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The Shallit name is originally from Hebrew, and can be spelled "Shalit", "Shalyt", "Schalit", and many other ways. It means "governor" or "ruler". A common Israeli variant is "de-Shalit".

Some famous and semi-famous Shallits:

• Amos de-Shalit (1926-1969) - Israeli physicist

• Bob Shallit (b. 1952) - former reporter for the Sacramento Bee and author of California: Triumph of the Entrepreneurial Spirit.

• Gene Shalit (b. 1926) - film and book critic

• Gilad Shalit (b. 1986) - Israeli soldier captured by Hamas and held for five years.

• Heinrich Schalit (1886-1976) - musician and composer

• Jeffrey Shallit, b. 1957 - mathematician and theoretical computer scientist, professor of computer science at the University of Waterloo.

• Jonathan Shalit, b. 1962 - British impresario who discovered Charlotte Church

• Jonathan Shallit, b. 1952 - violinist, professor of music at SUNY Oswego.

• Joseph Shallit (1915-1995) - mystery novelist and short story writer. Author of The Billion-Dollar Body, Yell Bloody Murder, Lady, Don't Die on My Doorstep, Kiss the Killer, and Take Your Last Look.