| Sa, Mem de (Portuguese colonial official) |
1500-1572 |
| Saada, Antun (Brazilian-born Syrian political agitator) |
1904-1949 |
| Sa'adia ben Joseph (Jewish commentator, scholar) |
882-942 |
| Saakashvili, Mikhail (or Mikheil) "Misha" (Georgian politician) |
b.1967 |
| Saarinen, Eero (Finnish-born American architect; son of Eliel) |
1910-1961 |
| Saarinen, Gottlieb Eliel (Finnish-born American architect) |
1873-1950 |
| Saavedra, Juan Bautista (Bolivian jurist; president 1921-25) |
1870-1939 |
| Saavedra Fajardo, Diego (Spanish diplomat, writer) |
1584-1648 |
| Saavedra Lamas, Carlos (Argentinean jurist, diplomat) |
1878-1959 |
| Saavedra Ramirez de Baquendano, Angel de (Span. polit., writer) |
1791-1865 |
| Saba (or Sabas), Saint (Turkish Christian monk) |
439-532 |
| Saba, Umberto née Poli (Italian poet) |
1883-1957 |
| Sabatier, Louis-Auguste (French Protestant theologian) |
1839-1901 |
| Sabatier, Paul (French chemist) |
1854-1941 |
| Sabatini, Rafael (Italian novelist in English) |
1875-1950 |
| Sabbatini, Nicola (Italian architect) |
1574-1654 |
| Sabato, Ernesto (Argentinean writer, critic, essayist) |
b.1911 |
| Sabellius (Roman Christian prelate, theologian) |
fl. c.220 |
| Sabin, Albert Bruce (American physician) |
1906-1993 |
| Sabine, Sir Edward (British soldier, astronomer) |
1788-1883 |
| Sabine, Wallace Clement Ware (American physicist) |
1868-1919 |
| Sabinian (Sabinianus) (Pope 604-606) |
d.606 |
| Sable, Jean Baptist Point (Haitian-born Am. pioneer trader) |
1750?-1818 |
| Sabutai (or Subotai) (Mongol general) |
c.1172-1245 |
| Sabzevari, Haji Hadi (Persian philosopher, poet) |
1797/8-1878 |
| Sacagawea (also Sacajawea) (Shoshone guide with Lewis & Clark) |
1786?-1812 |
| Sa-Carneiro, Mario de (Portuguese poet, writer) |
1890-1916 |
| Sacasa, Juan Bautista (Nicaraguan politician; pres. 1933-36) |
1874-1946 |
| Saccheri, Giovanni Girolamo (Italian Jesuit teacher, math.) |
1667-1733 |
| Sacchetti, Franco (Italian poet, writer of novelle) |
c.1330-1400 |
| Sacchi, Andrea (Italian painter) |
1599-1661 |
| Sacchi, Bartolomeo "Platina" (Italian Humanist, historian) |
1421-1481 |
| Sacchis, Giovanni Antonio de' "Pordenone" (Venetian painter) |
c.1483-1539 |
| Sacco, Nicola (Italian-born American political radical) |
1891-1927 |
| Sacharow, Lawrence J. "Larry" (American stage director) |
1937-2006 |
| Sacher-Masoch, Leopold von (German novelist) |
1836-1895 |
| Sacheverell, Henry (English clergyman) |
1674?-1724 |
| Sacheverell, William (English politician) |
1638-1691 |
| Sachs, Curt (German-born American musicologist) |
1881-1959 |
| Sachs, Hans (German poet, Meistersinger, shoemaker) |
1494-1576 |
| Sachs, Julius von (German botanist) |
1832-1897 |
| Sachs, Nelly Leonie (German-born Swedish poet, dramatist) |
1891-1970 |
| Sackman, Janet (Am. model; Lucky Strike girl,Chesterfield girl) |
b.1931/2 |
| Sackville, Thomas (1st Earl of Dorset) (English poet, diplomat) |
1536-1608 |
| Sackville-West, Victoria Mary (English poet, novelist) |
1892-1962 |
| Sacrobosco, Johannes de (aka John of Holywood) (Englist math.) |
d.1244/56 |
| Sa da Bandeira, Bernardo de (Portuguese politician) |
1795-1876 |
| Sadat, Muhammad Anwar (Egyptian soldier, statesman) |
1918-1981 |
| Sade, Donatien-Alphonse-Francois de (French writer) |
1740-1814 |
| Sadeddin, Hoca (Turkish historian) |
1536-1599 |
| Sa de Miranda, Francisco de (Portuguese poet, playwright) |
1481-1558 |
| Sa'di (Mosharref od-Din ibn Mosleh od-Din Sa'di) (Persian poet) |
c.1213-1292 |
| Sadie, Stanley (English scholar, editor; New Grove Dictionary) |
1930-2005 |
| Sadji, Abdoulaye (Senegalese writer) |
1910-1961 |
| Sadler, Michael Thomas (English politician, reformer) |
1780-1835 |
| Sadler (or Sadleir, Sadleyer), Sir Ralph (English diplomat) |
1507-1587 |
| Sadlier, Denis (Irish-born American book publisher) |
1817-1885 |
| Sadlier, James (Irish-born American book publisher) |
d.1869 |
| Sadoleto, Jacopo (Italian prelate) |
1477-1547 |
| Sadoveanu, Mihail (Romanian politician, writer) |
1880-1961 |
| Saemund Sigfusson (Icelandic chieftain-priest, scholar) |
1056-1133 |
| Saenredam, Pieter Jansz (Dutch painter) |
1597-1665 |
| Saenz, Manuela "La Saenz" (Ecuadorian mistress of S. Bolivar) |
1797-1856 |
| Saenz Pena, Luis (Argentinean politician; president 1892-1895) |
1823-1907 |
| Saenz Pena, Roque (Argentinean diplomat, politician) |
1851-1914 |
| Safarik, Pavel Josef (Czech scholar) |
1795-1861 |
| Safi od-Din (Persian mystic) |
1252-1334 |
| Safire, William (American columnist, language authority) |
b.1929 |
| Safiye Sultan (Ottoman consort) |
d.c.1605/19 |
| Sagan, Carl Edward (American astronomer, writer) |
1934-1996 |
| Sagan, Francoise (pseud. of Francoise Quoirez) (French writer) |
b.1935 |
| Sagasta, Praxedes Mateo (Spanish politician) |
1825-1903 |
| Sage, Margaret Olivia née Slocum (American philanthropist) |
1828-1918 |
| Sage, Russell (American financier, politician) |
1816-1906 |
| Saghal, Nayantara Pandit (Indian journalist, writer) |
b.1927 |
| Sagra, Ramon de la (Spanish naturalist, sociologist, anarchist) |
1798-1871 |
| Saha, Meghnad N. (Indian astrophysicist) |
1893-1956 |
| Sahagun, Bernardino de (Spanish Franciscan missionary, hist.) |
1499-1590 |
| Sahibdin (Indian painter) |
17th cent. |
| Sahle Selassie (King of Shewa, Ethiopia 1813-1847) |
1795/1801-1847 |
| Sa'ib (aka Sa'ib of Tabriz or of Isfahan) (Persian poet) |
1601/02-1677 |
| Saicho (aka posthumously Dengyo Daishi) (Japanese religious) |
767-822 |
| Sa'id, Ali Ahmad (pseud. Adonis) (Lebanese poet, lit. critic) |
b.1930 |
| Said, Edward Wadie (Jerusalem-born American polymath scholar) |
1935-2003 |
| Said Halim Pasa (Turkish politician) |
1863-1921 |
| Sa'id ibn Sultan (Ruler of Muscat, Oman, and Zanzibar) |
1791-1856 |
| Sa'id Pasha (Ottoman viceroy of Egypt 1854-1863) |
1822-1863 |
| Saigo Takamori (Japanese general, patriot) |
1828-1877 |
| Saigo (orig Sato Norikiyo) (Japanese Buddhist priest-poet) |
1118-1190 |
| Saint-Andre, Andre Jeanbon (orig. surname Jeanbon)(Fr. clergy.) |
1749-1813 |
| Saint-Arnaud, Armand-Jacques Leroy de (French soldier) |
1798-1854 |
| St. Clair, Arthur (Scottish-born American soldier) |
1736-1818 |
| Saint-Denis, Louis Juchereau de (French-Canadian explorer) |
1676-1744 |
| St. Denis, Ruth (orig. surname Dennis) (Am. dancer, teacher) |
1879-1968 |
| Sainte-Beuve, Charles-Augustin (French critic, author) |
1804-1869 |
| Sainte-Claire Deville, Henri-Etienne (French chemist) |
1818-1881 |
| Sainte-Palaye, Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de (Fr. medievalist) |
1697-1781 |
| Saint-Exupery, Antoine-Marie-Roger de (French aviator, writer) |
1900-1944 |
| Saint-Gaudens, Augustus (Irish-born American sculptor) |
1848-1907 |
| Saint-Gelais, Mellin de (French poet) |
1491-1558 |
| Saint-Germain, Comte de (Adventurer in Paris of unknown origin) |
1707?-1784 |
| St. John, Henry (1st Viscount Bollingbroke) (Eng. pol., writer) |
1678-1751 |
| St. John, Oliver (English judge) |
1598?-1673 |
| Saint-Just, Louis-Antoine-Leon de (French revolutionary leader) |
1767-1794 |
| St. Laurent, Louis Stephen (Canadian lawyer, politician) |
1882-1973 |
| St. Leger (or Sentleger), Sir Anthony (English administrator) |
1496?-1559 |
| St. Leger, Barry (British officer in American Revolution) |
1737-1789 |
| Saint-Leon, Arthur (French violinist, dancer, choreographer) |
1821-1870 |
| Saint-Martin, Louis-Claude de (French mystic philosopher) |
1743-1803 |
| Saint-Maure, Charles de (French soldier, man of letters) |
1610-1690 |
| Saint-Saens, Charles-Camille (French composer) |
1835-1921 |
| Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman (English critic, journalist) |
1845-1933 |
| Saint-Vincent, Gregoire de (Belgian mathematician) |
1584-1667 |
| St. Vrain, Ceran de Hault de Lassus de (American fur trader) |
1802-1870 |
| Sai Ong Hue (Ruler of Laotian kingdom of Lan Xang 1700-1735) |
d.1735 |
| Saionji Kimmochi (Japanese politician) |
1849-1940 |
| Saisset, Bernard (French prelate) |
c.1232-1311? |
| Sait Faik Abasiyanik (Turkish writer) |
1907-1954 |
| Saito Makoto (Japanese admiral, administrator) |
1858-1936 |
| Sakai Hoitsu (orig. Tadanao) (Japanese painter, poet) |
1761-1828 |
| Sakai Toshihiko (pseud. Kosen) (Japanese Socialist) |
1870-1933 |
| Sakaida Kakiemon (orig. Sakaida Kizaemon) (Japanese potter) |
d.1666 |
| Sakamoto Ryoma (Japanese samurai, revolutionary) |
1835-1867 |
| Saker, Alfred (English missionary in West Africa) |
1814-1880 |
| Sakharov, Ardrey Dmitriyevich (Russian physicist, dissident) |
1921-1989 |
| Saki (pseud. of Hector Hugh Munro) (Burmese-born Scot. writer) |
1870-1916 |
| Sakmann, Bert (German biochemist) |
b.1942 |
| Sakuma Shozan (aka Sakuma Zozen) (Japanese scholar) |
1811-1864 |
| Sakurada Jisuke I (pseudonym Sato) (Japanese Mabuki dramatist) |
1734-1806 |
| Sala, George Augustus Henry (English writer) |
1828-1895 |
| Salacrou, Armand (French dramatist) |
1899-1989 |
| Saladin (Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub) (Muslim sultan, hero) |
1137/8-1193 |
| Salam, Abdus (Pakistani physicist in Britain) |
b.1926 |
| Salamanca, Daniel (Bolivian politician; president 1931-1934) |
1869-1935 |
| Salamun, Tomaz (Slovenian poet) |
b.1941 |
| Salandra, Antonio (Italian politician) |
1853-1931 |
| Salas Barbadillo, Alonso Jeronimo de (Spanish writer) |
1581-1635 |
| Salazar, Antonio de Oliveira (Portuguese dictator 1932-1968) |
1889-1970 |
| Salazar y Torres, Agustin de (Spanish poet, playwright) |
1642-1675 |
| Salchow, Karl Emil Julius Ulrich (Swedish figure skater) |
1877-1949 |
| Saldana, Excilia (Cuban poet, writer) |
b.1946 |
| Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, Joao Carlos de (Port. general, pol.) |
1790-1876 |
| Salesbury (or Salisbury), William (Welsh scholar) |
c.1520-c.1584 |
| Salieri, Antonio (Italian composer) |
1750-1825 |
| Salih, Tayeb (or at-Tayyib Salih) (Sudanese writer) |
b.1929 |
| Salih Ayyub (Ruler of Egypt 1239, 1245-1249) |
d.1249 |
| Salim, Hadji Agus (Indonesian nationalist, Islamic leader) |
1884-1954 |
| Salimbene di Adam (Ognibene de Adamo) (It. monk, chronicler) |
1221-c.1290 |
| Salinas de Gortari, Carlos (Mexican politician; pres. 1988-) |
b.1948 |
| Salinas y Serrano, Pedro (Spanish poet, scholar, dramatist) |
1891-1951 |
| Salinger, Jerome David (American writer) |
b.1919 |
| Salisbury, Rollin Daniel (American geologist) |
1858-1922 |
| Salis-Seewis, Johann Gaudenz (Swiss soldier, poet) |
1762-1834 |
| Salitis (or Salatis; also Mayebre Sheshi) (King of Egypt) |
fl. c.1670 BC |
| Salk, Jonas Edward (American immunologist; disc. polio vaccine) |
1914-1995 |
| Salkey, Felix Andrew Alexander (Panamanian writer, anthologist) |
b.1928 |
| Salle, Marie (French dancer, choreographer) |
c.1707-1756 |
| Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus) (Roman historian, polit.) |
c.86-35/4 BC |
| Salluste, Guillaume de (French poet) |
1544-1590 |
| Salman al-Farisi (Persian national hero) |
7th cent. |
| Salom, Jaime (Spanish playwright) |
b.1925 |
| Salomao, Waly (Brazilian poet) |
1944-2003 |
| Salome (Judaean princess; daughter of Herodias & Herod Philip) |
1st cent. |
| Salome Alexandra (Queen of Judea 76-67 BC) |
d.67 BC |
| Salomon, Alice (German social worker) |
1872-1948 |
| Salomon, Erich (German photographer) |
1886-c.1944 |
| Salomon, Haym (Polish-born American merchant, financier) |
1740-1785 |
| Salomon, Louis-Etienne-Felicite (Haitian general, politician) |
1815-1888 |
| Salomonovich, Alexander (Russian radio astronomer) |
b.1916 |
| Salt, Sir Titus (English manufacturer) |
1803-1876 |
| Saltonstall, Gurdon (American clergyman) |
1666-1724 |
| Saltonstall, Leverett (American lawyer, politician) |
1892-1979 |
| Saltus, Edgar Evertson (American author) |
1855-1921 |
| Saltykov, Mikhail Yevgrafovich (pseud. N. Shchedrin)(Rus. nov.) |
1826-1889 |
| Saltykov, Pyotr Semyonovich (Russian field marshal) |
1698?-1772 |
| Salutati, Lino Coluccio di Piero (Italian Humanist) |
1331-1406 |
| Salvatierra, Juan Maria (Italian Jesuit missionary) |
1648-1717 |
| Salvi, Niccolo (or Nicola) (Italian sculptor) |
1697-1751 |
| Salvianus (aka Salvianus of Marseilles) (Germanic ecclesiastic) |
c.400-c.480 |
| Salviati, Antonio (Italian mosaicist) |
1816-1900 |
| Salviati, Cecchino (orig. Francesco de' Rossi) (It. painter) |
1510-1563 |
| Salviati, Leonardo (academic name Infarinato) (It. Humanist) |
1540-1589 |
| Salvius Julianus (Roman jurist) |
2nd cent. |
| Salzillo y Alcaraz, Francisco (Spanish sculptor) |
1707-1783 |
| Salzmann, Siegmund (pen name Felix Salten) (Hung. nov., jour.) |
1869-1945 |
| Samain, Albert-Victor (French poet) |
1858-1900 |
| Samaniego, Felix Maria (Spanish Basque poet) |
1745-1801 |
| Sambhaji (Hindu raja of Maratha 1680-1689) |
d.1689 |
| Sambourne, Edward Linley (English draftsman, illustrator) |
1844-1910 |
| Sambucuccio d'Alando (Corsican rebel) |
d.c.1370 |
| Sammartini, Giovanni Battista "Il Milanese" (Italian composer) |
1700/1-1775 |
| Sammartini, Giuseppe Francesco Gaspare Melchiorre (It. comp.) |
1695-1750 |
| Sammuramat (Semiramis) (Assyrian queen) |
9th cent. BC |
| Samo (Frankish merchant) |
d.c.660 |
| Samory Toure (West African ruler) |
c.1830-1900 |
| Samoset (American Pemaquid Indian leader) |
d.1653? |
| Sampson, William Thomas (American naval officer) |
1840-1902 |
| Sam Sene Thai, Phya (Ruler of Lan Xang kingdom of Laos) |
1356-1417 |
| Samson of Tottington (English ecclesiastic) |
c.1135-1212 |
| Samsonov, Aleksandr Vasiliyevich (Russian general) |
1859-1914 |
| Samudra Gupta (Second emperor of Gupta dynasty in India) |
d.c.380 |
| Samuel (Shmu'el) (Hebrew judge, prophet) |
c.11th cent. BC |
| Samuel (Czar of Bulgaria 980-1014) |
d.1014 |
| Samuel of Nehardea (Mars Samuel) (Babylonian scholar, rabbi) |
c.177-257 |
| Samuel, Sir Herbert Louis (1st Viscount Samuel) (Eng. polit.) |
1870-1963 |
| Samuel, Marcus (1st Viscount Bearsted) (English financier) |
1853-1927 |
| Samuel ha-Nagid (Spanish Talmudic scholar, warrior, politician) |
993-1055/6 |
| Samuelson, Paul Anthony (American economist) |
b.1915 |
| Samuelsson, Bengt Ingemar (Swedish biochemist) |
b.1934 |
| Sanatescu, Constantin (Romanian soldier, politician) |
1885-1947 |
| Sanatruces (aka Arshakan) (King of Parthia 76/75-70/69 BC) |
d.70/69 BC |
| Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin (American journalist) |
1831-1917 |
| Sanborn, James (Am. businessman; org. Chase & Sanborn 1878) |
1835-1903 |
| Sanches, Francisco (Portuguese or Span. physician, philosopher) |
c.1550-1623 |
| Sanchez, Florencio (Uruguayan dramatist) |
1875-1910 |
| Sanchez, Luis Rafael (Puerto Rican playwright, writer) |
b.1936 |
| Sanchez, Sonia Benita (b.Wilsonia Driver)(Am. poet, playwright) |
b.1934 |
| Sanchez Cerro, Luis M. (Peruvian soldier, politician) |
1889-1933 |
| Sanchez Coello, Alonso (Spanish painter) |
1531/2-1588 |
| Sanchez Cotan, Juan (Spanish painter) |
1561-1627 |
| Sanchuniathon (Phoenician writer) |
14-13th cent. BC |
| Sancroft, William (Eng. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1678) |
1617-1693 |
| Sand, George (Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dudevant)(French novelist) |
1804-1876 |
| Sandage, Allan Rex (American astronomer) |
b.1926 |
| Sanday, William (English New Testament scholar) |
1843-1920 |
| Sandburg, Carl (American biographer, poet) |
1878-1967 |
| Sandby, Paul (English engraver, painter) |
1725-1809 |
| Sandeau, Leonard-Sylvain-Julien "Jules" (Fr. nov., playwright) |
1811-1883 |
| Sandel, Cora (Sara Margarethe Fabricius) (Norwegian writer) |
1880-1974 |
| Sandeman, Robert (Scottish religious leader) |
1718-1771 |
| Sandemose, Aksel (Danish-born Norwegian novelist) |
1899-1965 |
| Sanders, George (Russian-born British actor) |
1906-1972 |
| Sanders, Harland David "Colonel Sanders" (Am. food franchiser) |
1890-1980 |
| Sanders (or Sander), Nicholas (English controversialist, hist.) |
1530?-1581 |
| Sanders, Pharoah (Farrell) (American saxophonist) |
b.1940 |
| Sanderson, Frederick William (English educator) |
1857-1922 |
| Sandino, Augusto Cesar (Nicaraguan guerrilla leader) |
1893-1934 |
| Sandoval y Rojas, Francisco Gomez de (Spanish politician) |
1553-1623 |
| Sandow, Eugene (German-born American strongman) |
1867-1925 |
| Sandel, Cora (Sara Margarethe Fabricius) (Norwegian writer) |
1880-1974 |
| Sandoz, Marie Susette "Mari" (Am. biographer, hist. writer) |
1901-1966 |
| Sandrart, Joachim von (German painter, engraver, art scholar) |
1606-1688 |
| Sandys, Anthony Frederick Augustus (English artist) |
1829-1904 |
| Sandys, Edwin (English prelate; archbishop of York 1576-1588) |
1516?-1588 |
| Sandys, Sir Edwin (English colonial organizer; son of Edwin) |
1561-1629 |
| Sandys, George (English colonist, poet; brother of Sir Edwin) |
1578-1644 |
| Sandys, Sir John Edwin (English scholar) |
1844-1922 |
| Sanford, Edward Terry (American Supreme Court justice 1923-30) |
1865-1930 |
| Sanfuentes Andonaegui, Juan Luis (Chilean pol.; pres. 1915-20) |
1858-1930 |
| Sangallo, Antonio (Florentine architect, military engineer) |
1455-1535 |
| Sangallo, Antonio Giamberti da (Florentine architect) |
1483-1546 |
| Sangallo, Francesco "Il Margotta" (Florentine sculptor) |
1494-1576 |
| Sangallo, Giuliano da (Florentine architect, sculptor) |
1445?-1516 |
| Sanger, Eugen (Austrian rocket propulsion engineer) |
1905-1964 |
| Sanger, Frederick (English biochemist) |
b.1918 |
| Sanger, George (English circus proprietor; brother of John) |
1825-1911 |
| Sanger, John (English circus proprietor; brother of George) |
1816-1889 |
| Sanger, George (English circus proprietor; brother of John) |
1825-1911 |
| Sanger, Margaret Louise née Higgins (Am. birth control adv.) |
1879-1966 |
| Sanjar (Mu'izz ad-Din Sanjar) (Prince of Khorasan c.1096-1157) |
1084/6-1157 |
| Sanjo II (Gosanjo) (71st emperor of Japan 1168-1172) |
1034-1073 |
| Sanjo Sanetomi (Japanese politician) |
1837-1891 |
| Sankara (or Sankaracarya) (Indian philosopher, theologian) |
700?-750? |
| Sankaran Nair, Sir Chettur (Indian jurist, politician) |
1857-1934 |
| Sankey, Ira David (American evangelist, hymn writer) |
1840-1908 |
| Sankey, John (1st Viscount Sankey) (English jurist) |
1866-1948 |
| San Martin, Jose Francisco de (Argentinian soldier, statesman) |
1778-1850 |
| Sanmicheli, Michele (Italian architect, military engineer) |
1484-1559 |
| Sannazzaro, Jacopo (academic name Actius Sincerus) (It. poet) |
1456-1530 |
| Sansom, William (English writer, banker, advertiser) |
1912-1976 |
| Sanson, Charles Henri (French executioner; executed Louis XVI) |
1740-1795? |
| Sansovino, Jacopo (orig. surname Tatti) (It. sculptor, arch.) |
1486-1570 |
| Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de (Mexican general, politician) |
1794-1876 |
| Santa Cruz, Alonso de (Spanish cartographer, chronicler) |
1505-1567 |
| Santa Cruz, Andres (Bolivian general, politician) |
1792-1865 |
| Santa Maria, Domingo (Chilean politician; president 1881-1886) |
1825-1889 |
| Santana, Pedro (Dominican military & political leader) |
1801-1864 |
| Santander, Francisco de Paula (Colombian general, politician) |
1792-1840 |
| Santareno, Bernardo (Antonio Martinho do Rosario) (Port. poet) |
1924-1980 |
| Santayana, George (Spanish poet, philosopher) |
1863-1952 |
| Sant'Elia, Antonio (Italian architect) |
1888-1916 |
| Santerre, Antoine-Joseph (French revolutionary polit., general) |
1752-1809 |
| Santerre, Jean-Baptiste (French painter) |
1658-1717 |
| Santillana, Inigo Lopez de Mendoza, marquis de (Spanish poet) |
1398-1458 |
| Santiraksita (Indian Buddhist teacher) |
8th cent. |
| Santorini, Giovanni Domenico (Italian physician) |
1681-1737 |
| Santorio, Santorio "Sanctorius" (Italian physician) |
1561-1636 |
| Santos, Eduardo (Colombian politician; president 1938-1942) |
1888-1974 |
| Santos, Maximo (Uruguayan politician; president 1882-1886) |
1847-1887 |
| Santos-Dumont, Alberto (Brazilian aviation pioneer in France) |
1873-1932 |
| Sanudo, Marino (Venetian chronicler) |
1466-1536 |
| Sanusi, as- (Libyan theologian) |
c.1787-1859 |
| Sapir, Edward (Pomeranian-born Am. anthropologist, linguist) |
1884-1939 |
| Sappho (Greek lyric poet, of Lesbos) |
fl. c.610-580 BC |
| Sapronov, Timofey Vladimirovich (Russian politician) |
1887-1939? |
| Sapru, Sir Tej Bahadur (Indian jurist, politician) |
1875-1949 |
| Saracoglu, Sukru (Turkish politician) |
1887-1953 |
| Sarasin (or Sarrasin or Sarrazin), Jean-Francois (French poet) |
1614-1654 |
| Sarbiewski, Maciej Kazimierz (Polish Jesuit, monk) |
1595-1640 |
| Sardou, Victorien (French playwright) |
1831-1908 |
| Sarduri I (King of Urartu c.840-830 BC) |
9th cent. BC |
| Sarduri II (King of Urartu c.755-735 BC) |
8th cent. BC |
| Sarduri III (King of Urartu c.644-640 BC) |
7th cent. BC |
| Sarduy, Severo (Cuban writer) |
1937-1993 |
| Sarg, Anthony Frederick "Tony" (Guatemalan-born Am. illus.) |
1882-1942 |
| Sargent, Charles Sprague (American dendrologist) |
1841-1927 |
| Sargent, John Singer (Italian-born American painter) |
1856-1925 |
| Sargent, Winthrop (American soldier, administrator) |
1753-1820 |
| Sargeson, Frank (Norris Frank Davey) (New Zealand writer) |
1903-1982 |
| Sargon of Akkad (Mesopotamian ruler c.2334-2279 BC) |
24-23rd cent. BC |
| Sargon II (Assyrian conqueror, king 721-705 BC) |
d.705 BC |
| Sariputra (Sariputta) (Indian Buddhist) |
c.6th cent. BC |
| Saris, John (English merchant, sea captain) |
d.1646 |
| Sarit Thanarat (Thai soldier, politician) |
1908-1963 |
| Sarkar, Sir Jadunath (Indian historian) |
1870-1958 |
| Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino (Argentine educator, pol., writer) |
1811-1888 |
| Sarmiento de Acuna, Diego (Conde de Gondomar) (Span. diplomat) |
