Names beginning with S

• SneferuPharaoh and founder of the 4th dynasty of Ancient Egypt

  c. 2700 BCE – 2609 BCE
• Snoop DoggAmerican rapper (born 1971)

  b. October 20, 1971
• Snorri SturlusonHistorical figure
• SobekneferuEgyptian queen regnant

  c. 1900 BCE – 1793 BCE
• Sobho GianchandaniPakistani social scientist

  May 3, 1920 – December 8, 2014
• Sobhuza IIKing of Swaziland (1899-1982)

  July 22, 1899 – August 21, 1982
• SocratesAthenian philosopher whose questioning method founded Western ethics

  470 BCE – 399 BCE
• Sofia CoppolaAmerican filmmaker (born 1971)

  being archived
• Sohail AbbasResearcher
• Sohan Singh BhaknaSikh revolutionary (1870–1968)

  1870 – 1968
• Sohrab ModiIndian film actor, director, producer (1897-1984)

  November 2, 1897 – January 28, 1984
• Soichiro HondaJapanese engineer and industrialist

  November 17, 1906 – August 5, 1991
• Sojourner TruthAbolitionist and African-American activist for women's rights (1797–1883)

  1797 – November 26, 1883
• SolomonHistorical figure
• Solomon R. GuggenheimAmerican businessman and museum founder (1861-1949)

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• Solomon ibn Gabirol11th-century Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher

  1021 – 1058
• SolonAthenian legislator

  638 BCE – 558 BCE
• SomerledTwelfth-century King of the Isles, Lord of Argyll, and religious patron

  1100 – 1164
• Somnath SharmaProud on major Somnath Sharma (1923–1947)

  January 31, 1923 – October 31, 1947
• Son Heung-minSouth Korean association football player (born 1992)

  being archived
• Sonexay SiphandoneLaotian politician

  b. January 26, 1966
• Song Chi-hyungSouth Korean entrepreneur (born 1979)

  b. 1979
• Song Kang-hoSouth Korean actor

  being archived
• Sooronbay JeenbekovPresident of Kyrgyzstan from 2017 to 2020

  b. November 16, 1958
• Sophia LorenItalian actress (born 1934)

  b. September 20, 1934
• Sophie GermainFrench mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776-1831)

  April 1, 1776 – June 27, 1831
• Sophie SchollGerman resistance fighter during the Nazi regime, member of the White Rose (1921-1943)

  May 9, 1921 – February 22, 1943
• Sophie WilmèsBelgian politician

  b. January 15, 1975
• SophoclesAncient Greek playwright

  496 BCE – 406 BCE
• SophonisbaItalian painter (c.1532-1625)

  c. 1531 – November 16, 1625
• Sor Juana Ines de la CruzMexican writer, philosopher, playwright and poet

  November 12, 1651 – April 17, 1695
• Soraya TarziPrincess Consort (1919-1926), later Queen Consort of King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan (1926-1929)

  November 24, 1899 – April 20, 1968
• SordelloItalian troubadour, poet and composer

  1200 – 1269
• Soren KierkegaardDanish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)

  May 5, 1813 – November 11, 1855
• Sorghaghtani BekiMongol empress (1190-1252)

  February 2, 1190 – March 1, 1252
• Soumeylou Boubèye MaïgaMalian politician (1954–2022)

  June 8, 1954 – March 21, 2022
• Soumya SwaminathanIndian paediatrician and clinical scientist

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• SpartacusThracian gladiator who led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic

  103 BCE – 71 BCE
• Spencer TracyAmerican actor (1900–1967)

  April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967
• Spike LeeAmerican filmmaker (born 1957)

  b. March 20, 1957
• Sprent DabwidoPresident of Nauru (1972-2019)

  being archived
• SquantoNative American contact of the Pilgrims

  1585 – November 30, 1622
• Sree Narayana GuruIndian spiritual leader and social reformer (1856–1928)

  1856 – September 20, 1928
• Sreeram KannanPh.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2013
• Srettha ThavisinPrime Minister of Thailand from 2023 to 2024

  being archived
• Sri AurobindoIndian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)

  August 15, 1872 – December 5, 1950
• SrideviIndian actress (1963–2018)

  August 13, 1963 – February 24, 2018
• Srinivasa RamanujanIndian mathematician (1887–1920)

