Names beginning with S

• Scott JoplinAmerican composer, musician, pianist (1867/68-1917)

  March 31, 1868 – April 1, 1917
• Scott KellyAmerican astronaut and engineer (born 1964)

  being archived
• Scott McNealyAmerican businessman

  being archived
• Scott MorrisonPrime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022

  b. May 13, 1968
• Scottie PippenAmerican basketball player (born 1965)

  being archived
• Scottie SchefflerAmerican professional golfer (born 1996)

  being archived
• Seamus HeaneyIrish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939–2013)

  April 13, 1939 – August 30, 2013
• Sean CarrollAmerican theoretical cosmologist

  being archived
• Sean ConneryScottish actor (1930–2020)

  August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020
• Sebastian KurzChancellor of Austria (2017–2019, 2020–2021)

  b. August 27, 1986
• Sebastian VettelGerman racing driver

  being archived
• Sebastián PiñeraChilean entrepreneur and politician (1949–2024)

  December 1, 1949 – February 6, 2024
• Seewoosagur RamgoolamPolitician, statesman and philanthropist and the first prime minister of Mauritius (1900-1985)

  September 19, 1900 – December 15, 1985
• Sei ShonagonJapanese author and court lady

  966 CE – 1025
• Sejong the GreatFourth king of Joseon (Korea), creator of Hangul

  April 10, 1397 – February 17, 1450
• Selena QuintanillaAmerican singer (1971–1995)

  April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995
• Seleucus I NicatorGeneral of Alexander and founder of the Seleucid dynasty

  358 BCE – 281 BCE
• Selim I9th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520

  October 10, 1470 – September 22, 1520
• SemiramisHistorical figure
• Seneca the YoungerRoman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)

  c. 4 BCE – April 12, 1965 CE
• SenenmutEgyptian architect (1600-1463)

  c. 1600 BCE – 1463 BCE
• SennacheribKing of Assyria

  745 BCE – 681 BCE
• Senusret IIIPharaoh of Egypt

  c. 1950 BCE – 1842 BCE
• Seoule SimeonVanuatuan politician

  being archived
• Septimius SeverusRoman emperor from 193 to 211

  146 CE – February 4, 211 CE
• Serdar Berdimuhamedow3rd President of Turkmenistan since 2022

  b. September 22, 1981
• Serena WilliamsWinner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles, a tennis era unto herself

  b. September 26, 1981
• Seretse KhamaHistorical figure
• Seretse Khama Ian KhamaBotswana politician

  b. February 27, 1953
• Serge TelleFrench civil servant, Minister of State of Monaco from 2016 to 2020

  b. May 5, 1955
• Sergei EisensteinSoviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

  January 10, 1898 – February 11, 1948
• Sergei KorolevSoviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer (1907-1966)

  December 30, 1906 – January 14, 1966
• Sergei ProkofievRussian and Soviet pianist, composer and conductor (1891–1953)

  April 23, 1891 – March 5, 1953
• Sergei RachmaninoffRussian composer, pianist and conductor (1873–1943)

  April 1, 1873 – March 28, 1943
• Sergej KunzHistorical figure
• Sergey BrinAmerican billionaire businessman (born 1973)

  b. August 21, 1973
• Sergey IvanchegloHistorical figure
• Sergey NazarovUkrainian political strategist, former member of parliament, civic activist
• Sergio BusquetsSpanish association football player (born 1988)

  being archived
• Sergio LeoneItalian filmmaker (1929–1989)

  January 3, 1929 – April 30, 1989
• Sergio MattarellaPresident of Italy (2015–present)

  b. July 23, 1941
• Sergio PérezMexican racing driver (1990-)

  being archived
• Sergio RamosSpanish association football player (born 1986)

  being archived
• Sergius of RadonezhRussian saint (1314-1392)

  May 3, 1314 – September 25, 1392
• Serhii KoretskyiPrime Minister of Ukraine

  b. March 14, 1978
• Serik AkhmetovPolitician, former Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan

  b. June 25, 1958
• Serzh SargsyanArmenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia

  b. June 30, 1954
• Seth Harchandrai VishandasHistorical figure
• Seti ISecond pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's 19th dynasty

  1323 BCE – 1279 BCE
• Shaan ShahidPakistani actor, screenwriter and director

  b. April 27, 1971
• Shabbir SharifPakistani soldier (1943-1971)