1567-1626 |
| Sarmiento de Gamboa, Pedro (Spanish explorer) |
1532-1592? |
| Sarnoff, David (Russian-born American executive; fnd. NBC 1926) |
1891-1971 |
| Saroyan, William (American writer, playwright) |
1908-1981 |
| Sarpi, Paolo (It. prelate, historian, scientist, theologian) |
1552-1623 |
| Sarrail, Maurice-Paul-Emmanuel (French general) |
1856-1929 |
| Sarraut, Albert-Pierre (French colonial administrator, polit.) |
1872-1962 |
| Sarrette, Bernard (French musical administrator) |
1765-1858 |
| Sarraute, Nathalie (Russian-born French writer, playwright) |
1900-1999 |
| Sars, Michael (Norwegian marine biologist) |
1805-1869 |
| Sarsfield, Patrick (Irish Jacobite, soldier) |
d.1693 |
| Sartain, Emily (American engraver, painter; daughter of John) |
1841-1927 |
| Sartain, John (English-born American engraver) |
1808-1897 |
| Sartain, Samuel (American engraver; son of John) |
1830-1906 |
| Sartain, William (American painter; son of John) |
1843-1924 |
| Sarti, Giuseppe (Italian composer) |
1729-1802 |
| Sarton, Eleanore Marie "May" (Belgian-born Am. poet, writer) |
1912-1995 |
| Sarton, George Alfred Leon (Belgian-born American scholar) |
1884-1956 |
| Sartre, Jean-Paul (French writer, playwright, philosopher) |
1905-1980 |
| Sarzec, Gustave-Charles-Ernest Chocquin de (French diplomat) |
1832-1901 |
| Sasan (Persian noble) |
1st? cent. |
| Sassoon, Siegfried Lorraine (English writer, poet) |
1886-1967 |
| Sastre, Alfonso (Spanish dramatist) |
b.1926 |
| Sastri, Valangiman Sankarana-Rayana Srinivasa (Indian polit.) |
1869-1946 |
| Sastroamidjojo, Ali (Indonesian politician) |
1903-1975 |
| Satie, Eric-Alfred-Leslie (French composer) |
1866-1925 |
| Sata Eisaku (Japanese politician) |
1901-1975 |
| Sato Haruo (Japanese poet, writer, critic) |
1892-1964 |
| Sato Nobuhiro (Japanese scientist) |
1769-1850 |
| Satterlee, Francis Le Roy (American roentgenologist) |
1881-1935 |
| Saturninus, Lucius Appuleius (Roman politician) |
d.100 BC |
| Saud (King of Saudia Arabia 1953-1964; son of Ibn Sa'ud) |
1902-1969 |
| Sauer, Carl Ortwin (American geographer) |
1889-1975 |
| Sauganash (Canadian-born American Potawatomi Indian leader) |
1780-1841 |
| Saul (First king of Israel c.1020-1000 BC) |
11th cent. BC |
| Saumaise, Claude de (Claudius Salmasius) (French scholar) |
1588-1653 |
| Saumarez, James (Baron de Saumarez) (British naval commander) |
1757-1836 |
| Saunders, Nicholas (English entrepreneur, writer) |
1938-1998 |
| Sauser, Frederic Louis (pseud. Blaise Cendrars) (Swiss writer) |
1887-1961 |
| Saussier, Felix-Gustave (French general) |
1828-1905 |
| Saussure, Ferdinand de (Swiss linguist; pioneer of semiotics) |
1857-1913 |
| Saussure, Henri de (Swiss entomologist; grandson of Horace) |
1829-1905 |
| Saussure, Horace-Benedict de (Swiss geologist, physicist) |
1740-1799 |
| Saussure, Nicolas de (Swiss agriculturist) |
1709-1790 |
| Saussure, Nicolas-Theodore de (Swiss chemist, naturalist) |
1767-1845 |
| Saustatar (or Shaushshatar) (King of Mitanni) |
16-15th cent. BC |
| Sautuola, Marcellino de (Spanish amateur archaeologist) |
d.1888 |
| Sauveur, Albert (Belgian-born American metallurgist) |
1863-1939 |
| Sauveur, Joseph (French physicist) |
1653-1716 |
| Sava, Saint (Sabas) (Serbian prelate) |
c.1176-c.1236 |
| Savage, Arthur William (Jamaican-born Am. arms manufacturer) |
1857-1938 |
| Savage, Daniel Keenan (American sex advice columnist, writer) |
b.1964 |
| Savage, Edward (American painter, engraver) |
1761-1817 |
| Savage, Henry Wilson (American theatrical producer) |
1859-1927 |
| Savage, James (American antiquary) |
1784-1873 |
| Savage, Michael Joseph (Australian-born New Zealand politician) |
1872-1940 |
| Savage, Richard (English poet, playwright, satirist) |
1697?-1743 |
| Savage, Thomas Staughton (American clergyman, naturalist) |
1804-1880 |
| Savard, Felix-Antoine (French-Canadian priest, poet, writer) |
1896-1982 |
| Savarkar, Vir Vinayak Damodar (Indian nationalist) |
1883-1966 |
| Savart, Felix (French physicist, physicist) |
1791-1841 |
| Savary, Anne-Jean-Marie-Rene (French soldier, politician) |
1774-1833 |
| Savelli, Luca (Roman politician; father of Pope Honorius IV) |
d.1266 |
| Savery, Thomas (English military engineer) |
1650?-1715 |
| Savery, William (American cabinetmaker) |
1721-1787 |
| Savigny, Friedrich Karl von (German jurist) |
1779-1861 |
| Savile, Sir George (English politician, essayist) |
1633-1695 |
| Savile, Sir Henry (English scholar) |
1549-1622 |
| Savinkov, Boris Viktorovich (pseud. V. Ropshin) (Russian rev.) |
1879-1925 |
| Savold, Lee (orig. surname Hulver) (American boxer) |
1914?-1972 |
| Savonarola, Girolamo (Italian religious reformer) |
1452-1498 |
| Saw, U (aka Galon U Saw) (Burmese politician) |
1900-1948 |
| Sax, Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" (Belg. musical instrument maker) |
1814-1894 |
| Sax, Charles-Joseph (Belgian musical instrument maker) |
1791-1865 |
| Saxo Grammaticus (Danish historian) |
c.1150-1216? |
| Saxton, Joseph (American inventor) |
1799-1873 |
| Say, Jean-Baptiste (French economist) |
1767-1832 |
| Say, Thomas (American entomologist) |
1787-1834 |
| Sayadian, Aruthin (pseud. Sayat-Nova) (American troubadour) |
1712-1795 |
| Sayana (Hindu scholar; brother of Madhavacarya) |
1320-1387 |
| Saya San (Burmese nationalist) |
d.1931 |
| Sayce, Archibald Henry (English philologist) |
1845-1933 |
| Sayers, Dorothy Leigh (English writer, scholar) |
1893-1957 |
| Sayers, Tom "the Little Wonder" (English boxer) |
1826-1865 |
| Sayf ad-Dawlah (Arab ruler of northern Syria) |
916-967 |
| Sayre, Lewis Albert (American surgeon) |
1820-1900 |
| Sazonov, Sergey Dmitriyevich (Russian diplomat) |
1861-1927 |
| Scaevola, Gaius Mucius (Roman hero) |
6th cent. BC |
| Scaevola, Publius Mucius (Roman jurist, orator) |
d.115? BC |
| Scaevola, Quintus Mucius "Pontifex" (Roman consul) |
d.82 BC |
| Scaevola, Quintus Mucius "Augur" (Roman jurist; cousin of Q.M.) |
d.88 BC |
| Scalia, Antonin (American jurist; Supreme Court justice 1986-) |
b.1936 |
| Scaliger, Joseph Justus (French scholar; son of Julius) |
1540-1609 |
| Scaliger, Julius Caesar (Italian-born Fr. physician, scholar) |
1484-1558 |
| Scamozzi, Vincenzo (Italian architect) |
1552-1616 |
| Scarlatti, Giuseppe Domenico (It. composer; son of Alessandro) |
1685-1757 |
| Scarlatti, Pietro Alessandro (Gaspare) (Italian composer) |
1660-1725 |
| Scarlett, Sir James Yorke (English general) |
1799-1871 |
| Scarpa, Antonio (Italian anatomist, surgeon) |
1752-1832 |
| Scarron, Paul (French comic poet, novelist, dramatist) |
1610-1660 |
| Scaurus, Marcus Aemilius (Roman politician) |
c.162-c.89 BC |
| Scaurus, Marcus Aemilius (Roman soldier, polit.; son of M.A.) |
d.52? BC |
| Sceve, Maurice (French poet) |
c.1501-c.1560/4 |
| Schacht, Horace Greeley Hjalmar (German financier) |
1877-1970 |
| Schack, Adolf Friedrich (German man of letters) |
1815-1894 |
| Schadow, Johann Gottfried (German sculptor) |
1764-1850 |
| Schadow, Rudolf (German sculptor; son of Johann) |
1786-1822 |
| Schadow, Wilhelm (German painter; son of Johann) |
1788-1862 |
| Schaechter, Mordkhe (Romanian-born American Yiddish scholar) |
1927-2007 |
| Schaepman, Hermanus Johannes Aloysius Maria (Dutch politician) |
1844-1903 |
| Schafer, Wilhelm (German writer) |
1868-1952 |
| Schaff, Phillip (Swiss-born American theologian, church hist.) |
1819-1893 |
| Schaffer, Pierre (French composer) |
1910-1995 |
| Schaffle, Albert (German economist, sociologist) |
1831-1903 |
| Schaffner, Jakob (Swiss writer, essayist) |
1875-1944 |
| Schall von Bell, Johann Adam (Ger. Jesuit missionary, astron.) |
1591-1666 |
| Schally, Andrew Victor (Polish-born American physiologist) |
b.1926 |
| Schantz, Edward Joseph (American biochemist) |
1908-2005 |
| Schaper, Johann (German ceramist) |
1621-1670 |
| Scharnhorst, Gerhard Johann David von (Prussian general) |
1755-1813 |
| Scharoun, Hans Bernhard (German architect) |
1893-1972 |
| Scharwenka, Franz Xaver (German piano virtuoso, composer) |
1850-1924 |
| Scharwenka, Ludwig Philipp (German composer; brother of Franz) |
1847-1917 |
| Schaudinn, Fritz Richard (German zoologist) |
1871-1906 |
| Schawlow, Arthur Leonard (American physicist) |
b.1921 |
| Schechter, Solomon (Romanian-born American Talmudist, educator) |
1850-1915 |
| Scheele, Carl Wilhelm (Swedish pharmacist, chemist) |
1742-1786 |
| Scheemakers, Peter (Belgian sculptor) |
1691-1770 |
| Scheer, Reinhard (German admiral) |
1863-1928 |
| Scheffel, Josef Victor von (German poet, novelist) |
1826-1886 |
| Scheffler, Johannes (Polish mystic, polemicist, poet) |
1624-1677 |
| Scheibler, Johann Heinrich (Ger. silk manu., amateur musician) |
1777-1837 |
| Scheidemann, Philipp (German politician) |
1865-1939 |
| Scheidler, Joseph M. (American anti-abortion activist) |
b.1927 |
| Scheidt, Samuel (German organist, composer) |
1587-1654 |
| Schein, Johann Hermann (German composer) |
1586-1630 |
| Scheiner, Christoph (German astronomer) |
1573-1650 |
| Scheler, Max (German philosopher) |
1874-1928 |
| Schelling, Felix Emanuel (American educator) |
1858-1945 |
| Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von (German philosopher) |
1775-1854 |
| Schendel, Arthur Francois Emile van (Dutch novelist) |
1874-1946 |
| Schenker, Heinrich (Polish-born Austrian music theorist) |
1868-1935 |
| Scherchen, Herman (German composer) |
1891-1966 |
| Scherer, Barthelemy-Louis-Joseph (French Revolutionary general) |
1747-1804 |
| Scherer, Wilhelm (German philologist) |
1841-1886 |
| Scherrer, Paul Hermann (Swiss physicist) |
1890-1969 |
| Scheuer, Peter (German astronomer) |
b.1930 |
| Schiaparelli, Elsa (Italian-born French dress designer) |
1896-1973 |
| Schiaparelli, Giovanni Virginio (Italian astronomer) |
1835-1910 |
| Schichau, Ferdinand (German engineer, shipbuilder) |
1814-1896 |
| Schick, Bela (Hungarian-born American pediatrician) |
1877-1967 |
| Schickele, Rene (German journalist, poet, writer, dramatist) |
1883-1940 |
| Schick Gutierrez, Rene (Nicaraguan politician; pres. 1963-1966) |
1910-1966 |
| Schiele, Egon (Austrian painter) |
1890-1918 |
| Schiff, Jacob Henry (German-born Am. banker, philanthropist) |
1847-1920 |
| Schiff, Moritz (German physiologist) |
1823-1896 |
| Schikaneder, Emanuel Johann Joseph (German theater manager) |
1751-1812 |
| Schildkraut, Joseph (German actor; son of Rudolph) |
1895-1964 |
| Schildkraut, Rudolph (German actor) |
1862-1930 |
| Schiller, Ferdinand Canning Scott (English philosopher) |
1864-1937 |
| Schiller, Herbert Irving (American social scientist, author) |
b.1919 |
| Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von (German poet, dram.) |
1759-1805 |
| Schillings, Max von (German conductor, composer) |
1868-1933 |
| Schiltberger, Johann "Hans" (German noble, traveler) |
1380-c.1440 |
| Schimmel, Hendrik Jan (Dutch journalist, writer) |
1823-1906 |
| Schimmelpenninck, Rutger Jan (Dutch politician) |
1761-1825 |
| Schimper, Andreas Franz Wilhelm (Ger. botanist; son of Wilhelm) |
1856-1901 |
| Schimper, Karl Friedrich (German scientist) |
1803-1867 |
| Schimper, Wilhelm Philipp (German botanist; cousin of Karl) |
1808-1880 |
| Schindewolf, Otto Heinrich (German paleontologist) |
1896-1971 |
| Schindler, Anton Felix (German conductor) |
1795-1864 |
| Schiner, Matthaus (also Mathias Schinner) (Swiss prelate) |
c.1465-1522 |
| Schinkel, Karl Friedrich (German architect, painter) |
1781-1841 |
| Schirach, Baldur von (German politician; founded Hitler Youth) |
1907-1974 |
| Schirmer, Gustave (German-born American music publisher) |
1829-1893 |
| Schirmer, Rudolph Edward (Am. music publisher; son of Gustave) |
1859-1919 |
| Schirra, Walter Marty Jr. "Wally" (American astronaut) |
1923-2007 |
| Schjelderup, Gerhard Rosenkrone (Norwegian composer) |
1859-1933 |
| Schlaf, Johannes (German writer) |
1862-1941 |
| Schlafli, Ludwig (Swiss mathematician) |
1814-1895 |
| Schlafly, Phillis née Steward (American activist) |
b.1924 |
| Schlegel, August Wilhelm von (German man of letters) |
1767-1845 |
| Schlegel, Friedrich von (German writer, critic; bro. of August) |
1772-1829 |
| Schlegel, Johann Elias (German playwright; uncle of August) |
1719-1749 |
| Schleicher, August (German philologist) |
1821-1868 |
| Schleicher, Kurt von (German soldier, politician) |
1882-1934 |
| Schleiden, Matthias Jakob (German botanist, microscopist) |
1804-1881 |
| Schleiermacher, Friedrich Ernst Daniel (German theol., philos.) |
1768-1834 |
| Schlemmer, Oskar (German painter) |
1888-1943 |
| Schlesinger, Arthur Meier (American historian) |
1888-1965 |
| Schlesinger, Arthur Meier (b.Arthur Bancroft S.)(Am. historian) |
1917-2007 |
| Schlesinger, Frank (American astronomer) |
1871-1943 |
| Schlesinger, Hermann Irving (American chemist) |
1882-1960 |
| Schley, Winfield Scott (American naval officer) |
1839-1909 |
| Schleyer, Johann Martin (German clergyman, linguistic scholar) |
1831-1912 |
| Schlich, Sir William (German-born British forester) |
1840-1925 |
| Schlick, Friedrich Albert Moritz (German philosopher) |
1882-1936 |
| Schlieffen, Alfred von (German soldier) |
1833-1913 |
| Schliemann, Heinrich (German archaeologist, scholar) |
1822-1890 |
| Schlink, Frederick John (American consumer rights activist) |
1891-1995 |
| Schlippenbach, Alexander von (German musician, bandleader) |
b.1938 |
| Schlosser, Friedrich Christoph (German historian) |
1776-1861 |
| Schlozer, August Ludwig von (German historian) |
1735-1809 |
| Schlumberger, Francois-Conrad (Fr. geophysicist, petrol. geol.) |
1878-1936 |
| Schlumberger, Marcel (Fr. geophysicist, petroleum geologist) |
1884-1953 |
| Schluter, Andreas (German sculptor, architect) |
1664-1714 |
| Schmeling, Max (German boxer) |
1905-2005 |
| Schmerling, Anton von (Austrian jurist, politician) |
1805-1893 |
| Schmid, Eduard (pseud. Kasimir Edschmid) (German writer) |
1890-1966 |
| Schmid, Jeanette (b. Rudolf Schmid) (Czech whistler) |
1924-2005 |
| Schmidt, Arno Otto (German writer, essayist, translator) |
1914-1979 |
| Schmidt, Bernhard Voldemar (Estonian-born German optician) |
1879-1935 |
| Schmidt, Helmut (West German politician; chancellor 1974-1982) |
b.1918 |
| Schmidt, Johann Kaspar (pseud. Max Stirner) (Ger. philosopher) |
1806-1856 |
| Schmidt, Johannes (German philologist) |
1843-1901 |
| Schmidt, Maarten (Dutch-born American astronomer) |
b.1929 |
| Schmidt, Otto Ernst (pseud. Otto Ernst) (German writer) |
1862-1926 |
| Schmidt, Wilhelm (German anthropologist) |
1868-1954 |
| Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl (aka Karl Schmidt) (German painter) |
1884-1976 |
| Schmitt, Florent (French composer) |
1870-1958 |
| Schmitz, Ettore (pseud. Italo Svevo) (Italian novelist) |
1861-1928 |
| Schmoller, Gustav von (German economist) |
1838-1917 |
| Schmucker, Samuel Simon (American theologian, educator) |
1799-1873 |
| Schnabel, Artur (Austrian-born American pianist, composer) |
1882-1951 |
| Schnabel, Johann Gottfried (pseud. Gisander) (German writer) |
1692-1750? |
| Schneebaum, Theodore "Tobias" (Am. writer, artist, explorer) |
1922-2005 |
| Schneider, Johann "Magister Islebius" (German Protestant ref.) |
1494-1566 |
| Schneider, Johann Christian Friedrich (German composer, cond.) |
1786-1853 |
| Schneider, Adolphe (French industrialist; brother of Joseph) |
1802-1845 |
| Schneider, Charles-Prosper-Eugene (French industrialist) |
1868-1942 |
| Schneider, Joseph-Eugene (Fr. industrialist; bro. of Adolphe) |
1805-1875 |
| Schneier, Bruce (Am. cryptographer, computer security expert) |
b.1963 |
| Schneirla, Theodore Christian (American animal psychologist) |
1902-1968 |
| Schnitger, Arp (German organ builder) |
1648-1719 |
| Schnitzler, Arthur (Austrian physician, playwright, novelist) |
1862-1931 |
| Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius (German painter) |
1794-1872 |
| Schober, Johann (Austrian politician) |
1874-1932 |
| Schobert, Johann (German harpsichordist, composer) |
c.1735-1767 |
| Schoeck, Othmar (Swiss composer) |
1886-1957 |
| Schoenberg, Arnold Franz Walter (Austrian-born Am. composer) |
1874-1951 |
| Schoenheimer, Rudolf (German biochemist) |
1898-1941 |
| Schoffer (or Schoeffer), Peter (German printer) |
1425?-1502 |
| Schofield, John McAllister (American army officer) |
1831-1906 |
| Scholem, Gershom Gerhard (Ger.-born Jewish hist., philologist) |
1897-1982 |
| Schollaert, Francois (Belgian politician) |
1851-1917 |
| Schomberg, Charles (French politician; son of Henri) |
1601-1656 |
| Schomberg, Friedrich Hermann (German soldier of fortune) |
1615-1690 |
| Schomberg, Gaspard de (German-born French soldier) |
1540-1599 |
| Schomberg, Henri (French politician; son of Gaspard) |
1575-1632 |
| Schomburgk, Sir Robert Hermann (British explorer) |
1804-1865 |
| Schonbein, Christian Friedrich (German chemist) |
1799-1868 |
| Schonborn, Friedrich Karl von (German prince-prelate) |
1674-1746 |
| Schonborn, Johann Philipp von (German prince-prelate) |
1605-1673 |
| Schonemann, Anna Elisabeth "Lili" (German woman) |
1758-1817 |
| Schoner, Johannes (German astronomer, geographer) |
1477-1547 |
| Schonerer, Georg von (Austrian politician) |
1842-1921 |
| Schonfeld, Eduard (German astronomer) |
1828-1891 |
| Schongauer, Martin (aka Martin Schon) (Ger. engraver, painter) |
1445/50-1491 |
| Schonherr, Karl (Austrian playwright, poet, writer) |
1867-1943 |
| Schonlein, Johann Lukas (German physician) |
1793-1864 |
| Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe (American explorer, ethnologist) |
1793-1864 |
| Schopenhauer, Arthur (German philosopher) |
1788-1860 |
| Schopenhauer, Johanna née Trosiener (German writer) |
1766-1838 |
| Schopler, Eric (German-born American psychologist) |
1927-2006 |
| Schott, Charles Anthony (German-born American geodesist) |
1826-1901 |
| Schottky, Walter Hans (German physicist) |
1886-1976 |
| Schouten, Willem Corneliszoon (Dutch mariner) |
c.1580-1625 |
| Schreiber, Moses ben Samuel (aka Moses Sofer) (German rabbi) |
1763-1839 |
| Schreiner, Olive Emilie Albertina (Ralph Iron) (S. Af. writer) |
1855-1920 |
| Schreiner, William Philip (South African politician) |
1857-1919 |
| Schreker, Franz (Austrian composer) |
1878-1934 |
| Schreyer, Edward Richard (Canadian polit.; gov-general 1979-84) |
b.1935 |
| Schrieffer, John Robert (American physicist) |
b.1931 |
| Schrieke, Bertram (Dutch social anthropologist) |
1890-1945 |
| Schroder, Carl (German composer, conductor) |
1848-1935 |
| Schroder, Friedrich Ludwig (German actor, theater manager) |
1744-1816 |
| Schroeder, Gerhardt (German politician; Chancellor 1998-) |
b.1944 |
| Schrodinger, Erwin (Austrian physicist) |
1887-1961 |
| Schubart, Christian Friedrich Daniel (German musician, poet) |
1739-1791 |
| Schubert, Franz Peter (Austrian composer) |
1797-1828 |
| Schuchardt, Hugo (German philologist) |
1842-1927 |
| Schuchert, Charles (American paleontologist) |
1858-1942 |
| Schuck, Johan Henrik Emil (Swedish historian of literature) |
1855-1947 |
| Schucking, Levin (German journalist, novelist) |
1814-1883 |
| Schulberg, Budd Wilson (Am. writer, screenwriter, journalist) |
b.1914 |
| Schulte, Johann Friedrich von (German scholar) |
1827-1914 |
| Schultes, Richard Evans (American botanist, biology educator) |
1915-2001 |
| Schulthess, Edmund (Swiss politician) |
1868-1944 |
| Schultz, Theodore William (American economist) |
b.1902 |
| Schultze, Carl Emil (pseud. Bunny) (American cartoonist) |
1866-1939 |
| Schultze, Max Johann Sigismund (German zoologist, cytologist) |
1825-1874 |
| Schulz, Bruno (Polish writer, essayist, artist) |
1892-1942 |
| Schulz, Charles Monroe (Am. cartoonist; created "Peanuts" 1950) |
1922-2000 |
| Schulze, Alfred Otto Wolfgang (pseud. Wols) (French painter) |
1913-1951 |
| Schulze, Gottlob Ernst (Schulze-Aenesidemus) (Ger. philosopher) |
1761-1833 |
| Schumacher, Ernst Friedrich (German-born British economist) |
1911-1977 |
| Schumacher, Heinrich Christian (Danish astronomer) |
1780-1850 |
| Schumacher, Peder (Count Griffenfeld) (Danish politician) |
1635-1699 |
| Schuman, Robert (French politician) |
1886-1963 |
| Schuman, William Howard (American composer) |
1910-1992 |
| Schumann, Clara Josephine née Wieck (German pianist, composer) |
1819-1896 |
| Schumann, Elisabeth (German-born American soprano) |
1885-1952 |
| Schumann, Georg Alfred (German composer, conductor) |
1866-1952 |
| Schumann, Robert Alexander (German composer) |
1810-1856 |
| Schumann, Victor (German physicist) |
1841-1913 |
| Schumann-Heink, Ernestine (Austrian-born American contralto) |
1861-1936 |
| Schumpeter, Joseph Alois (Moravian-born American economist) |
1883-1950 |
| Schur, Friedrich Heinrich (German mathematician) |
1856-1932 |
| Schurman, Jacob Gould (Canadian-born Am. educator, diplomat) |
1854-1942 |
| Schurz, Carl (German-born Am. army officer, polit., reformer) |
1829-1906 |
| Schuschnigg, Kurt von (Austrian politician) |
1897-1977 |
| Schuster, Sir Arthur (British physicist) |
1851-1934 |
| Schuster, Max Lincoln (Austria-born American publisher) |
1897-1970 |
| Schutz, Heinrich (also Henricus Sagittarius) (German composer) |
1585-1672 |
| Schuyler, James Marcus (American poet, writer, playwright) |
1923-1991 |
| Schuyler, Philip John (American army officer, politician) |
1733-1804 |
| Schvarts, Elena Andreevna (Russian poet, writer, translator) |
b.1948 |
| Schwab, Charles Michael (American steel industrialist) |
1862-1939 |
| Schwab, Gustav Benjamin (German writer) |
1792-1850 |
| Schwabe, Samuel Heinrich (German astronomer) |
1789-1875 |
| Schwandhardt, Georg (German glass engraver) |
1611-1667 |
| Schwann, Theodor Ambrose Hubert (German physiologist) |
1810-1882 |
| Schwartz, Delmore (American poet, writer, literary critic) |
1913-1966 |
