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Solomon Solomon (), also called Jedidiah, was the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), Kingdom of Israel and Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible. The successor of his father David, he is described as having been the penultimate ...

Israelite Israelites were a Hebrew language, Hebrew-speaking ethnoreligious group, consisting of tribes that lived in Canaan during the Iron Age. Modern scholarship describes the Israelites as emerging from indigenous Canaanites, Canaanite populations ...

monarch and son of

David David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Dam ...

. The name is derived from the

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''Solomōn'', borrowed from the

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''Solomṓn'' (Σολομών), ultimately from the

''Šĕlōmō'' (שְׁלֹמֹה). It is derived from the

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Š-L-M (ש-ל-ם), which translates to "whole, complete" which is also the basis of the word Shalom (שָׁלוֹם, ).

Single name

* Solomon (exilarch), ruled the Diaspora Jewish community 730–761 *

Solomon (magister militum) Solomon () was an East Roman (Byzantine) general from northern Mesopotamia, who distinguished himself as a commander in the Vandalic War and the reconquest of North Africa in 533–534. He spent most of the next decade in Africa as its governor g ...

(480s/490s–544), Byzantine eunuch general, governor of Africa * Solomon, Count of Cerdanya and Urgell (died c. 869) * Solomon of Hungary (1053–1087) * Solomon I (1735–1784) * Solomon II (1772–1815) * Solomon of Montpellier, 13th-century Rabbi * Solomon (pianist) (1902–1988), the professional name of the British pianist Solomon Cutner * Solomon (rapper) (born 1991), American electronic hip-pop recording artist

Given name

* Solomon Alabi, Nigerian basketball player * Solomon Dias Bandaranaika (1862–1946), Sri Lankan Maha Mudaliyar * Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaika (1899–1959), Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1956 to 1959 * Solomon Scott Beck (1883–1944), American politician from Maryland * Solomon Berihu (born 1999), Ethiopian distance runner * Solomon Brannan (born 1942), American football player * Solomon Busendich (born 1984), Kenyan long-distance runner * Solomon Burke (1940–2010), American recording artist * Solomon Byrd (born 1999), American football player * Solomon S. Calhoon (1838–1908), justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi *Solomon Barnett Chyte, birth name of Sydney Kyte (1896–1981), British bandleader * 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 * Solomon Kindley (born 1997), American football player *

Sol Lesser Sol Lesser (February 17, 1890 – September 19, 1980) was an American film producer. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1961. Biography In 1913, while living in San ...

(1890–1980), American film producer * Solomon Luna (1858–1912), American rancher and banker * Solomon Machover (1906–1976), American psychologist * Solomon P. McCurdy (1820–1890), justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory * Solomon Northup (1808 – c. 1863), American abolitionist and author * Solomon Rose (born c. 1987), English electronic musician * Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere (1848–1927), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and legislator * Park Solomon (born 1999), stage name Lomon, Uzbek-born South Korean actor * Solomon Shereshevsky (1886–1958), Russian journalist * Sol Stern (born 1935), American author * Solomon Sufrin (1881–1931), American politician * Solomon Thomas (born 1995), American football player * Solomon Trujillo (born 1951), American businessman * Sol Wachtler (born 1930), former Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals *

Solomon Feferman Solomon Feferman (December 13, 1928July 26, 2016) was an American philosopher and mathematician who worked in mathematical logic. In addition to his prolific technical work in proof theory, computability theory, and set theory, he was known for h ...

(1928–2016), American mathematician

Middle name

* Sujay Solomon Sutherson, Singaporean convicted killer (1980–2022)

Surname

* Abraham Solomon (1823–1862), British painter * Ada Solomon (born 1968), Romanian film producer * 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 Jarrett Pekelo Kahanuolaokalani "Anu" Solomon Jr. (born November 5, 1994) is a former American football quarterback for the Arizona Wildcats football, Arizona Wildcats and Baylor Bears football, Baylor Bears. He began his college football career ...

(born 1996), American football player * Barbara Probst Solomon (1928–2019), American author and journalist * Charles "King" Solomon (1884–1933), Russian-born mob boss of Boston * Charles J. Solomon (1906–1975), American bridge player * Clinton Solomon (born 1983), American football player * Daisy Solomon (1882–1978), South African / British suffragette * David Solomon (disambiguation), multiple people * Dean Solomon (born 1980), Australian footballer * Duane Solomon (born 1984), American middle distance runner * Edward I. Solomon (born 1946), Stanford University chemistry professor * Emanuel Solomon (1800–1875), pioneer of South Australia * Frances-Anne Solomon (born 1966), English-Caribbean-Canadian filmmaker, writer, producer, and distributor * Freddie Solomon (1953–2012), American football player * Georgiana Solomon (1844 –1933) Scottish / South African educator and suffragette * George Solomon (born c.1940), American sportswriter * Gerald 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 * Jared Solomon (disambiguation), multiple people * Javon Solomon (born 2001), American football player * Jesse Solomon, American football player * Jewel Solomon, American tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist *

Jimmie Lee Solomon Jimmie Lee Solomon (March 11, 1956October 8, 2020) was an American lawyer and baseball executive. He served as the executive vice president of baseball operations in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2005 to 2010, before going on to serve as the ...