  December 22, 1887 – April 26, 1920
• Stacy HerbertAmerican television presenter and producer

  b. March 12, 1968
• Stan LaurelEnglish actor (1890–1965)

  June 16, 1890 – February 23, 1965
• Stan LeeAmerican comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer (1922–2018)

  December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018
• Stani KulechovHistorical figure
• Stanislaus of SzczepanowHistorical figure
• Stanislav PetrovOfficer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, noted for not executing a nuclear strike during a nuclear false alarm incident (1939-2017)

  September 7, 1939 – May 19, 2017
• Stanley DruckenmillerAmerican businessman

  being archived
• Stanley HoMacau gambling magnate (1921–2020)

  being archived
• Stanley KubrickAmerican filmmaker and photographer (1928–1999)

  July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999
• Star XuFormer cryptocurrency executive
• Stavros NiarchosGreek businessman and art collector (1909–1996)

  being archived
• Stefan DusanEmperor of Serbia 1331–1355

  July 26, 1308 – December 20, 1355
• Stefan LöfvenSwedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden between 2014–2021

  being archived
• Stefan NemanjaHistorical figure
• Stefan PerssonBusiness magnate

  being archived
• Stefan ThomasHistorical figure

  February 1, 1932 – February 7, 2025
• Stefan ZweigAustrian writer (1881–1942)

  November 28, 1881 – February 23, 1942
• Steffi GrafGerman tennis player

  b. June 14, 1969
• Stella McCartneyBritish fashion designer (born 1971)

  being archived
• StendhalFrench writer (1783–1842)

  January 23, 1783 – March 23, 1842
• Stephan TualHistorical figure
• Stephanie KwolekAmerican chemist, inventor of Kevlar (1923–2014)

  July 31, 1923 – June 18, 2014
• Stephen ChowHong Kong actor, comedian and filmmaker (born 1962)

  being archived
• Stephen CurryAmerican basketball player (born 1988)

  being archived
• Stephen Harper22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

  b. April 30, 1959
• Stephen HawkingCosmologist who mapped black holes from a wheelchair

  January 8, 1942 – March 14, 2018
• Stephen I of HungaryHistorical figure
• Stephen Jay GouldAmerican biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)

  September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002
• Stephen KingAmerican novelist and writer (born 1947)

  b. September 21, 1947
• Stephen LangtonEnglish cleric; Archbishop of Canterbury

  1150 – July 9, 1228
• Stephen SchwarzmanAmerican businessman and investor

  being archived
• Stephen of EnglandKing of England from 1135 to 1154

  1095 – October 25, 1154
• Stephen the Great of MoldaviaHistorical figure
• Stephenson KingFormer Prime minister of Saint Lucia

  being archived
• Steve BikoSouth African anti-apartheid activist (1946–1977)

  December 18, 1946 – September 12, 1977
• Steve CohenAmerican lawyer and politician

  being archived
• Steve IrwinAustralian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)

  February 22, 1962 – September 4, 2006
• Steve JobsCo-founder of Apple who fused technology with design

  February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011
• Steve McQueenAmerican actor (1930-1980)

  March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980
• Steve SmithAmerican basketball player (born 1969)

  being archived
• Steve WozniakAmerican computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.

  b. August 11, 1950
• Steven GerrardEnglish association football player and manager

  being archived
• Steven GoldfederCo-Founder & Chief Executive Officer - Offchain Labs
• Steven LevittAmerican economist

  being archived
• Steven PinkerCanadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind

  being archived
• Steven SpielbergAmerican filmmaker (born 1946)

  b. December 18, 1946
• Steven WeinbergAmerican theoretical physicist (1933-2021)

  May 3, 1933 – July 23, 2021
• Stevie NicksAmerican singer and songwriter born 1948

  being archived
• Stevie Ray VaughanAmerican blues guitarist (1954–1990)

  being archived
• Stevie WonderAmerican and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (born 1950)

  b. May 13, 1950
• Stevo PendarovskiPresident of North Macedonia from 2019 to 2024

