Food For Thought

A Collection of Heretical Notions and Wretched Adages
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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, teacher) 1854-1941
Sabatini, Rafael (Italian writer in English) 1875-1950
Sabbatini, Nicola (Italian architect) 1574-1654
Sabato, Ernesto (Argentinean writer, critic, essayist) b.1911
Sabel, Charles Frederick (American political scientist) b.1947
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 (aka 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 writer) 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, Leo (German-born Israeli molecular biologist) b.1924
Sachs, Nelly Leonie (German-born Swedish poet, dramatist) 1891-1970
Sackman, Janet (Am. model; Lucky Strike girl,Chesterfield girl) b.1931/2
Sacks, Oliver Wolf (English neurologist) b.1933
Sackville, Thomas (1st Earl of Dorset; English poet, diplomat) 1536-1608
Sackville-West, Victoria Mary (English poet, writer) 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
Sadoul, Georges (French journalist, cinema writer) 1904-1967
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
Saffir, Herbert Seymour (Am. civil engineer; hurricane scale) 1917-2007
Safi od-Din (Persian mystic) 1252-1334
Safina, Carl (American marine conservationist) b.1955
Safire, William Lewis née Safir (American writer) 1929-2009
Safiye Sultan (Ottoman consort) d.c.1605/19
Sagan, Carl Edward (American astronomer, writer; asteroid) 1934-1996
Sagan, Francoise (pseud. of Francoise Quoirez; French writer) b.1935
Sagasta, Praxedes Mateo (Spanish politician) 1825-1903
Sage, Katherine Linn "Kay" (American artist, poet) 1898-1963
Sage, Margaret Olivia née Slocum (American philanthropist) 1828-1918
Sage, Russell (American financier, politician) 1816-1906
Saghal, Nayantara Pandit (Indian journalist, writer) b.1927
Sagmeister, Stefan (Austrian graphic designer, typographer) b.1962
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
Sahlins, Marshall David (American anthropologist, educator) b.1930
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 (pseudonym 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, writer) 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, organist) 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 (born Tadanao; Japanese painter, poet) 1761-1828
Sakai Toshihiko (pseudonym Kosen; Japanese Socialist) 1870-1933
Sakaida Kakiemon (born 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) 1926-1996
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, conductor) 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 (Mex. politician; pres. 1988-1994) b.1948
Salinas y Serrano, Pedro (Spanish poet, scholar, dramatist) 1891-1951
Salinger, Jerome David (American writer) 1919-2010
Salisbury, Rollin Daniel (American geologist) 1858-1922
Salis-Seewis, Johann Gaudenz (Swiss soldier, poet) 1762-1834
Salitis (or Salatis; aka 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
Sallinen, Aulis (Finnish composer, teacher, administrator) b.1935
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
Salomaa, Hiski (born Hiskias Motto; Finnish singer, songwriter) 1891-1957
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 writer) 1855-1921
Saltykov, Mikhail Yevgrafovich "N. Shchedrin" (Russian writer) 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
Salvatori, Domenico (Italian soprano castrato) 1855-1909
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 (born 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 (pseudonym Felix Salten; Hungarian writer) 1869-1945
Sam, Sam-Ang (Cambodain musician) b.1950
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) 1700/01-1775
Sammartini, Giuseppe Francesco Gaspare Melchiorre (It. comp.) 1695-1750
Sammuramat (aka 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, Richard (English clergyman, composer) d.1554
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, Andy (American actor: Our Gang) 1909-1992
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 neoclassical economist) 1915-2009
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, Pedro A. (Cuban-born American agronomist) b.1940
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 writer) 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" (French writer) 1811-1883