| Schwartz, Karl Herman Amandus (Polish mathematician) |
1843-1921 |
| Schwartz, Melvin (American physicist, businessman) |
1932-2006 |
| Schwarz, Herthold (German monk, alchemist) |
14th cent. |
| Schwarz, Hermann Amandus (German mathematician) |
1843-1921 |
| Schwarz-Bart, Andre (French writer) |
b.1928 |
| Schwarz-Bart, Simone (Guadeloupean writer, playwright) |
b.1938 |
| Schwarzenberg, Felix zu (Austrian statesman) |
1800-1852 |
| Schwarzenberg, Karl Philipp zu (Austrian field marshal, dipl.) |
1771-1820 |
| Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth Friederike (Pol.-born Ger. soprano) |
b.1915 |
| Schwarzkopf, Herbert Norman (American general) |
b.1934 |
| Schwarzkopf, Olga Maria Elisabeth Fredericke (German soprano) |
1915-2006 |
| Schwarzschild, Karl (German astronomer, physicist) |
1873-1916 |
| Schweigaard, Anton Martin (Norwegian jurist, economic reformer) |
1808-1870 |
| Schweigger, Johann Salomo Christoph (German physicist) |
1779-1857 |
| Schweinfurth, Georg August (German botanist, traveler) |
1836-1925 |
| Schweitzer, Albert (French theologian, philosopher, physician) |
1875-1965 |
| Schwendener, Simon (Swiss botanist) |
1829-1919 |
| Schwenckfeld von Ossig, Kaspar (German nobleman, mystic) |
1489-1561 |
| Schwimmer, Rosika (Hungarian feminist, pacifist, author) |
1877-1948 |
| Schwind, Moritz von (German painter) |
1804-1871 |
| Schwinger, Julian Seymour (American physicist) |
1918-1994 |
| Schwitters, Kurt (German artist, writer) |
1887-1948 |
| Sciascia, Leonardo (Italian writer, teacher, politician) |
1921-1989 |
| Scipio, Gnaeus Cornelius (Roman general; brother of Publius) |
d.211 BC |
| Scipio, Publius Cornelius (Roman general; father of Scipio Af.) |
d.211 BC |
| Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus, Publius C. (Roman gen.) |
185/4-129 BC |
| Scipio Africanus, Publius Cornelius "the Elder" (Roman general) |
236-184/3 BC |
| Scipio Nasica Serapio, Publius Cornelius (Roman politician) |
2nd cent. BC |
| Scipione, Francesco (Italian dramatist, archaeologist, scholar) |
1675-1755 |
| Scogan, Henry (English poet) |
1361?-1407 |
| Scogan, John (English court jester) |
fl. 1480-1500 |
| Scopas (Greek sculptor, architect) |
4th cent. BC |
| Scopes, John Thomas (American educator; taught evolution) |
1900-1970 |
| Scoresby, William (English clergyman, scientist, explorer) |
1789-1857 |
| Scorsese, Martin (American filmmaker) |
b.1942 |
| Scorza, Manuel (Peruvian writer, poet, political activist) |
1928-1983 |
| Scot, Michael (Scottish translator, astrologer) |
1175?-1235? |
| Scott, Alexander (Scottish poet) |
1525?-1585? |
| Scott, Charles (American Revolutionary officer) |
1739?-1813 |
| Scott, Cyril Meir (English pianist, composer) |
1879-1970 |
| Scott, Dred (American slave) |
1795?-1858 |
| Scott, Dukinfield Henry (English paleobotanist) |
1854-1934 |
| Scott, Duncan Campbell (Canadian poet, writer, administrator) |
1862-1947 |
| Scott, Francis Reginald "Frank" (Canadian poet, writer, lawyer) |
1899-1985 |
| Scott, Sir George Gilbert (English architect) |
1811-1878 |
| Scott, George Herbert (English airship commander) |
1888-1930 |
| Scott, Sir Giles Gilbert (English architect; grandson of G.G.) |
1880-1960 |
| Scott, Harold Russell Jr. (American actor, producer, director) |
1935-2006 |
| Scott, Hugh Lenox (American army officer) |
1853-1934 |
| Scott, Hugh Stowell (pseud. Henry Seton Merriman) (Eng. nov.) |
1862-1903 |
| Scott, James (Dutch claimant to English throne, rebel) |
1649-1685 |
| Scott, James Brown (Canadian-born American jurist, educator) |
1866-1943 |
| Scott, John (1st Earl of Eldon) (English jurist) |
1751-1838 |
| Scott, Orange (American clergyman, abolitionist) |
1800-1847 |
| Scott, Paul Mark (English novelist) |
1920-1978 |
| Scott, Raymond (born Harry Warnow) (Am. band leader, inventor) |
1908-1994 |
| Scott (or Scot), Reginald (or Reynold) (English writer) |
1538?-1599 |
| Scott, Robert Falcon (English Antarctic explorer) |
1868-1912 |
| Scott, Shirley (American musician) |
1934-2002 |
| Scott, Sir Walter (Scot. poet, novelist, historian, biographer) |
1771-1832 |
| Scott, Walter (Canadian politician) |
1867-1938 |
| Scott, Walter Edward "Death Valley Scotty" (Am. adventurer) |
1872-1954 |
| Scott, William (Baron Stowell) (English jurist) |
1745-1836 |
| Scott, William Berryman (American geologist) |
1858-1947 |
| Scott, Winfield "Old Fuss and Feathers" (American army officer) |
1786-1866 |
| Scott-Maxwell, Florida Pier (Am. psychologist, actor, writer) |
1883-1979 |
| Scott-Moncrieff, Charles Kenneth Michael (Scottish translator) |
1889-1930 |
| Scott-Paine, Hubert (English aircraft & marine engineer) |
1891-1954 |
| Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich (Russian composer, pianist) |
1872-1915 |
| Scribe, Augustin-Eugene (French playwright) |
1791-1861 |
| Scriblerus, Martinus (pseud. of Pope, Swift, & Arbuthnot) |
1751 |
| Scribner, Arthur Hawley (American publisher; son of Charles) |
1859-1932 |
| Scribner, Charles (surname orig. Scrivener) (Am. publisher) |
1821-1871 |
| Scribner, Charles (American publisher; son of Charles) |
1854-1930 |
| Scribner, Charles (American publisher; son of 2nd Charles) |
1890-1952 |
| Scribner, John Blair (American publisher; son of Charles) |
1850-1879 |
| Scribonia (Roman matron; 2nd wife of Emperor Augustus) |
1st cent. BC |
| Scripps, Edward Wyllis (American newspaperman, publisher) |
1854-1926 |
| Scripps, Ellen Browning (English-born American newspaperwoman) |
1836-1932 |
| Scripps, James Edmund (English-born Am. newspaper publisher) |
1835-1906 |
| Scripps, Robert Paine (American newspaperman; son of Edward) |
1895-1938 |
| Scroggs, Sir William (English judge) |
1623?-1683 |
| Scrope, George Julius Poulett (English geologist) |
1797-1876 |
| Scrope, Richard le (English lawyer, soldier) |
1327?-1403 |
| Scruggs, Earl Eugene (American musician) |
b.1924 |
| Scudder, Horace Elisha (Am. editor, author; bro. of Samuel) |
1838-1902 |
| Scudder, Samuel Hubbard (American entomologist) |
1837-1911 |
| Scudery, Georges de (French writer; brother of Madeleine) |
1601-1667 |
| Scudery, Madeleine "Sapho" (French poet, novelist, socialite) |
1607-1701 |
| Scullin, James Henry (Australian polit.; prime min. 1929-31) |
1876-1953 |
| Scully, Vincent Joseph Jr. (American architectural historian) |
b.1920 |
| Scylax of Caria (Greek historian, geographer) |
6th cent. BC |
| Scyllis (Greek sculptor; collaborated with Dipoenus) |
6th cent. BC |
| Seaborg, Glenn Theodore (American physicist) |
b.1912 |
| Seabury, Samuel (American clergyman) |
1729-1796 |
| Seals, Frank "Son" (American musician) |
1942-2004 |
| Sealsfield, Charles (orig. Karl Postl) (Moravian-born Am. nov.) |
1793-1864 |
| Seaman, Elizabeth née Cochrane (pseud. Nellie Bly) (Am. journ.) |
1867-1922 |
| Searle, Frederick Moore (pseud. Eric Parker) (Eng. journalist) |
1870-1955 |
| Sears, Edmund Hamilton (American Unitarian clergyman) |
1810-1876 |
| Sears, Isaac (American merchant, Revolutionary patriot) |
1730-1786 |
| Sears, Richard Dudley (American tennis player) |
1862-1943 |
| Sears, Richard Warren (American merchant with Alvah Roebuck) |
1863-1914 |
| Seaton, William Winston (American journalist) |
1785-1866 |
| Seattle (or Seatlh) (American Suquamish Indian chief) |
1786?-1866 |
| Sebastian, Saint (Christian martyr) |
d.c.288 |
| Sebastian (Sebastiao) (King of Portugal 1557-1578) |
1554-1578 |
| Sebbar, Leila (Algerian-born French writer) |
b.1941 |
| Sebeknefru (or Sobeknefru) (Egyptian ruler) |
d.1786 BC |
| Sebetwane (African king) |
d.1851 |
| Sebuktigin (Abu Mansur Sebuktigin) (Afghan ruler) |
c.942-997 |
| Secchi, Pietro Angelo (Italian astronomer) |
1818-1878 |
| Sechenov, Ivan Mikhaylovich (Russian psychologist) |
1829-1905 |
| Seckendorff, Veit Ludwig von (German politician, historian) |
1626-1691 |
| Secondat, Charles-Louis de (French political philosopher) |
1689-1755 |
| Sedaine, Michel-Jean (French dramatist, stonemason) |
1719-1797 |
| Seddon, Richard John "King Dick" (Eng.-born New Zealand polit.) |
1845-1906 |
| Sederholm, Jakob Johannes (Finnish geologist) |
1863-1934 |
| Sedgwick, Adam (English geologist) |
1785-1873 |
| Sedgwick, Adam (English zoologist; grandnephew of Adam) |
1854-1913 |
| Sedgwick, John (American army officer) |
1813-1864 |
| Sedgwick, Theodore (American jurist) |
1746-1813 |
| Sedley, Sir Charles (English poet, dramatist, wit, courtier) |
1639-1701 |
| Sedulius, Coelius (or Caelius) (Roman poet) |
5th cent. |
| Sedulius Scottus (Irish poet, scholar) |
c.848-860/874? |
| See, Thomas Jefferson Jackson (American astronomer) |
1866-1962 |
| Seebeck, Thomas Johann (German physicist) |
1770-1831 |
| Seeberg, Peter (Danish writer) |
b.1925 |
| Seebohm, Frederic (English economic historian) |
1833-1912 |
| Seeckt, Hans von (German general) |
1866-1936 |
| Seegal, Herbert Leonard (American businessman: R.H. Macy) |
1915-2005 |
| Seeger, Alan (American poet) |
1888-1916 |
| Seeger, Peter (American folk-singer, songwriter) |
b.1919 |
| Seeley, Sir John Robert (English historian) |
1834-1895 |
| Seers, Eugene (pseud. Louis Dantin) (Fr.-Can. writer, critic) |
1865-1945 |
| Seferiades, Giorgos Stylianou (Greek poet, diplomat) |
1900-1971 |
| Seferis, George (b. Giorgios Stylianou Seferiades) (Greek poet) |
1900-1971 |
| Sefrioui, Ahmed (Moroccan writer) |
b.1915 |
| Sefstrom, Nils Gabriel (Swedish chemist, mineralogist) |
1787-1854 |
| Segal, George (American sculptor) |
1924-2000 |
| Segantini, Giovanni (Italian painter) |
1858-1899 |
| Segar, Elzie Crisler (American cartoonist; created Popeye 1929) |
1894-1938 |
| Seghers, Anna (pen name of Netty Radvanyi) (German writer) |
1900-1983 |
| Seghers, Charles Jean (Belgian prelate, missionary) |
1839-1886 |
| Seghers, Hercules Pietersz (Dutch painter, etcher) |
1589/90-c.1638 |
| Segner, Johann Andreas von (German physicist, mathematician) |
1704-1777 |
| Segovia, Andres (Spanish guitarist, composer) |
1893?-1987 |
| Segrais, Jean Regnault de (French poet) |
1624-1701 |
| Segre, Emilio Gino (Italian-born American physicist) |
1905-1989 |
| Seguier, Pierre (Duc de Villemor) (French politician) |
1588-1672 |
| Seguin, Camille (French engineer; brother of Marc) |
d.1852 |
| Seguin, Edouard (French-born American physician) |
1812-1880 |
| Seguin, Marc (French engineer; nephew of Joseph Montgolfier) |
1786-1875 |
| Sehested, Hannibal (Danish politician) |
1609-1666 |
| Sei Shonagon (Japanese diarist) |
966/7-1013 |
| Seidl, Johann Gabriel (Austrian journalist, poet) |
1804-1875 |
| Seifert, Jaroslav (Czech poet, journalist) |
1901-1986 |
| Seipel, Ignaz (Austrian prelate, politician) |
1876-1932 |
| Sei Shonagon (Japanese diarist, poet) |
966/67-1013? |
| Seitz, Frederick (American physicist) |
1911-2008 |
| Seitz, Karl (Austrian politician) |
1869-1950 |
| Sejanus, Lucius Aelius (Roman politician, conspirator) |
d.31 |
| Sejong (King of Korea 1419-1450) |
1397-1450 |
| Seki Takakazu (aka Seki Kowa) "Shinsuke" (Japanese math.) |
1642-1708 |
| Selberg, Atle (Norwegian mathematician) |
1917-2007 |
| Selby, Hubert Jr. (American writer) |
b.1928 |
| Selby, Norman "Kid McCoy" (American boxer) |
1873-1940 |
| Selden, George Baldwin (American lawyer, inventor) |
1846-1922 |
| Selden, John (Eng. jurist, antiquary, Orientalist, politician) |
1584-1654 |
| Seldes, Gilbert Vivian (American journalist, writer) |
1893-1970 |
| Seleucus I Nicator (Macedonian general; fd. Seleucid dynasty) |
358/4-281 BC |
| Seleucus II Callinicus (King of Seleucid Empire 246-226 BC) |
d.226 BC |
| Seleucus III Soter (King of Seleucid Empire 226-223 BC) |
d.223 BC |
| Seleucus VI Philopator (King of Seleucid Empire 187-175 BC) |
218?-175 BC |
| Seleucus V (King of Seleucid Empire 125 BC) |
d.125 BC |
| Seleucus VI Epiphanes (King of Seleucid Empire 96-95 BC) |
d.95 BC |
| Selfridge, Harry Gordon (American-born British merchant) |
1864?-1947 |
| Seligman, Charles Gabriel (English ethnologist) |
1873-1940 |
| Seligman, Edwin Robert Anderson (Am. economist; son of Joseph) |
1861-1939 |
| Seligman, Gerald (English glaciologist) |
1886-1973 |
| Seligman, Isaac Newton (American banker; son of Joseph) |
1855-1917 |
| Seligman, Jesse (Bavarian-born Am. financier; bro. of Joseph) |
1827-1894 |
| Seligman, Joseph (Bavarian-born American financier) |
1819-1880 |
| Selim I "Yavuz (the Grim)" (Ottoman Sultan 1512-1520) |
1467-1520 |
| Selim II "Sari" or "the Blonde" (Ottoman Sultan 1566-1574) |
1524-1574 |
| Selim III (Ottoman Sultan 1789-1807; son of Mustafa III) |
1761-1808 |
| Selincourt, Ernest de (English educator) |
1870-1943 |
| Selkirk (or Selcraig), Alexander (Scottish marooned sailor) |
1676-1721 |
| Sella, Quintino (Italian politician) |
1827-1884 |
| Sellers, Isaiah (American riverboat pilot; pseud. Mark Twain) |
1802?-1854 |
| Sellers, Peter Richard Henry (English actor) |
1925-1980 |
| Selmi, Francesco (Italian toxicologist) |
1817-1881 |
| Selormey, Francis (Ghanaian writer, teacher) |
b.1927 |
| Selous, Frederick Courteney (English hunter, explorer) |
1851-1917 |
| Selvon, Samuel Dickson (Trinidadian-born Canadian writer, poet) |
1923-1994 |
| Selwyn, George Augustus (English prelate) |
1809-1878 |
| Selznick, David Oliver (American motion-picture producer) |
1902-1965 |
| Sembene, Ousmane (Senegalese writer, film director) |
b.1923 |
| Semenov, Nikolay Nikolayevich (Soviet chemist) |
1896-1986 |
| Semler, Johann Salomo (German Lutheran theologian) |
1725-1791 |
| Semmelweiss, Ignaz Phillipp (Hungarian obstetrician) |
1818-1865 |
| Semmes, Raphael (American Confederate naval officer) |
1809-1877 |
| Semper, Gottfried (German architect) |
1803-1879 |
| Sempill of Beltrees, Francis (Scottish ballad writer, wit) |
1616?-1682 |
| Sempill of Beltrees, Sir James (Scottish poet) |
1566-1625 |
| Sempill of Beltrees, Robert (Scottish poet; son of James) |
1595?-1665? |
| Sempronius Longus, Tiberius (Roman general, politician) |
d.c.210 BC |
| Senac, Jean (Algerian poet, administrator) |
1926-1973 |
| Senanayake, Don Stephen (Ceylonese politician) |
1884-1952 |
| Senancour, Etienne Pivert de (French writer) |
1770-1846 |
| Senapati (aka Adiwijoyo) (King of Mataram) |
d.1601 |
| Sendak, Maurice Bernard (American artist, writer) |
b.1928 |
| Sender, Ramon Jose (Spanish writer, essayist) |
1902-1982 |
| Senebier, Jean (Swiss botanist) |
1742-1809 |
| Seneca, Lucius Annaeus "the Elder" (Roman rhetorican) |
c.55 BC-AD c.39 |
| Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (Roman statesman, philosopher) |
4? BC-AD 65 |
| Senefelder, Aloys (German lithographer; invented lithography) |
1771-1834 |
| Senfl, Ludwig (Swiss composer) |
c.1486-1542/3 |
| Senghor, Leopold Sedar (French-Senegalese poet, pres. 1960-80) |
b.1906 |
| Senior, Nassau William (English economist) |
1790-1864 |
| Sennacherib (King of Assyria 704-681; son of Sargon II) |
d.681 BC |
| Sennett, Mack (Canadian-born Am. motion-picture producer, dir.) |
1880-1960 |
| Senoa, August (Croatian writer, critic, editor, poet) |
1838-1881 |
| Sen Rikyo (orig. Sen Soeki) (Japanese tea master) |
1521-1591 |
| Sep Szarzynski, Mikolaj (Polish poet, metaphysician) |
1550?-1581 |
| Sepulveda, Juan Gines de (Spanish theologian, historian) |
1490?-1572/3 |
| Seqenenre II (Seqenenre Tao II) (King of Egypt c.1575 BC) |
16th cent. BC |
| Sequoya (Sikwayi; George Guess) (Am. Cherokee Indian scholar) |
1760/70-1843 |
| Serafinowicz, Leszek (pseud. Jan Lechon) (Polish poet) |
1899-1956 |
| Serao, Matilda (Greek-born Italian writer, journalist) |
1856-1927 |
| Seraphim of Sarov, Saint (Prokhor Moshnin) (Rus. monk, mystic) |
1759-1833 |
| Serapion (or Sarapion), Saint (Egyptian Christian theologian) |
4th cent. |
| Sereni, Vittorio (Italian poet, writer, editor, translator) |
1913-1983 |
| Sergeant, John (English clergyman) |
1622-1707 |
| Sergeyev, Nicholas Grigorievich (Russian dancer, ballet master) |
1876-1951 |
| Sergius, Saint (Christian martyr; executed with Bacchus) |
d.c.303 |
| Sergius I, Saint (Pope 687-701) |
d.701 |
| Sergius II (Pope 844-847) |
d.847 |
| Sergius III (Pope 904-911) |
d.911 |
| Sergius IV (orig. Peter Buccaporci) (Pope 1009-1012) |
d.1012 |
| Sergius (orig. Ivan Nikolayevich Stragorodsky) (Rus. prelate) |
1867-1944 |
| Sergius of Radonezh, Saint (orig. B. Kirillovich) (Rus. monk) |
1314-1392 |
| Sergius of Resaina (Syrian scholar) |
d.536 |
| Serkin, Rudolf (Bohemian-born American pianist) |
1903-1991 |
| Serling, Edward Rodman "Rod" (Am. actor, prod., screenwriter) |
1924-1975 |
| Serlio, Sebastiano (Italian architect, painter, theorist) |
1475-1554 |
| Sermissy, Claudin (or Claude) de (French composer) |
c.1490-1562 |
| Serov, Aleksandr Nikolayevich (Russian composer) |
1820-1871 |
| Serpa Pinto, Alexandre Alberto da Rocha (Port. colonial admin.) |
1846-1900 |
| Serpotta, Giacomo (Italian sculptor, stucco-worker) |
1656-1732 |
| Serra, Junipero (orig. Miguel Jose) (Spanish missionary) |
1713-1784 |
| Serrano y Dominguez, Francisco (Spanish general, politician) |
1810-1885 |
| Serrato, Jose (Uruguayan politician; president 1923-1927) |
1868-1960 |
| Serre, Jean-Pierre (French mathematician) |
b.1926 |
| Sertorius, Quintus (Roman general, politician) |
c.123-72 BC |
| Sert y Badia, Jose Maria (Spanish painter) |
1874-1945 |
| Serusier, Louis-Paul-Henri (French painter, theorist) |
1865-1927 |
| Servandoni, Giovanni Nicolo (Italian architect, painter) |
1695-1766 |
| Serveto, Miguel (Michael Servetus) (Sp. theologian, physician) |
1511-1553 |
| Service, Robert William (English-born Canadian writer) |
1874-1958 |
| Servius (Marius Servius Honoratus) (Latin grammarian, scholar) |
4th cent. |
| Servius Tullius (Sixth legendary king of Rome 578-534 BC) |
6th cent. BC |
| Sesostris I (King of Egypt 1971-1928 BC; son of Amenemhet I) |
d.1928 BC |
| Sesostris II (King of Egypt 1897-1878 BC; son of Amenemhet II) |
d.1878 BC |
| Sesostris III (King of Egypt 1878-1843 BC; son of Sesostris II) |
d.1843 BC |
| Sesshu (family name Oda; Toyo) (Japanese Zen priest, artist) |
1420-1506 |
| Sessions, Roger Huntington (American composer) |
1896-1985 |
| Sesson Shukei (orig. Satake Heizo) (Japanese artist) |
1504-c.1589 |
| Seth, Vikram (Indian writer, poet, travel writer) |
b.1952 |
| Sethathirath I (King of Laotian kingdom of Lan Xang 1547-1571) |
1534-1571 |
| Seti I (King of Egypt 1318-1304 BC; son of Ramses I) |
d.1304 BC |
| Seti II (King of Egypt 1216-1210 BC) |
d.1210 BC |
| Seton, Anya (b. Ann Seton) (American writer) |
1904?-1990 |
| Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann née Bayley (American religious) |
1774-1821 |
| Seton, Ernest Thompson (English-born Am. naturalist, writer) |
1860-1946 |
| Settembrini, Luigi (Italian writer, patriot) |
1813-1877 |
| Settle, Elkanah (English playwright) |
1648-1724 |
| Seurat, Georges-Pierre (French painter; originated Pointillism) |
1859-1891 |
| Seuss, Dr. (Theodor Seuss Geisel) (Am. writer, illustrator) |
1904-1991 |
| Sevareid, Arnold Eric (American newscaster, journalist) |
1912-1992 |
| Severian of Gabala (Syrian prelate, theologian) |
d.408? |
| Severin, Christian "Longomontanus" (Danish astronomer) |
1562-1647 |
| Severin, Fernand (Belgian poet) |
1867-1931 |
| Severing, Carl (German politician) |
1875-1952 |
| Severini, Gino (Italian painter) |
1883-1966 |
| Severinus (Pope 640) |
d.640 |
| Severn, Joseph (English painter) |
1793-1879 |
| Severus, Flavius Valerius (Roman emperor 306-307) |
d.307 |
| Severus, Libius (Roman emperor 461-465) |
d.465 |
| Severus, Lucius Septimius (Roman emperor 193-211) |
146-211 |
| Severus Alexander, Marcus Aurelius (Roman emperor 222-235) |
208-235 |
| Severus of Antioch (Greek monk-theologian, prelate) |
c.465-538 |
| Sevier, John (American soldier, politician) |
1745-1815 |
| Sevigne, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal (Fr. writer, lady of fashion) |
1626-1696 |
| Sevket Pasa, Mahmud (Ottoman general, politician) |
1858-1913 |
| Sewall, Samuel (English-born American merchant, jurist) |
1652-1730 |
| Seward, Anna "the Swan of Lichfield" (English poet) |
1747-1809 |
| Seward, William Henry (American politician) |
1801-1872 |
| Sewell, Anna (British writer: Black Beauty) |
1820-1878 |
| Sexton, Anne née Harvey (American poet, model, librarian) |
1928-1974 |
| Sexton, Patricia Cayo (American sociology professor, writer) |
b.1924 |
| Sextus Empiricus (Greek physician, philosopher) |
3rd cent. |
| Seydlitz, Friedrich Wilhelm von (Prussian cavalry commander) |
1721-1773 |
| Seyfeddin (or Seyfettin), Omer (Turkish writer) |
1884-1920 |
| Seyfried, Ignaz Xaver von (Austrian composer) |
1776-1841 |
| Seyhi (or Sheyki), Yusuf Sinan (Turkish poet, physician) |
d.1428 |
| Seymour, Alan (Australian playwright, writer, scriptwriter) |
b.1927 |
| Seymour, David (Polish-born American photojournalist) |
1911-1956 |
| Seymour, Sir Edward Hobart (British naval commander) |
1840-1929 |
| Seymour, Horatio (American politician) |
1810-1886 |
| Seymour, Sir Michael (British naval commander) |
1802-1887 |
| Seymour, Robert (English caricaturist, illustrator) |
1800?-1836 |
| Seyss-Inquart, Arthur (Austrian Nazi politician) |
1892-1946 |
| Se-yung, Chung (Korean-born South Korean businessman: Hyundai) |
1928-2005 |
| Sgambati, Giovanni (Italian pianist, conductor, composer) |
1841-1914 |
| Shaaban, Robert (Tanzanian-born Swahili writer) |
1911-1962 |
| Shabaka (King of Egypt 716-695 BC) |
d.695 BC |
| Shabbetai Tzevi (also Sabbatai Zevi)(Smyrna-born Jewish mystic) |
1626-1676 |
| Shabestari, Sa'd od-Din Mahmud (Persian mystic) |
c.1250-c.1320 |
| Shabonee (or Shabbona) (American Potawatomi Indian chief) |
c.1775-1859 |
| Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry (Irish-born British explorer) |
1874-1922 |
