Solomon (name)
Solomon is a masculine given name and surname of Hebrew origin, popularized by the biblical figure Solomon, Israelite monarch and son of David. The name is derived from the Latin Solomōn, borrowed from the Ancient Greek Solomṓn, ultimately from the Hebrew Šĕlōmō. It is derived from the Semitic root Š-L-M, which translates to "whole, complete" which is also the basis of the word Shalom.
Single name
- Solomon (exilarch), ruled the Diaspora Jewish community 730–761
- Solomon (magister militum), Byzantine eunuch general, governor of Africa
- Solomon, Count of Cerdanya and Urgell
- Solomon of Hungary
- Solomon I
- Solomon II
- Solomon of Montpellier, 13th-century Rabbi
- Solomon (pianist), the professional name of the British pianist Solomon Cutner
- Solomon (rapper), American electronic hip-pop recording artist
Given name
- Solomon Alabi, Nigerian basketball player
- Solomon Dias Bandaranaika, Sri Lankan Maha Mudaliyar
- Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaika, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1956 to 1959
- Solomon Scott Beck, American politician from Maryland
- Solomon Berihu, Ethiopian distance runner
- Solomon Brannan, American football player
- Solomon Busendich, Kenyan long-distance runner
- Solomon Burke, American recording artist
- Solomon Byrd, American football player
- Solomon S. Calhoon, justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
- Solomon Barnett Chyte, birth name of Sydney Kyte, British bandleader
- Solomon Elimimian, American football player
- Solomon Fernando, Sri Lankan physician and community leader
- Solomon Ferris, British naval officer
- Solomon kaDinuzulu, king of the Zulu nation from 1913 until 1933
- Solomon Kindley, American football player
- Sol Lesser, American film producer
- Solomon Luna, American rancher and banker
- Solomon Machover, American psychologist
- Solomon P. McCurdy, justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory
- Solomon Northup, American abolitionist and author
- Solomon Rose, English electronic musician
- Solomon Christoffel Obeyesekere, Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and legislator
- Park Solomon, stage name Lomon, Uzbek-born South Korean actor
- Solomon Shereshevsky, Russian journalist
- Sol Stern, American author
- Solomon Sufrin, American politician
- Solomon Thomas, American football player
- Solomon Trujillo, American businessman
- Sol Wachtler, former Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
- Solomon Feferman, American mathematician
Middle name
- Sujay Solomon Sutherson, Singaporean convicted killer
Surname
- Abraham Solomon, British painter
- Ada Solomon, Romanian film producer
- Albert Solomon, Australian politician, premier of Tasmania
- Anthony M. Solomon, American Treasury undersecretary and president of the Federal Reserve Board of New York
- Anu Solomon, American football player
- Barbara Probst Solomon, American author and journalist
- Charles "King" Solomon, Russian-born mob boss of Boston
- Charles J. Solomon, American bridge player
- Clinton Solomon, American football player
- Daisy Solomon, South African / British suffragette
- David Solomon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dean Solomon, Australian footballer
- Duane Solomon, American middle distance runner
- Edward I. Solomon, Stanford University chemistry professor
- Emanuel Solomon, pioneer of South Australia
- Frances-Anne Solomon, English-Caribbean-Canadian filmmaker, writer, producer, and distributor
- Freddie Solomon, American football player
- Georgiana Solomon Scottish / South African educator and suffragette
- George Solomon, American sportswriter
- Gerald Solomon, American politician
- Grant Solomon, American tennis player
- Gustave Solomon, American mathematician and engineer
- Harold Solomon, American tennis player
- Haym Solomon, financier of the U.S. in the Revolutionary War
- Ikey Solomon, English criminal
- Jacques Solomon, French physicist and Marxist
- Jared Solomon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Javon Solomon, American football player
- Jesse Solomon, American football player
- Jewel Solomon, American tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist
- Jimmie Lee Solomon, American lawyer and Major League Baseball executive
- Joe Solomon, Guyanese cricketer
- John R. Solomon, Canadian politician
- Josh Solomon, guitar player and lead singer of the band Josh and the Empty Pockets
- Kimberley Solomon, birth name of Kimberly Quinn, American journalist, commentator, and magazine publisher
- Laura Solomon, New Zealand novelist, playwright and poet
- Lawrence Solomon, Canadian writer
- Linda Solomon, American music critic and editor
- Malia Solomon, American artist
- Manor Solomon, Israeli international association footballer
- Martin K. Solomon, American computer scientist
- Martin M. Solomon, 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, American rabbi and baseball player
- Moss Judah Solomon, businessman in South Australia
- Norman Solomon, American author and media critic
- Peggy Solomon, American bridge player
- Peter Solomon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Reanna Solomon, Nauruan Olympic weightlifter
- Reginald Louis Solomon, Australian publisher
- Richard Solomon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Rivers Solomon, American science fiction author
- Robert Solomon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Rosalind Fox Solomon, American photographer
- Russ Solomon, American founder of Tower Records
- Sam Solomon, pseudonym of a British author
- Samuel Moss Solomon, 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, British Pre-Raphaelite painter
- Solomon Joseph Solomon, British Pre-Raphaelite painter
- Stacey Solomon, British singer, television presenter, and model
- Steven Solomon, Australian Olympic sprinter
- Suniti Solomon, Indian physician and microbiologist
- Susan Solomon, American atmospheric chemist, MIT faculty
- Tupe Solomon-Tanoa'i, New Zealand diplomat
- Vaiben Louis Solomon, first mayor of Darwin and 21st premier of South Australia
- Virgil Solomon, Romanian physician and politician
- Vonzell Solomon, American singer
- Will Solomon, American basketball player
Fictional characters
- Alfie Solomons, played by Tom Hardy in the British period crime drama Peaky Blinders
- 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''