Salomon (surname)

Not to be confused with Solomon (surname).

Salomon is a surname. It originated as a derivative of the Hebrew, biblical name Shlomo (or Shlomoh), for which the conventional latinization has been Solomon or Salomon. As a surname Salomon is common among Jews; it has also been documented since the Middle Ages among amongst non-Jews in Western Europe. Derivatives may include Salmon and Salman.

Notable people with the surname

• Anne Salomon, 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
• Carl E. Salomon (1829-1899), a botanist
• Charles Eberhard Salomon (1824 – 1881) colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War
• Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943), German-Jewish artist; subject of Charlotte Salomon (opera)
• 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.
• Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (1888-1968), ex-Freikorps member, leader of the SA from 1926 to 1930
• Frederick C. Salomon (1826-1897), American Civil War general
• Gavriel Salomon (born 1938), Israeli educational psychologist
• Gotthold Salomon (1784-1862), German rabbi
• Hermann Salomon (1938–2020), German Olympic javelin thrower
• Jakob Salomon (1779–1825), a Prussian diplomat and uncle of Felix Mendelssohn
• Johann Peter Salomon (1745-1815), composer and impresario
• Joseph François Salomon (1649-1732), French composer
• Junior Salomon (born 1986), Beninese football player
• Leon E. Salomon (born 1936), US general
• Lysius Salomon (1815-1888), President of Haiti from 1879 to 1888
• Mark Salomon, US singer
• Matisyohu Salomon, British-US rabbi
• Michael Salomon, US music video/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, University of Washington Professor.
• Richard E. Salomon, American, 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