Ferdinand Schimon
Ferdinand Schimon (6 April 1797 - 29 August 1852) was a German opera tenor and portrait painter.
His brother Maximilian Schimon (1805–1859) was also a painter, whilst Schimon's own son Adolf became a singing teacher, pianist and composer and Adolf's wife Anna Schimon-Regan was a singer and taught at the Leipzig Conservatoire and the Royal Academy for Music in Munich.