Solomon (name)
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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");, 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 Koranic prophet Suleiman and King Solomon are generally regarded as accounts of the same person.)
The following are usually identified a "Solomon" without qualification by a surname:
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
-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
Shalom
Shalom is a Hebrew word meaning peace, completeness, and welfare and can be used idiomatically to mean both hello and goodbye...
("peace");, and is often chosen in part as a reference to the well-known King Solomon
Solomon
Solomon , according to the Book of Kings and the Book of Chronicles, a King of Israel and according to the Talmud one of the 48 prophets, is identified as the son of David, also called Jedidiah in 2 Samuel 12:25, and is described as the third king of the United Monarchy, and the final king before...
mentioned in the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible is a term used by biblical scholars outside of Judaism to refer to the Tanakh , a canonical collection of Jewish texts, and the common textual antecedent of the several canonical editions of the Christian Old Testament...
. (The Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
name سليمان, Suleiman
Suleiman
Suleiman is the main transliteration of the Arabic name, , the name means "man of peace" and corresponds to the English name Solomon.The word may also be transliterated as Sulaiman, Suleman, Soliman, Sulayman, Süleyman, Sulejman, Sleiman, Sleman, Solyman or Seleman...
or Sulayman, also meaning "peace", is regarded as equivalent to Solomon, and the Koranic prophet Suleiman and King Solomon are generally regarded as accounts of the same person.)
The following are usually identified a "Solomon" without qualification by a surname:
- Solomon the Eunuch, associate of Byzantine general BelisariusBelisariusFlavius Belisarius was a general of the Byzantine Empire. He was instrumental to Emperor Justinian's ambitious project of reconquering much of the Mediterranean territory of the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost less than a century previously....
- Solomon of Montpellier, a 13th century Rabbi
- Solomon, the professional name of the British pianist Solomon Cutner (1902-1988)
Politicians
- Albert SolomonAlbert SolomonAlbert Edgar Solomon was an Australian politician. He was Premier of Tasmania from 14 June 1912 to 6 April 1914....
(1876-1914), Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania - Anthony M. SolomonAnthony M. SolomonAnthony Morton Solomon was Undersecretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs during the Carter administration, and President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York between 1980 and 1984. His affiliation with government service began with an appointment by President Franklin Roosevelt to be a...
(1919-2008), American Treasury Undersecretary and President of the Federal Reserve Board of New York - Gerald B. H. Solomon (1930-2001), American politician
- John R. SolomonJohn R. SolomonJohn R. Solomon was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1941 to 1957, alternately as an independent and as a Liberal-Progressive....
(1910-1985), Canadian politician - Vaiben SolomonVaiben SolomonVaiben Louis Solomon was the 21st Premier of South Australia and a member of the first Australian Commonwealth parliament....
(1853-1908), Premier of South Australia
Academics
- Edward I. SolomonEdward I. SolomonProfessor Edward I. Solomon is the current Monroe E. Spaght Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University. He is an elected member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts...
(born 1946), the Monroe E. SpaghtMonroe SpaghtMonroe Edward Spaght was a research chemist who became president and chairman of the Shell Oil Company. In 1965,he became the first American managing director of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, Shell's parent company.-Early life:...
Professor of Chemistry at Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San... - Gustave SolomonGustave SolomonGustave Solomon was a mathematician and engineer who was one of the founders of the algebraic theory of error-correction. He received Ph.D. in Mathematics at MIT in 1956 under direction of Kenkichi Iwasawa....
(1930-1996), American mathematician and engineer - Immanuel the RomanImmanuel the RomanImmanuel ben Solomon ben Jekuthiel of Rome was an Italian-Jewish scholar and satirical poet. He was a member of a prominent, wealthy family and occupied an important position in Rome, possibly secretary or treasurer of the Jewish community there...
or Immanuel Ben Solomon (1261-1328), Italian-Jewish scholar and poet - Martin K. SolomonMartin K. SolomonMartin K. Solomon is an award-winning professor of Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University since 1981, and is currently Assistant Chair for the Computer Science and Engineering Department. He authored two books on Oracle8i and one on Oracle9i that were published by McGraw-Hill. Dr...
, mathematician - Maynard SolomonMaynard SolomonMaynard Solomon has carried out a multiple career: he was a co-founder of Vanguard Records as well as a music producer, and later became a writer on music.-Career in the recording industry:...
, Beethoven scholar - Richard SolomonRichard SolomonRichard Lester Solomon was a psychologist well known for his work with in comparative psychology, as well as his opponent-process theory of emotion....
(1918-1995), psychologist - Robert C. SolomonRobert C. SolomonRobert C. Solomon was a professor of continental philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin in the USA.-Early life:...
