What is "simo"

Simo or SIMO may refer to:

• Simo (given name), a given
• Simo (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
• Simo (society), a secret society in West Africa
• Simo, Finland, a municipality of Finland
• Simo (weevil), a beetle genus in the tribe Peritelini
• SIMO TCI (Salón Internacional de Mobiliario de Oficina / Tecnologías de la Comunicación e Información), an annual trade fair in Spain
• Single input, multiple outputs, a characterization of control system in system analysis
• SIMO (band), an American rock band formed in 2010.

The Simo society is a secret society in West Africa (esp. Ghana, Mali, Sierra Leone) also described as a "masked cult". It hails, according to a UNESCO report, from among either the Temne people or the Baga people at the time of the Mali Empire. The Susu people's political organization "assigned an important role to the Simo initiation society", and it "dominated" the organization of the Baga and the Landuma people. Initiation and other rites included masks, and of particular importance were fertility rites. The Simo were also one of many secret "cultic groups" (whose priests "possessed immense knowledge of herbs and roots") that practiced medicine to cure specific ailments.

Simo is a Finnish form of Simon or a Serbian male given name. People named Simo include:

• Simo Aalto (born 1960), Finnish stage magician
• Simo Boltić (born 1994), Serbian sprint canoer
• Simo Elaković (born 1940), Serbian philosopher and professor
• Simo Frangén (born 1963), Finnish TV presenter
• Simó de Guardiola y Hortoneda, Bishop of Urgel and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra from 1827 to 1851
• Simo Halonen, Finnish biathlete in the 1970s
• Simo Häyhä (1905-2002), Finnish sniper in the Winter War, credited with the most confirmed kills in a major war
• Simo Krunić (born 1967), Serbian football manager and former player
• Simo Kuzmanović (born 1986), Bosnian Serb footballer
• Simo Lampinen (born 1943), Finnish former rally driver
• Simo Mälkiä (born 1983), Finnish retired ice hockey defenceman
• Simo Matavulj (1852–1908), Serbian novelist
• Simo Nikolić (footballer) (born 1954), Yugoslav former footballer
• Simo Nikolić (sailor) (1941–2012), Croatian sailor
• Simo Nurminen (born 1949), Finnish orienteering competitor
• Simo Paavilainen (born 1944), Finnish architect and former dean and professor
• Simo Parpola (born 1943), Finnish archaeologist and professor
• Simo Puupponen (1915-1967), Finnish writer and novelist better known by the pen name Aapeli
• Simo Rundgren (born 1953), Finnish politician
• Simo Salminen (born 1932), Finnish comic and actor
• Simo Saarinen (born 1963), Finnish retired ice hockey defenceman
• Simo Syrjävaara (born 1943), Finish retired footballer and manager
• Simo Valakari (born 1973), Finnish football manager and retired player
• Simo Vuorilehto (born 1930), Finnish businessman, former Chairman and CEO of Nokia Corporation

Category:Finnish masculine given names

Simo is a surname which may refer to:

• Alfredo Fernández Simó (1915–1991), Dominican novelist, poet and diplomat
• Anna Simó i Castelló (born 1968), Catalan politician
• Ana María Simo (born 1943), New York playwright, essayist and novelist
• Augustine Simo (born 1978), Cameroonian footballer
• JD Simo (born 1985), American blues and rock musician
• Isabel-Clara Simó (born 1943), Valencian (Spanish) journalist and writer
• Mariví Simó (born 1983), Spanish football defender
• Lajos Simó (born 1943), Hungarian former handball player
• Sándor Simó (1934–2001), Hungarian film producer, director and screenwriter

SIMO is an American rock band which formed in Nashville, TN. The group is notable for having virtuoso guitarist JD Simo as the centerpiece and namesake. A blues-based psychedelic modern rock band that also incorporates extended improvisation into its live sets, they have released one self released album as well as a live EP and their first official album for the Mascot Label Group.