Sol (name)
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Sol is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Sol BloomSol BloomSol Bloom was an entertainment and popular music entrepreneur who billed himself as "Sol Bloom, the Music Man" and served for many years in the United States House of Representatives.-Early life:...
(1870-1949), member of the U.S. House of Representatives and entertainment entrepreneur - Sol BrodskySol BrodskySol Brodsky was an American comic book artist who, as Marvel Comics' Silver Age production manager, was one of the key architects of the small company's expansion to a major pop culture conglomerate. He later rose to vice president, operations and vice president, special projects...
(1923-1984), American comic book artist and key Marvel Comics executive - Sol CampbellSol CampbellSulzeer Jeremiah "Sol" Campbell is an English footballer who is currently a free agent. A central defender, Campbell has played for Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Portsmouth, Notts County and Newcastle United, as well as the English national team.Born in East London to Jamaican parents, Campbell's...
(born 1974), English footballer - Sol DavisSol DavisSol Sebastian Davis is an English footballer who plays for Kettering Town.-Career:Born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Davis is a left-back who played over 130 times for Swindon Town before being transferred to Luton Town in August 2002, bought by then manager Joe Kinnear.Davis was named Players'...
(born 1979), English footballer - Sol GabettaSol GabettaSol Gabetta is an Argentine cellist of French and Russian descent, now settled in Switzerland.- Biography :...
(born 1981), Argentinian cellist - Sol HachuelSol HachuelSol Hachuel was a Jewish heroine, who was publicly beheaded when she was 17 years old. She was executed for alleged apostasy from Islam—apparently without ever having converted to Islam. She once said:...
(1817–1834), Jewish martyr and heroine - Sol HoopiiSol HoopiiSol Hoʻopiʻi was born Solomon Hoʻopiʻi Kaʻaiʻai in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was a Native Hawaiian guitarist, claimed by many as the all-time best lap steel guitar virtuoso, and he is one the most famous original Hawaiian steel guitarists, along with Joseph Kekuku, Frank Ferera, Sam Ku West and "King"...
(1902-1953), Hawaiian guitarist - Sol HurokSol HurokSol Hurok was a world-famous 20th century American impresario.-Biography:...
(1888-1974), American impresario - Sol KaplanSol KaplanSol Kaplan was a prolific film and television music composer.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kaplan worked as a successful concert pianist, including performing at Carnegie Hall in 1941. That same year, Kaplan composed his first film score. He went on to write music for dozens of films...
(1919-1990), American film and television music composer - Sol KerznerSol KerznerSolomon Kerzner is a South African accountant and business magnate.-Background and career:Kerzner was born in Troyeville, Johannesburg, the youngest of four children to Jewish Russian immigrants...
(born 1935), South African businessman - Sol Lesser (1890-1980), American film producer
- Sol LeWittSol LeWittSolomon "Sol" LeWitt was an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual art and Minimalism....
(1928-2007), American artist - Sol LinowitzSol LinowitzSol Myron Linowitz was an American diplomat, lawyer, and businessman born in Trenton, NJ.Linowitz helped negotiate the return of the Panama Canal to Panama under the direction of President Jimmy Carter...
(1913-2005), American diplomat, lawyer, and businessman - Sol PlaatjeSol PlaatjeSolomon Tshekisho Plaatje was a South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator, and writer. The Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, which includes the city of Kimberley, was named after him.-Early life:...
(1876-1932), South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator, and writer - Sol PriceSol PriceSol Price was the founder of FedMart and Price Club . He is considered a pioneer of the "warehouse store" retail model....
(1916-2009), American businessman and founder of FedMart and Price Club - Sol SchoenbachSol SchoenbachSol Schoenbach was an American bassoonist and teacher.Schoenbach was a student of the distinguished bassoonist Simon Kovar. He studied at the New York University, and held honorary doctorates from Temple University and the Curtis Institute of Music. Schoenbach held the position of staff bassoonist...
(1915-1999), American bassoonist, teacher and pedagogue - Sol C. Siegel (1903-1982), American reporter and film producer
- Sol SpiegelmanSol SpiegelmanSol Spiegelman was an American molecular biologist. He developed the technique of nucleic acid hybridization, which helped to lay the groundwork for advances in recombinant DNA technology....
(1914-1983), American molecular biologist - Sol StarSol StarSolomon "Sol" Star was an early resident of the town of Deadwood, South Dakota.Star was born in Austria-Hungary to Jewish parents. When he was ten years of age, his family moved to Ohio. When he grew older he moved to Helena, Montana, where he served as territorial auditor and personal secretary...
(1840-1917), businessman and politician - Sol TaxSol TaxSol Tax was an American anthropologist. He is best known for his studies of the Meskwaki, or Fox, Indians, for "action-anthropological" research titled the Fox Project, and for founding the academic journal Current Anthropology. He received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1935.Tax...
(1907-1995), American anthropologist - Solomon TrujilloSolomon TrujilloSolomon Dennis "Sol" Trujillo is an American businessman. He was the chief executive officer of Telstra, Australia's largest telecommunications company...
(born 1951), American businessman - Sol WachtlerSol WachtlerSolomon Wachtler, born , is a lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1985 to 1993. Known for the remark, "A marriage license should not be viewed as a license for a husband to forcibly rape his wife with impunity" , Wachtler was a key figure in...
(born 1930), American lawyer, politician, and disgraced ex-judge