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Li and Vitanyi, in "An Introduction to Kolmogorov Complexity and Its Applications" (p.84), write: Ray Solomonoff [...] introduced [what is now known as] 'Kolmogorov complexity' in a long journal paper in 1964. [...] This makes Solomonoff the first inventor and raises the question whether we should talk about Solomonoff complexity.