  April 28, 1943 – December 6, 1971
• Shabnam (actress)Bangladeshi actress

  b. August 17, 1946
• Shafiq-ur-RehmanResearcher ORCID 0000-0002-8169-0132
• Shafqat Amanat AliPakistani singer

  b. February 26, 1965
• Shah Abbas the GreatHistorical figure
• Shah Abdul KarimBangladeshi musician

  February 15, 1916 – September 12, 2009
• Shah Abdul Latif BhittaiSufi writer

  1690 – 1751
• Shah Ahmad NooraniSpiritual and political leader (1926–2003)

  April 1, 1926 – December 11, 2003
• Shah Ghulam Ali DehlaviIslamic scholar

  1743 – October 16, 1824
• Shah HussainBotanist
• Shah Inayat QadiriSufi saint

  1643 – 1728
• Shah Inayat Shaheed17th-century Sindhi revolutionary

  1655 – January 7, 1718
• Shah JahanThe fifth Mughal Emperor from 1628 to 1658

  January 15, 1592 – January 22, 1666
• Shah JalalSufi scholar of Sylhet

  1271 – March 15, 1346
• Shah Makhdum RuposhHistorical figure

  1216 – 1313
• Shah Nawaz KhanArmy General and Member of parliament (1914-1983)

  January 24, 1914 – December 9, 1983
• Shah Paran14th-century Sufi figure
• Shah Rukh KhanIndian actor, producer and television personality

  b. November 2, 1965
• Shah Rukn-e-AlamSufi saint from Multan

  November 24, 1251 – March 9, 1335
• Shah Waliullah DehlawiIndian muslim scholar

  February 21, 1703 – August 20, 1762
• Shahamad KhanRecipient of the Victoria Cross (1879–1947)

  July 1, 1879 – July 28, 1947
• Shahbaz Ahmed (hockey)Pakistani field hockey player and politician

  b. September 1, 1968
• Shaheen Shah AfridiHistorical figure

  being archived
• Shahid AfridiPakistani cricketer (born 1980)

  being archived
• Shahid Khaqan AbbasiPakistani politician and businessman

  being archived
• Shahidullah KaiserBengali novelist and journalist (1927-1971)

  February 16, 1927 – December 14, 1971
• Shahla ZiaPakistani lawyer and activist

  February 12, 1947 – March 10, 2005
• Shahnaz SheikhField hockey player

  b. March 21, 1949
• Shahu of KolhapurRaja and first Maharaja of the Indian princely state of Kolhapur (1874-1922)

  June 26, 1874 – May 6, 1922
• Shahul HamidMystic saint and Islamic preacher

  1490 – 1579
• Shaitan SinghIndian politician
• Shaka ZuluLeader of the Zulu Kingdom

  1787 – September 22, 1828
• Shakeb JalaliPakistani poet

  October 1, 1934 – November 12, 1966
• Shakib Al HasanBangladeshi cricketer and Politician

  being archived
• Shakir Ali (painter)Ph.D. Aligarh Muslim University 2002
• Shakir Shuja AbadiPakistani Saraiki poet

  b. February 25, 1953
• ShakiraColombian singer-songwriter (born 1977)

  being archived
• Shalmaneser IIIAssyrian king

  c. 900 BCE – 824 BCE
• Sham Singh AttariwalaSikh warrior

  1790 – 1846
• Shamim AraPakistani actor and film director

  March 22, 1938 – August 5, 2016
• ShammaiJewish scholar and an important figure in Judaism's core work of rabbinic literature, the Mishnah (50 BCE-30 CE)

  50 BCE – 30 CE
• Shammi KapoorIndian actor (1930-2011)

  October 21, 1930 – August 14, 2011
• Shamshad BegumIndian singer (1919-2013)

  April 14, 1919 – April 23, 2013
• Shamshi-Adad IKing of Mari (ca. 1808–1776 BCE)

  1860 BCE – 1776 BCE
• Shamsur RahmanBangladeshi poet, writer, journalist (1929–2006)

  October 23, 1929 – August 17, 2006
• Shane WarneAustralian cricketer (1969–2022)

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• Shanti Swaroop BhatnagarIndian chemist (1894–1955)

  February 21, 1894 – January 1, 1955
• Shapur ISecond Sassanid emperor (r. 241–272)

  c. 300 CE – 270 CE
• Shapur IISasanian emperor

  309 CE – 379 CE
• Shaquille O'NealAmerican basketball player (born 1972)

  b. March 6, 1972
• Sharfuddin Ahmed Yahya ManeriHistorical figure

  1263 – January 3, 1381
• Sharif Sheikh AhmedSomali politician

  being archived
• Sharmeen Obaid-ChinoyPakistani filmmaker and journalist (born 1978)

  b. November 12, 1978
• Shashi KapoorIndian film actor and producer (1938–2017)

