Solly is a given name, nickname (often of Solomon) and a surname. It may refer to:

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Solly Granatstein Solly Granatstein is an American television producer and director, formerly with CBS ''60 Minutes'', NBC News and ABC News. He is co-creator, along with Lucian Read and Richard Rowley, of "America Divided", a documentary series about inequality, ...

, American television producer *

Solly Krieger Solly Krieger (March 28, 1909 – September 24, 1964) was an American middleweight boxer who fought from 1928–1941. He held the NBA World Middleweight Championship in 1938–39. Krieger, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Je ...

(1909–1964), American world champion middleweight boxer *

Solly Pernick Solly Pernick (born 1897/1898) was an American stage technician. He won the Tony Award for Best Stage Technician in 1963, for his work on the original Broadway production of the musical '' Mr. President''. He was the last person to win the a ...

, American stage technician *

Solly Shoke General Solly Zacharia Shoke, (born 15 August 1956) is a South African military commander. He joined uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress, in the 1970s, and served as a field commander fighting against t ...

(born 1956), South African general

Nickname

Solly Drake Solomon Louis Drake (October 23, 1930 – August 18, 2021) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Philadelphia Phillies during the 1956 and 195 ...

(born 1930), American retired Major League Baseball player *

Solly Hemus Solomon Joseph Hemus (April 17, 1923 – October 2, 2017) was an American professional baseball infielder, manager, and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies. Hemus is one of a se ...

(born 1923), American retired Major League Baseball player, manager and coach *

Solly Hofman Arthur Frederick "Solly" Hofman (October 29, 1882 – March 10, 1956) was an American Major League Baseball player from 1903 to 1916. He played the majority of his 1,194 games in the outfield. His nickname was "Circus Solly". Some attribute this ...

(1882–1956), American Major League Baseball player *

Solomon Joel Solomon Barnato "Solly" Joel (23 May 1865 – 22 May 1931), born in London, England, moved to South Africa in the 1880s where he made his fortune in connection with diamonds, later becoming a financier with interests in mining, brewing and railw ...

(1865–1931), English financier who made his fortune in South Africa *

Solly March Solomon Benjamin March (born 20 July 1994) is an English professional footballer who predominantly plays as a left wing-back for club Brighton & Hove Albion. March can also operate further forward as a winger. Early life March was born in Eas ...

(born 1994), English footballer *

Solly Sherman Saul S. Sherman (September 25, 1917 – October 10, 2010) was a professional American football quarterback in the National Football League. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he played two seasons for the Chicago Bears. Career Sherman played collegiate ...

(1917–2010), American National Football League quarterback *

Solly Smith Solomon Garcia Smith (March 6, 1871 – August 28, 1933) was an American professional boxer in the featherweight division. He was a World Featherweight champion and is the first world champion of Hispanic descent. Early life Smith was born in Los ...

(1871–1933), Mexican-American world featherweight boxing champion *

Solly Tyibilika Solomzi "Solly" Tyibilika (23 June 1979 – 13 November 2011) was a South African rugby union footballer, who played as a flanker for the Lions in the international Super 14 competition in his last years. He was the first black person to score a ...

(1979–2011), South African rugby union footballer *

Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman Solomon "Solly" Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman (30 May 1904 – 1 April 1993) was a British public servant, zoologist and operational research pioneer. He is best remembered as a scientific advisor to the Allies on bombing strategy in the Second Wo ...

(1904–1993), British public servant, zoologist and operational research pioneer

Surname

Chris Solly Christopher James Solly (born 20 January 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back for Ebbsfleet United. Career Charlton Athletic Solly was born in Rochester, Kent. On 3 May 2009, he made his debut for Charlton ...

(born 1991), English footballer *

Edward Solly Edward Solly (25 April 1776 – 2 December 1844) was an English merchant living in Berlin, who amassed an unprecedented collection of Italian Trecento and Quattrocento paintings and outstanding examples of Early Netherlandish painting, at a ti ...

(1786–1844), English merchant and art collector *

Edward Solly (chemist) Edward Solly (1819–1886) was an English chemist and antiquary. Life He was born in London on 11 October 1819, the son of Edward Solly the merchant and collector. The Sollys were a nonconformist family, and the philosopher Thomas Solly was a c ...

(1819–1886), English chemist and antiquary, son of the art collector *

Edward Walter Solly Edward Walter Solly (7 May 1882 – 12 February 1966) was an English first-class cricketer who played eight matches for Worcestershire as a professional between 1903 and 1907. Born in Eastry, Kent, Solly made his debut against Cambridge Univer ...

(1882–1966), English cricketer *

Elmer Edward Solly Elmer Edward Solly (September 5, 1945 – November 30, 2007) was convicted of manslaughter in 1970 for the death of two-year-old Christopher Welsh. Solly escaped from custody in 1974 and spent the next 27 years living under numerous pseudonyms. ...

(1945-2007), American convicted of manslaughter, fugitive for 27 years *

George Solly George Edward Solly (27 March 1855 – 10 March 1930) was an English first-class cricketer and solicitor. The son of Edward Harrison Solly, he was born in March 1855 at West Heath, Cheshire. He was educated at Winchester College, before going ...

(1855–1930), English cricketer and solicitor *

Henry Solly Henry Solly (17 November 1813 – 27 February 1903) was an English social reformer.Alan Ruston, �Solly, Henry (1813–1903)��, '' Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 18 April 2010. William Beve ...

(1813–1903), English social reformer *

Isaac Solly Isaac Solly (1769 – 22 February 1853) was a London merchant in the Baltic trade. During the Napoleonic Wars his company Isaac Solly and Sons were principal contractors supplying hemp and timber to government dockyards. Early life and family H ...

(1769–1853), London merchant, brother of the art collector Edward Solly *

Jon Solly Jonathan "Jon" Solly (born 28 June 1963) is a male English former long-distance runner. Athletics career Solly won the gold medal for England in the 10,000 metres at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. He achieved his personal be ...

(born 1963), English former long-distance runner *

Richard Harrison Solly Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'str ...

(1851–1925), British mineralogist *

Robert Solly Robert Henry (Bob) Solly (9 September 1859 – 5 June 1932) was an Australian politician. Born in Ramsgate Ramsgate is a seaside resort, seaside town in the district of Thanet District, Thanet in east Kent, England. It was one of the g ...

(1859–1932), Australian politician

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