| Shadbolt, Maurice Francis Richard (New Zealand writer) |
b.1932 |
| Shadhili, ash- (Moroccan theologian) |
1196/7-1258 |
| Shadwell, Thomas (English dramatist; poet laureate 1689-1692) |
1642?-1692 |
| Shaffer, Peter Levin (British playwright) |
b.1926 |
| Shafi'i, ash- (Muslim theologian, jurist) |
767-820 |
| Shafter, William Rufus (American army officer) |
1835-1906 |
| Shaftesbury, Earl of (Anthony Ashley Cooper) (English polit.) |
1621-1683 |
| Shah 'Alam II ('Ali Gauhar) (Mughal emperor of India 1759-1806) |
1728-1806 |
| Shah Jahan (Mughal emperor of India 1628-1658; son of Jahangir) |
1592-1666 |
| Shahn, Benjamin "Ben" (Lithuanian-born American painter) |
1898-1969 |
| Shah Rokh (Central Asian ruler; son of Tamerlane) |
1377-1447 |
| Shah Shoja (or Shah Shuja) (King of Afghanistan 1803-1810) |
1780-1842 |
| Shah Sultan Husayn (Safavid emperor of Persia 1694-1722) |
1668-1726 |
| Shaka (also Chaka, Tshaka) (Founder of Zulu Empire) |
c.1787-1828 |
| Shakespeare, William (English dramatist, poet) |
1564-1616 |
| Shalamov, Varlam Tikhonovich (Russian writer, poet) |
1907-1982 |
| Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate (American geologist) |
1841-1906 |
| Shalmaneser I (King of Assyria 1274-1245 BC) |
13th cent. BC |
| Shalmaneser II (King of Assyria 1030-1019 or 1019-1008 BC) |
11th cent. BC |
| Shalmaneser III (King of Assyria 858-824 BC) |
9th cent. BC |
| Shalmaneser IV (King of Assyria 782-772 BC) |
8th cent. BC |
| Shalmaneser V (King of Assyria 726-722 BC) |
8th cent. BC |
| Shalala, Donna Edna (American administrator, educator) |
b.1941 |
| Shamash-shum-ukin (Ruler of Babylon 668-648 BC) |
d.648 BC |
| Shamil (Caucasian leader) |
1798?-1871 |
| Shamir, Adi (Israeli cryptographer; co-inv. RSA algorithm) |
b.1952 |
| Shamir, Yitzhak (Polish-born Israeli prime minister 1983-92) |
b.1914 |
| Shammai (Jewish sage in Palestine) |
1st cent. |
| Shange, Ntozake (b. Paulette Williams) (Am. playwright, poet) |
b.1948 |
| Shang K'o-hsi (Chinese general) |
d.1676 |
| Shang Yang (orig. Kung-sun Yang) (Chinese politician) |
d.338 BC |
| Shankar, Uday (Indian dancer, choreographer) |
1900-1977 |
| Shannon, Claude Elwood (Am. mathematician, electrical engineer) |
1916-2001 |
| Shao Yung (aka Shao K'ang-chieh) (Chinese philosopher) |
1011-1077 |
| Shapiro, Karl Jay (American poet, critic) |
b.1913 |
| Shapley, Harlow (American astronomer) |
1885-1972 |
| Shaposhnikov, Boris Mikhaylovich (Russian army officer) |
1882-1945 |
| Shapur I (King if Sasanian dynasty of Persia 241-272) |
d.272 |
| Shapur II (King if Sasanian dynasty of Persia 309-379) |
309-379 |
| Shapur III (King if Sasanian dynasty of Persia 383-388) |
d.388 |
| Sharaf ad-Din 'Ali Yazdi (Persian historian) |
d.1454 |
| Sha 'rani ash-l ('Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ahmad) (Egyptian mystic) |
1492-1565 |
| Sharett, Moshe (Ukrainian-born Israeli politician) |
1894-1965 |
| Sharif, Mian Muhammad Nawaz (Pakistani prime minister 1990-93) |
b.1949 |
| Shar-kali-sharri (King of Semitic dynasty of Akkad) |
23-22nd cent. BC |
| Sharma, Shankar Dayal (Indian politician; president 1992-1997) |
1918-1999 |
| Sharon, Ariel "Arik" (Palestine-born Israeli pol., soldier) |
b.1928 |
| Sharp, Cecil James (Eng. musician, music teacher, anthologist) |
1859-1924 |
| Sharp, Elliot (American musician) |
b.1951 |
| Sharp, Granville (English philanthropist, scholar) |
1735-1813 |
| Sharp, James (Scottish prelate) |
1613-1679 |
| Sharp, William (pseudonym Fiona Macleod) (Scottish writer) |
1856-1905 |
| Sharpe, Sir Alfred (English adventurer, colonial administrator) |
1853-1935 |
| Sharpe, Richard Bowdler (English ornithologist) |
1847-1909 |
| Sharpe, William Forsyth (American economist) |
b.1934 |
| Sharpey-Shafer, Sir Edward Albert (English physiologist) |
1850-1935 |
| Sharples, James (English-born American painter, inventor) |
c.1751-1811 |
| Sharrock, Warren Harding "Sonny" (American guitarist) |
1940-1994 |
| Shastri, Lal Bahadur (orig. surname Bahadur) (Indian polit.) |
1904-1966 |
| Shattuck, George Cheyne (American physician) |
1813-1893 |
| Shattuck, Lydia White (American botanist) |
1822-1889 |
| Shaughnessy, Clark Daniel (American football coach) |
1892-1970 |
| Shaw, Albert (American editor) |
1857-1947 |
| Shaw, Anna Howard (English-born Am. preacher, physician) |
1847-1919 |
| Shaw, Artie (b.Arthur Arshawsky) (Am. musician, bandleader) |
1910-2004 |
| Shaw, Geoffrey Turton (Eng. organist, composer; bro. of Martin) |
1879-1943 |
| Shaw, George Bernard (Irish-born British playwright, critic) |
1856-1950 |
| Shaw, Gordon L. (American physicist, neuroscientist) |
1933-2005 |
| Shaw, Henry Wheeler (pseud. Josh Billings) (American humorist) |
1818-1885 |
| Shaw, Irwin (American playwright, screenwriter, writer) |
1913-1984 |
| Shaw, Lemuel (Am. jurist; father-in-law of Herman Melville) |
1781-1861 |
| Shaw, Martin Fallas (English organist, composer, editor) |
1875-1958 |
| Shaw, Richard Norman (Scottish-born British architect) |
1831-1912 |
| Shaw, Robert Gould (American soldier) |
1837-1863 |
| Shaw, Warren Wilbur (American automobile racing driver) |
1902-1954 |
| Shaw, Sir William Napier (English meteorologist) |
1854-1945 |
| Shaw, Woody Herman II (American trumpeter) |
1944-1989 |
| Shaw-Lefevre, George John (1st Baron Eversley) (Eng. polit.) |
1831-1928 |
| Shawn, Ted (orig. Edwin Myers) (American dancer, choreographer) |
1891-1972 |
| Shawqi (or Shauqi), Ahmad (Egyptian poet, dramatist) |
1868-1932 |
| Shay, Ephraim (American inventor) |
1839-1916 |
| Shays, Daniel (American Rev. officer, insurrectionary leader) |
1747?-1825 |
| Shchepkin, Mikhail Semenovich (Russian actor) |
1788-1863 |
| Shcherbatskoy, Fyodor Ippolitovich (Russian scholar) |
1866-1942 |
| Shean, Albert "Al" (German-born American comedian, actor) |
1868-1949 |
| Shearing, George (English pianist) |
b.1919 |
| Sheed, Francis Joseph "Frank" (Australian-born Brit. publisher) |
1897-1981 |
| Sheed, Mary Josephine Ward "Maisie" (Eng. publisher, lecturer) |
1889-1975 |
| Sheed, Wilfrid John Joseph (English-born Am. writer, critic) |
b.1930 |
| Sheeler, Charles (American photographer, painter) |
1883-1965 |
| Sheen, Fulton John (American prelate) |
1895-1979 |
| Sheffield, John (English politician, poet) |
1648-1721 |
| Shehu, Mehmet (Albanian politician; prime minister 1954-81) |
1913-1981 |
| Shehu Ahmadu Lobbo (Fulani Muslim leader in West Africa) |
1775-1844 |
| Sheil, Richard Lalor (Irish dramatist, politician) |
1791-1851 |
| She-kuei (Turkish ruler) |
7th cent. |
| Shelby, Evan (Welsh-born American militia officer) |
1719-1794 |
| Shelby, Isaac (American soldier; son of Evan) |
1750-1826 |
| Sheldon, Charles Monroe (American clergyman, author) |
1857-1946 |
| Sheldon, Edward Brewster (American playwright) |
1886-1946 |
| Sheldon, Gilbert (English prelate) |
1598-1677 |
| Shelekhov, Grigory Ivanovich (Russian merchant, fur trader) |
1747-1795 |
| Shelford, Victor Ernest (American zoologist) |
1877-1968 |
| Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft née Godwin (English novelist) |
1797-1851 |
| Shelly, Percy Bysshe (English Romantic poet) |
1792-1822 |
| Shelton, Thomas (English translator) |
fl. 1612-1620 |
| Shen Chou (aka Shen Shih-t'ien) (Chinese painter) |
1427-1509 |
| Shen Congwen (or Shen Ts'ung-wen; b.Shen Yuehuan)(Chin. writer) |
1902-1988 |
| Sheng Hsuan-huai (Chinese government official, entrepreneur) |
1844-1916 |
| Shen Kua (Chinese government official, engineer, astronomer) |
1030-1093 |
| Shenstone, William (English poet, amateur landscape gardener) |
1714-1763 |
| Shenute (aka Shenould or Shenoute) (Egyptian Coptic religious) |
5th cent. |
| Shen Yen-ping (pen name Mao Tun) (Chinese writer) |
1896-1981 |
| Shen-yueh (Chinese courtier) |
6th cent. |
| Shepard, Alan Bartlett Jr. (American astronaut) |
b.1923 |
| Shepard, Ernest Howard (English artist, cartoonist) |
1879-1976 |
| Shepard, Helen Miller née Gould (American philanthropist) |
1868-1938 |
| Shepard, Lucius (American writer) |
b.1947 |
| Shepard, Sam (Samuel Shepard Rogers) (Am. playwright, actor) |
b.1943 |
| Shepard, Thomas (English-born American clergyman) |
1605-1649 |
| Shepherd, William Robert (American historian) |
1871-1934 |
| Shepp, Archie Vernon (American saxophonist, educator) |
b.1937 |
| Sheppard, John (also spelled Shepherd) (English composer) |
c.1519-1559/60 |
| Sheppard, John "Jack" (English robber) |
1702-1724 |
| Shepstone, Sir Theophilus (English-born South African polit.) |
1817-1893 |
| Sheptoon La-Pha (Tibetan lama) |
17th cent. |
| Sheraton, Thomas (English furniture maker, designer) |
1751-1806 |
| Sherbrooke, Sir John Coape (English soldier) |
1764-1830 |
| Sheridan, Frances née Chamberlaine (Irish novelist) |
1724-1766 |
| Sheridan, Philip Henry (American army commander) |
1831-1888 |
| Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Butler (Irish dramatist, politician) |
1751-1816 |
| Sheridan, Thomas (Irish schoolmaster; father of Thomas) |
1687-1738 |
| Sheridan, Thomas (Irish actor; theatrical manager) |
1719-1788 |
| Sherley (or Shirley), Sir Anthony (English soldier) |
1565?-1635 |
| Sherley (or Shirley), Sir Robert (English soldier) |
1581?-1628 |
| Sherley (or Shirley), Sir Thomas (English soldier) |
1564?-1630? |
| Sherman, Allan (American entertainer, comedy writer, producer) |
1924-1973 |
| Sherman, James Schoolcraft (American vice-president 1909-1912) |
1855-1912 |
| Sherman, John (American politician; brother of William T.) |
1823-1900 |
| Sherman, Roger (American jurist, politician) |
1721-1793 |
| Sherman, William Tecumseh (American army commander) |
1820-1891 |
| Shermarke, Abdi Rashid Ali (Somalian politician; pres. 1967-69) |
1919-1969 |
| Sherriff, Robert Cedric (English playwright, screenwriter) |
1896-1975 |
| Sherrington, Sir Charles Scott (English neurophysiologist) |
1857-1952 |
| Sher Shah of Sur (Islamic Sur emperor of North India 1540-1545) |
1486?-1545 |
| Sherwood, Mary Martha née Butt (English writer) |
1775-1851 |
| Sherwood, Robert Emmet (American playwright; Algonquin Wit) |
1896-1955 |
| Sheshonk (King of 22nd dynasty of Egypt c.935-914 BC) |
10th cent. BC |
| Shevardnadze, Eduard Amvrosiyevich (Georgian Soviet diplomat) |
b.1928 |
| Shevchenko (or Sevcenko), Taras Hryhorovych (Ukrainian poet) |
1814-1861 |
| Shiba Kokan (orig. Ando Shun) (Japanese painter) |
1738-1818 |
| Shibata Zeshin (Japanese lacquer artist, painter) |
1807-1891 |
| Shibusawa Eiichi (Japanese businessman, government official) |
1840-1931 |
| Shidehara Kijuro (Japanese diplomat, statesman) |
1872-1951 |
| Shield, William (English composer) |
1748-1829 |
| Shields, Alan J. (American artist) |
1944-2005 |
| Shields, James (Irish-born American politician) |
1806?-1879 |
| Shiels, Robert (Scottish poet, editor) |
1700?-1753 |
| Shiga Kiyoshi (Japanese bacteriologist) |
1870-1957 |
| Shiga Naoya (Japanese writer) |
1883-1971 |
| Shigemitsu Mamoru (Japanese diplomat) |
1887-1957 |
| Shihab-ud-Din Ahmad I (Indian Bahmani sultan of the Deccan) |
15th cent. |
| Shihab-ud-Din Mahmud (Indian Bahmani sultan of the Deccan) |
15th-16th cent. |
| Shih Ta-k'ai (Chinese rebel) |
1821/31-1863 |
| Shih-t'ao (aka Tao-chi) (Chinese painter) |
1641-c.1720 |
| Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow (American humorist) |
1814-1890 |
| Shimazaki Toson (b. Shimazaki Haruki) (Japanese poet, writer) |
1872-1943 |
| Shimomura Kanzan (Japanese painter) |
1873-1930 |
| Shinn, Everett (American painter; member of The Eight) |
1876-1953 |
| Shinran (Japanese Buddhist philosopher, religious reformer) |
1173-1262 |
| Shinwell, Emanuel (British politician) |
1884-1986 |
| Shippard, Sir Sidney Godolphin Alexander) (British col. admin.) |
1837-1902 |
| Shippen, Edward (English-born American politician) |
1639-1712 |
| Shippen, Edward (American jurist; great-grandson of Edward) |
1729-1806 |
| Shippen, William (American physician; cousin of Edward) |
1736-1808 |
| Shir 'Ali Khan (Amir of Afghanistan 1863-1879) |
1825-1879 |
| Shirakawa (Emperor of Japan 1072-1086) |
1053-1129 |
| Shirakawa II (Emperor of Japan 1155-1158) |
1127-1192 |
| Shiras, George (American Supreme Court justice 1892-1903) |
1832-1924 |
| Shirer, William Lawrence (American historian, journalist) |
1904-1993 |
| Shirkuh, Asad ad-Din (Kurdish general) |
d.1169 |
| Shirley, James (English poet, dramatist) |
1596-1666 |
| Shirley, Laurence (4th Earl Ferrers) (English nobleman) |
1720-1760 |
| Shirley, William (English-born American colonial governor) |
1694-1771 |
| Shirreff, Emily Anne Eliza (English educator; sister of Maria) |
1814-1897 |
| Shirreff, Marie Georgina (English educator; sister of Emily) |
1816-1906 |
| Shishakli, Adib ash- (Syrian army officer) |
1909-1964 |
| Shishkov, Aleksandr Semyonovich (Russian politician) |
1754-1841 |
| Shizuo Kakutani (Japanese mathematician) |
1911-2004 |
| Shklovsky, Viktor Borisovich (Russian writer, literary critic) |
1893-1984 |
| Shlomo Yitzhaqi, Rabbi "Rashi" (French Talmudist) |
1040-1105 |
| Shlonsky (or Shlonski), Abraham (Ukrainian-born Israeli poet) |
1900-1973 |
| Shlyapnikov, Aleksandr Gavrilovich (Soviet government official) |
1884-1943 |
| Shmidt, Otto Yulyevich (Soviet scientist, Arctic explorer) |
1891-1956 |
| Shocked, Michelle (American musician) |
b.1962 |
| Shockley, William Bradford (Am. physicist; inv. transistor) |
1910-1989 |
| Shoenberg, Sir Isaac (Russian-born British electrical engineer) |
1880-1963 |
| Shoghi Effendi Rabbani (Persian religious leader) |
1896-1957 |
| Shohaku (aka Muan) (Japanese scholar, writer) |
1443-1527 |
| Shokado Shojo (Japanese calligrapher, painter) |
1584-1639 |
| Sholes, Christopher Latham (American inventor; inv. typewriter) |
1819-1890 |
| Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich (Russian-born Soviet nov.) |
1905-1984 |
| Shomu (also Shomu Tenno) (45th emperor of Japan 715-749) |
701-756 |
| Shore, Jane (English mistress of Edward IV) |
1445?-1526 |
| Shorey, Paul (American scholar) |
1857-1934 |
| Short, James (Scottish optician, instrument maker) |
1710-1768 |
| Short, Walter Campbell (American army officer) |
1880-1949 |
| Shorthouse, Joseph Henry (English novelist) |
1834-1903 |
| Shostakovich, Dmitry Dmitriyevich (Russian composer) |
1906-1975 |
| Shotoku Taishi (Regent of Japan; son of Emperor Yomei) |
573-621 |
| Shotwell, James Thomson (Canadian-born Am. diplomat, historian) |
1874-1965 |
| Shoup, George Laird (American merchant, politician) |
1836-1904 |
| Shoulders, James Arthur "Jim" (American rodeo cowboy) |
1928-2007 |
| Showalter, Elaine (American literary critic, teacher) |
b.1941 |
| Shrapnel, Henry (Eng. artillery officer; inv. shrapnel shell) |
1761-1842 |
| Shreve, Henry Miller (American steamboat captain) |
1785-1851 |
| Shubert, Jacob J. (Russian-born Am. theatrical manager, prod.) |
1880-1963 |
| Shubert, Lee (Russian-born Am. theatrical manager, producer) |
1873?-1953 |
| Shubert, Samuel S. (Russian-born Am. theatrical manager, prod.) |
1876-1905 |
| Shubrick, William Branford (American naval officer) |
1790-1874 |
| Shubun (aka Tensho Shubun) (Japanese priest-painter) |
d.1444/48? |
| Shudi, Burkat (Swiss-born English harpsichord maker) |
1702-1773 |
| Shudi, Burkat (English harpsichord maker; son of Burkat) |
c.1738-1803 |
| Shuja-'ud-Dawlah (Indian governor of Oudh) |
1754-1775 |
| Shukshin, Vasily Makarovich (Russian writer, scriptwriter) |
1929-1974 |
| Shulgi (2nd king of Sumerian dynasty of Ur 2094-2047 BC) |
21st cent. BC |
| Shulgin, Alexander Theodore (American pharmacologist, chemist) |
b.1925 |
| Shull, George Harrison (American botanist, geneticist) |
1874-1954 |
| Shulman, David (American lexicographer) |
1912-2004 |
| Shultz, George Pratt (American administrator, diplomat) |
b.1920 |
| Shurcliff, William Asahel (American physicist, activist) |
1909-2006 |
| Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet (American antiquary) |
1810-1874 |
| Shu She-yu (pen name Lao She) (Chinese novelist) |
1899-1966 |
| Shuster, William Morgan (American lawyer, financier, publisher) |
1877-1960 |
| Shute, Henry Augustus (American humorist) |
1856-1943 |
| Shute, Nevil (b. N.S. Norway) (English-born Australian writer) |
1899-1960 |
| Shute, Samuel (British colonial administrator in America) |
1662-1742 |
| Shutruk-Nahhunte (King of Elam) |
fl. c.1160 BC |
| Shuvalov, Pyotr Andreyevich (Russian diplomat, police director) |
1827-1889 |
| Shvernik, Nikolay Mikhaylovich (Soviet politician) |
1888-1970 |
| Sibelius, Jean Julius Christian (Finnish composer) |
1865-1957 |
| Sibley, Henry Hastings (American pioneer, politician) |
1811-1891 |
| Sibley, Hiram (American businessman) |
1807-1888 |
| Sibyl (Queen of crusader state of Jerusalem) |
1160-1190 |
| Sickel, Theodor von (German historian) |
1826-1908 |
| Sickert, Bernhard (German-born British painter; bro. of W.R.) |
1862-1932 |
| Sickert, Johann Jurgen (German painter; grandfather of Walter) |
1803-1864 |
| Sickert, Walter Richard (German-born British painter, etcher) |
1860-1942 |
| Sickingen, Franz von (German knight) |
1481-1523 |
| Sickles, Daniel Edgar (American army officer, politician) |
1825-1914 |
| Siddhwa, Bapsi (Pakistani writer) |
b.1938 |
| Siddons, Sarah née Kemble (English tragic actor) |
1755-1831 |
| Sidgwick, Henry (English philosopher) |
1838-1900 |
| Sidgwick, Nevil Vincent (English chemist) |
1873-1952 |
| Sidney (or Sydney), Algernon (Eng. republican leader, martyr) |
1622-1683 |
| Sidney, Sir Philip (English poet, politician, soldier) |
1554-1586 |
| Siebe, Augustus (German inventor in England) |
1788-1872 |
| Siebold, Carl Theodor Ernst von (German zoologist) |
1804-1885 |
| Siedentopf, Henry Friedrich Wilhelm (German physicist) |
1872-1940 |
| Sieg, Emil (German Sanskritist, scholar) |
1866-1951 |
| Siegbahn, Kai Manne Boerje (Swedish physicist; son of Karl) |
b.1918 |
| Siegbahn, Karl Manne Georg (Swedish physicist; father of Kai) |
1886-1978 |
| Siegel, Donald "Don" (Am. actor, film director, producer) |
1912-1991 |
| Siegen (or Sechten), Ludwig von (German painter, engraver) |
1609-c.1680 |
| Siegfried, Andre (Fr. economist, educator, author, historian) |
1875-1959 |
| Siegwart-Muller, Konstantin (Swiss politician) |
1801-1869 |
| Siemens, Ernst Werner von (Ger. elec. engineer, industrialist) |
1816-1892 |
| Siemens, Friedrich (German engineer, inventor in England) |
1826-1904 |
| Siemens, Karl von (German industrialist) |
1829-1906 |
| Siemens, Karl Wilhelm (German-born British inventor, engineer) |
1823-1883 |
| Siemens, Sir Charles William (German-born British inventor) |
1823-1883 |
| Siemering, Rudolf (German sculptor) |
1835-1905 |
| Siemienowicz, Kazimierz (or Casimirus) (Polish artillerist) |
d.1651? |
| Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Alexander Pius "Litwos" (Pol. writer) |
1846-1916 |
| Sierpinski, Waclaw (Polish mathematician) |
1882-1969 |
| Sievers, Frederick William (American sculptor) |
1872-1966 |
| Sieyes, Emmanuel-Joseph (French Revolutionary leader) |
1748-1836 |
| Sigebert of Gembloux (Belgian chronicler) |
c.1030-1112 |
| Sigel, Franz (German-born American soldier, editor) |
1824-1902 |
| Siger de Brabant (French philosopher) |
c.1240-1281/4 |
| Sigerist, Henry Ernest (Swiss medical historian) |
1891-1957 |
| Sighibuldi, Cino dei "Cino da Pistoia" (Italian jurist, poet) |
c.1270-1336/7 |
| Sigismund, Saint (King of Burgundy 516-524) |
d.524 |
| Sigismund (Holy Roman emperor 1433-1437) |
1368-1437 |
| Sigismund I "Stary", i.e. "the Old" (King of Poland 1506-1548) |
1467-1548 |
| Sigismund II Augustus (King of Poland 1548-1572) |
1520-1572 |
| Sigismund III Vasa (King of Poland 1587-1632) |
1566-1632 |
| Signac, Paul (French painter) |
1863-1935 |
| Signorelli, Luca d'Egidio di Ventura de' (Italian painter) |
1445/50-1523 |
| Sigonio, Carlo (aka Sigonius) (Italian Humanist) |
1524-1584 |
| Sigourney, Lydia Howard née Huntley (American writer, educator) |
1791-1865 |
| Sigsbee, Charles Dwight (American naval officer) |
1845-1923 |
| Sigurd I "Jorsalafarer" (King of Norway 1103-1130) |
c.1090-1130 |
| Sigurd II "Munnr", i.e. "the Mouth" (King of Norway 1136-1155) |
1134-1155 |
| Sigurdsson, Jon (Icelandic man of letters, politician) |
1811-1879 |
| Sigurjonsson, Johann (Icelandic poet, playwright) |
1880-1919 |
| Sijistani, Abu Da'ud as- (Muslim theologian) |
817-859 |
| Sikandar Lodi (Second Lodi sultan of Delhi 1489-1517) |
d.1517 |
| Sikelianos, Angelos (Greek poet) |
1884-1951 |
| Siklos, Albert (Hungarian cellist, composer, musicologist) |
1878-1942 |
| Sikorski, Jozef (Polish composer, music critic) |
1813-1896 |
| Sikorski, Wladislaw Eugeniusz (Polish general, politician) |
1881-1943 |
| Sikorsky, Igor Ivan (Russian-born Am. aeronautical engineer) |
1889-1972 |
| Silas, Saint (Christian prophet, missionary) |
fl. 50 |
| Silberman, Andreas (German musical instrument builder) |
1678-1734 |
| Silberman, Gottfried (German musical instrument builder) |
1683-1753 |
| Silberman, Johann Andreas (German musical instrument builder) |
1712-1783 |
| Silberman, Johann Daniel (German musical instrument builder) |
1717-1766 |
| Siles, Hernando (Bolivian politician; president 1926-1930) |
1882-1942 |
| Silhouette, Etienne de (French politician) |
1709-1767 |
| Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius Asconius (Latin poet, polit.) |
25/26-101 |
| Silko, Leslie Marmon (Native American poet, writer, essayist) |
b.1948 |
| Sillanpaa, Frans Eemil (Finnish novelist, short-story author) |
1888-1964 |
| Silliman, Benjamin (American chemist, geologist) |
1779-1864 |
| Silliman, Benjamin (American chemist; son of Benjamin) |
1816-1885 |
| Silliphant, Stirling Dale (Am. screenwriter, producer) |
1918-1996 |