Sandel, Cora (Sara Margarethe Fabricius; Norwegian writer) 1880-1974
Sandeman, Robert (Scottish religious leader) 1718-1771
Sandemose, Aksel (Danish-born Norwegian writer) 1899-1965
Sanders, Ed (American poet, singer, social activist, writer) b.1939
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 (born Farrell Sanders; American saxophonist) b.1940
Sanders, Scott Russell (American writer, teacher) b.1945
Sanderson, Frederick William (English educator) 1857-1922
Sandino, Augusto Cesar (Nicaraguan guerrilla leader) 1893-1934
Sandison, Ronald Arthur "Ronnie" (Scottish psychiatrist) 1916-2010
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 (Am. Supreme Court justice 1923-1930) 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; fd. Sanger Centre) 1918-2013
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, Bartolomeu Cid dos (Portuguese artist, educator) 1931-2008
Santos, Eduardo (Colombian politician; president 1938-1942) 1888-1974
Santos, Jose Manuel Joly Braga (Portuguese composer, conductor) 1924-1988
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
Sanz, Gaspar (Spanish composer, priest) 1640-1710
Sapir, Edward (Pomeranian-born Am. anthropologist, linguist) 1884-1939
Sapolsky, Robert Maurice (American neuroendocrinologist) b.1957
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
Saracini, Claudio (Italian composer, lutenist, singer) 1586-1630
Saracoglu, Sukru (Turkish politician) 1887-1953
Saramago, Jose de Sousa (Port. writer, playwright, journalist) b.1922
Sarasate, Pablo de (Spanish violinist, composer) 1844-1908
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 (aka 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 Charles Aymard (French philosopher, writer) 1905-1980
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (Indian philosopher, politician) 1888-1975
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
Satana, Tura (Tura Luna Pascual Yamaguchi; Japanese/Am. actor) b.1938
Satie, Eric-Alfred-Leslie (French composer, pianist) 1866-1925
Sato Eisaku (Japanese politician; prime minister 1964-1972) 1901-1975
Sato Haruo (Japanese poet, writer, critic) 1892-1964
Sato Mikio (Japanese mathematician, educator) b.1928
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, Cicely Mary (Eng. nurse, physician, hospice founder) 1918-2005
Saunders, George (American writer) b.1958
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, Augusta Christine née Fells (Am. sculptor, teacher) 1892-1962
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
Saville, Ian (English magician, ventriloquist, comedian) b.1953
Savini, Thomas Vincent "Tom" (Am. actor, stunt man, director) b.1946
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 (pseudonym 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, James (Irish-born British physicist) b.1912
Sayers, Tom "the Little Wonder" (English boxer) 1826-1865
Sayf ad-Dawlah (Arab ruler of northern Syria) 916-967
Saygun, Ahmet Adnan (Turkish composer, musicologist, writer) 1907-1991
Sayles, John Thomas (American filmmaker, screenwriter) b.1950
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
Scaife, Allen Ross (American classicist, teacher) 1960-2008
Scalia, Antonin Gregory (American 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
Scanlon, Thomas Michael "Tim" (American philosopher) b.1940
Scarlatti, Giuseppe Domenico (It. composer; son of Alessandro) 1685-1757
Scarlatti, Pietro Alessandro Gaspare (Italian composer) 1660-1725
Scarlatti, Pietro Filippo (It. composer, organist, choirmaster) 1679-1750
Scarlett, Sir James Yorke (English general) 1799-1871
Scarpa, Antonio (Italian anatomist, surgeon) 1752-1832
Scarron, Paul (French comic poet, writer, 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
Schaeffer, Pierre Henri Marie (Fr. composer: musique concrete) 1910-1995
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
Schanker, Louis (American artist, teacher; The Ten founder) 1903-1981
Schantz, Edward Joseph (American biochemist) 1908-2005
Schaper, Johann (German ceramist) 1621-1670
Schapiro, Meyer (Lithuanian-born American art historian) 1904-1996
Scharnhorst, Gerhard Johann David von (Prussian general) 1755-1813
Scharoun, Hans Bernhard (German architect) 1893-1972
