Famous People with Name Solomon

Solomon Borisovich Gotthilf            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Solomon Borisovich Gotthilf: was a Russian chess master.He shared 3rd in the 1922 Leningrad City Chess Championship (Grigory Levenfish won),[1] took 6th in Leningrad City-ch in 1924, won twice at Leningrad 1925, shared 6th at Leningrad 1925 (the 4th USSR Chess Championship, Efim Bogoljubow won),[2] took 3rd at Leningrad 1925 (Peter Romanovsky and Bogoljubov won),[3] and tied for 18-19th in the Moscow 1925 chess tournament (Bogoljubow won),

Solomon H. Snyder            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Solomon H. Snyder: an American neuroscientist.Snyder graduated from Georgetown University in 1958 and Georgetown Medical School in 1962. At a very early age he published his research on ornithine decarboxylase and RNA synthesis which opened up countless vistas in the neurosciences. After a two-year fellowship at the NIH, Snyder moved to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to complete his residency in psychiatry.He studied under Julius Axelrod and in 1973, in close collaboration with Candace Pert, discovered the opioid receptor and later endorphins. For this work he was awarded the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1978. He also received the AMA Scientific Achievement Award in 1985, the National Medal of Science in 2003 and the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research (2007).

Solomon E. Asch            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Solomon E. Asch: was a world-renowned American Gestalt psychologist and pioneer in social psychology. He was born in Warsaw which then belonged to the Russian Empire, and emigrated to the United States in 1920. He received his bachelor's degree from the College of the City of New York in 1928. At Columbia University, he received his master's degree in 1930 and Ph.D. in 1932. He was a professor of psychology at Swarthmore College for 19 years, working with psychologists including Wolfgang Köhler.He became famous in the 1950s, following experiments which showed that social pressure can make a person say something that is obviously incorrect.

Solomon Willard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Solomon Willard: was a carver and builder in Massachusetts who is remembered primarily for designing and overseeing the Bunker Hill Monument, the first monumental obelisk erected in the United States.

Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike: was the fourth Prime Minister (1956-1959) of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka).He entered politics in 1926 as a member of the United National Party when he was elected to the Colombo Municipal Council. As a young lawyer he became active in the United National Part

Susan Solomon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Susan Solomon: an atmospheric chemist working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.[2] Solomon was one of the first to propose chlorofluorocarbons as the cause of the Antarctic ozone hole.[2]Solomon is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the European Academy of Sciences, and the Academy of Sciences of France.[3]Solomon began her interest in science as a child watching The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau.[1] In high school she placed third in a national science fair, with a project that measured the percent of oxygen in a gas mixture.[1]

Vonzell Monique Solomon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vonzell Monique Solomon: is an American singer and aspiring actress who finished in third place in the fourth season of the television series American Idol. She also appeared in the independent movie Still Green.Solomon attended high school at the Cypress Lake Center for the Arts

Charyze Pagotan-Solomon            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Charyze Pagotan-Solomon: is a Filipina actress and television personality, who is one of the hosts in the Philippine television program Startalk. She appears in several GMA Network programs.Chariz started her showbiz career when she joined in the reality-based artista search in Philippines, StarStruck: The Next Level but she failed to join the final 14. [1] Despite this, she then appeared on several GMA Network shows like Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan, My Only Love, and the latest, Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita where she played as Jadane, the bad step sister of Salve (Yasmien Kurdi). She also appeared on My Best Friend's Girlfriend where the critics found out that she was able to shine in her comic supporting role. [2] She's a co-host in other segments of Startalk and Bitoy's Funniest Videos

Joseph Stanislaus Solomon            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Joseph Stanislaus Solomon: is a former West Indian cricketer who played 27 Tests for the West Indies. He played Test cricket from 1958 to 1965, scoring 1326 runs, mainly from number six and seven in the batting line-up.

King Solomon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

King Solomon: boxed professionally for 5 years in the super featherweight division out of Philadelphia with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss, and 3 draws. His most famous opponent being Arturo Gatti, whom he beat by split decision.