Names beginning with S

• S. D. BurmanIndian singer and composer (1906–1975)

  October 1, 1906 – October 31, 1975
• S. M. SultanBangladeshi artist (1923-1994)

  August 10, 1923 – October 10, 1994
• S. P. BalasubrahmanyamIndian playback singer (1946–2020)

  June 4, 1946 – September 25, 2020
• S. R. Nathan6th President of Singapore (1924–2016)

  being archived
• S. S. RajamouliIndian film director and screenwriter

  being archived
• S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike4th Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1956-59

  January 8, 1899 – September 26, 1959
• SZAAmerican singer

  being archived
• Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-SabahEmir of Kuwait in 2006

  May 13, 1930 – May 13, 2008
• Saad HarirịSaudi Lebanese and france politician

  b. April 18, 1970
• Saad ZaghloulPrime Minister of Egypt (1859–1927)

  1858 – August 23, 1927
• Saadat Hasan MantoIndo-Pakistani novelist, playwright and writer (1912-1955)

  May 11, 1912 – January 18, 1955
• Saadeddine OthmaniMoroccan politician

  b. January 16, 1956
• Saadi ShiraziPersian poet

  1210 – 1291
• Saara KuugongelwaPrime Minister of Namibia

  being archived
• Saba QamarPakistani actress
• Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahEmir of Kuwait (1929–2020)

  June 16, 1929 – September 29, 2020
• Sabah Al-Khalid Al-SabahCrown Prince of Kuwait

  b. March 15, 1953
• Sabah III Al-Salim Al-SabahEmir of Kuwait from 1965 to 1977

  April 12, 1913 – December 31, 1977
• Sabeen MahmudPakistani human rights activist (1974–2015)

  June 20, 1975 – April 24, 2015
• Sabiha KhanumPakistani actress

  October 16, 1935 – June 13, 2020
• Sabri BoukadoumAlgerian politician and diplomat

  b. September 1, 1958
• Sabrina CarpenterAmerican singer-songwriter and actress (born 1999)

  being archived
• Sabyasachi MukherjeeMathematician; Ph.D. Jacobs University Bremen 2015

  being archived
• SacagaweaNative American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16

  May 16, 1788 – December 12, 1812
• Sachal SarmastSindhi poet

  1739 – April 11, 1827
• Sachin TendulkarIndian cricket player (born 1973)

  b. April 24, 1973
• Sachindra Nath SanyalIndian revolutionary

  April 3, 1893 – February 7, 1942
• SadequainPakistani calligrapher (1923-1987)

  June 30, 1923 – February 10, 1987
• Sadhu VaswaniIndian educationer, humanitarian and spiritual leader (1879-1966)

  November 25, 1879 – January 16, 1966
• Sadio ManéSenegalese footballer (born 1992)

  being archived
• Sadou HayatouPrime Minister of Cameroon (1942-2019)

  February 15, 1942 – August 1, 2019
• Sadruddin HashwaniPakistani businessman

  b. February 19, 1940
• Sadyr JaparovKyrgyz politician and the president of Kyrgyzstan

  b. December 6, 1968
• Saeed AnwarResearcher (ORCID 0000-0002-0692-8411)
• Safwat GhayurPakistani police officer

  July 14, 1959 – August 4, 2010
• Saghar SiddiquiPoet

  1928 – July 19, 1974
• Sahir LudhianviIndian Urdu and Hindi poet (1921–1980)

  March 8, 1921 – October 25, 1980
• Sahle-Work ZewdePresident of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

  b. February 21, 1950
• Sahodaran AyyappanIndian politician and reformer (1889-1968)

  August 21, 1889 – March 6, 1968
• Sai Baba of ShirdiIndian saint

  d. October 15, 1918
• Said Musa3rd Prime Minister of Belize from 1998 to 2008

  b. March 19, 1944
• Said bin Taimur Al SaidSultan of Muscat and Oman (1910-1972)

  being archived
• Saif Ali JanjuaPakistani engineer

  April 25, 1922 – October 10, 1948
• Saifedean AmmousEconomist and author (b. 1980)

  b. October 24, 1980
• Saifuddin KitchlewIndian revolutionary and politician (1888–1963)

  January 15, 1888 – October 9, 1963
• Saiful AzamBangladeshi fighter pilot

  1941 – June 14, 2020
• Saigo TakamoriSamurai of the Satsuma domain, supreme commander of Japanese army, one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (1828-1877)

