Shlomo (, Polish: Szlomo, Szlama, Szlamek, Szloma), meaning "peaceable", is a common Hebrew name, Hebrew male given name. The following individuals are often referred to only by the name Shlomo: * Solomon, 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 * Shlomo Aronson (disambiguation), multiple people * Shlomo Artzi (born 1949), Israeli singer and composer * Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (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 (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 (musician), Shlomo Carlebach 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 * Shlomo Elyashiv (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 Aman (IDF), military intelligence, President of Ben-Gurion University * Shlomo Glickstein (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, 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) (1828–1905), Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi * Shlomo HaKohen of Greece, 18th century mekubal and posek * Shlomo HaKohen of Lissa, 18th century rabbi and biblical commentator * Shlomo Halberstam (first Bobover rebbe) (1847–1905), first Bobov (Hasidic dynasty), Bobover Rebbe * Shlomo Halberstam (third Bobover rebbe) (1907–2000), third Bobover Rebbe * Shlomo Hillel (born 1923), former Israeli Police and Interior Minister and Speaker of the Knesset * Shlomo Jin, one of the first of the Kaifeng Jews to make aliyah; see Chinese in Israel * 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 (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) (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 (born 1943), Israeli football manager * Shlomo Sternberg (born 1936), leading American mathematician known for his work in geometry * Shlomo Sztencl (1884–1919), Rav of Czeladź, Tzelodz and Sosnowiec, Poland * Shlomo Veingrad, formerly Alan Veingrad (born 1963), American NFL football player * Shlomo Wiesel, the father of Elie Wiesel, 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 (1765-1839), Orthodox rabbi, and first Chief Rabbi of Warsaw The following company is named Shlomo: * Shlomo Group (founded 1974), an international holding group based in Israel

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