Shlomo

Shlomo is the English form of שְׁלֹמֹה, the Hebrew name of the Israelite King Solomon. It is a popular name among Jews, especially in the State of Israel.

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), former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel and current Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem
• 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 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 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 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 Tzelodz and Sosnowiec, Poland
• Shlomo Veingrad, formerly Alan Veingrad (born 1963), American NFL football player
• Shlomo Wiesel, the father of Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor
• Shlomo Elisha Wiesel (born 1972), chief information officer of Goldman Sachs; hedge fund manager of the Niche Plus; son of Elie Wiesel
• Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft (1915–2005), Rosh Hashochtim of Poland, Chief Rabbi of Hannover & Lower Saxony
• Shlomo Shekelstein, manager of the JIDF

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