Salomon (surname) explained
Salomon (surname) should not be confused with Solomon (surname).
Salomon is a surname. It originated as a derivative of the Hebrew biblical name Shlomo (also transliterated as Šlomo), for which the conventional latinization has been Solomon or Salomon.
Derivatives may include Salmon, Salman and Salamon.
Notable people with the surname
- Anne Salomon (born 1974), Canadian marine ecologist
- Albert Salomon (surgeon) (1883–1976), German surgeon
- Albert Salomon (1891–1966), German sociologist
- Alice Salomon (1872–1948), German social reformer
- 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 (born 1938), 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 (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
- 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
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