Solomon (name)

Solomon is a Hebrew-derived surname and given name; Sol as a given name is usually a form of "Solomon". Its Hebrew form, Shlomo שלמה is related to the word shalom ("peace");^[1] and is often chosen in part as a reference to the well-known King Solomon mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. (The Arabic name سليمان, Suleiman or Sulayman, also meaning "peace", is regarded as equivalent to Solomon, and the Islamic prophet Suleiman and King Solomon are generally regarded as accounts of the same person.)

Single name

• Solomon (Byzantine general), 6th-century Byzantine eunuch general, governor of Africa
• Solomon the Eunuch, associate of Byzantine general Belisarius
• Solomon of Hungary
• Solomon I of Imereti
• Solomon II of Imereti
• Solomon of Montpellier, a 13th-century Rabbi
• Solomon (pianist), the professional name of the British pianist Solomon Cutner
• Solomon (rapper) (born 1991) American electronic hip-pop recording artist

Given name

• Solomon Brannan, American football player
• Solomon Busendich (born 1984) Kenyan long-distance runner
• Solomon Burke (1940–2010) American recording artist
• Sol Campbell, football player
• Solomon Elimimian (born 1986), American football player
• Solomon Ferris (c.1748-1803), British naval officer
• Solomon kaDinuzulu (1891–1933) king of the Zulu nation from 1913 until 1933
• Sol Lesser, film producer
• Solomon Luna (1858-1912), American rancher and banker.
• Solomon Northup (1808-c.1863), free black man kidnapped into slavery
• Sol Rosenberg, businessman and Dachau concentration camp survivor
• Sol Stern, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute
• Solomon Sufrin (1881–1931), New York assemblyman
• Solomon Trujillo (born 1951) American businessman
• Sol Wachtler, former Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals

Surname

• Albert Solomon (1876–1914), Australian politician, premier of Tasmania
• Anthony M. Solomon (1919–2008), American Treasury undersecretary and president of the Federal Reserve Board of New York
• Anu Solomon (born 1996), American football player
• Charles J. Solomon (1906–1975), American bridge player
• Clinton Solomon (born 1983), American football player
• David Solomon (disambiguation), several people
• Dean Solomon, Australian footballer
• Duane Solomon American middle distance runner
• Edward I. Solomon (born 1946), Stanford University chemistry professor
• Emanuel Solomon (1800–1875) pioneer of South Australia
• Francis Darwin Solomon (1937–1998), American actor, professionally known as Darwin Joston
• Freddie Solomon, American football player
• George Solomon, American sportswriter
• Gerald B. H. Solomon (1930–2001), American politician
• Grant Solomon (born 1995), American tennis player
• Gustave Solomon (1930–1996), American mathematician and engineer
• Harold Solomon (born 1952), American tennis player
• Haym Solomon (1740–1785), financier of the U.S. in the Revolutionary War
• Ikey Solomon (1785–1850), English criminal
• Jacques Solomon (1908–1942), French physicist and Marxist
• Jesse Solomon, American football player
• Joe Solomon, West Indian cricketer
• John R. Solomon (1910–1985), Canadian politician
• Josh Solomon, guitar player and lead singer of the band Josh and the Empty Pockets
• Kimberley Solomon, birth name of Kimberly Quinn (born 1961), American journalist, commentator, and magazine publisher
• Lawrence Solomon, columnist
• Linda Solomon, music critic
• Martin K. Solomon, mathematician
• Martin M. Solomon (born 1950), New York state senator and Supreme Court judge
• Maynard Solomon, psychologist, music producer, and writer
• Morris Solomon, Jr., serial killer
• Mose Solomon (1900–1966), rabbi and baseball player
• Norman Solomon, author and media critic
• Peggy Solomon (1909–1995), American bridge player
• Richard Solomon (disambiguation), several people
• Robert Solomon (disambiguation), several people
• Rosalind Fox Solomon (born 1930), American photographer
• Russ Solomon, founder of Tower Records
• Samuel Moss Solomon (1769–1842), early settler in Australia, many notable descendants
• Shalonda Solomon American sprinter
• Sheldon Solomon, co-developer of terror management theory
• Shirley Solomon, Canadian television talk show host
• Simeon Solomon, British Pre-Raphaelite painter
• Solomon Joseph Solomon, British Pre-Raphaelite painter
• Stacey Solomon (born 1989) British singer, television presenter, and model
• Suniti Solomon (1938 or 1939–2015), Indian physician and microbiologist
• Vaiben Louis Solomon (1853–1908) first mayor of Darwin and 21st premier of South Australia
• Vonzell Solomon, American singer
• Willie Solomon, basketball player

Fictional characters

• Dick Solomon, lead character of the television sitcom '3rd Rock from the Sun'
• Sally Solomon, character in the television sitcom '3rd Rock from the Sun'
• Harry Solomon, character in the television sitcom '3rd Rock from the Sun'
• Tommy Solomon, character in the television sitcom '3rd Rock from the Sun'
• Peter Solomon, character in Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol
• Katherine Solomon, character in Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol

See also

• Solomon (disambiguation)
• Salman
• Sol (given name)

References