Scharwenka, Franz Xaver (German pianist, composer) 1850-1924
Scharwenka, Ludwig Philipp (German composer; brother of Franz) 1847-1917
Schat, Peter (Dutch composer; co-founded STEIM) 1935-2003
Schattschneider, Elmer Eric (American political scientist) 1892-1971
Schatzberg, Jerry (American photographer, film director) b.1927
Schaudinn, Fritz Richard (German zoologist) 1871-1906
Schawlow, Arthur Leonard (American physicist) 1921-1999
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, writer) 1826-1886
Scheffler, Johannes (Polish mystic, polemicist, poet) 1624-1677
Scheibler, Johann Heinrich (Ger. silk manu., amateur musician) 1777-1837
Scheidemann, Heinrich (German organist, composer) c.1595-1663
Scheidemann, Philipp (German politician) 1865-1939
Scheidler, Joseph M. (American anti-abortion activist) b.1927
Scheidt, Samuel (German organist, composer, teacher) 1587-1654
Schein, Johann Hermann (German composer, cantor) 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
Schelling, Thomas Crombie "Tom" (Am. economist, administrator) b.1921
Schendel, Arthur Francois Emile van (Dutch writer) 1874-1946
Schenker, Heinrich (Polish-born Austrian music theorist) 1868-1935
Scherber, Martin (German music teacher, composer) 1907-1974
Scherchen, Herman (German composer) 1891-1966
Scherer, Barthelemy-Louis-Joseph (French Revolutionary general) 1747-1804
Scherer, Sebastian Anton (German composer, organist) 1631-1712
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; asteroid) 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, writer) 1919-2000
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 (aka 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, Hubert Joseph (Am. businessman; co-inv. teleprompter) 1919-2011
Schlafly, Phyllis McAlpin née Stewart (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
Schlondorff, Volker (German filmmaker, studio executive) b.1939
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
Schmelzer, Johann Heinrich (Austrian composer, violinist) 1623-1680
Schmerling, Anton von (Austrian jurist, politician) 1805-1893
Schmid, Eduard (pseudonym Kasimir Edschmid; German writer) 1890-1966
Schmid, Jeanette (born 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, Franz (Austrian composer, cellist, pianist) 1874-1939
Schmidt, Helmut (West German politician; chancellor 1974-1982) b.1918
Schmidt, Johann Kaspar (pseud. Max Stirner; German philosopher) 1806-1856
Schmidt, Johannes (German philologist) 1843-1901
Schmidt, Maarten (Dutch-born American astronomer) b.1929
Schmidt, Otto Ernst (pseudonym 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 (pseudonym Italo Svevo; Italian writer) 1861-1928
Schmitz, Henning (German musician, sound engineer) b.1953
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 (pseudonym Gisander; German writer) 1692-1750?
Schneebaum, Theodore "Tobias" (Am. writer, artist, explorer) 1922-2005
Schneemann, Carolee (American visual artist, teacher, writer) b.1939
Schneerson, Menachem Mendel "The Rebbe" (Ukrainian rabbi) 1902-1994
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
Schneider-Esleben, Florian (German musician, singer) b.1947
Schneier, Bruce (American cryptographer, security specialist) b.1963
Schneirla, Theodore Christian (American animal psychologist) 1902-1968
Schnitger, Arp (German organ builder) 1648-1719
Schnittke, Alfred Garyevich (Russian composer) 1934-1998
Schnitzler, Arthur (Austrian physician, playwright, writer) 1862-1931
Schnitzler, Conrad (German musician) 1937-2011
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
Schoen, Richard Melvin (American mathematician, educator) b.1950
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
Scholes, Myron Samuel (Canadian economist) b.1941
Schollaert, Francois (Belgian politician) 1851-1917
Scholz, Christopher Henry (American seismologist) b.1943
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
Schomburg, Arturo Alfonso "Arthur" (Puerto Rican historian) 1874-1938
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; German 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
Schorske, Carl Emil (American cultural historian) b.1915
Schott, Charles Anthony (German-born American geodesist) 1826-1901
Schottky, Walter Hans (German physicist) 1886-1976
Schouten, Willem Corneliszoon (Dutch mariner) c.1580-1625
Schrag, Daniel P. (American? geochemist) b.1966
Schreck, Maximilian "Max" (German actor) 1879-1936
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, conductor) 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
Schrock, Richard Royce (American chemist, woodworking) b.1945
Schroder, Carl (German composer, conductor) 1848-1935
Schroder, Friedrich Ludwig (German actor, theater manager) 1744-1816
Schroder, Gerhard Fritz Kurt (German Chancellor 1998-2005) b.1944
Schrodinger, Erwin Rudolf Alexander (Austrian physicist) 1887-1961
Schroter, Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine (German musician, singer) 1751-1802
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, writer) 1814-1883
Schulberg, Seymour Wilson "Budd" (Am. writer, screenwriter) 1914-2009
Schuleit, Anna (German painter, installation artist) b.1974
Schuller, Gunther Alexander (American composer, conductor) 1925-2015
Schult, Emil (German painter, poet, musician) b.1946
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) 1902-1998
Schultze, Carl Emil (pseudonym 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 (pseudonym 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 "Bill" (Am. composer, music admin.) 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, music critic) 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
Schurmann, Georg Caspar (German singer, composer) 1672/73-1751
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, Hans-Emil (German astronomer; asteroid) b.1934
Schuster, Max Lincoln (Austria-born American publisher) 1897-1970
Schutz, Heinrich (aka Henricus Sagittarius; German composer) 1585-1672
Schuyler, George Samuel (American writer) 1895-1977
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
Schwantner, Joseph (American composer, educator) b.1943
Schwartz, Anthony (Am. sound archivist, advertising creator) 1923-2008
Schwartz, Delmore (American poet, writer, literary critic) 1913-1966
Schwartz, Karl Herman Amandus (Polish mathematician) 1843-1921
Schwartz, Laurent-Moise (French math.; Bourbaki Group member) 1915-2002
Schwartz, Melvin (American physicist, businessman) 1932-2006
Schwarz, Herthold (German monk, alchemist) 14th cent.
Schwarz, Hermann Amandus (German mathematician) 1843-1921
Schwarz, John Henry (American theoretical physicist) b.1941
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 (German-born British soprano) 1915-2006
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, writer) 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
Scofidio, Ricardo (American architect) b.1935
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 Marcantonio Luciano (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, Cecil (American musician, bandleader) 1905-1964
Scott, Charles (American Revolutionary officer) 1739?-1813
Scott, Cyril Meir (English pianist, composer, poet) 1879-1970
Scott, Dana Stewart (American? computer scientist, educator) b.1932
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. writer) 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 writer) 1920-1978
Scott, Raymond (born Harry Warnow; Am. bandleader, 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, Theodore Kermit Jr. (Am. philosopher; Kermit the Frog) 1936-2008
Scott, Sir Walter (Scot. poet, writer, 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-Heron, Gilbert "Gil" (American poet, musician, writer) 1949-2011
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 (pseudonym of Pope, Swift, & Arbuthnot) 1751
Scribner, Arthur Hawley (American publisher; son of Charles) 1859-1932
Scribner, Charles (orig. surname Scrivener; American 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; second 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, writer; 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, writer, socialite) 1607-1701
Scullin, James Henry (Australian polit.; prime min. 1929-31) 1876-1953
Scully, Vincent Joseph Jr. (American architectural historian) b.1920
Sculthorpe, Peter Joshua (Australian composer, teacher) b.1929
Scylax of Caria (Greek historian, geographer) 6th cent. BC
Scyllis (Greek sculptor; collaborated with Dipoenus) 6th cent. BC
Seaborg, Glenn Theodore (Am. physicist; co-disc. plutonium) 1912-1999
Seaborg, Helen Lucille née Griggs (Am. child welfare advocate) 1917-2006
Seabury, Samuel (American clergyman) 1729-1796
Seals, Frank "Son" (American musician) 1942-2004
Sealsfield, Charles (born Karl Postl; Moravian-born Am. writer) 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 (aka Sebastiao; King of Portugal 1557-1578) 1554-1578
Sebbar, Leila (Algerian-born French writer) b.1941
Sebeknefru (aka Sobeknefru; Egyptian ruler) d.1786 BC
Seberg, Jean Dorothy (American actor) 1938-1979
Sebetwane (African king) d.1851
Sebuktigin (aka 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 "Pete" (American folk-singer, songwriter) 1919-2014
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) 1915-2004
Sefstrom, Nils Gabriel (Swedish chemist, mineralogist) 1787-1854
Segal, George (American painter, sculptor, chicken farmer) 1924-2000
Segantini, Giovanni (Italian painter) 1858-1899
Segar, Elzie Crisler (American cartoonist; created Popeye 1929) 1894-1938
Seghers, Anna (pseudonym 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 Am. physicist, photographer) 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
Seiberg, Nathan "Nati" (Israeli-born Israeli/Am. physicist) b.1956
Seidl, Johann Gabriel (Austrian journalist, poet) 1804-1875
Seifert, Jaroslav (Czech writer, poet, journalist) 1901-1986
Seipel, Ignaz (Austrian prelate, politician) 1876-1932
Sei Shonagon (Japanese diarist, poet) 966/967-1013?
Seitz, Frederick (American physicist) 1911-2008
Seitz, Karl (Austrian politician) 1869-1950
Seixas, Jose Antonio Carlos de (Portuguese composer) 1704-1742
Sejanus, Lucius Aelius (Roman politician, conspirator) d.31
Sejong (King of Korea 1419-1450) 1397-1450
Sekanina, Zdenek (Czech astronomer; asteroid) b.1936
Seki Takakazu (aka Seki Kowa) "Shinsuke" (Japanese math.) 1642-1708
Sela, Michael (Polish-born Israeli immunologist, educator) b.1924
Selberg, Atle (Norwegian mathematician: Selberg sieve) 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
Self, Colin (English printmaker, painter, collagist) b.1941
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
Seligmann, Kurt (Swiss-born American painter, engraver) 1900-1962
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
Sellars, Peter (American theater director) b.1957
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
Selten, Reinhard (German economist, academic, Esperantist) b.1930
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 physicist, 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
Sen, Amartya Kumar (Indian economist, philosopher) b.1933
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) 1928-2012
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) 1906-2001
Sengier, Edgar (Belgian mining engineer, radioactive mineral) 1879-1963
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 (born 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 (pseudonym Jan Lechon; Polish poet) 1899-1956
Serageldin, Ismail (Egyptian engineer, administrator) b.1944
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.
Serber, Robert (American physicist, educator) 1909-1997
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 (born Peter Buccaporci; Pope 1009-1012) d.1012
Sergius (born Ivan Nikolayevich Stragorodsky; Russian prelate) 1867-1944
Sergius of Radonezh, Saint (born B. Kirillovich; Russian 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
Serocki, Kazimierz (Polish composer, pianist) 1922-1981
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 (born 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 math.; Bourbaki Group member) 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, critic, teacher) 1896-1985
Sesson Shukei (born 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 (born 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; American 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 (aka 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, Paul Allen Wood (Canadian musician, actor, composer) b.1949
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 (aka Chaka, Tshaka; Founder of Zulu Empire) c.1787-1828
Shakespeare, William (English dramatist, poet) 1564-1616
Shakura, Nikolai Ivanovich (Belarussian astrophysicist) b.1945
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) 1914-2012
Shammai (Jewish sage in Palestine) 1st cent.
