Sol is a given name, usually a form of "
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"), ...
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Sol Aragones
Marisol Castillo Aragones-Sampelo (born November 6, 1977) is a Filipina politician who served as the Representative of Laguna's 3rd district from 2013 to 2022. Before entering politics, she was a news presenter for ABS-CBN from 1998 to 2012. ...
(born 1977), Filipina broadcast journalist and politician
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Sol Bloom
Sol Bloom (March 9, 1870March 7, 1949) was an American song-writer and politician from New York City who began his career as an entertainment impresario and sheet music publisher in Chicago. He served fourteen terms in the United States House of ...
(1870–1949), member of the U.S. House of Representatives and entertainment entrepreneur
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Sol Brodsky
Soloman Brodsky (April 22, 1923 – June 4, 1984) was an American comic book artist who, as Marvel Comics' Silver Age production manager, was one of the key architects of the small company's expansion to a major pop culture conglomerate. He ...
(1923–1984), American comic book artist and key Marvel Comics executive
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Sol Campbell
Sulzeer Jeremiah Campbell (born 18 September 1974) is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of club Southend United. He previously managed Macclesfield Town from November 2018 to August ...
(born 1974), English footballer
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Sol Davis (born 1979), English footballer
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Sol Eisner
Sol Eisner is an American former association football, soccer player who played as a forward (association football), forward. Eisner played in the American Soccer League (1933–1983), American Soccer League, and on the United States men's nationa ...
, American soccer player
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Sol Gabetta
Sol Gabetta (born 18 April 1981) is an Argentine cellist. The daughter of Andrés Gabetta and Irène Timacheff-Gabetta, she has French and Russian ancestry. Her brother Andrés is a baroque violinist.
Career
Gabetta began to learn violin at ...
(born 1981), Argentinian cellist
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Sol Hachuel
Sol Hachuel (; , spelt "Solica Hatchouel" on her tombstone, see photo, Tangier 1817–5 June 1834, Fez) was a Moroccan Jewish heroine who was publicly decapitated when she was 17 years old. She was executed in 1834Schloessinger 1901-1906, V. 5 p. ...
(1817–1834), Jewish martyr and heroine
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Sol Halperin
Sol Halperin (February 16, 1902 – May 4, 1977) was an American special effects artist as well as a cinematographer. He was nominated at the 18th Academy Awards for Best Special Effects, for the film ''Captain Eddie''. His nomination was shared ...
(1902–1977), American special effects artist
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Sol Heras
Sol Heras (born 8 October 1987) is an English actor. He was the second actor to portray the character Ryan Connor in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', from 2012 until 2013. He replaced Ben Thompson, and in turn was replaced by Ryan Pr ...
(born 1987), English actor
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Sol Hoʻopiʻi (1902–1953), Hawaiian guitarist
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Sol Hurok
Sol Hurok (Solomon Israilevich Hurok; born Solomon Izrailevich Gurkov, Russian Соломон Израилевич Гурков; April 9, 1888March 5, 1974) was a 20th-century American impresario.
Early life
Hurok was born in Pogar, Chernigov G ...
(1888–1974), American impresario
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Sol Kaplan
Sol Kaplan (April 19, 1919 – November 14, 1990) was an American film and television music composer.
Life and career
Kaplan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He worked as a successful concert pianist, including performing at Carnegie Hal ...
(1919–1990), American film and television music composer
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Sol Kerzner
Solomon Kerzner, (23 August 1935 – 21 March 2020) was a South African accountant and business magnate. He founded both of South Africa's largest hotel groups, the Southern Sun Hotel Group and Sun International. He was also the Founder, Chai ...
(1935–2020), South African businessman
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Sol Kimel
Salo "Sol" Kimel ( he, סול קימל; 7 October 1928 – 14 August 2021) was an Israeli chemical physicist. He was a professor at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and performed research into biomedical applications of lasers.
Biograp ...
(1928-2021), Israeli chemical physicist
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Sol Lesser
Sol Lesser (February 17, 1890 – September 19, 1980) was an American film producer. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1961.
Biography
In 1913, while living in San F ...
(1890–1980), American film producer
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Sol LeWitt
Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007) was an American artist linked to various movements, including conceptual art and minimalism.
LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he pref ...
(1928–2007), American artist
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Sol Linowitz
Sol Myron Linowitz (December 7, 1913 – March 18, 2005) was an American diplomat, lawyer, and businessman.
Early life
Linowitz was born to a Jewish family in Trenton, New Jersey. He was a graduate of Trenton Central High School, Hamilton Colleg ...
(1913–2005), American diplomat, lawyer, and businessman
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Sol Orwell (born 1983), entrepreneur
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Sol Plaatje
Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje (9 October 1876 – 19 June 1932) was a South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator and writer. Plaatje was a founding member and first General Secretary of the South African Native Nation ...
(1876–1932), South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator, and writer
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Sol Price
Sol Price (January 23, 1916December 14, 2009) was the founder of FedMart, Price Club (which ultimately merged into Costco) and PriceSmart. He is considered a pioneer of the " warehouse store" retail model.
Early life and education
Price was bor ...
(1916–2009), American businessman and founder of FedMart and Price Club
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Sol Saks
Sol Saks (December 13, 1910 – April 16, 2011) was an American screenwriter best known as the creator of the television sitcom '' Bewitched''.
Life and career
Saks was born in New York City to Jewish parents. He attended Harrison High School ...
(1910–2011), creator of the television comedy show Bewitched
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Sol Schiff
Solomon Joseph Schiff (June 28, 1917 – February 26, 2012) was a Jewish-American table tennis player from New York.
He attended Textile High School in New York City.
Table tennis career
Schiff was a six-time U.S. Open Men's Doubles champion, a ...
(1917–2012), American table tennis player
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Sol Schoenbach
Sol Schoenbach ''(né'' Sol Israel Schoenbach; 1915 – 25 February 1999) was an American bassoonist and teacher.
Career
Schoenbach was a student of the distinguished bassoonist Simon Kovar. He studied at the New York University, and held h ...
(1915–1999), American bassoonist, teacher and pedagogue
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Sol C. Siegel (1903–1982), American reporter and film producer
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Sol Spiegelman
Sol Spiegelman (December 14, 1914 – January 21, 1983) was an American molecular biologist. He developed the technique of nucleic acid hybridization, which helped to lay the groundwork for advances in recombinant DNA technology.
Early life and ...
(1914–1983), American molecular biologist
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Sol Star
Solomon Star (December 20, 1840 – October 10, 1917) was a Jewish American businessman and politician notable as an early resident of the town of Deadwood, South Dakota.
Life and career
Star was born in Bavaria, Germany, to Jewish parents. ...
(1840–1917), businessman and politician
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Sol Tax
Sol Tax (30 October 1907 – 4 January 1995) was an American anthropologist. He is best known for creating action anthropology and his studies of the Meskwaki, or Fox, Indians, for "action-anthropological" research titled the Fox Project, and for ...
(1907–1995), American anthropologist
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Sol Tolchinsky
Solly Tolchinsky (2 January 1929 – 1 December 2020) was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was part of the Canadian basketball team, which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament. ...
(1929–2020), Canadian basketball player
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Sol Trujillo (born 1951), American businessman
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Sol Wachtler (born 1930), American lawyer, politician, and disgraced ex-judge
See also
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Saul (given name)
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Solomon (name)
Solomon is a common given name and surname derived from Aramaic ( Classical Syriac: ); Sol as a given name is usually a form of "Solomon". Its Aramaic form, ( Classical Syriac: ) is related to the Hebrew word ''shalom'' ("peace"); and is often ch ...
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