(1956–2020), American lawyer and Major League Baseball executive * Joe Solomon (1930–2023), Guyanese cricketer *

John R. Solomon John Roman Solomon (May 24, 1910 in Zoria, Manitoba, Zoria, Manitoba – June 25, 1985) 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 Manitoba Lib ...

(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 * Laura Solomon (1974–2019), New Zealand novelist, playwright and poet * Lawrence Solomon, Canadian writer * Linda Solomon, American music critic and editor * Malia Solomon (1915–2005), American artist * Manor Solomon (born 1999), Israeli international association footballer * Martin K. Solomon, American computer scientist * Martin M. Solomon (born 1950), American politician, New York state senator and Supreme Court judge * Maynard Solomon, American psychologist, music producer, and writer * Morris Solomon Jr., American serial killer *

Mose Solomon Mose Hirsch Solomon, nicknamed the Rabbi of Swat (December 8, 1900 – June 25, 1966) was an American left-handed baseball player. In 1923, he hit 49 home runs in the minors, a new minor league record. He briefly played for the New York Giants i ...

(1900–1966), American rabbi and baseball player * Norman Solomon, American author and media critic * Peggy Solomon (1909–1995), American bridge player * Peter Solomon (disambiguation), multiple people *

Reanna Solomon Reanna Solomon (16 December 1981 – 1 July 2022) was a Nauruan weightlifter. She was the first female Nauruan athlete to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal, and remains one of the only three Nauruans ever to have won a Commonwealth Games gold, ...

(1981–2022), Nauruan Olympic weightlifter * Richard Solomon (disambiguation), multiple people * Rivers Solomon, American science fiction author * Robert Solomon (disambiguation), multiple people * Rosalind Fox Solomon (born 1930), American photographer *

Russ Solomon Russell Malcolm Solomon () was an American entrepreneur and most notable as the founder of the worldwide retail music store empire, Tower Records. Personal life Early life Russell Solomon was born in Sacramento, California, and grew up the ...

, American founder of Tower Records * Sam Solomon, pseudonym of a British author * Samuel Moss Solomon (1769–1842), early settler in Australia, many notable descendants * Saul Solomon (disambiguation), multiple people * Shalonda Solomon, American sprinter * Sheldon Solomon, American social psychologist, co-developer of terror management theory * Shirley Solomon, Canadian television talk show host *

Simeon Solomon Simeon Solomon (9 October 1840 – 14 August 1905) was a British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelites who was noted for his depictions of Jewish life and same-sex desire. His career was cut short as a result of public scandal following h ...

, British Pre-Raphaelite painter * Solomon family, historically notable family in Australian politics and business * Solomon Joseph Solomon, British Pre-Raphaelite painter * Stacey Solomon (born 1989), British singer, television presenter, and model * Steven Solomon (born 1993), Australian Olympic sprinter * Suniti Solomon (1938 or 1939 – 2015), Indian physician and microbiologist * Susan Solomon (born 1956), American atmospheric chemist, MIT faculty * Tupe Solomon-Tanoa'i, New Zealand diplomat * Vaiben Louis Solomon (1853–1908), first mayor of Darwin and 21st premier of South Australia * Virgil Solomon (1894–1972), Romanian physician and politician * Vonzell Solomon, American singer * Will Solomon (born 1978), American basketball player

Fictional characters

* Alfie Solomons, played by Tom Hardy in the British period crime drama

Peaky Blinders The Peaky Blinders were a street gang based in Birmingham, England, which operated from the 1880s until the 1920s. The group consisted largely of young criminals from lower- to working-class backgrounds. They engaged in robbery, violence, racke ...

* 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' * Solomon Kane, lead character in some Robert E. Howard short stories * 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, and Katherine Solomon, characters in Dan Brown's '' The Lost Symbol'' * Solomon Grundy, villain character from DC Comics comic books and TV series * Solomon Lane, villain character in the '' Mission: Impossible'' film series * Jess, Roy, Denise and Ben Solomon in the 2007 film '' The Messengers''

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