Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles charts, "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water". In 1970, at the height of their popularity, the duo split, and Simon began a successful solo career, recording three highly-acclaimed albums over the next five years. In 1986, he released Graceland, an album inspired by South African township music that helped fuel the anti-apartheid movement.

Besides music, Simon wrote and starred in the film One Trick Pony in 1980 and co-wrote the Broadway musical The Capeman in 1998.

Through his solo and collaborative work, Simon has earned 13 Grammys, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2001, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2006 was selected as one of the 100 People Who Shaped the World by Time magazine. Among many other honors, Simon was named the first recipient of the Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2007.

他们重唱的成就有目共睹:1966年，他们合作的第二张专辑《寂静之声》，同名单曲在美国排行榜上获得冠军；1969年为影片《毕业生》所配的插曲《斯卡泊罗集市》获奥斯卡最佳电影插曲奖；《罗宾逊太太》同时获格莱美最佳录音奖；1970年推出的《忧愁河上的金桥》获得极大成功，在英美两国排行榜上均名列第一，唱片销售量超过900万张，当年就获得“最佳唱片”、“最佳单曲”等数项格莱美大奖。还有其他多个脍炙人口的歌曲如《回乡之旅》、《凯西之歌》、《拳击手》、《美国寻梦》等等，皆出自这两位黄金搭档的合作。他们的演唱配合得天衣无缝，表现手法变化多端，保罗·西蒙优美的诗一般的歌词，以及富于戏剧色彩的吉他演奏，与加芬克尔对声音细腻的处理完美结合，确立了他们二人的重唱在音乐史上不可动摇的地位。