  March 18, 1938 – December 4, 2017
• Shaukat ThanviPakistani writer

  1904 – 1963
• Shaun WhiteAmerican snowboarder and skateboarder

  being archived
• Shavkat MirziyoyevPresident of the Republic of Uzbekistan

  b. July 24, 1957
• Shawn MendesCanadian singer

  b. August 8, 1998
• Shehbaz SharifPrime Minister of Pakistan (2022–2023; 2024–present)

  b. September 23, 1951
• Sheikh AbdullahKashmiri politician (1905-1982)

  December 5, 1905 – September 8, 1982
• Sheikh AyazHistorical figure
• Sheikh HasinaPrime Minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001, 2009–2024)

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• Sheikh Mujibur RahmanPresident of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh and the 2nd Prime Minister and first President of Bangladesh

  March 17, 1920 – August 15, 1975
• Sheikh Noor-ud-din WaliKashmiri poet

  April 9, 1378 – March 12, 1439
• Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al NahyanSheikh of Abu Dhabi from 1966 to 2003

  May 6, 1918 – November 2, 2004
• Sheldon AdelsonAmerican businessman (1933–2021)

  being archived
• Sheldon GlashowAmerican theoretical physicist

  being archived
• Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceJamaican track and field sprinter

  being archived
• Shen KuoChinese scientist and statesman (1031-1095)

  1031 – 1095
• Sher Bahadur DeubaPrime Minister of Nepal

  being archived
• Sherif IsmailEgyptian politician (1955–2023)

  July 6, 1955 – February 4, 2023
• Sheryl SandbergAmerican technology executive, activist, and author

  being archived
• Sheshonq IPharaoh of Egypt

  c. 1000 BCE – 924 BCE
• Shibli NomaniIndian Islamic Scholar (1857–1914)

  June 3, 1857 – November 18, 1914
• Shigeru IshibaPresident of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2024 to 2025 and Prime Minister of Japan from 2024 to 2025

  being archived
• Shimon PeresIsraeli politician (1923–2016) –Former President of Israel (2007–2014) and Prime Minister of Israel (1977, 1984–1986, 1995–1996)

  August 2, 1923 – September 28, 2016
• Shin SaimdangCalligraphist and noted poet (1504-1551)

  October 29, 1504 – May 17, 1551
• Shinya YamanakaJapanese doctor and medical scientist (born 1962)

  b. September 4, 1962
• Shinzō AbePrime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954–2022)

  September 21, 1954 – July 8, 2022
• Shiv Kumar BatalviPunjabi poet (1936–1973)

  July 23, 1936 – May 6, 1973
• Shiv NadarIndian businessman

  being archived
• ShivajiIndian Maratha king and founder of the Maratha Swaraj (Empire)

  February 19, 1627 – April 3, 1680
• Shivaram KaranthHistorical figure
• Shivaram RajguruIndian revolutionist (1908–1931)

  August 24, 1908 – March 23, 1931
• Shivkumar SharmaIndian classical musician (1938–2022)

  January 13, 1938 – May 10, 2022
• Shoaib AkhtarPakistani cricketer

  being archived
• Shoaib MansoorPakistani director, writer and musician

  b. April 4, 1952
• Shohei OhtaniJapanese professional baseball player

  being archived
• Shota RustaveliGeorgian poet

  1172 – 1216
• Shreya GhoshalIndian playback singer

  being archived
• Shubman GillIndian cricketer

  being archived
• ShulgiSumerian King of Ur

  d. 2045 BCE
• Shutruk-NahhunteElamite king

  c. 1300 BCE – 1165 BCE
• Sibghatullah Shah RashidiPakistani freedom fighter

  March 16, 1909 – March 20, 1943
• SichelgaitaHistorical figure
• Sidhu Moose WalaIndian rapper, singer and composer (1993-2022)

  being archived
• Sidhu MurmuIndian political activist and writer
• Sidi Ould Cheikh AbdallahiMauritanian politician (1938–2020)

  1938 – November 23, 2020
• Sidney CrosbyCanadian ice hockey player

  being archived
• Sidney PoitierBahamian and American actor and diplomat (1927–2022)

  February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022
• Sifan HassanEthiopian-born Dutch middle- and long-distance runner

  being archived
• Sifi GhriebAlgerian politician

  b. January 20, 1971
• Siger of BrabantBelgian philosopher, c. 1240–1284

  1235 – November 10, 1284
• Sigismondo Malatesta16th-century Italian condottiero (1498 - 1553)