| Sillitoe, Alan (English writer, poet, playwright) |
b.1928 |
| Siloe, Diego (Spanish sculptor, architect; son of Gil) |
c.1495-1563 |
| Siloe, Gil de (aka Gil de Urliones) (Spanish sculptor) |
d.c.1501 |
| Silva, Antonio Jose da "O Judeu" (Portuguese playwright) |
1705-1739 |
| Silva, Jose Asuncion (Colombian poet) |
1865-1896 |
| Silva Xavier, Joaquim Jose da "Tiradentes" (Brazilian patriot) |
1748-1792 |
| Silvela, Francisco (Spanish polit.; premier 1899-1900, 1902-03) |
1843-1905 |
| Silverberg, Robert (American writer) |
b.1935 |
| Silverius, Saint (Pope 536-537; son of Pope St. Hormisdas) |
d.537? |
| Silverman, Sime (American newspaper publisher) |
1873-1933 |
| Silvester Guzzolini, Saint (Italian religious) |
1177-1267 |
| Silvestre, Paul-Armand (French writer) |
1837-1901 |
| Simcoe, John Graves (English soldier, colonial administrator) |
1752-1806 |
| Simenon, Georges-Joseph-Christian (Belgian-born French writer) |
1903-1989 |
| Simeon (or Symeon) the Great (Bulgarian sovereign) |
d.927 |
| Simeon (or Symeon) of Durham (English chronicler) |
d.1130/8 |
| Simeon, Charles (English clergyman) |
1759-1836 |
| Simeon ben Yohai (Galilean rabbi) |
2nd cent. |
| Simeon Metaphrastes (Byzantine hagiographer) |
c.900-984? |
| Simeon Stylites, Saint (Syrian ascetic, pillar dweller) |
c.390-459 |
| Simic, Charles (Yugoslavian-born American poet, translator) |
b.1938 |
| Simmel, Georg (German philosopher, sociologist) |
1858-1918 |
| Simmons, Edward Emerson (American painter) |
1852-1931 |
| Simmons, Furnifold McLendell (American politician) |
1854-1940 |
| Simms, William Gilmore (American writer, poet, politician) |
1806-1870 |
| Simnel, Lambert (English impostor) |
c.1475-1535 |
| Simon of St. Quentin (French Dominican friar) |
13th cent. |
| Simon of Sudbury (orig. surname Tybald) (English prelate) |
d.1381 |
| Simon, Claude Henri Eugene (Madagascar-born French writer) |
1913-2005 |
| Simon, Sir John (English physician) |
1816-1904 |
| Simon, Sir John Allsebrook (British politician) |
1873-1954 |
| Simon, Herbert Alexander (Am. cognitive scientist, economist) |
b.1916 |
| Simon, Jules (orig. Jules Suisse) (Fr. philosopher, politician) |
1814-1896 |
| Simon, Kate (b. Kaila Grobsmith) (Polish-born Am. memoirist) |
1912-1990 |
| Simon, Marvin Neil (Am. dramatist, screenwriter, librettist) |
b.1927 |
| Simon, Richard (French theologian) |
1638-1712 |
| Simon, Richard Leo (Am. publisher; partner with Max Schuster) |
1899-1960 |
| Simonides of Amorgos (Greek poet) |
fl. 660 BC |
| Simonides of Ceos (Greek poet, epigrammatist) |
c.556-c.468 BC |
| Simonin, Albert-Charles (French writer, journalist) |
1905-1980 |
| Simon Magus (Samaritan sorcerer; source of word "simony") |
1st cent. |
| Simonov, Konstantin Kirill Mikhailovich (Russian writer) |
1915-1979 |
| Simonson, Lee (American designer) |
1888-1967 |
| Simon Thassi (Jewish high priest; son of Mattathias) |
d.135 BC |
| Simovic, Dusan (Yugoslav general, politician) |
1882-1962 |
| Simplicius, Saint (Pope 468-483) |
d.483 |
| Simplicius of Cilicia (Greek Neoplatonic philosopher) |
fl. c.530 |
| Simpson, Sir George (Scottish-born Canadian explorer) |
1792-1860 |
| Simpson, George Gaylord (American palaeontologist) |
1902-1984 |
| Simpson, Sir James Young (Scottish physician) |
1811-1870 |
| Simpson, Jeremiah "Sockless Jerry" (American politician) |
1842-1905 |
| Simpson, Sir John Hope (English administrator in India) |
1868-1961 |
| Simpson, Louis Aston Marantz (Jamaican-born Am. poet, critic) |
b.1923 |
| Simpson, Matthew (American clergyman) |
1811-1884 |
| Simpson, Norman Frederick (British playwright) |
b.1919 |
| Simpson, Thomas (English mathematician) |
1710-1761 |
| Simrock, Friedrich August "Fritz" (German music publisher) |
1837-1901 |
| Simrock, Karl Joseph (German poet, literary scholar) |
1802-1876 |
| Simrock, Nicolaus (German music publisher) |
1751-1832 |
| Simrock, Peter Joseph (German music publisher; son of Nicolaus) |
1792-1868 |
| Sims, George Robert (ps. Dagonet) (Eng. journalist, playwright) |
1847-1922 |
| Sims, James Marion (American physician) |
1813-1883 |
| Sims, William Sowden (Canadian-born American naval officer) |
1858-1936 |
| Sinan (orig. Christian name Joseph) (Turkish architect) |
1489-1588 |
| Sinan, Rashid ad-Din as- "Old Man of the Mtn." (Syrian warrior) |
d.1192 |
| Sinasi, Ibrahim (aka Ibrahim Sinasi Efendi) (Turkish writer) |
1826-1871 |
| Sinclair, Harry Ford (American oil businessman) |
1876-1956 |
| Sinclair, Sir Keith (New Zealand historian, educator, poet) |
1922-1993 |
| Sinclair, May (English writer) |
1865-1946 |
| Sinclair, Upton Beall (American writer, social reformer) |
1878-1968 |
| Sinding, Christian August (Norwegian composer; brother of Otto) |
1856-1941 |
| Sinding, Otto Ludwig (Norwegian painter) |
1842-1909 |
| Singer, Isaac Bashevis (Polish-born American author) |
1904-1991 |
| Singer, Isaac Merrit (American inventor, manufacturer) |
1811-1875 |
| Singer, Israel Joshua (Polish-born American writer) |
1893-1944 |
| Singer, Kurt (Austrian-born Am. anti-Nazi activist, spy) |
1911-2005 |
| Singh, Khushwant (Indian historian, writer) |
b.1915 |
| Singh, Rana Pratap (Hindu maharaja of Mewar 1572-1597) |
1545?-1597 |
| Singh, Vishwanath Pratap (Indian prime minister 1989-1990) |
b.1931 |
| Sinha, Sir Satyendra Prasanno (Indian lawyer, statesman) |
1864-1928 |
| Sinkankas, John (American minerologist, gemologist, lapidary) |
1915-2002 |
| Sinleqeunnini (or Sinleqeunini) (Babylonian poet) |
12th cent. BC |
| Sinmuballit (5th ruler of 1st dynasty of Babylon 1812-1793 BC) |
19-18th cent. BC |
| Sinuhe (Egyptian politician) |
20th cent. BC |
| Sinyavsky, Andrey Donatovich (pesud. Abram Tertz) (Rus. writer) |
b.1925 |
| Sion Cent (aka Sion Gwent, Sion y Cent, Sion Kemp) (Welsh poet) |
c.1367-c.1430 |
| Sippy, Gopaldas Parmanand (Indian movie producer, director) |
1914-2007 |
| Si Prat (Siamese poet) |
17th cent. |
| Siqueiros, David Alfaro (Mexican painter) |
1896-1974 |
| Siraj-ud-Dawlah (Nawab of Bengal 1756-1757) |
c.1732-1757 |
| Sirhindi, Shaykh Ahmad (Indian mystic, theologian) |
1564-1624 |
| Siricius, Saint (Pope 384-399) |
c.334-399 |
| Sisenna, Lucius Cornelius (Roman politician, historian) |
120?-67 BC |
| Sisinnius (Pope Jan.-Feb. 708) |
d.708 |
| Sisler, George Harold (American baseball player) |
1893-1973 |
| Sisley, Alfred (French painter, of English parents) |
1839-1899 |
| Sismondi, Jean-Charles-Leonard Simonde de (Swiss hist., econ.) |
1773-1842 |
| Sisowath (or Sisovat or Si Suvata) (King of Cambodia 1904-27) |
1840-1927 |
| Sisulu, Walter (South African anti-apartheid activist) |
1912-2003 |
| Sitte, Camillo (Austrian architect, town planner) |
1843-1903 |
| Sitter, Willem de (Dutch astronomer) |
1872-1934 |
| Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotake) (American Sioux Indian leader) |
c.1831-1890 |
| Sitwell, Dame Edith (English poet, critic, novelist) |
1887-1964 |
| Sitwell, Sir George Reresby (English author; father of Edith) |
1860-1943 |
| Sitwell, Sir Francis Osbert (English author; son of George) |
1892-1969 |
| Sitwell, Sacheverell (English author; son of Sir George) |
1897-1988 |
| Siva Dayal Saheb (orig. Tulsi Ram) (Indian religious) |
1818-1878 |
| Sivaji (or Shivaji) (Founder of Maratha kingdom of India) |
1627/30-1680 |
| Sivananda, Swami (Indian Hindu religious; fd. Divine Life Soc.) |
1887-1963 |
| Si Votha (or Si Vattha) (Cambodian prince; son of Ang Duong) |
1841-1892 |
| Siward the Strong (Danish warrior in England) |
d.1055 |
| Siwertz, Per Sigfrid (Swedish writer) |
1882-1970 |
| Sixtus I, Saint (also Xystus) (Pope c.115-c.125) |
d.c.125 |
| Sixtus II, Saint (also Xystus) (Pope 257-258) |
d.258 |
| Sixtus III (also Xystus) (Pope 432-440) |
d.440 |
| Sixtus IV (orig. Francesco Della Rovere) (Pope 1471-1484) |
1414-1484 |
| Sixtus V (orig. Felice Peretti) (Pope 1585-1590) |
1520-1590 |
| Sjahrir, Sutan (Indonesian politician) |
1909-1966 |
| Sjoberg, Birger (Swedish songwriter, poet, journalist) |
1885-1929 |
| Sjoberg, Erik (pseud. Vitalis) (Swedish poet) |
1794-1828 |
| Sjostrom, Victor (Swedish film actor, director) |
1879-1960 |
| Sjowall, Maj (Swedish journalist, writer with Per Wahloo) |
b.1935 |
| Skanda Gupta (King of Gupta dynasty of India c.455-467) |
d.467 |
| Skanderbeg (orig. George Kastrioti) (National hero of Albania) |
1405-1468 |
| Skarbek, Fryderyk (Polish writer) |
1792-1866 |
| Skarga, Piotr (Piotr Skarga Poweski) (Polish preacher, writer) |
1536-1612 |
| Skarmeta, Antonio (Chilean writer) |
b.1940 |
| Skeat, Walter William (English philologist) |
1835-1912 |
| Skelton, John (English poet, satirist, translator) |
c.1460-1529 |
| Skene, William Forbes (Scottish historian, antiquary) |
1809-1892 |
| Skinner, Burrhus Frederic (American psychologist) |
1904-1990 |
| Skinner, Constance Lindsay (Canadian-born American writer) |
1877-1939 |
| Skinner, Cornelia Otis (Am. actor, writer; daughter of Otis) |
1901-1979 |
| Skinner, John (Scottish song writer) |
1721-1807 |
| Skinner, Otis (American actor) |
1858-1942 |
| Skinner, Stephen (English physician, philologist) |
1623-1667 |
| Skobelev, Mikhail Dmitriyevich (Russian soldier) |
1843-1882 |
| Skoda, Emil von (Czech engineer, industrialist) |
1839-1900 |
| Skoda, Josef (Czech physician; nephew of Emil) |
1805-1881 |
| Skoda, Karl (Czech industrialist; son of Emil) |
1879-1929 |
| Skolem, Thoralf Albert (Norwegian mathematician, logician) |
1887-1963 |
| Skouras, Spyros Panagiotes (Gk.-born Am. motion-picture exec.) |
1893-1971 |
| Skovmand, Bent (Danish ag. scientist; cr. doomsday seed vault) |
1945-2007 |
| Skram, Bertha Amalie née Alver (Norwegian novelist) |
1846-1908 |
| Skram, Erik (Danish novelist; 2nd husband of Bertha) |
1847-1923 |
| Skrzynski, Aleksander (Polish politician) |
1882-1931 |
| Skvorecky, Josef Vaclav (Czech writer, essayist, translator) |
b.1924 |
| Sladek, John Thomas (American writer, satirist) |
1937-2000 |
| Slania, Czeslaw (Polish-born Swedish master engraver) |
1921-2005 |
| Slansky, Rudolf Salzmann (Czechoslovakian politician) |
1901-1952 |
| Slater, John Clarke (American physicist) |
1900-1976 |
| Slater, Samuel (English-born American industrialist) |
1768-1835 |
| Slatin, Rudolf Anton Karl von "Slatin Pasha" (Austrian soldier) |
1857-1932 |
| Slauerhoff, Jan Jacob (Dutch poet) |
1898-1936 |
| Slaveykov, Petko Rachev (Bulgarian poet, journalist, polit.) |
1827-1895 |
| Slaveykov, Pencho Petkov (Bulgarian poet, critic) |
1866-1912 |
| Slawek, Walery (Polish politician; prime min. 1930-31, 1935) |
1879-1939 |
| Slessor, Kenneth (Australian poet, journalist) |
1901-1971 |
| Slevogt, Max (German painter) |
1868-1932 |
| Slezak, Leo (Czechoslovakian singer) |
1873-1946 |
| Slidell, John (American Confederate politician, diplomat) |
1793-1871 |
| Slim, William Joseph (1st Viscount Slim) (English soldier) |
1891-1970 |
| Slingeland, Pietr Cornelisz van (Dutch painter) |
1640-1691 |
| Slipher, Vesto Melvin (American astronomer) |
1875-1969 |
| Sloan, Alfred Pritchard Jr. (American industrialist: GMC) |
1875-1966 |
| Sloan, James Forman "Tod" (American jockey; pop. monkey crouch) |
1874-1933 |
| Sloan, John French (American painter, etcher, illustrator) |
1871-1951 |
| Sloane, Sir Hans (British physician, naturalist) |
1660-1753 |
| Sloat, John Drake (American naval officer) |
1781-1867 |
| Slocum, Henry Warner (American army officer) |
1827-1894 |
| Slonimski, Antoni (Pol. poet, translator, newspaper columnist) |
1895-1976 |
| Slonimsky, Nicolas (Russian-born Am. composer, musicologist) |
b.1894 |
| Slowacki, Juliusz (Polish poet, playwright) |
1809-1849 |
| Sluijters, Jan (Dutch painter) |
1881-1957 |
| Slusher, Juanita Dale "Candy Barr" (American dancer) |
1935-2005 |
| Sluter, Claus (Dutch sculptor) |
c.1340/50-1406 |
| Slutz, Ralph J. (American physicist; co-developed IAS computer) |
1917-2005 |
| Sluze, Rene Francois Walther de (Belgian mathematician) |
1622-1685 |
| Small, Albion Woodbury (American sociologist) |
1854-1926 |
| Smalley, Richard Erret (American chemist, physicist) |
1943-2005 |
| Smalls, Robert (American naval hero, politician) |
1839-1915 |
| Smallwood, William (American Revolutionary officer) |
1732-1792 |
| Smart, Christopher (English religious poet, journalist) |
1722-1771 |
| Smeal, Frank P. (American businessman, philanthropist) |
1918-2003 |
| Smeal, Mary Jean née Popp (American philanthropist) |
d.1998 |
| Smeaton, John (English civil engineer) |
1724-1792 |
| Smedley, Francis Edward "Frank" (English novelist) |
1818-1864 |
| Smellie, William (Scottish obstetrician) |
1697-1763 |
| Smellie, William (Scottish printer, antiquary) |
1740?-1795 |
| Smenkhkare (King of 18th dynasty of Egypt 1364-1361 BC) |
14th cent. BC |
| Smetana, Bedrich (Czech composer, conductor, pianist) |
1824-1884 |
| Smetona, Antanas (Lithuanian statesman) |
1874-1944 |
| Smibert (or Smybert), John (Scottish-born American painter) |
1688-1751 |
| Smiles, Samuel (Scottish writer, journalist, administrator) |
1812-1904 |
| Smirke, Sir Robert (English architect) |
1781-1867 |
| Smith, Adam (Scottish economist, philosopher) |
1723-1790 |
| Smith, Alexander (Scottish poet, essayist) |
1830-1867 |
| Smith, Alfred Emanuel "Al" (American politician) |
1873-1944 |
| Smith, Andrew Jackson (American army officer) |
1815-1897 |
| Smith, Arthur James Marshall (Can. poet, critic, anthologist) |
1902-1980 |
| Smith, Ashbel (American physician, politician) |
1805-1886 |
| Smith, Bernard "Father Smith" (German-born Eng. organ builder) |
c.1630-1708 |
| Smith, Charles Henry (pseud. Bill Arp) (American humorist) |
1826-1903 |
| Smith, Charlotte née Turner (English poet, novelist) |
1749-1806 |
| Smith, David Roland (American sculptor) |
1906-1965 |
| Smith, David Stanley (American composer, educator) |
1877-1949 |
| Smith, Donald Alexander (Scot.-born Can. fur trader, financier) |
1820-1914 |
| Smith, Edward Elmer "Doc Smith" (American writer) |
1890-1965 |
| Smith, Elizabeth "Bessie" (American singer) |
1894/8-1937 |
| Smith, Elliott (American musician) |
1969-2003 |
| Smith, Ernest Bramah (pseud. Ernest Bramah) (English writer) |
1869?-1942 |
| Smith, Florence Margaret "Stevie" (English poet, writer) |
1902-1971 |
| Smith, Francis Graham (English radio astronomer) |
b.1923 |
| Smith, Francis Marion (American prospector, financier) |
1846-1931 |
| Smith, Sir Francis Pettit (English inventor: screw propeller) |
1808-1874 |
| Smith, Frederick Edwin (1st Earl of Birkenhead) (Eng. polit.) |
1872-1930 |
| Smith, George (Scottish publisher) |
1789-1846 |
| Smith, George (Scottish publisher; son of George) |
1824-1901 |
| Smith, George (English Assyriologist) |
1840-1876 |
| Smith, Sir George Adam (India-born Scottish scholar, educator) |
1856-1942 |
| Smith, Gerrit (American philanthropist) |
1797-1874 |
| Smith, Giles Alexander (American army officer; bro. of Morgan) |
1829-1876 |
| Smith, Hamilton Othanel (American microbiologist) |
b.1931 |
| Smith, Hannah née Whitall (American religious leader) |
1832-1911 |
| Smith, Sir Harry George Wakelyn (English soldier) |
1787-1860 |
| Smith, Henry "Silver-Tongued Smith" (English Puritan clergyman) |
1550?-1591 |
| Smith, Henry John Stanley (Irish-born British mathematician) |
1826-1883 |
| Smith, Henry Preserved (American clergyman, scholar) |
1847-1927 |
| Smith, Hoke (American politician) |
1855-1931 |
| Smith, Holland McTyeire "Howlin' Mad" (American marine officer) |
1882-1967 |
| Smith, Horatio "Horace" (English poet; brother of James) |
1779-1849 |
| Smith, Horace (American inventor, manufacturer of revolvers) |
1808-1893 |
| Smith, Huston (China-born American philosopher, theologian) |
b.1919 |
| Smith, James (Irish-born American lawyer, politician) |
1719?-1806 |
| Smith, James (English poet; brother of Horace) |
1775-1839 |
| Smith, Jedediah Strong (American fur trader, explorer) |
1799-1831 |
| Smith, Jeremiah (American jurist) |
1759-1842 |
| Smith (or Smyth), John "the Sebaptist" (English clergyman) |
d.1612 |
| Smith, John (English colonist in America; coined "New England") |
c.1580-1631 |
| Smith, John (English writer) |
1616-1652 |
| Smith, John Maynard (English evolutionary biologist) |
1920-2004 |
| Smith, John Stafford (English composer, musicologist) |
1750-1836 |
| Smith, Joseph (American religious leader: founded Mormonism) |
1805-1844 |
| Smith, Joseph (American religious leader; son of Joseph) |
1832-1914 |
| Smith, Joseph Fielding (American religious leader) |
1838-1918 |
| Smith, Joseph Lindon (American painter) |
1863-1950 |
| Smith, Sir Keith Macpherson (Australian aviator; bro. of Ross) |
1891-1955 |
| Smith, Lee (American writer) |
b.1944 |
| Smith, Lilian (American writer, social writer) |
1897-1966 |
| Smith, Lloyd Logan Pearsall (American essayist; son of Hannah) |
1865-1946 |
| Smith, Melancton (American Revolutionary patriot) |
1744-1798 |
| Smith, Melancton (Am. naval officer; grandson of Melancton) |
1810-1893 |
| Smith, Morgan Lewis (American army officer) |
1821-1874 |
| Smith, Nathan (American physician) |
1762-1829 |
| Smith, Nathan Ryno (American physician; son of Nathan) |
1797-1877 |
| Smith, Pauline (South African writer) |
1882-1959 |
| Smith, Preserved (American historian; son of Henry P.) |
1880-1941 |
| Smith, Richard (American lawyer) |
1735-1803 |
| Smith, Robert (English mathematician) |
1689-1768 |
| Smith, Robert (American statesman; brother of Samuel) |
1757-1842 |
| Smith, Robert Angus (Scottish chemist) |
1817-1884 |
| Smith, Robert Sidney (American cartoonist: The Gumps) |
1877-1935 |
| Smith, Sir Ross Macpherson (Australian aviator) |
1892-1922 |
| Smith, Roswell (American publisher) |
1829-1892 |
| Smith, Samuel (American politician) |
1752-1839 |
| Smith, Samuel Francis (American clergyman, poet) |
1808-1895 |
| Smith, Seba (pseud. Major Jack Downing) (American satirist) |
1792-1868 |
| Smith, Sophia (American philanthropist) |
1796-1870 |
| Smith, Sydney (English clergyman, essayist, wit) |
1771-1845 |
| Smith, Theobald (American pathologist) |
1859-1934 |
| Smith, Sir Thomas (English politician, scholar) |
1513-1577 |
| Smith, Thorne (American humorist) |
1892-1934 |
| Smith, Walter Bedell "Beetle" (American army officer) |
1895-1961 |
| Smith, Walter Wellesley "Red" (American journalist) |
1905-1982 |
| Smith, William (English-born American jurist) |
1697-1769 |
| Smith, William (Scottish-born American clergyman, educator) |
1727-1803 |
| Smith, William (American jurist; son of William 1697-1769) |
1728-1793 |
| Smith, William (English geologist, engineer, canal builder) |
1769-1839 |
| Smith, Sir William (English lexicographer) |
1813-1893 |
| Smith, William Jay (American poet, soldier, teacher) |
b.1918 |
| Smith, William Robertson (Scottish Semitic scholar) |
1846-1894 |
| Smith, Sir William Sidney (English naval commander) |
1764-1840 |
| Smith, William Stephens (American Revolutionary officer) |
1755-1816 |
| Smith, Xanthus Russell (American painter) |
1839-1929 |
| Smith-Dorrien, Sir Horace Lockwood (British soldier) |
1858-1930 |
| Smithson, Harriet Constance (Madame Berlioz) (Irish actor) |
1800-1854 |
| Smithson, James (French-born English chemist, mineralogist) |
1765-1829 |
| Smohalla (American Wanapum Indian religious leader) |
c.1815/20-1895 |
| Smollet, Tobias George (Scottish writer, physician) |
1721-1771 |
| Smoot, Oliver Reed Jr. (Am. lawyer, unit of measure: 67 inches) |
b.1939? |
| Smoot, Reed (American politician) |
1862-1941 |
| Smothers, Dick (Philippine-born American comedian) |
b.1939 |
| Smothers, Tom (Philippine-born American comedian) |
b.1937 |
| Smreczynski, Franciszek (ps. Wladyslaw Orkan) (Polish writer) |
1876-1930 |
| Smuts, Jan Christian (South African soldier, politician) |
1870-1950 |
| Smyth, Charles Piazzi (English astronomer in Scotland) |
1819-1900 |
| Smyth, Dame Ethel Mary (English composer, writer, suffragist) |
1858-1944 |
| Smyth, Henry DeWolf (American physicist) |
1898-1986 |
| Smyth, William Henry (English naval officer, hydrographer) |
1788-1865 |
| Smythe (or Smith), Sir Thomas (English merchant) |
1558?-1625 |
| Sneevliet, Hendrik Josephus Franciscus Marie (Dutch politician) |
1883-1942 |
| Snefru (or Sneferu) (First king of 4th dynasty of Egypt) |
27-26th cent. BC |
| Snel (or Snell), Willebrord (Dutch astronomer, mathematician) |
1580-1626 |
| Snell, George Davis (American research geneticist) |
b.1903 |
| Snellen, Herman (Dutch ophthalmologist) |
1834-1908 |
| Snellman, Johan Vilhelm (Finnish philosopher, politician) |
1806-1881 |
| Snodgrass, William De Witt (pseudonum S.S. Gardons) (Am. poet) |
b.1926 |
| Snoilsky, Carl Johan Gustaf (Swedish lyric poet) |
1841-1903 |
| Snorri Sturluson (Icelandic politician, historian, poet) |
1179-1241 |
| Snouck Hurgronje, Christiaan (Dutch colonial official, scholar) |
1857-1936 |
| Snow, Charles Percy (English writer, physicist, diplomat) |
1905-1980 |
| Snow, Edgar Parks (American journalist) |
1905-1972 |
| Snow, John (English physician) |
1813-1858 |
| Snow, Lorenzo (American religious leader) |
1814-1901 |
| Snowden, Philip (English politician) |
1864-1937 |
| Snyder, Gary Sherman (American poet, essayist, activist) |
b.1930 |
| Snyder, John Wesley (American banker, administrator) |
1895-1985 |
| Snyder, Solomon Halbert (American neuroscientist) |
b.1938 |
| Snyder, Tom (Am. television and radio personality) |
1936-2007 |
| Snyders, Frans (Dutch painter) |
1579-1657 |
| Soami (orig. Nakao Shinso)(Japanese painter; grandson of Noami) |
1472-1525 |
| Soane, Sir John (English architect) |
1753-1837 |
| Soares de Sousa, Gabriel (Portuguese chronicler) |
c.1540-c.1592 |
| Soares, Mario Alberto Nobre Lopes (Portuguese statesman) |
b.1924 |
| Soave, Francesco (Swiss priest, writer in Italian) |
1743-1806 |
| Sobhuza I (Founder of Swazi nation) |
d.1839 |
| Sobhuza II (King of Swaziland 1900-1982) |
1899-1982 |
| Sobrero, Ascanio (Italian chemist; disc. nitroglycerine 1847) |
1812-1888 |
| Socarides, Charles William (Am. psychiatrist, psychoanalyst) |
1922-2005 |
| Soce, Ousmane Diop (Senegalese writer, politician) |
1911-1974 |
| Socho (aka Sokan or Saiokuken) (Japanese poet, chronicler) |
1448-1532 |
| Socinus, Faustus (Fausto Paolo Sozzini) (Italian theologian) |
1539-1604 |
| Socinus, Laelius (Lelio Francisco Maria Sozzini) (It. theol.) |
1525-1562 |
| Sockman, Ralph Washington (American clergyman, theologian) |
1889-1970 |
| Socrates (Greek philosopher) |
c.470-399 BC |
| Socrates (surnamed Scholasticus) (Byzantine church historian) |
c.380-c.450 |
| Soddy, Frederick (English chemist; coined word "isotope") |
1877-1956 |
| Soden, Herman von (German biblical scholar) |
1852-1914 |
| Soderberg, Hjalmar Erik Fredrik (Swedish writer, critic) |
1869-1941 |
| Soderblom, Nathan (Swedish Lutheran theologian) |
1866-1931 |
| Sodergran, Edith Irene (Russian-born Swedish-Finnish poet) |
1892-1923 |
| Sodoma, Il (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi) (Italian painter) |
1477-1549 |
| Soemmerring (or Sommerring), Samuel Thomas von (Ger. anatomist) |
1755-1830 |
| Soetomo, Raden (Javanese doctor, nationalist) |
1888-1938 |
| Soga, Tiyo (South African Xhosa journalist, clergyman) |
1829-1871 |
| Soga Chokuan (Japanese painter) |
d.1614 |
| Soga Shohaku (birth name Koyu) (Japanese painter) |
1730-1781 |
| Sogdianus (or Secydianus) (King of Persia 424 BC) |
d.424 BC |
| Sogi (byname of Iio Sogi) (Japanese Buddhist monk, poet) |
1421-1502 |
| Soglow, Otto (American cartoonist: The Little King) |
1900-1975 |
| Sohlman, (Per) August (Ferdinand) (Swedish journalist) |
1824-1874 |
| Sohn, Carl Ferdinand (German painter) |
1805-1867 |
| Sohn, Karl Rudolf (German painter; son of Carl) |
1845-1908 |
| Sohn, Wilhelm (German painter; nephew of Carl) |
1830-1899 |
| Sohr (or Sore), Martin (German church musician, composer) |
1486-1556 |
| Sokollu, Mehmed Pasa (Ottoman politician) |
1505-1579 |
| Sokolov, Sasha (Aleksandr Vsevolodovich) (Russian writer) |
b.1943 |
| Sokolow, Nahum (Polish writer, Zionist leader) |
1861-1936 |
| Solanas, Valerie (American artist, writer) |
b.1940 |
| Solander, Daniel Carl (Swedish botanist) |
1733-1782 |
| Solari (or Solario), Andrea (It. painter; bro. of Cristoforo) |
d.1524 |
| Solari (or Solario), Antonio "lo Zingaro" (Italian painter) |
fl. 1495-1514 |
| Solari (or Solario), Cristoforo (Italian sculptor, architect) |
1460-1527 |
| Solaro della Margarita, Clemente (Piedmontese politician) |
1792-1869 |
| Soler, Antonio Francisco Javier Jose (Spanish composer) |
1729-1783 |
| Solf, Wilhelm (German diplomat) |
1862-1936 |
| Solh Bey, Riad (Lebanese politician) |
1894-1951 |
| Solinus, Gaius Julius (Latin grammarian, writer) |
3rd? cent. |
| Solis y Rivadeneira, Antonio de (Spanish hist., dram., polit.) |
1610-1686 |
| Sollogub, Vladimir Aleksandrovich (Russian writer) |
1813-1882 |
| Solly, Henry (British Unitarian minister, social reformer) |
1813-1903 |
| Solms, Heinrich Maastricht (German soldier) |
1636-1693 |
| Sologub, Fyodor (Fyodor Kuzmich Teternikov) (Rus. writer, poet) |
1863-1927 |
| Solomon (King of Israel; son of David & Bathsheba) |
10th cent. BC |
| Solomon, Jonathan (Gwich'in tribal leader, env. activist) |
1932-2006 |
| Solomos, Dhionisios (Greek poet) |
1798-1857 |
| Solon (Athenian statesman, poet) |
c.630-c.560 BC |
| Solovyov, Sergey Mikhaylovich (Russian hist.; father of V.S.) |
1820-1879 |
| Solovyov, Vladimir Sergeyevich (Russian philosopher, poet) |
1853-1900 |
| Solow, Robert Merton (American economist) |
b.1924 |
| Solstad, Dag (Norwegian writer, dramatist) |
b.1941 |
| Solvay, Ernest (Belgian industrial chemist) |
1838-1922 |
| Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaeevich (Russian author, dissident) |
b.1918 |
| Somadeva (Sanskrit author) |
fl. 1070 |
| Somers, Armonia (b. Armona Etchepare) (Uruguayan writer) |
b.1920 |
| Somers (or Summers), Sir George (English navigator) |
1554-1610 |
| Somers, John (Baron Somers) (English lawyer, politician) |
1651-1716 |
| Somervell, Sir Arthur (English composer) |
1863-1937 |
| Somerville, Edith Anna Oenone (Irish writer with V.F. Martin) |
1858-1949 |
| Somerville, Sir James Fownes (British naval officer) |
1882-1949 |
| Somerville, Mary née Fairfax (Scottish writer on math, science) |
1780-1872 |
| Somerville (or Somervile), William (English poet) |
1675-1742 |
| Sommeiller, Germain (French engineer) |
1815-1871 |
| Sommer, Ferdinand (German linguist) |
1875-1962 |
| Sommerfeld, Arnold Johannes Wilhelm (German physicist) |
1868-1951 |
| Sommo, Judah Leone ben Isaac (Italian Jewish writer) |
1527-1592 |
| Somodevilla y Bengoechea, Zenon de (Spanish politician) |
1702-1781 |
| Somoza, Anastasio "Tacho" (Nicaraguan politician) |
1896-1956 |
| Somoza Debayle, Luis Anastasio (Nicaraguan politician) |
1922-1967 |
| Somporn Saekow (Thai entrepeneur; fd. monkey training school) |
1940-2002 |
| Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore (American musician, librarian) |
1873-1928 |
| Sonni 'Ali (aka Sunni Ali) (King of Songhai c.1464-1492) |
d.1492 |
| Sonnino, Giorgio Sidney (Italian politician) |
1847-1922 |
| Son Pyong-hi (Korean religious leader) |
1861-1922 |
| Sontag, Susan (American author, critic) |
1933-2004 |
| Soong Ai-ling (Chinese politician; wife of H.H. K'ung) |
1888-1973 |
| Soong, Charles Jones (orig. Soong Yao-ju) (Chinese merchant) |
d.1927 |
| Soong Ch'ing-ling (Chinese politician; wife of Sun Yat-sen) |
1892-1981 |
| Soong Mei-ling (Chinese politician; wife of Chiang Kai-shek) |
b.1897 |
| Soong Tzu-wen (Chinese financier, statesman; bro. of Mei-ling) |
1894-1971 |
| Sophia (Byzantine empress) |
d.578? |
| Sophocles (Greek tragic playwright) |
c.496-406 BC |
| Sophron of Syracuse (Greek playwright) |
fl. c.430 BC |
| Sophronius (Syrian prelate) |
c.560-638 |
| Sor (or Sors), Jose Fernando Macari (Catalan comp., guitarist) |
1778-1839 |
| Soranus of Ephesus (Greek physician) |
2nd cent. |
| Sorbon, Robert de (French theologian) |
1201-1274 |
| Sorby, Henry Clifton (English geologist) |
1826-1908 |
| Sordello (Italian troubador) |
c.1200-1269? |
| Sorel, Charles (Sieur de Souvigny) (French writer) |
c.1600-1674 |
| Sorel, Georges-Eugene (French Socialist) |
1847-1922 |
| Sorensen, Rasmus Moller (Danish reformer) |
1799-1865 |
| Sorensen, Soren Peter Lauritz (Danish chemist) |
1868-1939 |
| Sorensen, Villy (Danish writer, literary critic, editor) |
b.1929 |
| Sorge, Reinhard Johannes (German playwright, poet) |
1892-1916 |
| Sorge, Richard (German journalist, spy) |
1895-1944 |
| Sorin, Edward Frederick (French-born Am. clergyman, educator) |
1814-1893 |
| Sorokin, Pitirim Alexandrovitch (Russian-born Am. sociologist) |
1889-1968 |
| Sorolla y Bastida, Joaquin (Spanish painter) |
1863-1923 |
| Soromenho, Fernando Monteiro de Castro (Angolan writer) |
1910-1968 |
| Sorrentino, Gilbert (American poet, writer) |
b.1929 |
| Sorsky, Saint Nil (orig. Nikolay Maykov) (Russian religious) |
c.1433-1508 |
| Sosan Daisa (secular name Hyujong) (Korean Buddhist priest) |
1520-1604 |
| Sosigenes of Alexandria (Greek astronomer, mathematician) |
1st cent. BC |
| Sosnora, Viktor Aleksandrovich (Russian writer, poet) |
b.1936 |
| Sostratus (Greek architect; built lighthouse of Alexandria) |
3rd cent. BC |
| Sotades (Greek satirist; reputedly invented palindrome) |
3rd cent. BC |
| Sotatsu (in full Tawarava Sotatsu) (Japanese painter) |
fl. 1600-1630 |
| Soter, Saint (Pope 166?-174?) |
d.c.174 |
| Sotheby, John (English auctioneer, antiquary) |
1740-1807 |
| Sotheby, Samuel (English auctioneer; nephew of John) |
1771-1842 |
| Sotheby, Samuel Leigh (English auctioneer; son of Samuel) |
1805-1861 |
| Sothern, Edward Askew (English-born American actor) |
1826-1881 |
| Sothern, Edward Hugh (American actor; son of Edward Askew) |
1859-1933 |
| Soto, Hernando de (Spanish explorer in North America) |
1496/99-1542 |
| Soto, Marco Aurelio (Honduran politician) |
1846-1908 |
| Sottsass, Ettore (Austrian-born Italian architect, designer) |
1917-2007 |
| Soubeiran, Eugene (French apothecary) |
1797-1858 |
| Soublette, Carlos (Venezuelan politician; president 1843-1847) |
1789-1870 |
| Soufflot, Jacques-Germain (French architect) |
1713-1780 |
| Soulas, Josias de (pseud. Floridor) (French actor) |
1608?-1671/2 |
| Soule, Pierre (French-born American politician, diplomat) |
1801-1870 |
| Soulouque (or Solouque), Faustin-Elie (Haitian general, polit.) |
1782?-1867 |
| Soult, Nicolas-Jean de Dieu (French soldier, politician) |
1769-1851 |
| Soupault, Philippe (French poet, writer, critic) |
1897-1990 |
| Sousa, John Philip (American bandmaster, composer) |
1854-1932 |
| Sousa, Luis de (Portuguese Dominican monk, writer) |
1555-1632 |
| Sousa, Martim Afonso de (Portuguese admiral) |
1500?-1564 |
| Sousa, Tome de (Portuguese soldier) |
d.c.1573 |
| Sousa Holstein, Pedro de (Portuguese politician) |
1781-1850 |
| Souster, Raymond (Canadian poet, editor) |
b.1921 |
| Soutar, William (Scottish poet) |
1898-1943 |
| Souter, David Hackett (American Supreme Court justice 1990-) |
b.1939 |
| South, Robert (English preacher) |
1634-1716 |
| Southack, Cyprian (English-born Am. privateer, cartographer) |
1662-1745 |
| Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd earl of (Eng. politician) |
1573-1624 |
| Southcott, Joanna (English religious fanatic) |
1750-1814 |
| Southern, Terry (American writer, screenwriter, essayist) |
b.1924 |
| Southerne, Thomas (Irish dramatist) |
1660-1746 |
| Southey, Robert (English man of letters; poet laureate 1813) |
1774-1843 |
| Southwell, Robert (English poet, Jesuit martyr) |
1561-1595 |
| Southworth, Albert Sands (Am. photographer; partner J.J. Hawes) |
1811-1894 |
| Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza née Nevitte (American novelist) |
1819-1899 |
| Soutine, Chaim (Lithuanian-born French painter) |
1893-1943 |
| Soutsos, Alexandros (Greek poet) |
1803-1863 |
| Sova, Antonin (Czech writer) |
1864-1928 |
| Sower, Christopher (German-born American printer, publisher) |
1695-1758 |
| Sower, Christopher (German-born American printer, publisher) |
1721-1784 |
| Sower, Christopher (Am. publisher; son of second Christopher) |
1754-1799 |
| Sowerby, James (English artist) |
1757-1822 |
| Sowerby, Leo (American composer) |
1895-1968 |
| Soyinka, Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" (Nigerian dramatist, poet) |
b.1934 |
| Sozomenos, Salamanes Hermeios "Sozomen" (Greek historian) |
c.400-c.450 |
| Sozzini, Fausto Paolo (Italian theologian; nephew of Lelio) |
1539-1604 |
| Sozzini (also Socini), Lelio Francesco Maria (It. theologian) |
1525-1562 |
| Spaak, Paul-Henri Charles (Belgian lawyer, statesman) |
1899-1972 |
| Spaatz, Carl Andrew "Tooey" (American air force officer) |
1891-1974 |
| Spada, Leonello (Italian painter) |
1576-1622 |
| Spaeth, Sigmund (American musician, lecturer, writer) |
1885-1965 |
| Spalding, Albert (Am. violinist, composer; son of Albert G.) |
1888-1953 |
| Spalding, Albert Goodwill (American sportsman, businessman) |
1850-1915 |
| Spalding, Henry Harmon (American Presbyterian missionary) |
c.1801-1874 |
| Spallanzani, Lazzaro (Italian physiologist) |
1729-1799 |
| Spangenberg, August Gottlieb (German clergyman) |
1704-1792 |
| Spark, Muriel Sarah née Camberg (Scottish writer, poet, critic) |
1918-2006 |
| Sparks, Jared (American historian, educator) |
1789-1866 |
| Spartacus (Roman slave, gladiator, insurrectionist) |
d.71 BC |
| Spaulding, Gilbert R. (American circus impresario) |
1811-1880 |
| Speaker, Tristram E. "Tris" (American baseball player) |
1888-1958 |
| Spearman, Charles Edward (English psychologist) |
1863-1945 |
| Spedding, James (English editor) |
1808-1881 |
| Spee, Maximilian Johannes Maria Hubert von (German admiral) |
1861-1914 |
| Speed, Chris (American musician) |
b.1967 |
| Speed, John (English antiquarian, cartographer) |
1552-1629 |
| Speelman, Cornelis Janszoon (Dutch colonial administrator) |
1628-1684 |
| Speer, Albert (German architect, Nazi administrator) |
1905-1981 |
| Speicher, Eugene Edward (American painter) |
1883-1962 |
| Speke, John Hanning (English explorer of Africa) |
1827-1864 |
| Spellman, Francis Joseph (American prelate) |
1889-1967 |
| Spelman, Sir Henry (English antiquary) |
c.1564-1641 |
| Spelvin, George (American actor, corpse, anthropomorphic prop) |
b.1886 |
| Spemann, Hans (German embryologist, zoologist) |
1869-1941 |
| Spence, Sir Basil Urwin (British architect) |
1907-1976 |
| Spence, Joseph (English anecdotist) |
1699-1768 |
| Spence, Thomas (British pamphleteer) |
1750-1814 |
| Spencer, Herbert (English Darwinist, philosopher, sociologist) |
1820-1903 |
| Spencer, Platt Rogers (American calligrapher) |
1800-1864 |
| Spencer, Sir Stanley (English painter) |
1891-1959 |
| Spender, Stephen Harold (English poet, critic) |
b.1909 |
| Spener, Philipp Jacob (German theologian) |
1635-1705 |
| Spengler, Oswald (German historian, historical philosopher) |
1880-1936 |
| Spenser, Edmund (English poet) |
1552/3-1599 |
| Speransky, Mikhail Mikhaylovich (Russian politician) |
1772-1839 |
| Sperry, Elmer Ambrose (Am. electrical engineer, industrialist) |
1860-1930 |
| Sperry, Roger Wolcott (American psychobiologist) |
1913-1994 |
| Speusippus (Greek philosopher; nephew & disciple of Plato) |
d.339/8 BC |
| Spiegel, Paul (German journalist, activist) |
1937-2006 |
| Spieghel (or Spiegel), Henric Laurenszoon (Dutch poet) |
1549-1612 |
| Spielberg, Steven (American movie director, writer, producer) |
b.1947 |
| Spielhagen, Friedrich von (German novelist) |
1829-1911 |
| Spielman, Andrew I. (American entemolgist) |
1930-2006 |
| Spier, Leslie (American anthropologist) |
1893-1961 |
| Spillane, Frank Morrison "Mickey" (American writer) |
1918-2006 |
| Spinden, Herbert Joseph (American anthropologist) |
1879-1967 |
| Spinelli, Spinello di Luca "Spinello Aretino" (Italian painter) |
c.1346-1410 |
| Spingarn, Arthur Barnett (American administrator: pres. NAACP) |
1878-1971 |
| Spingarn, Joel Elias (American author; founded NAACP 1909) |
1875-1939 |
| Spinola, Ambrogio di Filippo (Italian general in Span. service) |
1569-1630 |
| Spinoza, Baruch (Benedictus de Spinoza) (Dutch philosopher) |
1632-1677 |
| Spitta, Julius August Philipp (German music scholar) |
1841-1894 |
| Spitteler, Carl (pseudonym Carl Felix Tandem) (Swiss poet) |
1845-1924 |
| Spitzweg, Carl (German painter) |
1808-1885 |
| Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty (Indian lit. theorist, fem. critic) |
b.1942 |
| Spock, Dr. Benjamin McLane (American physician, activist) |
1903-1998 |
| Spode, Josiah (English potter; introduced bone china) |
1754-1827 |
| Spohr, Louis (orig. Ludwig) (German violin virtuoso, composer) |
1784-1859 |
| Spontini, Gaspare Luigi Pacifico (Italian composer) |
1774-1851 |
| Spooner, John Coit (American politician) |
1843-1919 |
| Spooner, Lysander (American philosopher, abolitionist) |
1808-1887 |
| Spooner, William Archibald (English clergyman, educator) |
1844-1930 |
| Spotswood, Alexander (English colonial governor) |
1676-1740 |
| Spotted Tail (Sinte-galeshka) (American Sioux Indian chief) |
1833?-1881 |
| Spottiswoode (or Spottiswood), John (Scottish prelate) |
1565-1639 |
| Sprague, Frank Julian (American electrical engineer, inventor) |
1857-1934 |
| Sprat, Thomas (English prelate, man of letters) |
1635-1713 |
| Spreckels, Adolph Bernard (American sugar manu.; bro. of J.D.) |
1857-1924 |
| Spreckels, Clause (German-born American sugar manufacturer) |
1828-1908 |
| Spreckels, John Diedrich (Am. sugar manufacturer; son of Claus) |
1853-1926 |
| Spreckels, Rudolph (Am. sugar manufacturer; bro. of J.D.) |
1872-1958 |
| Sprengel, Christian Konrad (German botanist; uncle of Kurt) |
1750-1816 |
| Sprengel, Hermann Johann Philipp (German-born British chemist) |
1834-1906 |
| Sprengel, Kurt Polykarp Joachim (German physician, botanist) |
1766-1833 |
| Sprengtporten, Georg Magnus (Finnish soldier, politician) |
1740-1819 |
| Sprengtporten, Jakob Magnus (Finnish soldier) |
1727-1786 |
| Sprigg, Sir John Gordon (English-born South African politician) |
1830-1913 |
| Spring, Howard (Welsh-born British novelist) |
1889-1965 |
| Spring, Ira (American photographer, writer, hiker) |
1918-2003 |
| Springs, Elliot White (American businessman, author) |
1896-1959 |
| Springsteen, Bruce Frederick Joseph (American musician) |
b.1949 |
| Sproul, Robert Gordon (American educator) |
1891-1975 |
| Spruance, Raymond Ames (American admiral) |
1886-1969 |
| Spruce, Richard (British botanist) |
1817-1893 |
| Spurgeon, Caroline Frances Eleanor (English educator) |
1869-1942 |
| Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (English Baptist preacher) |
1834-1892 |
| Spurr, Josiah Edward (American geologist) |
1870-1950 |
| Spurzheim, Johann Christoph (German physician) |
1776-1832 |
| Spyri, Johanna née Heusser (Swiss writer; Heidi 1880-81) |
1829-1901 |
| Squanto (American Pawtuxet Indian; aided Plymouth colonists) |
d.1622 |
| Squarcione, Francesco (Italian painter) |
1394-c.1468 |
| Squibb, Edward Robinson (American physician, manufacturer) |
1819-1900 |
| Squier, Ephraim George (American diplomat, archaeologist) |
1821-1888 |
| Squire, Christopher Russell Edward "Chris" (English musician) |
b.1948 |
| Squire, Sir John Collings (English journalist, playwright) |
1882-1958 |
| Squires, Sir Richard Anderson (Canadian politician) |
1880-1940 |
| Sriharsa (Sanskrit writer, epic poet) |
fl. 12th cent. |
| Srong-brtsan-sgam-po (King of Tibet 629-650) |
c.608-650 |
| Ssu-ma Ch'ien (or Sima Qian) (Chinese historian, astronomer) |
c.145-c.90 BC |
| Ssu-ma Hsiang-ju (or Sima Xiangru) (Chinese poet) |
179-117 BC |
| Ssu-ma Kuang (Chinese historian) |
1019-1086 |
| Ssu-ma T'an (Chinese scholar) |
d.110 BC |
| Ssu-ma Yen (Founder, emperor of Western Chin dynasty 265-290) |
236-290 |
| Stabili, Francesco "Cecco d'Ascoli" (Italian poet, astrologer) |
1269-1327 |
| Stadion-Warthausen, Johann Philipp Karl von (Austrian polit.) |
1763-1824 |
| Stael, Anne-Louise-Germaine de née Necker (French writer) |
1766-1817 |
| Stael, Nicolas de (Russian-born French painter) |
1914-1955 |
| Staff, Leopold (Polish poet, playwright) |
1878-1957 |
| Stafford, Sir Edward William (Scottish-born New Zealand polit.) |
1819-1901 |
| Stafford, Humphrey (1st Duke of Buckingham) (English soldier) |
1402-1460 |
| Stafford, Humphrey (Earl of Devon) (English knight) |
1439-1469 |
| Stafford, Jean (American writer) |
1915-1979 |
| Stafford, Peter G. (b.George Leonard Sanford III) (Am. writer) |
1941-2007 |
| Stafford, Robert Theodore (Am. politician, environmentalist) |
1913-2006 |
| Stafford, William Edgar (American poet, editor) |
1914-1993 |
| Stagg, Amos Alonzo (American football coach) |
1862-1965 |
| Stagnelius, Erik Johan (Swedish poet, dramatist) |
1793-1823 |
| Stahl, Friedrich Julius (German lawyer, Lutheran churchman) |
1802-1861 |
| Stahl, Georg Ernst (German physician, chemist) |
1660-1734 |
| Stahlberg, Kaarlo Juho (Finnish politician; president 1919-25) |
1865-1952 |
| Stainer (or Steiner), Jakob (Austrian violin maker) |
1617?-1683 |
| Stainer, Sir John (English organist, composer) |
1840-1901 |
| Stakhanov, Aleksey Grigoriyevich (Soviet coal miner) |
1905-1977 |
| Stakman, Elvin Charles (American agriculturist) |
1885-1979 |
| Stalin, Joseph (Georgian-born Soviet political leader) |
1879-1953 |
| Stalling, Carl (American composer, arranger) |
1888-1974 |
| Stallings, Earl (American preacher, civil rights activist) |
1916-2006 |
| Stallings, Laurence Tucker Jr. (American playwright) |
1894-1968 |
| Stamboliyski, Aleksandur (Bulgarian politician) |
1879-1923 |
| Stambolov, Stefan Nikolov (Bulgarian politician) |
1854-1895 |
| Stamitz, Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk (Bohemian violinist) |
1750-1789/1809 |
| Stamitz, Carl Philipp (Bohemian violinist; son of Johann) |
1745-1801 |
| Stamitz, Johann Wenzel Anton (Bohemian violinist, composer) |
1717-1757 |
| Stammler, Rudolf (German legal philosopher) |
1856-1938 |
| Stammler, Wolfgang (German philologist, literary historian) |
1886-1965 |
| Stampa, Gaspara (Italian poet) |
c.1523-1554 |
| Stampfli, Jacob (Swiss politician) |
1820-1879 |
| Standing Bear, Luther (Chief of the Oglala Tribe, Sioux Nation) |
1868-1939 |
| Standish, Myles (or Miles) (English-born American colonist) |
1584?-1656 |
| Stanford, Sir Charles Villiers (Irish-born Brit. comp., cond.) |
1852-1924 |
| Stanford, Amasa Leland (American railroad builder, politician) |
1824-1893 |
| Stang, Frederick (Norwegian jurist, politician) |
1808-1884 |
| Stang, Rev. Ivan (American Sub-Genius religious leader) |
b.1949 |
| Stanhope, Lady Hester Lucy (English eccentric) |
1776-1839 |
| Stanhope, Philip Dormer (English politician, letter writer) |
1694-1773 |
| Stanislavsky, Konstantin (Russian actor, director, producer) |
1863-1938 |
| Stanislaw, Saint (Stanislaus) (Polish prelate) |
1030-1079 |
| Stanislaw I Leszczynski (Polish king 1704-1709, 1733-1735) |
1677-1766 |
| Stanislaw II Augustus Poniatowski (Polish king 1764-1795) |
1732-1798 |
| Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn (English Church of England prelate) |
1815-1881 |
| Stanley, Augustus Owsley III (Am.? amateur chemist, jeweler) |
b.1935 |
| Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith (British statesman) |
1799-1869 |
| Stanley, Francis Edgar (American inventor, manufacturer) |
1849-1918 |
| Stanley, Freelan O. (Am. inventor, manufacturer; bro. of F.E.) |
1849-1940 |
| Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (British journalist, explorer) |
1841-1904 |
| Stanley, Thomas (English scholar, poet, translator) |
1625-1678 |
| Stanley, Wendell Meredith (American biochemist) |
1904-1971 |
| Stanley, William (American electrical engineer, inventor) |
1858-1916 |
| Stanton, Edwin McMasters (American lawyer, public official) |
1814-1869 |
| Stanton, Elizabeth née Cady (American woman suffrage leader) |
1815-1902 |
| Stanton, Frank Lebby (American journalist, poet) |
1857-1927 |
| Stanyhurst, Richard (Irish historian, translator) |
1547-1618 |
| Stapledon, Sir Reginald George (English agriculturist) |
1882-1960 |
| Stapledon, William Olaf (English philosopher, essayist, writer) |
1886-1950 |
| Staples, Blaise Daniel (Am. Classical scholar) |
b.1948 |
| Stappleton, Thomas (Eng. theologian, controversialist in Latin) |
1535-1598 |
| Starabba, Antonio (Marchese di Rudini) (Italian politician) |
1839-1908 |
| Starhemberg, Ernst Rudiger von (Austrian politician) |
1899-1956 |
| Stark, Dame Freya Madeline (English travel writer) |
1893-1993 |
| Stark, Harold Raynsford (American naval officer) |
1880-1972 |
| Stark, Johannes (German physicist) |
1874-1957 |
| Stark, John (American Revolutionary officer) |
1728-1822 |
| Starkey, James Sullivan (pseud. Seumas O'Sullivan) (Irish poet) |
1879-1958 |
| Starley, James (English inventor; improved bicycle) |
1830-1881 |
| Starling, Ernest Henry (English physiologist) |
1866-1927 |
| Starr, Chauncey (Am. electrical engineer, nuclear engineer) |
1912-2007 |
| Starr, Ellen Gates (American social worker) |
1860-1940 |
| Starr, Myra Belle née Shirley (American outlaw) |
1848-1889 |
| Starrett, Paul (American building contractor) |
1866-1957 |
| Stas, Jean-Servais (Belgian chemist) |
1813-1891 |
| Staszic, Stanislaw Wawrzyniec (Polish writer) |
1755-1826 |
| Statius, Publius Papinius (Roman poet) |
c.45-96 |
| Statler, Ellsworth Milton (American hotel proprietor) |
1863-1928 |
| Staudinger, Hermann (German chemist) |
1881-1965 |
| Staudt, Karl Georg Christian von (German mathematician) |
1798-1867 |
| Stauffenberg, Claus Schenk von (German soldier) |
1907-1944 |
| Stauning, Thorvald (Danish politician) |
1873-1942 |
| Staunton, Howard (English chess player, scholar) |
1810-1874 |
| Staupitz, Johann von (German clergyman) |
1468/9-1524 |
| Stavisky, Serge Alexandre (Russian-born French swindler) |
1886-1934 |
| Stead, Christina Ellen (Australian writer, screenwriter) |
1902-1983 |
| Stead, Christian Karlson (New Zealand poet, writer, critic) |
b.1932 |
| Stead, William Thomas (English journalist) |
1849-1912 |
| Stedman, Charles (American-born British military historian) |
1753-1812 |
| Stedman, Edmund Clarence (American poet, critic, businessman) |
1833-1908 |
| Steeg, Jules-Joseph-Theodore (French politician) |
1868-1950 |
| Steegmuller, Francis (American writer, critic, biographer) |
1906-1994 |
| Steele, Sir Richard (Irish playwright, writer) |
1672-1729 |
| Steele, Wilbur Daniel (American writer) |
1886-1970 |
| Steen, Jan (Dutch painter) |
c.1626-1679 |
| Steen, Marguerite (English novelist) |
1894-1975 |
| Steendam, Jacob (Dutch merchant-poet) |
1616-1672 |
| Steenstrup, Johann Japetus Smith (Danish zoologist) |
1813-1897 |
| Steenwijk, Hendrik van (Dutch painter in Germany) |
1550?-1603 |
| Steenwijk, Hendrik (Dutch painter; son of Hendrik) |
1580?-1649 |
| Steer, Philip Wilson (English painter) |
1860-1942 |
| Steevens, George (English Shakespearean commentator) |
1736-1800 |
| Stefan, Josef (Austrian physicist) |
1835-1893 |
| Stefano di Giovanni "Sassetta" (Italian painter) |
d.c.1450 |
| Stefansson, David (Icelandic poet, librarian) |
1895-1964 |
| Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (Can.-born Am. ethnologist, explorer) |
1879-1962 |
| Steffani, Agostino (Italian composer, diplomat, cleric) |
1654-1728 |
| Steffen, Albert (Swiss novelist, playwright) |
1884-1963 |
| Steffens, Henrik (German physicist, philosopher) |
1773-1845 |
| Steffens, Joseph Lincoln (American journalist, lecturer) |
1866-1936 |
| Stegner, Wallace Earle (American writer, teacher) |
1909-1993 |
| Steichen, Edward Jean (Luxembourg-born American photographer) |
1879-1973 |
| Steiger, Schultheiss Niklaus Friedrich von (Swiss politician) |
1729-1799 |
| Stein, Carl Andreas (German piano builder; son of Matthaus) |
1797-1863 |
| Stein, Charlotte Albertine Ernestine von (German writer) |
1742-1827 |
| Stein, Edith (German philosopher, religious) |
1891-1942 |
| Stein, Gertrude (American poet, writer, critic) |
1874-1946 |
| Stein, Heinrich Friedrich Karl von und zum (Prussian polit.) |
1757-1831 |
| Stein, Johann Georg Andreas (German piano builder) |
1728-1792 |
| Stein, Maria Anna (German piano builder; daughter of Johann) |
1769-1833 |
| Stein, Sir Mark Aurel (Hungarian-born British archaeologist) |
1862-1943 |
| Stein, Matthaus Andreas (German piano builder; son of Johann) |
1776-1842 |
| Stein, William Howard (American biochemist) |
1911-1980 |
| Steinach, Eugen (Austrian physiologist, biologist) |
1861-1944 |
| Steinbach, Emil (Austrian economist, jurist) |
1846-1907 |
| Steinbeck, John Ernst (American novelist) |
1902-1968 |
| Steinberger, Jack (German-born American physicist) |
b.1921 |
| Steindl, Emmerich von (Hungarian architect) |
1839-1902 |
| Steindl-Rast, David (Viennese-born Benedictine monk) |
b.1926 |
| Steinem, Gloria (American feminist, writer) |
b.1934 |
| Steiner, Francis George (French-born American critic, writer) |
b.1929 |
| Steiner, Jakob (Swiss mathematician) |
1796-1863 |
| Steiner, Rudolph (Austrian social philosopher) |
1861-1925 |
| Steinheil, Carl August von (German physicist) |
1801-1870 |
| Steinitz, Ernst (German mathematician) |
1871-1928 |
| Steinitz, William (Bohemian-born American chess master) |
1836-1900 |
| Steinle, Edward von (Austrian painter in Germany) |
1810-1886 |
| Steinlen, Theophile-Alexandre (Swiss-born French artist) |
1859-1923 |
| Steinman, David Barnard (American civil engineer) |
1886-1960 |
| Steinmetz, Charles Proteus (Germ.-born Am. electrical engineer) |
1865-1923 |
| Steinmetz, Karl Friedrich von (Prussian soldier) |
1796-1877 |
| Steinthal, Heymann (German philologist) |
1823-1899 |
| Steinway, Christian Friedrich Theodore (German piano manu.) |
1825-1889 |
| Steinway, Henry Engelhard (German-born Am. piano manufacturer) |
1797-1871 |
| Steinway, William (German-born Am. piano manu.; son of Henry) |
1835-1896 |
| Stella, Joseph (orig. Giuseppe) (Italian-born American painter) |
1877-1946 |
| Steller (orig. Stoeller), Georg Wilhelm (German naturalist) |
1709-1746 |
| Stemann, Poul Christian (Danish politician) |
1764-1855 |
| Stenbock, Magnus Gustafsson (Swedish soldier) |
1663/4-1717 |
| Stendhal (pseud. of Marie-Henri Beyle) (French novelist) |
1783-1842 |
| Stengel, Charles Dillon "Casey" (Am. baseball player, manager) |
1890/1-1975 |
| Steno, Nicolaus (orig. Niels Stensen) (Danish physician) |
1638-1686 |
| Stensen (or Steensen), Niels (Danish geologist, anatomist) |
1638-1686 |
| Sten Sture "the Elder" (Regent of Sweden 1470-1497, 1501-1503) |
c.1440-1503 |
| Sten Sture "the Younger" (Regent of Sweden 1513-1520) |
c.1492-1520 |
| Stenvall, Aleksis (pseud. Aleksis Kivi) (Finnish writer) |
1834-1872 |
| Staphansson, Stephan Gudmundson (Icelandic-born Canadian poet) |
1853-1927 |
| Stephen, Saint (Christian protomartyr) |
d.c.36 |
| Stephen (King of England 1135-1154) |
c.1097-1154 |
| Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames (English legal historian, judge) |
1829-1894 |
| Stephen, Sir Leslie (Eng. critic, man of letters, biographer) |
1832-1904 |
| Stephen Bathory (Prince of Transylvania 1571-1576) |
1533-1586 |
| Stephens, Alexander Hamilton (American politician) |
1812-1883 |
| Stephens, Alfred George (Australian lit. critic, journalist) |
1865-1933 |
| Stephens, Frederic George (English art critic) |
1828-1907 |
| Stephens, James (Irish nationalist) |
1825-1901 |
| Stephens, James (Irish poet, novelist) |
1882-1950 |
| Stephens, John Lloyd (American traveler, archaeologist) |
1805-1852 |
| Stephens, Uriah Smith (American labor leader) |
1821-1882 |
| Stephenson, Benjamin Franklin (American physician) |
1823-1871 |
| Stephenson, George (English inventor, founder of railways) |
1781-1848 |
| Stephenson, George Robert (Eng. civil eng.; nephew of George) |
1819-1905 |
| Stephenson, Robert (English engineer; son of George) |
1803-1859 |
| Sterling, George (American poet) |
1869-1926 |
| Sterling, John (Irish-born British essayist, poet) |
1806-1844 |
| Sterling, Michael Bruce (American writer) |
b.1954 |
| Stern, Gerald (American poet, writer, critic) |
b.1925 |
| Stern, Howard Allan (American radio personality) |
b.1954 |
| Stern, Isaac (Russian-born American musician) |
1920-2001 |
| Stern, Julius (German musician) |
1820-1883 |
| Stern, Michael "Mike" (American guitarist) |
b.1953 |
| Stern, Moritz (German mathematician) |
1807-1894 |
| Stern, Otto (German-born American physicist) |
1888-1969 |
| Stern, Richard Gustave (American writer, teacher) |
b.1928 |
| Sternberg, George Miller (American physician, bacteriologist) |
1838-1915 |
| Sternberg, Josef von (Austrian-born American film director) |
1894-1969 |
| Sternberg, Lev Yakovlevich (Russian anthropologist) |
1861-1927 |
| Sterne, Laurence (Irish-born British writer, humorist) |
1713-1768 |
| Sterne, Maurice (Latvian-born American painter, sculptor) |
1878-1957 |
| Sternheim, Carl (German playwright) |
1878-1942 |
| Sternheim, William Adolf Carl (German playwright) |
1878-1942 |
| Sternhold, Thomas (English versifier) |
d.1549 |
| Stesichorus (or Stesichoros) (Greek lyric poet) |
632/629-556/3 BC |
| Stetson, Augusta Emma née Simmons (American religious leader) |
1842-1928 |
| Stetson, John Batterson (American hat manufacturer) |
1830-1906 |
| Stettinius, Edward Reilly (American industrialist, financier) |
1865-1925 |
| Stettinius, Edward Reilly (American financier, statesman) |
1900-1949 |
| Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm von (Prussian-born American soldier) |
1730-1794 |
| Steudner, Hermann (German physician, explorer) |
1832-1863 |
| Stevens, Albert William (American aerial photographer) |
1886-1949 |
| Stevens, Alfred (Belgian painter) |
1823-1906 |
| Stevens, Alfred George (English painter, sculptor) |
1817-1875 |
| Stevens, Edwin Augustus (Am. engineer, inventor; son of John) |
1795-1868 |
| Stevens, George (American film director) |
1905-1975 |
| Stevens, James Floyd (American writer) |
1892-1971 |
| Stevens, John (American inventor) |
1749-1838 |
| Stevens, John Harrington (Can.-born Am. soldier, journalist) |
1820-1900 |
| Stevens, John Paul (American Supreme Court justice 1975-) |
b.1920 |
| Stevens, Joseph (Belgian painter; brother of Alfred) |
1819-1892 |
| Stevens, Robert Livingston (Am. engineer, inv.; son of John) |
1787-1856 |
| Stevens, Thaddeus (American lawyer, politician, abolitionist) |
1792-1868 |
| Stevens, Wallace (American lawyer, poet) |
1879-1955 |
| Stevenson, Adlai Ewing (Am. politician; vice pres. 1893-1897) |
1835-1914 |
| Stevenson, Adlai Ewing (American politician, diplomat) |
1900-1965 |
| Stevenson, Alan (Scottish engineer; son of Robert) |
1807-1865 |
| Stevenson, Andrew (American politician) |
1784-1857 |
| Stevenson, David (Scottish engineer; son of Robert) |
1815-1886 |
| Stevenson, Robert (Scottish civil engineer; des. lighthouses) |
1772-1850 |
| Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour (Scot. essayist, nov., poet) |
1850-1894 |
| Stevenson, Thomas (Scottish engineer; son of Robert) |
1818-1887 |
| Stevenson, William (English clergyman) |
1546-1575 |
| Stevin, Simon (Stevinus) (Dutch mathematician) |
1548-1620 |
| Steward, Julian H. (American anthropologist) |
1902-1972 |
| Stewart, Alexander Turney (Irish-born American merchant) |
1803-1876 |
| Stewart, Balfour (Scottish physicist, meteorologist) |
1828-1887 |
| Stewart, Charles (American naval officer) |
1778-1869 |
| Stewart, Sir Donald Martin (British field marshal) |
1824-1900 |
| Stewart, Donal Ogden (American humorist, actor, playwright) |
1894-1980 |
| Stewart, Douglas Alexander (New Zealand-born Australian poet) |
1913-1985 |
| Stewart, Dugald (Scottish philosopher) |
1753-1828 |
| Stewart, George Neil (Canadian-born American physiologist) |
1860-1930 |
| Stewart, James (Scottish educator) |
1843-1913 |
| Stewart, John Innes Mackintosh (pseud.Michael Innes)(Scot. wtr) |
b.1906 |
| Stewart, Lady Mary Florence Elinor (English writer, poet) |
b.1916 |
| Stewart, Philo Penfield (American clergyman) |
1798-1868 |
| Stewart, Potter (American Supreme Court Justice, 1959-1981) |
1915-1985 |
| Stewart, Robert "Viscount Castlereagh" (Irish-born Brit. pol.) |
1769-1822 |
| Stewart, Thomas Elisha (???) |
b.1963 |
| Stewart, William Morris (American lawyer, politician) |
1827-1909 |
| Steyn, Marthinus Theunis (South African lawyer, politician) |
1857-1916 |
| Stickley, Gustave (American furniture designer, manufacturer) |
1858-1942 |
| Stiegel, Henry William (German-born Am. ironmaster, glassmaker) |
1729-1785 |
| Stieglitz, Alfred (American photographer, editor) |
1864-1946 |
| Stieglitz, Julius Oscar (American chemist; brother of Alfred) |
1892-1933 |
| Stieler, Joseph Karl (German painter) |
1781-1858 |
| Stieltjes, Thomas Jan (Dutch-born French mathematician) |
1856-1894 |
| Stiernhielm (orig. Olofsson), Georg (Swedish poet, scholar) |
1598-1672 |
| Stifel (also Styfel, Stiffel), Michael (German mathematician) |
c.1487-1567 |
| Stifter, Adalbert (Austrian writer, tutor, artist) |
1805-1868 |
| Stigand (English prelate) |
d.1072 |
| Stigler, George Joseph (American economist) |
1911-1991 |
| Stiles, Charles Wardell (American zoologist) |
1867-1941 |
| Stiles, Ezra (American clergyman, scholar) |
1727-1795 |
| Stilicho, Flavius (Roman general, statesman) |
c.365-408 |
| Still, Andrew Taylor (Am. med. practitioner; fnd. osteopathy) |
1828-1917 |
| Still, Clyfford (American painter) |
1904-1980 |
| Still, William Grant (American composer) |
1895-1978 |
| Stiller, Mauritz (Finnish-born Swedish motion-picture director) |
1883-1928 |
| Stillingfleet, Edward (English prelate) |
1635-1699 |
| Stillman, William James (American artist, journalist) |
1828-1901 |
| Stilo Praeconinus, Lucius Aelius (Roman philologist) |
c.154-74 BC |
| Stilpo (or Stilpon) (Greek philosopher) |
fl. c.380-300 BC |
| Stilwell, Joseph Warren "Uncle Joe" (American army officer) |
1883-1946 |
| Stimson, Henry Lewis (American statesman) |
1867-1950 |
| Stimson, Julia Catherine (American nurse; cousin of Henry) |
1881-1948 |
| Stine, Charles Milton Altland (American chemist) |
1882-1954 |
| Stinnes, Hugo (German industrialist) |
1870-1924 |
| Stirling, James "the Venetian" (Scottish mathematician) |
1692-1770 |
| Stirling, James Frazer (British architect) |
1926-1992 |
| Stirling, Robert (Scot. clergyman, inventor: Stirling engine) |
1790-1878 |
| Stirner, Max (Johann Kaspar Schmidt) (German philosopher) |
1806-1856 |
| Stitt, Edward Boatner "Sonny" (American musician) |
1924-1982 |
| Stobaios, Joannes (Stobaeus) (Greek anthologist) |
5th? cent. |
| Stobo, Robert (Scottish soldier) |
1727-1772? |
| Stock, Alfred (German chemist) |
1876-1946 |
| Stockham, Thomas Greenway Jr. (American electrical engineer) |
1933-2004 |
| Stockhausen, Karlheinz (German composer) |
1928-2007 |
| Stockmar, Christian Friedrich von (Belgian statesman) |
1787-1863 |
| Stockton, Francis Richard "Frank" (American writer) |
1834-1902 |
| Stockton, Richard (American lawyer) |
1730-1781 |
| Stockton, Richard (American lawyer; son of Richard) |
1764-1828 |
| Stockton, Robert Field (American naval officer; son of Richard) |
1795-1866 |
| Stoddard, Elizabeth Brew née Barstow (American novelist, poet) |
1823-1902 |
| Stoddard, Richard Henry (American poet, literary critic) |
1825-1903 |
| Stoddard, Solomon (American clergyman) |
1643-1729 |
| Stoddard, William Osborn (American journalist) |
1835-1925 |
| Stoddert, Benjamin (American businessman, politician) |
1751-1813 |
| Stoecker (also Stocker), Adolf (German clergyman, politician) |
1835-1909 |
| Stojadinovic, Milan (Serbian banker, politician) |
1888-1961 |
| Stoker, Abraham "Bram" (Irish writer, civil servant) |
1847-1912 |
| Stokes, Sir Frederick Wilfrid Scott (Eng. civil eng., inventor) |
1860-1927 |
| Stokes, Sir George Gabriel (Irish-born Brit. math., physicist) |
1819-1903 |
| Stokes, William (Irish physician) |
1804-1878 |
| Stokowski, Leopold Antoni Stanislaw (Eng.-born Am. conductor) |
1882-1977 |
| Stolaroff, Myron J. (American engineer, drug researcher) |
b.1920 |
| Stolberg, Christian zu (German poet) |
1748-1821 |
| Stolberg, Friedrich Leopold (German poet; brother of Christian) |
1750-1819 |
| Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich (Russian politician) |
1862-1911 |
| Stone, Barton Warren (American clergyman) |
1772-1844 |
| Stone, Edward Durrell (American architect) |
1902-1978 |
| Stone, Edward James (English astronomer) |
1831-1897 |
| Stone, Harlan Fiske (Am. Supreme Court chief justice 1941-46) |
1872-1946 |
| Stone, Irving (orig. Irving Tennenbaum) (American writer) |
1903-1989 |
| Stone, Sir John Richard Nicholas (English economist) |
1913-1991 |
| Stone, Lucy (American woman suffragist) |
1818-1893 |
| Stone, Melville Elijah (American journalist) |
1848-1929 |
| Stone, Nicholas (English sculptor, architect) |
1587-1647 |
| Stone, Robert Anthony (American writer, journalist) |
b.1937 |
| Stone, Samuel (English-born American clergyman) |
1602-1663 |
| Stone, Thomas (Am. lawyer; great-great-grandson of William) |
1743-1787 |
| Stone, William (English colonial administrator) |
1603?-1660? |
| Stoneman, George (American army officer, politician) |
1822-1894 |
| Stoner, Jesse Benjamin Jr. "J.B." (Am. segregationist, lawyer) |
1924-2005 |
| Stoney, George Johnstone (Irish physicist) |
1826-1911 |
| Stong, Philip Duffield "Phil" (American writer) |
1899-1957 |
| Stopes, Marie Charlotte Carmichael (Eng. paleobotanist, author) |
1880-1958 |
| Stoph, Willi (East German chancellor 1976-89; pres. 1973-76) |
b.1914 |
| Stoppard, Tom (Thomas Straussler) (Czech-born Brit. dramatist) |
b.1937 |
| Storace, Ann Selina "Nancy" (English singer; sister of Stephen) |
1765-1817 |
| Storace, Stephen John Seymour (English composer) |
1762-1796 |
| Storey, David Malcolm (English novelist, playwright) |
b.1933 |
| Storm, Hans Theodor Woldsen (German writer, poet) |
1817-1888 |
| Stormer, Fredrik Carl Mulertz (Norwegian math., geophysicist) |
1874-1957 |
| Storni, Alfonsina (Swiss-born Argentinian poet, playwright) |
1892-1938 |
| Storr, Paul (English goldsmith) |
1771-1844 |
| Storrs, Sir Ronald Henry Amherst (Brit. colonial administrator) |
1881-1955 |
| Story, Isaac (pseudonym Peter Quince) (American poet) |
1774-1803 |
| Story, John (English martyr) |
1510?-1571 |
| Story, Joseph (American jurist; Supreme Court justice 1811-45) |
1779-1845 |
| Story, William Wetmore (American sculptor; son of Joseph) |
1819-1895 |
| Stoss, Viet (also Wit Stosz) (German sculptor, wood carver) |
1438/9-1533 |
| Stossel, Anatoly Mikhaylovich (Russian general) |
1848-1915 |
| Stothard, Thomas (English illustrator, painter) |
1755-1834 |
| Stoughton, Israel (British colonist in America) |
d.1645? |
| Stout, George Frederick (English philosopher, psychologist) |
1860-1944 |
| Stout, Rex Todhunter (American writer) |
1886-1975 |
| Stout, Sir Robert (New Zealand jurist, politician) |
1844-1930 |
| Stout, William Bushnell (American aircraft engineer) |
1880-1956 |
| Stow, John (English historian, antiquary, tailor) |
1525-1605 |
| Stow, Julian Randolph (Australian writer, poet) |
b.1935 |
| Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth née Beecher (American author) |
1811-1896 |
| Strabo (Pontus-born Greek geographer, historian, traveler) |
64/63 BC-AD 23? |
| Strachan, John (Scottish-born Canadian clergyman) |
1778-1867 |
| Strachey, Evelyn John St. Loe (Eng. Socialist writer, polit.) |
1901-1963 |
| Strachey, John (English geologist) |
1671-1743 |
| Strachey, Giles Lytton (English writer, biographer) |
1880-1932 |
| Strachey, William (English colonist in Virginia) |
fl. 1606-1618 |
| Strachwitz, Moritz Karl Wilhelm Anton von (German poet) |
1822-1847 |
| Stradella, Alessandro (Italian singer, composer) |
1644-1682 |
| Stradivari, Antonio (Antonius Stradivarius) (It. violin maker) |
1644?-1737 |
| Stradivari, Francesco (Italian violin maker; son of Antonio) |
1671-1743 |
| Stradivari, Omobono (Italian violin repairman; son of Antonio) |
1679-1742 |
| Strafford, Earl of (Sir Thomas Wentworth) (English politician) |
1593-1641 |
| Strand, Mark (Can.-born Am. poet, translator; poet laureate) |
b.1934 |
| Strand, Paul (American photographer) |
1890-1976 |
| Strandberg, Carl Vilhelm August (ps. Talis Qualis) (Swed. poet) |
1818-1877 |
| Strang, James Jesse (or Jesse James) (Am. religious leader) |
1813-1845 |
| Straparola, Gianfrancesco (Italian writer) |
c.1480-1557? |
| Strasberg, Lee (Galician-born Am. theatrical director, teacher) |
1901-1982 |
| Strasburger, Eduard Adolf (German botanist) |
1844-1912 |
| Strashimirov, Anton (Bulgarian writer) |
1872-1937 |
| Strasser, Gregor (German Nazi leader; brother of Otto) |
1892-1934 |
| Strasser, Otto Johan Maximilian (German politician, writer) |
1897-1974 |
| Strassman, Rick J. (American research psychiatrist) |
b.1952 |
| Stratemeyer, Edward L. (Am. writer; cr. Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew) |
1862-1930 |
| Stratford, John de (English prelate; archbishop of Canterbury) |
d.1348 |
| Strathcona and Mount Royal, 1st Baron (Scot.-born Can. polit,) |
1820-1914 |
| Strato of Lampsacus (Greek Peripatetic philosopher) |
d.c.270 BC |
| Stratonice (Syrian queen; dau. of Demetrius I Poliorcetes) |
fl. 300 BC |
| Stratton, Charles Sherwood "General Tom Thumb" (Am. midget) |
1838-1883 |
| Stratton, Samuel Wesley (American physicist) |
1861-1931 |
| Straub, Botho (German dramatist) |
b.1944 |
| Straus, Jesse Isidor (Am. merchant, diplomat; son of Isidor) |
1872-1936 |
| Straus, Isidor (Bavarian-born American merchant) |
1845-1912 |
| Straus, Nathan (Bavarian-born Am. merchant; brother of Isidor) |
1848-1931 |
| Straus, Oscar (Austrian-born French composer) |
1870-1954 |
| Straus, Oscar Solomon (Bavarian-born Am. lawyer, diplomat) |
1850-1926 |
| Strauss, David Friedrich (German theologian, philosopher) |
1808-1874 |
| Strauss, Eduard (Austrian composer; son of Johann) |
1835-1916 |
| Strauss, Johann Baptist (Austrian composer) |
1804-1849 |
| Strauss, Johann "Waltz King" (Austrian composer; son of Johann) |
1825-1899 |
| Strauss, Josef (Austrian composer; son of Johann) |
1827-1870 |
| Strauss, Joseph Baermann (American bridge engineer) |
1870-1938 |
| Strauss, Levi (German-born American clothing manufacturer) |
1829?-1902 |
| Strauss, Richard Georg (German composer, conductor) |
1864-1949 |
| Stravinsky, Igor Fyodorovich (Russian-born American composer) |
1882-1971 |
| Straw, John Whitaker "Jack" (British politician) |
b.1946 |
| Strawson, Galen (British philosopher, literary critic) |
b.1952 |
| Strayhorn, William Thomas "Billy" (American pianist, composer) |
1915-1967 |
| Street, George Edmund (English architect) |
1824-1881 |
| Street, Robert (British inventor) |
18th cent. |
| Streeter, Burnett Hillman (Eng. theologian, biblical scholar) |
1874-1937 |
| Streicher, Julius (German journalist, politician, Nazi) |
1885-1946 |
| Streitberg, Wilhelm August (German philologist) |
1864-1925 |
| Stresemann, Gustav (German politician) |
1878-1929 |
| Stribling, Thomas Sigismund (American novelist) |
1881-1965 |
| Stricker, Der (German poet) |
fl. 1215-1250 |
| Strickland, Agnes (English biographer) |
1796-1874 |
| Strickland, Elizabeth (English biographer; sister of Agnes) |
1794-1875 |
| Strickland, Jane Margaret (English biographer; sister of Agnes) |
1800-1888 |
| Strickland, William (American architect, engineer) |
1787-1854 |
| Striggio, Alessandro (Italian composer, instrumentalist) |
c.1540-1592 |
| Striggio, Alessandro "Alessandrino" (Italian diplomat) |
1573?-1630 |
| Strijdom, Johannes Gerhardus (South African politician) |
1893-1958 |
| Strindberg, Johan August (Swedish playwright, novelist, poet) |
1849-1912 |
| Stringer, Arthur John Arbuthnott (Canadian-born Am. writer) |
1874-1950 |
| Strode, Muriel (b.Lieberman, Muriel née Strode) (American poet) |
1900-1930 |
| Strode, Ralph (English schoolman) |
fl. 1350-1400 |
| Strode, William (English Parliamentary leader) |
c.1599-1645 |
| Strode, William (English poet) |
1602-1645 |
| Stroessner, Alfredo (Paraguayan president 1954-1989) |
b.1912 |
| Stroganov, Anika (or Ioanniki) (Russian merchant) |
c.1498-1570 |
| Stroheim, Eric von (Austrian-born American actor, director) |
1885-1957 |
| Strohmeyer, Friedrich (German chemist; disc. cadmium 1817) |
1776-1835 |
| Stromgren, Svante Elis (Swedish astronomer) |
1870-1947 |
| Strong, Caleb (American politician) |
1745-1819 |
| Strong, Dwight Spaulding (American activist) |
1906?-2004 |
| Strong, Josiah (American clergyman) |
1847-1916 |
| Strong, Leonard Alfred George (Irish writer) |
1896-1958 |
| Strong, William (Am. jurist; Supreme Court justice 1870-80) |
1808-1895 |
| Strong, William Duncan (American anthropologist) |
1899-1962 |
| Strossmajer, Josip Juraj (Croatian prelate, nationalist) |
1815-1905 |
| Stroud, Robert Franklin "Bird Man/Alcatraz" (Am. ornithologist) |
1890-1963 |
| Stroud, William (English inventor, industrialist) |
1860-1938 |
| Strozzi, Bernardo "Il Cappuccino" (Italian painter, engraver) |
1581-1644 |
| Strozzi, Filippo (Florentine banker) |
1426-1491 |
| Strubberg, Friedrich Armand (pseud. Armand) (German novelist) |
1806-1889 |
| Strube, Gustave (German-born American conductor, composer) |
1867-1953 |
| Struensee, Johann Friedrich (German physician, politician) |
1737-1772 |
| Strugatsky, Arkady Natanovich (Russian writer) |
1925-1991 |
| Strugatsky, Boris Natanovich (Russian writer) |
b.1933 |
| Strunsky, Simeon (Russian-born American writer, editor) |
1879-1948 |
| Strutt, John William (3rd Baron Rayleigh) (English physicist) |
1842-1919 |
| Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von (German astronomer) |
1793-1864 |
| Struve, Gustave Wilhelm Ludwig (Rus. astronomer; son of O.W.) |
1858-1920 |
| Struve, Otto (Russian-born Am. astronomer; son of Gustave) |
1897-1963 |
| Struve, Otto Wilhelm (Estonian astronomer; son of Friedrich) |
1819-1905 |
| Strype, John (English historian, biographer) |
1643-1737 |
| Stuart, Gilbert Charles (American painter) |
1755-1828 |
| Stuart, James (British painter, architect) |
1713-1788 |
| Stuart, Sir James (American-born Canadian jurist) |
1780-1853 |
| Stuart, James Ewell Brown "Jeb" (American army officer) |
1833-1864 |
| Stuart, John McDouall (Scottish-born Australian explorer) |
1815-1866 |
| Stuart, John Todd (Am. lawyer; cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln) |
1807-1885 |
| Stuart, Lyle (b. Lionel Simon) (Am. journalist, publisher) |
1922-2006 |
| Stuart, Ruth (orig. Mary Routh née McEnery) (American writer) |
1849-1917 |
| Stuarti, Enzo (Italian tenor, race car driver) |
1919-2005 |
| Stubbs, George (English painter) |
1724-1806 |
| Stubbs (or Stubbes), John (English Puritan) |
1543?-1591 |
| Stubbs (or Stubbes), Philip (English Puritan pamphleteer) |
c.1555-c.1610 |
| Stubbs, William (English historian, prelate) |
1825-1901 |
| Stuck, Franz von (German painter, sculptor) |
1863-1928 |
| Stuckenberg, Viggo (Danish poet) |
1863-1905 |
| Stucley (or Stukely), Thomas (English adventurer) |
1525?-1578 |
| Studebaker, Clement (American wagon manufacturer) |
1831-1901 |
| Studebaker, Henry (Am. wagon manufacturer; brother of Clement) |
1826-1895 |
| Student, Karl (German general) |
1890-1978 |
| Study, Eduard (German mathematician) |
1862-1930 |
| Stukeley, William (English physician, antiquary) |
1687-1765 |
| Stuler, Friedrich August (German architect) |
1800-1865 |
| Stulpnagel, Karl Heinrich von (German general) |
1886-1944 |
| Stumpf, Carl (German philosopher, psychologist) |
1848-1936 |
| Stumpf, Johannes (Swiss historian) |
1500-1578 |
| Sturdee, Sir Frederick Charles Doveton (Brit. naval commander) |
1859-1925 |
| Sturge, Joseph (Eng. philanthropist, Quaker pacifist, reformer) |
1793-1859 |
| Sturgeon, Theodore (b. Edward Hamilton Waldo) (American writer) |
1918-1985 |
| Sturgeon, William (English electrical engineer) |
1783-1850 |
| Sturges, Preston (orig. Edmond Preston Biden) (Am. film dir.) |
1898-1959 |
| Sturgkh, Karl von (Austrian politician) |
1859-1916 |
| Sturla Thordarson (Icelandic historian) |
13th cent. |
| Sturm, Jacques-Charles-Francois (Swiss-born Fr. mathematician) |
1803-1855 |
| Sturm, Johannes (German educator) |
1507-1589 |
| Sturmer, Boris Vladimirovich (Russian politician) |
1848-1917 |
| Sturm von Sturmeck, Jakob (Ger. politician, Reformation leader) |
1489-1553 |
| Stursa, Jan (Czech sculptor) |
1880-1925 |
| Sturt, Charles (English explorer in Australia) |
1795-1869 |
| Sturtevant, Alfred Henry (American geneticist) |
1891-1970 |
| Sturzo, Luigi (Italian priest, political leader) |
1871-1959 |
| Stussi, Rudolf (Swiss politician) |
d.1443 |
| Stutz, Harry Clayton (American automobile manufacturer) |
1876-1930 |
| Stuyvesant, Peter (Dutch colonial administrator in America) |
c.1610-1672 |
| Styron, William Clark Jr. (American writer) |
1925-2006 |
| Suarez, Francisco (Spanish theologian, scholastic philosopher) |
1548-1617 |
| Suarez Gonzalez, Adolfo (Spanish prime minister 1976-81) |
b.1932 |
| Suassuna, Ariano Vilar (Brazilian dramatist, writer, poet) |
b.1927 |
| Subasic, Ivan (Yugoslav politician) |
1892-1955 |
| Sublette, William Lewis (American soldier, fur trader) |
1799?-1845 |
| Suchet, Louis-Gabriel (Duc d'Albufera) (French soldier) |
1772-1826 |
| Suchocka, Hanna (Polish prime minister 1992-1993) |
b.1946 |
| Suckert, Kurt Erich (pseud. Curzio Malaparte) (It. journalist) |
1898-1957 |
| Suckling, Sir John (English Cavalier poet, courtier, soldier) |
1609-1642 |
| Sucre, Antonio Jose de (Venezuelan liberator, general) |
1795-1830 |
| Sudermann, Hermann (German writer, playwright) |
1857-1928 |
| Sudirohusodo, Mas Ngabehi Wahidin (Indonesian physician) |
1852-1916 |
| Su Dongpo (or Su Tung-p'o) (pen name of Su Shi) (Chinese poet) |
1036-1101 |
| Sudraka (Indian writer) |
4th cent. |
| Sue, Eugene (b. Marie-Joseph Sue) (French writer, physician) |
1804-1857 |
| Suess, Eduard (English-born Austrian geologist) |
1831-1914 |
| Suetonius (Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus) (Roman biographer) |
c.69-122? |
| Suffren de Saint-Tropez, Pierre-Andre de (Fr. naval commander) |
1729-1788 |
| Sugawara Michizane (posthumous title Tenjin) (Japanese polit.) |
845-903 |
| Sugawara Takasue, Daughter of (Japanese diarist, poet, writer) |
b.1008 |
| Sugden, Samuel (English chemist) |
1892-1950 |
| Suger of Saint-Denis (French churchman, statesman) |
1081-1151 |
| Sugiyama Gen (Japanese army officer) |
1880-1945 |
| Suharto, Raden (Indonesian general; president 1967-1998) |
1921-2008 |
| Suhbaatar (or Sukhbataar), Damdiny (Mongolian nationalist) |
1894-1923 |
| Suhrawardi, as- (Persian mystic theologian, philosopher) |
c.1155-1191 |
| Suiko (also Suiko Tenno) (Empress of Japan 592-628) |
554-628 |
| Suk, Josef (Czech violinist, composer; son-in-law of Dvorak) |
1874-1935 |
| Sukarno (orig. Kusnasosro) (Indonesian polit.; pres. 1949-67) |
1901-1970 |
| Sulayman (Umayyad caliph 715-717; brother of al-Walid) |
674-717 |
| Suleyman (Ruler of Rumelia 1403-1410; son of Bayezid I) |
d.1410 |
| Suleyman Celebi (aka Suleyman of Bursa) (Turk. poet, religious) |
d.1429 |
| Suleyman I the Magnificent (Ottoman conqueror, sultan 1520-66) |
1494/5-1566 |
| Suleyman Ibrahim II (Ottoman sultan 1687-1691) |
1642-1691 |
| Sulla, Lucius Cornelius (surnamed Felix) (Roman gen., polit.) |
138-78 BC |
| Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour (English composer with W. Gilbert) |
1842-1900 |
| Sullivan, Edward Vincent "Ed" (Am. journalist, entertainer) |
1902-1974 |
| Sullivan, Francis John "Frank" (American humorist) |
1892-1976 |
| Sullivan, Harry Stack (American psychiatrist) |
1892-1949 |
| Sullivan, James (American lawyer; brother of John) |
1744-1808 |
| Sullivan, James Edward (American publisher, sports promoter) |
1860-1914 |
| Sullivan, John (American Revolutionary officer) |
1740-1795 |
| Sullivan, John Lawrence "Great John L." (American pugilist) |
1858-1918 |
| Sullivan, John Lawrence (American lawyer, administrator) |
1899-1982 |
| Sullivan, John William Navin (Irish mathematician) |
1886-1937 |
| Sullivan, Leon Howard (Am. clergyman, civil rights activist) |
1922-2001 |
| Sullivan, Louis Henry (Am. architect; designed 1st skyscraper) |
1856-1924 |
| Sullivan, Mark (American journalist) |
1874-1952 |
| Sullivan, Timothy Daniel (American politician) |
1862-1913 |
| Sullivan, Woodruff III (American astronomer) |
b.1944 |
| Sullivant, William Starling (American botanist) |
1803-1873 |
| Sully, Thomas (English-born American painter) |
1783-1872 |
| Sulman, Henry Livingstone (English metallurgist) |
1861-1940 |
| Sulpicius Rufus, Publius (Roman orator, politician) |
c.124-88 BC |
| Sulpicius Rufus, Servius (Roman jurist) |
c.106-43 BC |
| Sulpicius Severus (Christian ascetic, writer) |
c.363-c.420 |
| Sultan Muhammad (Persian painter) |
16th cent. |
| Sulzberger, Arthur Hays (American newspaper publisher) |
1891-1968 |
| Sulzer, Johann Georg (Swiss philosopher, writer on aesthetics) |
1720-1779 |
| Sulzer, Salomon (orig. surname Loewy) (Austrian cantor, comp.) |
1804-1890 |
| Sulzer, William (American politician) |
1863-1941 |
| Sumanguru (West African ruler) |
13th cent. |
| Sumarokov, Aleksandr Petrovich (Russian poet, dramatist) |
1717-1777 |
| Sumiyoshi Gukei (orig. Hirozumi) (Japanese painter) |
1631-1705 |
| Summerall, Charles Pelot (American army officer) |
1867-1955 |
| Summers, Montague (English man of letters) |
1880-1948 |
| Summerskill, Edith Clara (English physician, politician) |
1901-1980 |
| Sumner, Charles (American politician, orator) |
1811-1874 |
| Sumner, James Batcheller (American biochemist) |
1887-1955 |
| Sumner, William Graham (American economist, sociologist) |
1840-1910 |
| Sumter, Thomas "the Carolina Gamecock" (American Rev. officer) |
1734-1832 |
| Sun Ch'uan (Chinese emperor 222-251; founded Wu dynasty) |
181-251 |
| Sunday, William Ashley "Billy" (American evangelist) |
1862-1935 |
| Sundiata (or Sundjata; aka Mari Diata) (Founder, ruler of Mali) |
d.1255 |
| Sundiata, Sekou (b. Robert Franklin Feaster)(Am. poet, teacher) |
1948-2007 |
| Sundman, Karl Fritiof (Finnish astronomer) |
1873-1949 |
| Sundman, Per Olaf (Swedish writer, poet) |
b.1922 |
| Sung Chiao-jen (Chinese politician) |
1882-1913 |
| Sun Ra (Herman "Sonny" Blount) (American bandleader, composer) |
1914-1993 |
| Sun-tzu (Chinese writer; reputed author of The Art of War) |
4th cent. BC |
| Sun Yat-sen (orig. Sun Wen) (Chinese statesman, rev. leader) |
1866-1925 |
| Supan, Alexander (German geographer) |
1847-1920 |
| Supayalat (Burmese queen; wife of Thibaw) |
19th cent. |
| Supervielle, Jules (Uruguayan-born Fr. writer, poet, dramatist) |
1884-1960 |
| Supilo, Fano (Croatian nationalist) |
1870-1917 |
| Suppe Demelli, Francesco "Franz von Suppe" (Austrian composer) |
1819-1895 |
| Suppiluliumas I (Hittite king c.1375-c.1335 BC) |
d.c.1335 BC |
| Surdas (Indian Hindu poet) |
1483-1563 |
| Surenas (i.e. the Suren) (Parthian general) |
d.c.53 BC |
| Suriano (or Soriano), Francesco (Italian composer) |
1548/9-1621 |
| Surratt, Mary Eugenia née Jenkins (Am. alleged conspirator) |
1820?-1865 |
| Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of (English poet) |
1517-1547 |
| Surtees, Robert Smith (English novelist, editor) |
1803-1864 |
| Suryavarman I (King of Khmer Kingdom in Cambodia c.1010-c.1050) |
d.c.1050 |
| Suryavarman II (King of Khmer Kingdom in Cambodia c.1113-1150) |
d.1150 |
| Suse, Heinrich (orig, Heinrich von Berg) (German mystic) |
c.1295-1366 |
| Su Shih (pen name Su Tung-p'o) (Chinese poet, public official) |
1036-1101 |
| Suss, Hans "Hans von Kulmbach" (German painter) |
c.1480-1522 |
| Sutherland, Earl Wilbur Jr. (Am. pharmacologist, physiologist) |
1915-1974 |
| Sutherland, Efua Theodora née Morgue (Ghanaian playwright,poet) |
b.1924 |
| Sutherland, George (American Supreme Court justice 1922-1938) |
1862-1942 |
| Sutherland, Graham Vivian (English painter, etcher, engraver) |
1903-1980 |
| Sutherland, Dame Joan (Australian soprano) |
b.1926 |
| Sutoku (Japanese emperor 1123-1141; son of Toba I) |
1119-1164 |
| Sutro, Adolph Heinrich Joseph (Prus.-born Am. mining engineer) |
1830-1898 |
| Sutter, John Augustus (German-born American pioneer) |
1803-1880 |
| Suttner, Bertha Felice Sophie née Kinsky (Austrian novelist) |
1843-1914 |
| Sutton, Walter Stanborough (American physician, geneticist) |
1877-1916 |
| Sutton, William Francis "Willie" (American bank robber) |
1901-1980 |
| Sutzkever, Abraham (or Avrom Sutskever) (Belarussian poet) |
b.1913 |
| Suvorin, Aleksey Sergeyevich (Russian journalist) |
1834-1912 |
| Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich (Russian field marshal) |
1729-1800 |
| Suyuti, as- (Egyptian writer) |
1445-1505 |
| Suzuki Bunji (Japanese labor leader) |
1885-1946 |
| Suzuki Daisetsu Teitaro (Japanese Buddhist scholar) |
1870-1966 |
| Suzuki Harunobi (orig. Hozumi Jihe) (Japanese artist) |
1725-1770 |
| Suzuki Kantaro (Japanese naval officer, politician) |
1867-1948 |
| Suzuki Shosan (Japanese religious) |
1579-1655 |
| Svatopluk (Prince of Moravia 870-894) |
d.894 |
| Svedberg, Theodor "The" (Swedish chemist) |
1884-1971 |
| Svehla, Antonin (Czech politician) |
1873-1933 |
| Svendsen, Johan Severin (Norwegian composer, violinist, cond.) |
1840-1911 |
| Svensson, Jon Stefan (Icelandic writer) |
1857-1944 |
| Sverdlov, Yakov Mikhaylovich (Rus. revolutionary, politician) |
1885-1919 |
| Sverdrup, Harald Ulrik (Norwegian meteorologist, oceanographer) |
1888-1957 |
| Sverdrup, Johan (Norwegian politician; prime minister 1884-89) |
1816-1892 |
| Sverdrup, Otto Neumann (Norwegian Arctic explorer) |
1855-1930 |
| Sverker (King of Sweden 1130-1150) |
d.c.1156 |
| Sverrir (aka Sverrir Sigurdsson) (King of Norway 1184-1202) |
c.1149-1202 |
| Svinhufvud, Pehr Evind (Finnish politician) |
1861-1944 |
| Svoboda, Ludvik (Czech soldier, politician) |
1895-1979 |
| Svyatoslav I (Grand prince of Kiev 945-972) |
d.972 |
| Swaffer, Hannen (British journalist, spiritualist) |
1879-1962 |
| Swaggart, Jimmy Lee (American evangelist) |
b.1935 |
| Swami Jagdishwaranand Ji Maharaj (Indian Hindi spiritual ldr.) |
1934-2005 |
| Swammerdam, Jan (Dutch naturalist, microscopist) |
1637-1680 |
| Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson (English chemist, electrician) |
1828-1914 |
| Swann, William Francis Gray (English-born American physicist) |
1884-1962 |
| Swanton, John Reed (American anthropologist) |
1873-1958 |
| Swayne, Noah Haynes (American Supreme Court justice 1862-1881) |
1804-1884 |
| Swayne, Wager (American lawyer, army officer; son of Noah) |
1834-1901 |
| Swedenborg, Emanuel (Swed. sci., philosopher, religious writer) |
1688-1772 |
| Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (Dutch organist, composer) |
1562-1621 |
| Sweet, Henry (Eng. phonetician; chief fdr. of modern phonetics) |
1845-1912 |
| Sweezy, Paul Marlor (American Marxist economist, editor) |
1910-2004 |
| Swenson, May (American poet, translator) |
1919-1989 |
| Swettenham, Sir Frank Athelstane (Eng. colonial administrator) |
1850-1946 |
| Sweyn I (King of Denmark c.987-1014) |
d.1014 |
| Sweyn II (King of Denmark 1047-1075; son of Earl Ulf) |
d.1075 |
| Swift, Graham Colin (English writer) |
b.1949 |
| Swift, Gustavus Franklin (American meat packer) |
1839-1903 |
| Swift, Homer Fordyce (American physician) |
1881-1953 |
| Swift, Jonathan (Irish-born Eng. churchman, writer, satirist) |
1667-1745 |
| Swift, Louis Franklin (American meat packer; son of Gustavus) |
1861-1937 |
| Swinburne, Algernon Charles (English poet, critic, dramatist) |
1837-1909 |
| Swing, Raymond Gram (American journalist) |
1887-1968 |
| Swinnerton, Frank Arthur (English novelist, critic) |
1884-1982 |
| Swithun (or Swithin), Saint (Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastic) |
c.800-862 |
| Switzer, Carl Dean (American actor; Our Gang, "Alfalfa") |
1927-1959 |
| Swope, Gerard (American electrical engineer, executive: GE) |
1872-1957 |
| Swope, Henrietta Hill (American astronomer; daughter of Gerard) |
1902-1980 |
| Swope, Herbert Bayard (American journalist; brother of Gerard) |
1882-1958 |
| Sybel, Heinrich von (German historian) |
1817-1895 |
| Sydenham, Thomas "the English Hippocrates" (English physician) |
1624-1689 |
| Sykes, Sir Mark (6th Baronet Sykes) (English diplomat) |
1879-1919 |
| Sylvester I, Saint (Pope 314-335) |
d.335 |
| Sylvester II (orig. Gerbert of Aurillac) (Pope 999-1003) |
c.945-1003 |
| Sylvester III (orig. Giovanni) (Antipope 1045) |
d.1046? |
| Sylvester IV (orig. Maginulfo) (Antipope 1105-1111) |
d.1111 |
| Sylvester, James Joseph (English mathematician, poet) |
1814-1897 |
| Sylvester, Janos (Hungarian Humanist) |
c.1504-c.1552 |
| Sylvester, Josuah (or Joshuah) (English poet, translator) |
1563-1618 |
| Sylvis, William H. (American labor leader) |
1828-1869 |
| Symeon, Saint ("the New Theologian) (Byzantine monk, mystic) |
c.949-1022 |
| Symington, William (Scot. engineer; dev. practical steamboat) |
1763-1831 |
| Symington, William Stuart (American industrialist, politician) |
1901-1988 |
| Symmachus, Saint (Pope 498-514) |
d.514 |
| Symmachus, Quintus Aurelius (Roman orator, politician) |
c.345-c.402 |
| Symmachus, Quintus Aurelius Memmius (Roman senator, patrician) |
d.524 |
| Symmachus ben Joseph (Hebrew sage) |
fl. 200 |
| Symmes, John Cleeves (American Hollow earth theorist) |
1779-1829 |
| Symmes, John Cleves (American Revolutionary soldier) |
1742-1814 |
| Symonds, John Addington (Eng. poet, essayist, literary hist.) |
1840-1893 |
| Symons, Alphonse James Albert (British writer, biographer) |
1900-1941 |
| Symons, Arthur William (English poet, critic) |
1865-1945 |
| Symons, George James (English meteorologist) |
1838-1900 |
| Symons, Julian Gustave (English writer, poet, critic) |
b.1912 |
| Synesius of Cyrene (Greek prelate, Neoplatonic philosopher) |
c.370-413 |
| Synge, John Millington (Irish dramatist, poet) |
1871-1909 |
| Synge, Richard Laurence Millington (English biochemist) |
1914-1994 |
| Syphax (Numidian king) |
d.c.201 BC |
| Szalasi, Ferenc (Hungarian politician) |
1897-1946 |
| Szalay, Sandor (Hungarian physicist) |
b.1909 |
| Szasz, Thomas Stephen (Hungarian-born American psychiatrist) |
b.1920 |
| Szechenyi, Istvan (Hungarian reformer, writer) |
1791-1860 |
| Szell, George (orig. Georg) (Hungarian-born American conductor) |
1897-1970 |
| Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert von Nagyrapolt (Hung.-born Am. biochem.) |
1893-1986 |
| Szilard, Leo (Hungarian-born American physicist) |
1898-1964 |
| Szold, Henrietta (Am. Zionist leader; founded Hadassah 1912) |
1860-1945 |
| Szukalski, Stanislav (Polish-born American artist) |
1893-1987 |
| Szymanowski, Karol Maciej (Ukrainian-born Polish composer) |
1882-1937 |
| Szymborska, Wislawa (Polish poet) |
b.1923 |
| Szymonowicz, Szymon (Polish poet) |
1558-1629 |