Salomon (surname)

Salomon is a surname. It originated as a derivative of the Hebrew biblical name Shlomo (also transliterated as Å lomo), for which the conventional latinization has been Solomon or Salomon.

Derivatives may include Salmon, Salman, Salamon and Salomons.

Notable people with the surname

• Albert Salomon (surgeon) (1883–1976), German surgeon
• Albert Salomon (1891–1966), German sociologist
• Alexander Salomon (born 1986), German politician
• Alice Salomon (1872–1948), German social reformer
• Anne Salomon (born 1974), Canadian marine ecologist
• Ben L. Salomon (1914–1944), Medal of Honor recipient, U.S. Army (Battle of Saipan)
• Charles Eberhard Salomon (1824–1881), colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War
• Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943), German-Jewish artist
• Daniel Salomon (musician) (born 1973), Israeli pop rock singer and musician
• Daniel Salomon (politician) (born 1957), Republican member of the Montana Legislature
• Dieter Salomon (born 1960), mayor of Freiburg, Germany
• Edward Salomon (1828–1909), governor of Wisconsin
• Edward S. Salomon (1836–1913), American Civil War general and governor of the Washington Territory
• Emil Salomonsson (born 1989), Swedish international footballer
• Erich Salomon (1886–1944), German photographer
• Ernst von Salomon (1902–1972), ex-Freikorps member, German writer and one of the assassins of Walther Rathenau
• François Salomon, founder of Salomon Group
• Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (1888–1968), ex-Freikorps member, leader of the SA (1926–1930)
• Frederick Salomon (1826–1897), American Civil War general
• Gavriel Salomon (1938–2016), Israeli educational psychologist
• Gotthold Salomon (1784–1862), German rabbi
• Haym Salomon (1740–1785), Jewish businessman and political financial broker, involved in the American Revolutionary War
• Hector Salomon (1838–1906), French composer
• Hermann Salomon (1938–2020), German Olympic javelin thrower
• Jakob Salomon Bartholdy (1779–1825), Prussian diplomat and uncle of Felix Mendelssohn
• Johann Peter Salomon (1745–1815), German composer and impresario
• Joseph François Salomon (1649–1732), French composer
• Junior Salomon (born 1986), Beninese football player
• Leon E. Salomon (1936–2023), US general
• Lysius Salomon (1815–1888), President of Haiti (1879–1888)
• Mark Salomon (born 1970), American singer
• Matisyohu Salomon (1937–2024), English-born American rabbi
• Michael Salomon, American music video and film director
• Mikael Salomon (born 1945), Danish filmmaker
• Otto Salomon (1849–1907), Swedish educator
• Richard G. Salomon (1884–1966), historian of eastern European medieval history
• Richard G. Salomon (professor of Asian studies), professor of Asian studies
• Richard E. Salomon, vice chairman of the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations
• Rick Salomon (born 1968), American socialite, film producer and online gambling website owner
• Siegfried Salomon (1885–1962), Danish composer
• Yoel Moshe Salomon (1838–1912), Ottoman newspaper publisher and co-founder of towns

See also

• Salomons
• Suleiman, a name, including a list of variants
• Solomon (name)
• Salmon (surname)