(1942-2007), American philosophy professor - Sheldon SolomonSheldon SolomonSheldon Solomon is a professor of psychology who teaches at Skidmore College. He earned his B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College and his doctoral degree from the University of Kansas...
, psychology professor
In sports
- Dean SolomonDean SolomonDean Solomon is retired Australian rules footballer. He played for the Fremantle Dockers and the Essendon Bombers in his 13 year, 209 games and a premiership career.-Early career:...
, Australian footballer - Duane SolomonDuane SolomonDuane Solomon is an American Track and field athletics competitor, primarily known for the 800 metres. He ran for his home country in the 2007 IAAF World Championships. He also took the gold medal at the North American, Central American and Caribbean Under 23 Championships in 2006...
American middle distance runner - Freddie SolomonFreddie Solomon.Freddie Solomon , is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the 2nd round of the 1975 NFL Draft. A 5'11", 184-lb. wide receiver from the University of Tampa, Solomon played in 11 NFL seasons for the Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers from 1975 to 1985...
, former American football player - George SolomonGeorge SolomonGeorge Solomon is a former sports editor and columnist at The Washington Post and was the first ombudsman for ESPN.Solomon is a 1963 graduate of the University of Florida. He began working at the Post in 1972. He served as assistant managing editor for sports from 1975 to 2003. From 2003 to his...
, American sportswriter - Harold SolomonHarold SolomonHarold Solomon was an American professional tennis player during the 1970s and 1980s. He achieved a career-high ranking of No. 5 in the world in 1980.- Tennis career :...
, former tennis player - Jesse SolomonJesse SolomonJesse William Solomon is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League from 1986 to 1994 for the Minnesota Vikings, Dallas Cowboys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Atlanta Falcons, and the Miami Dolphins. He played college football at Florida State University and was drafted in the...
, former American football player - Joe SolomonJoe SolomonJoseph Stanislaus Solomon is a former West Indian cricketer who played 27 Tests for the West Indies. He played Test cricket from 1958 to 1965, scoring 1326 runs, mainly from number six and seven in the batting line-up...
, former West Indian cricketer - Mose Solomon (1900-1966), rabbi, baseball player
- Shalonda SolomonShalonda SolomonShalonda Solomon is an American Track and Field sprinter. Her greatest International accomplishment currently is a silver medal in the 100 metres at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup while representing the Americas team. She qualified for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics by winning the 200...
American Sprinter - Willie Solomon, basketball player
- Tintu Solomon, football player
Television
- Dick SolomonDick SolomonDr. Richard Solomon, usually known as Dick Solomon, is a character played by John Lithgow in the late '90s NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. Solomon is the High Commander of a highly trained alien unit, sent to Earth by their leader, The Big Giant Head...
, lead character of the television sitcom '3rd Rock from the Sun' - Sally SolomonSally SolomonSally Solomon is a fictional character from the television sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun.-Role as female:Prior to arriving on Earth, the Solomons had some sort of contest to determine who would be male or female...
, character in the television sitcom '3rd Rock from the Sun' - Harry SolomonHarry SolomonHarry S. Solomon is a character in 3rd Rock from the Sun, played by French Stewart. He is the brother of Dick Solomon and Sally Solomon, and the uncle of Tommy Solomon. His middle initial is mentioned in the episode "Dick the Vote." French Stewart said in a 1998 interview, "The way the character...
, character in the television sitcom '3rd Rock from the Sun' - Tommy SolomonTommy Solomon (3rd Rock from the Sun)Tommy Solomon is a fictional character created by Bonnie and Terry Turner from the American sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. He was portrayed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.-Ironic age:...
, character in the television sitcom '3rd Rock from the Sun'
Other
- David Solomon (TV producer), television director and producer
- David Solomon (writer), scholar and writer
- David A. Solomon, computer consultant and writer
- David SolomonSolomon curve]The Solomon curve is the graphical representation of the research conducted by David Solomon in the late 1950s and published in 1964.- The original research :...
, researcher and creator of the Solomon curve - Elijah ben Solomon, also known as Vilna GaonVilna GaonElijah ben Shlomo Zalman Kramer, known as the Vilna Gaon or Elijah of Vilna and simply by his Hebrew acronym Gra or Elijah Ben Solomon, , was a Talmudist, halachist, kabbalist, and the foremost leader of non-hasidic Jewry of the past few centuries...
(1720-1797), noted rabbi - Francis Darwin Solomon (1937-1998), American actor, professionally known as Darwin JostonDarwin JostonFrancis Darwin Solomon was an American actor known professionally as Darwin Joston...