  January 23, 1828 – September 24, 1877
• Sailen MannaIndian footballer (1924-2012)

  September 1, 1924 – February 27, 2012
• Saint Boniface8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop and missionary, Catholic saint and martyr, known as the ‘Apostle to the Germans’

  675 CE – June 5, 754 CE
• Saint CyrilChristian missionary to the Slavs (9th c.)

  827 CE – February 14, 869 CE
• Saint David of WalesHistorical figure
• Saint DominicHistorical figure
• Saint EligiusHistorical figure
• Saint MalachyHistorical figure
• Saint Margaret of ScotlandQueen of Scotland from 1070 to 1093

  1045 – November 16, 1093
• Saint MethodiusChristian missionary to the Slavs

  815 CE – April 6, 885 CE
• Saint MonicaChristian saint; mother of St. Augustine (c.332-387)

  332 CE – 387 CE
• Saint Nicholas of MyraHistorical figure
• Saint NinoHistorical figure
• Saint Patrick5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland

  385 CE – March 17, 461 CE
• Saint RemigiusHistorical figure
• Saint RochHistorical figure
• Saint SavaHistorical figure
• Saint Valentine3rd-century Roman Christian saint (175–273)

  175 CE – February 14, 273 CE
• Sajal AlyPakistani actress and model

  b. January 17, 1994
• Sajjad AliPakistani singer, composer, lyricist, actor and director
• Sakamoto RyomaJapanese samurai and politician (1836–1867)

  January 3, 1836 – December 10, 1867
• Sakichi ToyodaJapanese inventor and industrialist (1867–1930)

  being archived
• SaladinSultan who united the Muslim world and retook Jerusalem with famed chivalry

  1138 – March 4, 1193
• Salam FayyadPalestinian politician, Former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority under President Abbas

  being archived
• Salar Jung IPrime Minister of Hyderabad (1829-1883)

  1829 – February 8, 1883
• Salem Saleh bin BraikYemeni politician

  b. April 3, 1965
• Sali BerishaAlbanian politician

  b. October 15, 1944
• Salim Abdool KarimSouth African researcher

  being archived
• Salim AliIndian ornithologist (1896-1987)

  November 12, 1896 – July 27, 1987
• Salim ChishtiSufi saint of the Chishti Order during the Mughal Empire in India

  1478 – 1572
• Salimuzzaman SiddiquiNatural products chemist, scientist, painter, poet (1897–1994)

  October 19, 1897 – April 14, 1994
• Sally RideAmerican astronaut and physicist (1951–2012)

  May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012
• Salman AhmadMusician, actor

  b. December 12, 1963
• Salman AliIndian singer, winner of Indian Idol 10

  being archived
• Salman II of BahrainRuler of Bahrain (1894–1961)

  October 10, 1894 – November 2, 1961
• Salman KhanIndian actor and producer (born 1965)

  being archived
• Salman RushdieIndian-born English and American novelist (born 1947)

  b. June 19, 1947
• Salman Shah (actor)Bangladeshi actor

  September 17, 1971 – September 6, 1996
• Salman bin Abdulaziz Al SaudKing of Saudi Arabia since 2015

  b. December 31, 1935
• Salman bin Hamad, Crown Prince of BahrainPrime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain

  b. October 21, 1969
• SalomeSpanish singer

  b. June 21, 1939
• Salome AlexandraQueen regnant of Hasmonean Judaea from c.76 to 67 BCE

  140 BCE – 67 BCE
• Salome ZourabichviliGeorgian politician and former French diplomat, fifth President of Georgia (2018–2024)

  b. March 18, 1952
• Salomon Mayer von RothschildAustrian banker and businessman (1774-1855)

  being archived
• Salou DjiboMilitary leader of Niger from 2010 to 2011

  being archived
• Salva Kiir MayarditPresident of South Sudan since 2011

  b. September 13, 1951
• Salvador Allende28th president of Chile (1908–1973

  June 26, 1908 – September 11, 1973
• Salvador DaliSpanish artist (1904–1989)

  May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989
• Salvador Jorge BlancoPresident of the Dominican Republic (1926-2010)

  July 5, 1926 – December 26, 2010
• Salvador Sánchez CerénPresident of El Salvador (2014–2019)

  b. June 18, 1944
• Salvatore FerragamoItalian shoe designer (1898-1960)

  being archived
• Sam AbalPapua New Guinean politician

  being archived
• Sam AltmanAmerican venture capitalist

  b. April 22, 1985
• Sam Bankman-FriedAmerican cryptocurrency entrepreneur convicted of fraud (born 1992)

  b. March 6, 1992
• Sam CookeAmerican singer and songwriter (1931–1964)

