Mihail Asen Simeonov (Bulgarian: Михаил Симеонов) was a Bulgarian-born artist who moved to Tunis, then New York City, and finally Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He is best known for his Cast the Sleeping Elephant Project, a life-size bronze statue of an African elephant. It was produced by making an alginate cast in 1980 of a live, wild Kenyan elephant bull, which survived the 72-minute process unharmed.