- Haym SolomonHaym SolomonHaym Solomon was a Spanish and Portuguese Jew who immigrated to New York from Poland during the period of the American Revolution, and who became a prime financier of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War against Great Britain.-Early years:Descended from Jewish refugees from...
(1740-1785), financier of the U.S. in the Revolutionary War - Ikey SolomonIkey SolomonIsaac "Ikey" Solomon was an English criminal who became an extremely successful receiver of stolen property. He gained fame for his crimes, escape from arrest, and his high-profile recapture and trial...
(1785-1850), English criminal - Job ben Solomon or Ayuba Suleiman DialloAyuba Suleiman DialloAyuba Suleiman Diallo , also known as Job ben Solomon, was a famous enslaved Muslim who was a victim of the Atlantic slave trade...
(1701-1773), Muslim slave and writer - Josh Solomon, guitar player and lead singer of the band Josh and the Empty Pockets
- Kimberly QuinnKimberly QuinnKimberly Quinn , is an American journalist, commentator and magazine publisher and writer. Latterly the publisher of British conservative news magazine The Spectator....
, born Kimberley Solomon, American journalist, commentator, and magazine publisher - Lawrence SolomonLawrence SolomonLawrence Solomon is a Canadian writer on the environment and the founder and executive director of Energy Probe, a Canadian non-governmental environmental organization...
, columnist - Linda SolomonLinda SolomonLinda Solomon is an American music critic and editor. Although she has written about various aspects of popular culture, her main focus has been on folk music, blues, R&B, jazz and country music...
, music critic - Norman SolomonNorman SolomonNorman Solomon is an American journalist, media critic, antiwar activist, and current candidate for the United States House of Representatives. Solomon is a longtime associate of the media watch group Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting...
, author and media critic - Robert SolomonRobert SolomonRobert Solomon may refer to:* Robert Solomon , former member of the Australian House of Representatives* Robert M. Solomon, Methodist Bishop* Robert B. Solomon, US Major General...
(disambiguation) - Robert Solomon (Australian politician)Robert Solomon (Australian politician)Robert John Solomon AM is a retired Australian politician. Born in Condobolin, New South Wales, he was educated at Barker College, the University of Sydney and Oxford University before receiving a PhD from the University of Tasmania...
(born 1931), former member of the Australian House of Representatives - Robert M. Solomon, Methodist Bishop
- Robert B. Solomon, US Major General
- Robert C. SolomonRobert C. SolomonRobert C. Solomon was a professor of continental philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin in the USA.-Early life:...
(1942-2007), lecturer in continental philosophy at the University of Texas - Russ Solomon, founder of now-defunct Tower Records
- Shirley SolomonShirley SolomonShirley Solomon is a Canadian television talk show host.She hosted The Shirley Show, a daily afternoon talk show on CTV from September 1989-1995...
, Canadian television talk show host - Simeon SolomonSimeon SolomonSimeon Solomon was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter-Biography:...
, British Pre-Raphaelite painter - Solomon Joseph SolomonSolomon Joseph SolomonSolomon Joseph Solomon, RA, was a British Pre-Raphaelite painter, of no relation to Simeon Solomon...
, British Pre-Raphaelite painter - Vonzell SolomonVonzell SolomonVonzell Monique Solomon , nicknamed Baby V, is an American singer and aspiring actress who finished in third place in the fourth season of the televised singing competition American Idol. She also appeared in the independent movie Still Green.-Biography:Born in Baxley, Georgia, Solomon's family...
, American singer - Stacey SolomonStacey SolomonStacey Solomon is a British singer, television presenter, model and reality TV star. She rose to fame during her time on the sixth series of The X Factor, coming third overall on the show...
, X Factor contestant
People with Solomon or Sol as given name
- Solomon the Eunuch
- 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...
, a football player - Solomon Cutner (1902-1988), British pianist
- Sol Lesser, a film producer
- Solomon "Sol" TrujilloSolomon TrujilloSolomon Dennis "Sol" Trujillo is an American businessman. He was the chief executive officer of Telstra, Australia's largest telecommunications company...
, CEO of Telstra - Sol Rosenberg (Louisiana businessman)Sol Rosenberg (Louisiana businessman)Sol Rosenberg was a Jewish survivor of the German Nazi death and concentration camps who became an industrialist and philanthropist in Monroe, northeastern Louisiana....
, businessman and Dachau concentration camp survivor - Sol SternSol SternSol Stern is a senior fellow with the conservative Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor to its quarterly magazine City Journal. He is the author of Breaking Free: Public School Lessons and the Imperative of School Choice , and has written extensively on education reform...
, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute - 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...
, former Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals