Shlomo (, Polish: Szlomo, Szlama, Szlamek, Szloma), meaning "peaceable", is a common Hebrew male given name. The following individuals are often referred to only by the name Shlomo: *

Solomon Solomon (; , ),, ; ar, سُلَيْمَان, ', , ; el, Σολομών, ; la, Salomon also called Jedidiah (Hebrew language, Hebrew: , Modern Hebrew, Modern: , Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yăḏīḏăyāh'', "beloved of Yahweh, Yah"), ...

, king of ancient Israel, according to various religious texts * Shlomo (beatboxing artist) or Simon Shlomo Kahn (born 1983) * Shlohmo or Henry Laufer, an American electronic musician The following individuals have the given name Shlomo: * Shlomo Amar (born 1948), current Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel * Shlomo Argov (1929–2003), Israeli diplomat whose attempted assassination led to the

1982 Lebanon War The 1982 Lebanon War, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee ( he, מבצע שלום הגליל, or מבצע של"ג ''Mivtsa Shlom HaGalil'' or ''Mivtsa Sheleg'') by the Israeli government, later known in Israel as the Lebanon War or the First L ...

Shlomo Aronson (disambiguation) Shlomo Aronson may refer to: * (1864–1935), first Ashkhenazi rabbi of Tel Aviv, grandfather of the historian * Shlomo Aronson (landscape architect) (1936–2018), Israeli landscape architect * Shlomo Aronson (historian) Shlomo Aronson (1936 � ...

, multiple people * Shlomo Artzi (born 1949), Israeli singer and composer *

Shlomo Zalman Auerbach Shlomo Zalman Auerbach ( he, שלמה זלמן אויערבאך; July 20, 1910 – February 20, 1995) was a renowned Orthodox Jewish rabbi, posek, and rosh yeshiva of the Kol Torah yeshiva in Jerusalem. The Jerusalem neighborhood Ramat Shlomo i ...

(1910–1995), Rosh Yeshiva of the Kol Torah yeshiva in Israel * Shlomo Aviner (born 1943), Israeli Rosh Yeshiva of the Ateret Cohanim * Shlomo Avineri (born 1933), Professor of Political Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem * Shlomo Bar (born 1943), Israeli musician and composer * Shlomo Baum (1929–1999), Israeli military commando fighter * Shlomo Ben-Ami (born 1943), Israeli diplomat, politician and historian * Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir (1910–1971), Israeli politician and member of the Knesset * Shlomo Ben-Yosef (1913–1938), member of the Revisionist Zionist underground Irgun * Shlomo Benizri (born 1961), former Israeli Labour and Welfare Minister *

Shlomo Bentin Shlomo Bentin ( he, שלמה בנטין), August 26, 1946 – July 13, 2012) was an Israeli neuropsychologist and recipient of the 2012 Israel Prize in psychology. Bentin was a professor of Psychology and Education, and a member of the Center fo ...

(1946–2012), professor of Psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem * Shlomo Bohbot (born 1942), Israeli politician and member of the Knesset * Shlomo Breznitz (born 1936), Israeli author, psychologist, and president of the University of Haifa *

Shlomo Carlebach Shlomo Carlebach ( he, שלמה קרליבך; 14 January 1925 – 20 October 1994), known as Reb Shlomo to his followers, was a rabbi, religious teacher, spiritual leader, composer, and singer dubbed "the singing rabbi" during his lifetime. ...

or Reb Shlomo (1925–1994), American Jewish rabbi, religious teacher, composer, and singe * Shlomo Cohen (born 1941), Israeli diplomat * Shlomo Cohen-Tzidon (1923–2012), Israeli politician and member of the Knesset * Shlomo Cunin, American Hasidic rabbi * Shlomo Dayan (born 1952), Israeli rabbi and former member of the Knesset * Shlomo Dovrat, Israeli high-tech entrepreneur * Shlomo Dykman (1917–1965), Polish-born Israeli translator and classical scholar * Shlomo Eckstein (1929-2020), Israeli economist and President of Bar-Ilan University * Shlomo Eitan, Hebrew language linguist * Shlomo Eliahu (born 1936), Israeli businessman and former member of the Knesset *

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(1841–1926), Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi * Shlomo Erell (born 1920), former Commander of the Israeli Navy * Shlomo Freifeld (1925–1990), American Orthodox rabbi * Shlomo Ganzfried (1804–1886), Hungarian Orthodox rabbi and author * Shlomo Gazit (born 1926), Israeli former head of Israeli Defense Forces, IDF military intelligence, President of Ben-Gurion University *

Shlomo Glickstein Shlomo Glickstein ( he, שלמה גליקשטיין; born 6 January 1958) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 in November 1982, and his career-high doubles ranking of World ...

(born 1958), former Israeli tennis player * Shlomo Goldman or Zvhil-Sanzer rebbe, American Hasidic rabbi * Shlomo Goren (1917–1994), former Orthodox Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel *

Shlomo Grofman Shlomo Grofman is a leading Israeli real estate developer businessperson. Biography Shlomo Grofman is a central figure in many sectors of the Israeli business community and is widely acknowledged as one of the most prominent and innovative real ...

, Israeli real estate developer * Shlomo Gronich (born 1949), Israeli composer, singer-songwriter, and choir conductor * Shlomo-Ya'akov Gross (1908–2003), Israeli politician and member of the Knesset *

Shlomo HaKohen (Vilna) Rabbi Shlomo HaKohen ( he, שלמה הכהן; 1828–1905) was the famed Av Beis Din (supreme justice of a rabbinical court) and Posek (decider of Jewish Law) of Vilna. In 1828, Shlomo was born to Rabbi Yisroel Moshe HaCohen, a dayan in the rabbini ...

