modern Development.

Other well-known alumni: syndicated columnist and Politico editor Roger Simon, reclusive media mogul Fred Eychaner, environmental journalist William Allen, investigative reporter Seymour Hersh, New York Times columnist David Brooks, author of Bobos in Paradise, pop artist Claes Oldenburg, consumer advocate David Horowitz, columnist Mike Royko, and Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Herbert Lawrence Block, ( commonly known as Herblock ).

In March 2011, Simon & Schuster published a new biography of Campanella written by Neil Lanctot, author of Negro League Baseball-The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution.

* The Reverend Simon Bailey, priest and author

* Simon Winchester – British author and historian ; The Surgeon of Crowthorne ; The Map that Changed the World.

Shane P. Simon, author of " The Prophecy " lives in Buckingham Township.

It is based on the 1984 novel A Shock to the System by British author Simon Brett.

Simon Hawke ( born September 30, 1951 ) is an American author of mainly science fiction and fantasy novels.

* 2006-" Only Loved at Night " on Rip it Up-compiled by Simon Reynolds author of Rip it Up and Start Again

Beltram was referenced as a pioneer in the late 1990s house music scene by Daft Punk, in their song " Teachers " off their 1997 debut album, Homework and author, Simon Reynolds, credited Beltram with having " revolutionized techno twice before the age of 21 ," when describing both " Energy Flash " and " Mentasm " in his book Generation Ecstasy.

Carly Elisabeth Simon ( born June 25, 1945 ) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author.