Suleyman or Süleyman is a variant of

Suleiman Suleiman (; or dictionary.reference.comsuleiman/ref>) is the Arabic name of the Jewish and Quranic king and Islam, Islamic prophet Solomon (name), Solomon. Suleiman the Magnificent (1494–1566) was the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman E ...

(the

Arabic name Arabic names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from Arabic-speaking and also non-Arab Muslim countries have not had given name, given, middle name, middle, and family names but rather a chain of names. This system ...

). It means 'man of peace'. Notable people with the name include:

Suleyman

* Suleyman I of Rûm or

Suleiman ibn Qutulmish Suleiman Shah I ibn Qutalmish (; ; ) founded an independent Seljuk Turkish state in Anatolia and ruled as Seljuk Sultan of Rûm from 1077 until his death in 1086. Life Suleiman was the son of Qutalmish, who had struggled unsuccessfully agai ...

(d. 1086), founder of an independent Seljuq Turkish state in Anatolia * Suleyman (mansa), mansa of Mali (1341–1360) *

Sulayman al-Arabi Sulayman ibn Yaqzan al-Kalbi al-Arabi (al-A'rabi meaning the Bedouin; full name in ) was an Arab Muslim wāli (governor) of Barcelona and Girona in the year 777. For the history of al-Arabi, we must rely on the Muslim historian Abu al-Hassan Ali i ...

, wali of Barcelona * Suleyman Shah (d. 1227 or 1228), grandfather of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire *

Chimene Suleyman Chimene or Chimène Suleyman is an English writer. She has written on the politics of race and immigration in media including ''The Guardian'', ''The Independent'', the BBC and NPR, and co-edited '' The Good Immigrant USA'' in 2019. Personal life ...

, 21st-century UK-born US-based writer *

Mustafa Suleyman Mustafa Suleyman (born 1984) is a British artificial intelligence (AI) entrepreneur. He is the CEO of Microsoft AI, and the co-founder and former head of applied AI at DeepMind, an AI company acquired by Google. After leaving DeepMind, he co-fou ...

, a British artificial intelligence (AI) entrepreneur. Currently the CEO of Microsoft AI, co-founder and former head of applied AI at DeepMind

Süleyman

Süleyman Aktaş Süleyman Aktaş is a Turkish serial killer who murdered five people. He has been nicknamed "The Nailing Killer" due to his signature of nailing his victims' heads post-mortem. Background and first murder Süleyman Aktaş was born in Çambaşı. ...

, Turkish serial killer *

Süleyman Atlı Süleyman Atlı (born 27 July 1994 in Fethiye) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 61 kg division. He is a member of Ankara ASKI. Career He won the gold medal in the 57kg event at the 2016 Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanb ...

(born 1994), Turkish freestyle sport wrestler *

Süleyman Başak Süleyman Başak (born ) is a Turkish-Cypriot financial economist. He is Professor at the Institute of Finance and Accounting of the London Business School, an MBA-granting part of the University of London and has previously taught at the Wharton ...

, Turkish economist *

Süleyman Demirel Sami Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the List of Presidents of Turkey, 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously serv ...

(1924–2015), Turkish politician and 9th President of Turkey *

Süleyman Fehim Süleyman Fehim Efendi (1789–1846) was a teacher and poet of Persian in the Ottoman Empire. Biography Of Turkish origin, he flourished in the first half of the 19th century. Information regarding his youth and education remains unknown. He was ...

, Ottoman teacher and poet *

Süleyman Genç Süleyman Genç (1944–2022) was a former Turkish politician and author. He was a leading figure of the Turkish left youth movement in the 1960s, and a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Republican People's Party (CHP) from ...

(1944–2022), Turkish politician *

Süleyman Nazif Süleyman Nazif (;‎ 29 January 1870 – 4 January 1927) was a Turkish poet and a prominent member of the CUP. He mastered Arabic, Persian, and French languages and worked as a civil servant during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. He c ...

, Turkish poet *

Süleyman Nuri Süleyman Nuri (1895–1966) was an Ottoman Turkish communist politician and a co-founder of the Communist Party headed by Mustafa Subhi. He was also the first justice minister of the Soviet Armenia. Early life and education Nuri was born in 1 ...

(1895–1966), Ottoman Russian communist politician * Süleyman Yalçın (1926–2016), Turkish physician and conservative thinker * Süleyman Zorba (born 1995), Turkish-born Austrian politician {{given name