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• StingBritish musician (born 1951)

  being archived
• Stjepan Mesić2nd President of the Republic of Croatia

  b. December 24, 1934
• StormzyEnglish-Ghanaian rapper

  being archived
• Strive MasiyiwaZimbabwean businessman

  being archived
• StromaeBelgian singer and songwriter

  being archived
• Stuart BroadEnglish cricketer (born 1986)

  being archived
• Stuart HaberAmerican cryptographer
• Stuart YoungPolitician in Trinidad and Tobago

  being archived
• Su ShiChinese writer and politician (1037–1101)

  January 8, 1037 – August 24, 1101
• Su Tseng-changTaiwanese politician

  being archived
• Su Zhu2nd Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China (1921–2008)

  February 16, 1921 – August 20, 2008
• Subhadra Kumari ChauhanIndian Hindi poet, short-story writer and freedom fighter (1904–1948); wrote 'Jhansi Ki Rani'

  August 16, 1904 – February 15, 1948
• Subhas Chandra BoseIndian nationalist leader (1897-1945)

  January 23, 1897 – August 18, 1945
• Subrahmanyan ChandrasekharIndian-American astrophysicist

  October 19, 1910 – August 21, 1995
• Subramania BharatiTamil poet, social reformer, fighter for Indian freedom & women's rights

  December 11, 1882 – September 12, 1921
• Subramania SivaIndian independence activist, writer, and editor (1884–1925)

  October 4, 1884 – July 23, 1925
• Sucheta KripalaniChief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and India's first woman Chief Minister (1908–1974)

  June 25, 1908 – December 1, 1974
• SudirmanMalaysian singer and songwriter (1954-1992)

  May 25, 1954 – February 22, 1992
• SuetoniusLate 1st/early 2nd-century Roman historian

  70 CE – 126 CE
• Sufi Abu TalebEgyptian politician (1925–2008)

  January 27, 1925 – February 21, 2008
• Sufi TabassumHistorical figure
• Sufia KamalBangladeshi writer

  June 20, 1911 – November 20, 1999
• SugaHistorical figure

  being archived
• Sugar Ray RobinsonAmerican boxer (1921–1989)

  May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989
• Suger of Saint-DenisFrench abbot-statesmen, historian and the influential first patron of Gothic architecture (1080-1151)

  1080 – January 13, 1151
• Sukanta BhattacharyaBengali poet (1926–1947)

  August 15, 1926 – May 13, 1947
• Sukarno1st President of Indonesia (1901—1970)

  June 6, 1901 – June 21, 1970
• Sukhdev ThaparIndian revolutionary (1907–1931)

  May 15, 1907 – March 23, 1931
• Sukra Raj ShastriHistorical figure
• Sulaiman Al RajhiSaudi banking billionaire and philanthropist

  being archived
• Suleiman the MagnificentThe tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1520–1566)

  November 6, 1494 – September 6, 1566
• SullaRoman dictator and general

  138 BCE – 78 BCE
• Sultan BahuPunjabi Sufi mystic, poet and scholar (1630–1691)

  1630 – 1691
• Sultan RahiPakistani actor (1938–1996)

  June 24, 1938 – January 9, 1996
• Sumitranandan PantIndian writer

  May 20, 1900 – December 28, 1977
• Sumner RedstoneAmerican businessman and media magnate (1923-2020)

  being archived
• Sun QuanEmperor of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period

  182 CE – 252 CE
• Sun Tzu6th century BCE Chinese general and military strategist

  544 BCE – 496 BCE
• Sun Yat-senChinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)

  November 12, 1866 – March 12, 1925
• Sundar PichaiIndian-American business executive, CEO of Google LLC & Alphabet Inc.

  being archived
• Sundiata KeitaEmperor of Mali

  August 20, 1190 – 1255
• Sunil Bharti MittalBusinessperson

  being archived
• Sunita WilliamsAmerican astronaut and USN officer

  being archived
• Sunni AliKing of the Songhai Empire

  1464 – 1492
• Sunny KingPseudonymous creator of Peercoin and proof of stake
• Sunny LuCo-founder of VeChain
• Suppiluliuma IHittite king

  1375 BCE – 1335 BCE
• SuraiyaIndian actress and singer (1929-2004)

  June 15, 1929 – January 31, 2004
• Suraiya MultanikarPakistani singer

  b. August 30, 1940
• Surangel Whipps Jr.President of Palau since 2021

  b. August 9, 1968
• Surat HuseynovAzerbaijani colonel and politician (1959–2023)

