Butin Solomon Leibovich (born May 19, 1947, Riga) – lighting technician.

Solomon Butin was born into the family of Joel Meerovich Butin (1918, Dvinsk, now Daugavpils – 1969, Riga) and Sarita Ilyinichna Butina (née Luvshtein) (born 1923, Dvinsk). He graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 12 in 1965 and worked as a lighting technician at the Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting (1965–1972) and at the Latvian Radio and Television Center (1972–1974).

In his marriage to Nechama Moiseevna Butina (born 1946, Riga), their son, Dan Veniaminovich Butin, was born in 1967 in Riga.

In 1974, Solomon Butin received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his maternal uncle (his mother's brother) Abram Ilyich Levshtein (born 1926, Dvinsk) had been living since 1972, his cousin Abram Meerovich Butin (born 1938, Dvinsk), and since 1973, his older brother Meer Joelovich Butin (born 1945).

Family:

Joel Meerovich Butin (1918–1969) – father
Sarita Ilyinichna Butina (née Luvshtein) (born 1923) – mother
Abram Ilyich Levshtein (born 1926) – maternal uncle
Abram Meerovich Butin (born 1938) – cousin
Meer Joelovich Butin (born 1945) – brother
Nechama Moiseevna Butina (born 1946) – wife
Dan Veniaminovich Butin (born 1967) – son