  January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964
• Sam HarrisAmerican author, philosopher and neuroscientist (born 1967)

  being archived
• Sam Hinds5th Prime Minister of Guyana

  b. December 27, 1943
• Sam KazemianIranian-American software developer

  b. February 12, 1993
• Sam MatekaneLesotho businessman and politician

  b. March 15, 1958
• Sam NujomaPresident of Namibia from 1990 to 2005 (1929–2025)

  being archived
• Sam SmithBritish singer-songwriter

  being archived
• Sam TrabuccoAmerican business executive
• Sam WaltonAmerican businessman (1918–1992)

  March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992
• Sam WilliamsAmerican football player (born 1999)

  b. March 31, 1999
• Samantha CristoforettiItalian European Space Agency astronaut, former Italian Air Force pilot and engineer (1977)

  being archived
• Samar MubarakmandPakistani physicist

  b. September 17, 1942
• Sambhu Nath DeIndian medical researcher (1915-1985)

  February 1, 1915 – April 15, 1985
• Samia Suluhu HassanPresident of Tanzania since 2021

  being archived
• Samina BaigAthlete / Mountaineer

  b. September 19, 1990
• Samina PeerzadaPakistani actress

  b. April 9, 1955
• Samiullah KhanGovernor of the State of Sahaspur
• Sammy Davis Jr.American entertainer (1925–1990)

  December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990
• Samora MachelHistorical figure
• Samora Moisés Machel1st President of Mozambique (1933–1986)

  September 29, 1933 – October 19, 1986being archived
• Samori ToureAmerican football player (born 1998)

  b. March 24, 1998
• Samudragupta4th-century ruler of the Gupta Empire

  335 CE – 380 CE
• Samuel AdamsAmerican statesman, political philosopher, governor of Massachusetts and Founding Father of the United States (1722-1803)

  September 27, 1722 – October 2, 1803
• Samuel BarberAmerican composer (1910-1981)

  March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981
• Samuel BeckettIrish writer (1906–1989)

  April 13, 1906 – December 22, 1989
• Samuel Eto'oCameroonian association football player

  being archived
• Samuel GoldwynPolish-American film producer (1882–1974)

  being archived
• Samuel JohnsonEnglish writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)

  September 18, 1709 – December 13, 1784
• Samuel L. JacksonAmerican actor (born 1948)

  b. December 21, 1948
• Samuel Martin BurkePakistani diplomat, author and professor

  July 3, 1906 – October 9, 2010
• Samuel MorseAmerican inventor and painter (1791–1872)

  April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872
• Samuel P. HuntingtonAmerican political scientist (1927–2008)

  being archived
• Samuel Taylor ColeridgeEnglish poet, literary critic and philosopher (1772–1834)

  October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834
• Samuel de Champlain16/17th-century French explorer of North America

  August 13, 1567 – December 25, 1635
• Samuel ibn NaghrillahSpanish poet, vizier, and general

  993 CE – 1055
• Samy BadibangaCongolese politician

  b. September 12, 1962
• Sanae TakaichiJapanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan since 2025

  b. March 7, 1961
• Sanath JayasuriyaCricketer

  b. June 30, 1969
• Sandeep NailwalIndian software developer
• Sandor PetofiHistorical figure
• Sandra Mason1st president of Barbados

  b. January 17, 1949
• Sandro BotticelliItalian painter (1445–1510)

  1445 – 1510
• Sandro PertiniItalian journalist, resistance leader and politician, President of Italy from 1978 to 1985

  September 25, 1896 – February 24, 1990
• Sandy KoufaxAmerican baseball player (born 1935)

  being archived
• Sandy WeillAmerican banker and philanthropist (born 1933)

  being archived
• Sangolli RayannaIndian freedom fighter

  August 15, 1796 – January 26, 1831
• Sanjay Leela BhansaliIndian film director, producer and screenwriter

  being archived
• Sanjeev KapoorAir Marshal, Indian Air Force

  being archived
• Sanna MarinPrime Minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023

  being archived
• Santa Rosa de LimaDominican saint from Peru

  April 20, 1586 – August 24, 1617
• Santaji GhorpadeIndian military leader

  October 21, 1645 – June 18, 1696
• Santiago Peña PalaciosPresident of Paraguay since 2023

  b. November 16, 1978
• Santiago Ramon y CajalSpanish scientist (1852-1934)