  February 12, 1959 – July 31, 2023
• SurdasIndian writer

  b. c. 1500
• SurenaIranian general

  84 BCE – 52 BCE
• Surinder KaurIndian singer (1929-2006)

  November 25, 1929 – June 14, 2006
• SuriyaDanish singer

  being archived
• Suriya JungrungreangkitThai politician

  being archived
• SuriyothaiRoyal consort

  c. 1600 – February 3, 1548
• Surya SenBritish Indian Bengali revolutionary (1894-1934)

  March 22, 1894 – January 8, 1934
• Suryakant Tripathi NiralaIndian Hindi poet and novelist (1896–1961); pioneer of free verse in Hindi; Chhayavaad pillar

  February 21, 1896 – October 15, 1961
• Suryavarman IICambodian king (1094-1150)

  1094 – 1150
• Susan B. AnthonyAmerican women's rights activist (1820–1906)

  February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906
• Susan SontagAmerican writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)

  January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004
• Susan WojcickiAmerican business executive (1968–2024)

  being archived
• Sushant Singh RajputIndian actor (1986-2020)

  January 21, 1986 – June 14, 2020
• Sushil KoiralaFormer Prime Minister of Nepal (1939-2016)

  being archived
• Sushila KarkiInterim prime minister of Nepal since 2025

  being archived
• SushrutaAncient Indian physician, father of surgery

  600 BCE – 500 BCE
• Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono6th President of Indonesia (2004—2014)

  b. September 9, 1949
• Suzanne SimardCanadian forest ecologist

  being archived
• Svante ArrheniusSwedish astronomer, chemist and physicist (1859–1927)

  February 19, 1859 – October 2, 1927
• Svante PääboSwedish geneticist (born 1955)

  being archived
• Sviatoslav I of KievPrince of Kiev

  942 CE – 972 CE
• Swami VivekanandaIndian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

  January 12, 1863 – July 4, 1902
• Swaran LataPakistani actress (1924–2008)

  December 20, 1924 – February 8, 2008
• Sweyn ForkbeardKing of Denmark, England, and Norway

  April 17, 963 CE – February 3, 1014
• Syarhei Rumas9th Prime Minister of Belarus 2018–2020

  b. December 1, 1969
• Syarhiey Sidorski6th Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus

  b. March 13, 1954
• Syd BarrettBritish musician (1946–2006)

  January 6, 1946 – July 7, 2006
• Sydney McLaughlin-LevroneAmerican hurdler and sprinter (born 1999)

  being archived
• Sydney SweeneyAmerican actress (born 1997)

  being archived
• Syed Ahmad BarelviMuslim activist

  November 28, 1786 – May 6, 1831
• Syed Ameer AliIndian Muslim jurist (1849-1928)

  1849 – 1928
• Syed Babar AliPakistani businessman, philanthropist and former Finance Minister of Pakistan

  b. June 30, 1926
• Syed Mujtaba AliBengali author and scholar

  September 13, 1904 – February 11, 1974
• Syed Mushtaq AliIndian field hockey player, born 1942 (1942–2010)

  July 10, 1942 – March 2, 2010
• Syed Wazir AliIndian cricket player. (1903-1950)

  September 15, 1903 – June 17, 1950
• Syed Zamir JafriBlogger (1916–1999)

  January 1, 1916 – May 16, 1999
• Sylvanie BurtonDominican politician

  b. 1956
• Sylvester StalloneAmerican actor and filmmaker (born 1946)

  b. July 6, 1946
• Sylvestre NtibantunganyaPresident of Burundi

  b. May 8, 1956
• Sylvia EarleAmerican oceanographer

  b. August 30, 1935
• Sylvia PlathAmerican poet and writer (1932–1963)

  October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963
• Sylvie KinigiBurundian politician

  b. November 24, 1952
• Sébastien BorgetHistorical figure
• Sébastien LecornuPrime Minister of France since 2025

  b. June 11, 1986
• Sékouba KonatéPresident of Guinea

  b. June 6, 1964
• Süleyman Demirel9th President of the Republic of Turkey (1924-2015)

  being archived
• Sēmisi SikaTongan politician

  being archived