(1828–1905), Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi *

Shlomo HaKohen of Greece Shlomo Hacohen of Greece may refer to two people: *Rabbi Shlomo Hacohen author of responsa, published Salonika-Venice 1586–1730. *Another Shlomo Hacohen, possibly ca. 1800, mekubal and posek, known for his commentary to the kabbalistic works o ...

, 18th century

mekubal Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "receiver"). The defin ...

and posek * Shlomo HaKohen of Lissa, 18th century rabbi and biblical commentator * Shlomo Halberstam (first Bobover rebbe) (1847–1905), first

Bobover Bobov (or Bobover Hasidism) ( he, חסידות באבוב, yi, בּאָבּאָװ) is a Hasidic community within Haredi Judaism, originating in Bobowa, Galicia, in southern Poland, and now headquartered in the neighborhood of Borough Park, in B ...

Rebbe * Shlomo Halberstam (third Bobover rebbe) (1907–2000), third Bobover Rebbe *

Shlomo Hillel Shlomo Hillel ( he, שלמה הלל, 23 April 1923 – 8 February 2021) was an Iraqi-born Israeli diplomat and politician who served as Speaker of the Knesset, Minister of Police, Minister of Internal Affairs, and ambassador to several countrie ...

(born 1923), former Israeli Police and Interior Minister and Speaker of the Knesset *

Shlomo Jin Shlomo (, Polish: Szlomo, Szlama, Szlamek, Szloma), meaning "peaceable", is a common Hebrew male given name. The following individuals are often referred to only by the name Shlomo: * Solomon, king of ancient Israel, according to various religiou ...

, one of the first of the Kaifeng Jews to make

aliyah Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...

; see

Chinese in Israel Chinese people in Israel comprise several separate groups, including the groups of Jews from China who have immigrated to Israel making aliyah, as well as foreign students studying in Israeli universities, businessmen, merchants, and guest wor ...

* Shlomo Kaplansky (1884-1950), Israeli politician and President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology * Shlomo Lahat (1927–2014), eighth mayor of Tel Aviv *

Shlomo Lipetz Shlomo Lipetz ( he, שלמה ליפץ; born February 11, 1979) is an Israeli baseball player who pitches for Team Israel. He is also Vice President of Programming and music director at City Winery in New York City. He was on the Israel nationa ...

(born 1979), Israeli baseball player * Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz (1550–1619), rabbi, poet and Torah commentator * Shlomo Mintz (born 1957), highly regarded Israeli violin virtuoso * Shlomo Moussaieff (rabbi) (1852–1922), one of the founders of the Bukharian Quarter in Jerusalem *

Shlomo Moussaieff (businessman) , native_name_lang = Hebrew , image = , image_size = , alt = , caption = , birth_name = , birth_date = 1925 , birth_place = Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine , de ...

(born circa 1925), Israeli born millionaire businessman * Shlomo Chanoch Rabinowicz (1882–1942), fourth Radomsker Rebbe in Poland * Shlomo Riskin (born 1940), founder of the Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York City * Shlomo Sand (born 1946), Israeli historian * Shlomo Sawilowsky (born 1954), professor of educational statistics, Wayne State University *

Shlomo Scharf Shlomo Scharf ( he, שלמה שרף; born 1 January 1943) is a former Israeli football (soccer), football player and coach (sport), manager who now works as a regular commentator on Israeli Sport 5 TV channel. Scharf managed Maccabi Haifa to thre ...

(born 1943), Israeli football manager *

Shlomo Sternberg Shlomo Zvi Sternberg (born 1936), is an American mathematician known for his work in geometry, particularly symplectic geometry and Lie theory. Education and career Sternberg earned his PhD in 1955 from Johns Hopkins University, with a thesis en ...

(born 1936), leading American mathematician known for his work in geometry * Shlomo Sztencl (1884–1919),

Rav ''Rav'' (or ''Rab,'' Modern Hebrew: ) is the Hebrew generic term for a person who teaches Torah; a Jewish spiritual guide; or a rabbi. For example, Pirkei Avot (1:6) states that: The term ''rav'' is also Hebrew for ''rabbi''. (For a more nuan ...

of Tzelodz and

Sosnowiec Sosnowiec is an industrial city county in the Dąbrowa Basin of southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, which is also part of the Silesian Metropolis municipal association.—— Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Industria ...

, Poland * Shlomo Veingrad, formerly

Alan Veingrad Alan Stuart Veingrad (born July 24, 1963) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. Veingrad played for the Green Bay Packers for five seasons, and for the Dallas Cowboys for two season, winning Super Bowl X ...

(born 1963), American NFL football player * Shlomo Wiesel, the father of

Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel (, born Eliezer Wiesel ''Eliezer Vizel''; September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored Elie Wiesel b ...

, Holocaust survivor The following individuals have the given name Szlomo: * Szlomo Benjamin Fisz (1922–1989), Polish film producer and writer * Szlomo Szmajzner (1927-1989), survivors of the Sobibór extermination camp *

Szlomo Zalman Lipszyc Szlomo Zalman Lipszyc (1765 Poznań - 1839 Warsaw), also known as Salomon Zalman Pozner as well as the Chemdas Shlomo from the title of the works he authored, was a prominent Orthodox rabbi, and first Chief Rabbi of Warsaw. He studied Torah in ...

(1765-1839), Orthodox rabbi, and first Chief Rabbi of Warsaw The following company is named Shlomo: *

Shlomo Group Shlomo Group is one of the largest investments and holdings groups in Israel, consists of automotive, real estate, telecom, insurance, shipyards and logistics sectors. The group was founded in 1974 by Shlomo Shmeltzer. The group's consolidated ...

(founded 1974), an international holding group based in Israel

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