  May 1, 1852 – October 17, 1934
• Santosh KumarResearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-7070-057X
• Saoirse RonanIrish-American actress (born 1994)

  being archived
• Sapar IsakovKyrgyz politician

  b. July 29, 1977
• Saparmyrat NyýazowPresident of Turkmenistan from 1990 to 2006

  being archived
• SapphoAncient Greek poet from Lesbos (c. 630-c. 570 BC)

  c. 650 BCE – c. 550 BCE
• Saqlain MushtaqPakistani cricketer

  b. December 29, 1976
• Sara SeagerCanadian astronomer and planetary scientist

  being archived
• Sara ShaguftaUrdu poet from Pakistan

  October 31, 1954 – June 4, 1984
• Sarah GilbertBritish vaccinologist

  being archived
• Sarah MeiklejohnAmerican computer scientist
• Sarah SjöströmSwedish swimmer

  being archived
• Sarah SnookAustralian actress (born 1987)

  being archived
• Sarah VaughanAmerican jazz and classical singer (1924–1990)

  March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990
• Sarat Chandra BoseIndian Bengali independence activist and lawyer (1889-1950)

  September 6, 1889 – February 20, 1950
• Sarat Chandra ChattopadhyayBengali novelist and short story writer (1876-1938)

  September 15, 1876 – January 16, 1938
• Sardar Abdur Rab NishtarPakistani politician (1899–1958)

  June 13, 1899 – February 14, 1958
• Sardar Shaukat Hayat KhanHistorical figure
• Sardar Vallabhbhai PatelIndian barrister, leader of the Indian National Congress and founding father of the Republic of India (1875-1950)

  October 31, 1875 – December 15, 1950
• Sarfaraz RafiquiHistorical figure
• Sarfraz NawazPakistani cricketer

  b. December 1, 1966
• Sargon IIKing of Assyria (722-705 B.C)

  765 BCE – 705 BCE
• Sargon of AkkadFounder of the Akkadian Empire

  c. 2350 BCE – c. 2300 BCE
• Sarla ThakralIndian aviator

  1914 – March 15, 2008
• Sarmad KashaniPersian mystic, poet and saint

  1590 – 1661
• Sarojini NaiduIndian poet, politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from1947 to 1949

  February 13, 1879 – March 2, 1949
• Sarra ZaafraniTunisian engineer, senior civil servant and politician (born 1963)

  b. January 26, 1963
• Sartor FaqirPashtun Islamic leader against the British Raj in colonial India

  d. 1917
• Satchel PaigeAmerican baseball player and coach (1906-1982)

  being archived
• Satish DhawanFormer ISRO Chairman

  September 25, 1920 – January 3, 2002
• Satish KumbhaniIndian financial fraudster
• Sato KilmanVanuatuan politician

  being archived
• Satoshi KonJapanese anime director and manga artist (1963–2010)

  being archived
• Satoshi NakamotoPseudonymous creator or creators of Bitcoin
• Satya NadellaIndian-American business executive and CEO of Microsoft

  being archived
• Satyajit RayIndian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)

  May 2, 1921 – April 23, 1992
• Satyendra Nath BoseIndian Bengali physicist and polymath (1894–1974)

  January 1, 1894 – February 4, 1974
• Saud of Saudi ArabiaKing of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964

  being archived
• Saufatu SopoangaTuvaluan politician (1952-2020)

  being archived
• Saul PerlmutterAmerican astrophysicist and Nobel laureate

  being archived
• Sauli NiinistöFinnish politician and the 12th President of Finland (2012-2024)

  b. August 24, 1948
• Saulius SkvernelisPrime minister of Lithuania from 2016 to 2020

  b. July 23, 1970
• Saulo MusokeUgandan politician and judge (1920–2011)

  being archived
• Savitribai PhuleIndian social reformer (1831-1897)

  January 3, 1831 – March 10, 1897
• Sawar Muhammad HussainPakistani soldier (1949–1971)

  June 18, 1949 – December 10, 1971
• Saxo GrammaticusHistorical figure
• Sayajirao Gaekwad IIIIndian Maharaja (1863–1939)

  March 31, 1863 – February 6, 1939
• Scipio AfricanusRoman general and politician (236/235–183 BC)

  235 BCE – 183 BCE