Suleyman or Süleyman is a variant of
Suleiman
Suleiman (; or dictionary.reference.comsuleiman/ref>) is the Arabic name of the Jewish and Quranic king and Islam, Islamic prophet Solomon (name), Solomon.
Suleiman the Magnificent (1494–1566) was the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman E ...
(the
Arabic name
Arabic names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from Arabic-speaking and also non-Arab Muslim countries have not had given name, given, middle name, middle, and family names but rather a chain of names. This system ...
). It means 'man of peace'. Notable people with the name include:
Suleyman
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Suleyman I of Rûm or
Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (d. 1086), founder of an independent Seljuq Turkish state in Anatolia
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Suleyman (mansa), mansa of Mali (1341–1360)
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Sulayman al-Arabi, wali of Barcelona
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Suleyman Shah (d. 1227 or 1228), grandfather of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire
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Chimene Suleyman, 21st-century UK-born US-based writer
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Mustafa Suleyman, a British artificial intelligence (AI) entrepreneur. Currently the CEO of Microsoft AI, co-founder and former head of applied AI at DeepMind
Süleyman
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Süleyman Aktaş, Turkish serial killer
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Süleyman Atlı
Süleyman Atlı (born 27 July 1994 in Fethiye) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 61 kg division. He is a member of Ankara ASKI.
Career
He won the gold medal in the 57kg event at the 2016 Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanb ...
(born 1994), Turkish freestyle sport wrestler
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Süleyman Başak
Süleyman Başak (born ) is a Turkish-Cypriot financial economist. He is Professor at the Institute of Finance and Accounting of the London Business School, an MBA-granting part of the University of London and has previously taught at the Wharton ...
, Turkish economist
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Süleyman Demirel
Sami Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the List of Presidents of Turkey, 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously serv ...
(1924–2015), Turkish politician and 9th President of Turkey
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Süleyman Fehim, Ottoman teacher and poet
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Süleyman Genç (1944–2022), Turkish politician
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Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet
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Süleyman Nuri (1895–1966), Ottoman Russian communist politician
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Süleyman Yalçın (1926–2016), Turkish physician and conservative thinker
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Süleyman Zorba (born 1995), Turkish-born Austrian politician
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