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 Henry Laufer (born January 3, 1990), known professionally as Shlohmo, is an American musician and producer from Los Angeles. He is best known for his experimental production style and for founding the record label Wedidit Records. Career Shlo ...

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 Shlomo Bar (1943- ) is an Israeli musician, composer, and social activist. He is a pioneer of ethnic music in Israel. Biography Shlomo Bar was born in Rabat, Morocco. His family immigrated to Israel when he was six. He learned how to play th ...

(born 1943), Israeli musician and composer *

Shlomo Baum Shlomo Baum (1928 – January 17, 1999) was an Israeli military commando fighter. He was one of the founders of Unit 101 of the Israel Defense Forces, where he served as Ariel Sharon's deputy in command. Baum lived in Abu Tor, the mixed Jewi ...

(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

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* 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 Shlomo Bohbot ( he, שלמה בוחבוט, born 8 November 1942) is an Israeli politician who was mayor of Ma'alot-Tarshiha from 1976 until 2018, and also served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 1992 and 1996. Biography Bo ...

(born 1942), Israeli politician and member of the Knesset * Shlomo Breznitz (born 1936), Israeli author, psychologist, and president of the

University of Haifa The University of Haifa ( he, אוניברסיטת חיפה Arabic: جامعة حيفا) is a university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation in 1972, becoming Is ...

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 Shlomo Cohen () (born on 15 June 1941) is an Israeli diplomat. He served as Israel's ambassador to Venezuela until Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez decided to break diplomatic relations with Israel in January 2009 in the wake of the Gaza War. ...

(born 1941), Israeli diplomat *

Shlomo Cohen-Tzidon Shlomo Cohen-Tzidon ( he, שלמה כהן-צידון, 15 February 1923 - 16 February 2012) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Gahal and the Free Centre between 1966 and 1969. Biography Born in Alexandria in Egypt ...

(1923–2012), Israeli politician and member of the Knesset * Shlomo Cunin, American Hasidic rabbi *

Shlomo Dayan Shlomo Dayan ( he, שלמה דיין, born 6 November 1952) is an Israeli rabbi and former politician. Biography Born in Tétouan, Morocco in 1952, Dayan made aliyah to Israel in 1962. He studied at the Sha'arit Yosef yeshiva in Be'er Ya'akov an ...

(born 1952), Israeli rabbi and former member of the Knesset *

Shlomo Dovrat Shlomo Dovrat is an Israeli high-tech entrepreneur and Co-Founder and General Partner at Viola Ventures, a top-tier Israeli venture capital firm, with over $4.5B under management. He spearheaded the recovery of ECI Telecom and in January 2005, sol ...

, Israeli high-tech entrepreneur *

Shlomo Dykman Shlomo Dykman ( he, שלמה דיקמן; 10 February 1917 – 1965) was a Polish-Israeli translator and classical scholar. Biography Dykman was born in 1917 in Warsaw, Poland. He attended school at the "''Hinuch''" Hebrew Gymnasium, and then studi ...

(1917–1965), Polish-born Israeli translator and classical scholar * Shlomo Eckstein (1929-2020), Israeli economist and President of Bar-Ilan University *

Shlomo Eitan Rabbi Shlomo Eitan is a Hebrew language linguist who developed teaching methods for Hebrew. Eitan largely rejects the immersion method for the learning of Hebrew which is popular in most Hebrew language schools. Eitan instead focuses on teachin ...

, Hebrew language linguist *

Shlomo Eliahu Shlomo Eliahu ( he, שלמה אליהו, born 18 January 1936) is an Israeli businessman, billionaire, and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1978 and 1981. Biography Born in Baghdad in 1936, Eliahu made aliyah to Isr ...

(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

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, 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 Shlomo Goren ( he, שלמה גורן; February 3, 1917 – October 29, 1994), was a Polish-born Israeli Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi and Talmudic scholar who was considered a foremost authority on Jewish law (Halakha). Goren founded and serve ...

(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, 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 Shlomo HaKohen ben Eliezer of Lissa (18th century) was a rabbi and biblical commentator. He wrote the supercommentary ''Avi Ezer'' on the commentary of Abraham ibn Ezra on the Pentateuch. Titled in Hebrew Beor Dikdukkei Ha-Rava, first printed in P ...

, 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 A Rebbe ( yi, רבי, translit=rebe) or Admor ( he, אדמו״ר) is the spiritual leader in the Hasidic movement, and the personalities of its dynasties.Heilman, Samuel"The Rebbe and the Resurgence of Orthodox Judaism."''Religion and Spiritua ...

Shlomo Halberstam (third Bobover rebbe) Shlomo Halberstam (1908 — August 2, 2000) ( he, רבי שלמה הלברשטאם), was the third Rebbe of Bobov who re-established the Hasidic dynasty in the United States after World War II. Born in Poland, he was the oldest son of Rabbi Ben ...

(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 The Kaifeng Jews ( zh, t=開封猶太族, p=Kāifēng Yóutàizú; he, יהדות קאיפנג ''Yahădūt Qāʾyfeng'') are members of a small community of descendants of Chinese Jews in Kaifeng, in the Henan province of China. In the early ...

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 Shlomo Kaplansky ( he, שלמה קפלנסקי; born 7 March 1884 in Białystok - died 7 December 1950 in Haifa) was a Labour Zionist politician, who served as the secretary of the World Union of Poalei Zion. During the 1920s he was a leading adv ...

(1884-1950), Israeli politician and President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology *

Shlomo Lahat Shlomo "Chich" Lahat ( he, שלמה להט; November 9, 1927 – October 1, 2014) was a major general in the Israel Defense Forces and former Head of the Manpower Directorate. He served as the eighth mayor of Tel Aviv in 1974–1993, for four co ...

(1927–2014), eighth mayor of

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

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 Shlomo Ephraim ben Aaron Luntschitz (1550 – 21 April, 1619) was a rabbi and Torah commentator, best known for his Torah commentary ''Keli Yekar''.Although most write this as ''Keli Yakar'', "the second word should be ''Yekar''" (יְקָר), as t ...

(1550–1619), rabbi, poet and Torah commentator * Shlomo Mintz (born 1957), highly regarded Israeli violin virtuoso *

Shlomo Moussaieff (rabbi) Shlomo Moussaieff (1852 – 1922) was a rabbi and gemstone trader, from Bukhara, in what is today Uzbekistan. He was one of the founders of the Bukharim neighborhood in Jerusalem. He was also the patriarch of the Moussaieff clan, which includes ...

(1852–1922), one of the founders of the Bukharian Quarter in Jerusalem *

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(born circa 1925), Israeli born millionaire businessman * Shlomo Chanoch Rabinowicz (1882–1942), fourth Radomsker

in Poland * Shlomo Riskin (born 1940), founder of the Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York City *

Shlomo Sand Shlomo Sand (pronounced ''Zand''; he, שלמה זנד; born 10 September 1946) is an Israeli Emeritus Professor of History at Tel Aviv University.Shlomo Sawilowsky Shlomo S. Sawilowsky was professor of educational statistics and Distinguished Faculty Fellow at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, where he has received teaching, mentoring, and research awards. Academic career Sawilowsky obtained his ...

(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 Szlomo Benjamin Fisz (1922 – 17 November 1989) was a Polish film producer and writer, known for ''A Town Called Bastard'', '' Aces High'', ''Battle of Britain'', ''The Heroes of Telemark'' and ''Hell Drivers''. Biography Before his film career ...

(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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