  1498 – 1553
• Sigismund, Holy Roman EmperorMonarch from the House of Luxemburg (1368-1437)

  February 14, 1368 – December 9, 1437
• Sigmund FreudFounder of psychoanalysis and cartographer of the unconscious

  May 6, 1856 – September 23, 1939
• Sigmundur Davíð GunnlaugssonPrime minister of Iceland 2013 - 2016

  b. March 12, 1975
• Sigurd the CrusaderKing of Norway from 1103 to 1130

  1089 – March 26, 1130
• Sigurður Ingi JóhannssonPrime Minister of Iceland from 2016 to 2017

  b. April 20, 1962
• Sikandar Hayat KhanPunjabi politician and statesman during British Raj (1892–1942)

  June 5, 1892 – December 26, 1942
• Silvio MicaliItalian-American computer scientist

  b. October 13, 1954
• Sima QianChinese historian (c. 145 – c. 86 BCE)

  145 BCE – 86 BCE
• Simeon I of BulgariaHistorical figure
• Simeon StylitesChristian ascetic saint

  389 CE – September 2, 459 CE
• Simon Achidi AchuCameroonian politician

  November 5, 1934 – May 4, 2021
• Simon BolivarVenezuelan statesman and military officer (1783–1830)

  July 24, 1783 – December 17, 1830
• Simon ChangEngineer and Mayor of Taoyuan since 2022

  being archived
• Simon HarrisTánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) of Ireland (born 1986)

  b. October 17, 1986
• Simon WiesenthalJewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter (1908–2005)

  December 31, 1908 – September 20, 2005
• Simon de MontfortAnglo-Norman nobleman who led a rebellion against King Henry III of England (1208-1265)

  May 23, 1208 – August 4, 1265
• Simone BilesAmerican artistic gymnast

  b. March 14, 1997
• Simone MartiniItalian painter

  1284 – August 1, 1344
• Simone VeilFrench politician (1927–2017)

  July 13, 1927 – June 30, 2017
• Simone WeilFrench philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)

  February 3, 1909 – August 24, 1943
• Simone de BeauvoirFrench philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)

  January 9, 1908 – April 14, 1986
• Simonetta SommarugaPolitician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council

  being archived
• Simplice SarandjiCentral African politician

  b. April 4, 1955
• Sin-leqi-unninniBabylonian scribe

  c. 1200 BCE – c. 1100 BCE
• Sinead O'ConnorIrish singer-songwriter (1966–2023)

  being archived
• Sir Chhotu RamHistorical figure
• Sir Fazl-i-HusainHistorical figure
• Sir Ganga RamHistorical figure
• Sir Muhammad Zafarullah KhanHistorical figure
• Sir Ross MasoodHistorical figure
• Sir Syed Ahmad KhanIndian Muslim reformer and social activist (1817–1898)

  October 17, 1817 – March 27, 1898
• Sir Ziauddin AhmadIndian mathematician and philosopher (1873-1947)

  February 13, 1878 – December 23, 1947
• Siraj-ud-DaulahNawab of Bengal

  1733 – July 2, 1757
• Sirajuddin I of PerlisRaja of Perlis

  b. May 17, 1943
• Sirimavo BandaranaikePrime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) from 1960–65, 1970–77, 1994–2000

  April 17, 1916 – October 10, 2000
• Sister NiveditaScots-Irish social worker, author, teacher and disciple of Swami Vivekananda

  October 28, 1867 – October 13, 1911
• Sister Rosetta TharpeAmerican gospel musician (1915–1973)

  March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973
• Sitara DeviIndian dancer (1920-2014)

  November 8, 1920 – November 25, 2014
• Sitiveni RabukaPrime Minister of Fiji from 1992 to 1999 and from 2022-

  b. September 13, 1948
• Sitting BullHunkpapa Lakota medicine man and holy man (1831–1890)

  1831 – December 15, 1890
• SkanderbegAlbanian noble and military commander (1405–1468)

  May 6, 1405 – January 17, 1468
• SkeptaBritish-Nigerian rapper and record producer

  being archived
• Slavica Đukić DejanovićSerbian politician

  being archived
• Slavoj ŽižekSlovenian philosopher (born 1949)

  being archived
• Smita PatilIndian actress (1955–1986)

  October 17, 1955 – December 13, 1986
• Smokey RobinsonAmerican R&B singer, songwriter and producer (born 1940)

  b. February 19, 1940