Shange, Ntozake (born Paulette Williams; Am. playwright, poet) b.1948
Shang K'o-hsi (Chinese general) d.1676
Shang Yang (born Kung-sun Yang; Chinese politician) d.338 BC
Shankar, Lakshminarayanan (Indian violinist, singer, composer) b.1950
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
Shapero, Harold Samuel (American composer, teacher) b.1920
Shapey, Ralph (American composer, conductor) 1921-2002
Shapiro, Jonathan "Zapiro" (South African cartoonist) b.1958
Shapiro, Karl Jay (born Carl; American poet, critic) 1913-2000
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, composer, science geek) b.1951
Sharp, Granville (English philanthropist, scholar) 1735-1813
Sharp, James (Scottish prelate) 1613-1679
Sharp, Phillip Allen (American geneticist, molecular biologist) b.1944
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 "Bill" (American economist, academic) b.1934
Sharpey-Shafer, Sir Edward Albert (English physiologist) 1850-1935
Sharples, James (English-born American painter, inventor) c.1751-1811
Sharpless, Karl Barry (American chemist, academic) b.1941
Sharrock, Warren Harding "Sonny" (American guitarist) 1940-1994
Shastri, Lal Bahadur (orig. surname Bahadur; Indian politician) 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 (born 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, Robert Stetson (American physicist: chaos theory) b.1945
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; English polit.) 1831-1928
Shawn, Ted (born Edwin Myers; American dancer, choreographer) 1891-1972
Shawqi (or Shauqi), Ahmad (Egyptian poet, dramatist) 1868-1932
Shay, Ephraim (American inventor) 1839-1916
Shayler, David (Eng. journalist, military intelligence officer) b.1965
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
Shearer, Harry Julius (American actor, writer, radio host) b.1943
Shearing, George (English pianist) 1919-2011
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) 1930-2011
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
Sheikh, Fazal Ilahi (American artist, activist, photographer) b.1965
Sheil, Richard Lalor (Irish dramatist, politician) 1791-1851
She-kuei (Turkish ruler) 7th cent.
Shelah, Saharon (Israeli mathematician, educator) b.1945
Shelby, Evan (Welsh-born American militia officer) 1719-1794
Shelby, Isaac (American soldier; son of Evan) 1750-1826
Sheldon, Charles Monroe (American clergyman, writer) 1857-1946
Sheldon, Edward Brewster (American playwright) 1886-1946
Sheldon, Gilbert (English prelate) 1598-1677
Sheldrake, Rupert (English biologist, writer) b.1942
Shelekhov, Grigory Ivanovich (Russian merchant, fur trader) 1747-1795
Shelford, Victor Ernest (American zoologist) 1877-1968
Shell, Marc (Canadian literary critic) b.1947
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft née Godwin (English writer) 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, Bright (b. Sheng Zongliang; Chinese composer, conductor) b.1955
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 Wei (Chinese-born Am. choreographer, director, dancer) b.1968
Shen Yen-ping (pseudonym 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 (b. 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 (aka Shepherd), John (English singer, composer) c.1519-1558
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 writer) 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, Cindy (American photographer, film director) b.1954
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
Shernoff, Michael Jon (American psychotherapist, AIDS activist) 1951-2008
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 (born 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 (born 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
Shipp, Matthew (American pianist, bandleader) b.1960
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
Shklar, Judith née Nisse (Latvian political philosopher) 1928-1992
Shklovsky, Iosif Samuilovich (Soviet astronomer,astrophysicist) 1916-1985
Shklovsky, Viktor Borisovich (Russian writer, literary critic) 1893-1984
Shkodrov, Vladimir Georgiev (Bulgarian astronomer; asteroid) b.1930
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 née Johnston (American musician) b.1962
Shockley, William Bradford (Am. physicist; inv. transistor) 1910-1989
Shoemaker, Eugene Merle "Gene" (Am. astrogeologist; asteroid) 1928-1997
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 writer) 1905-1984
Shomu (aka Shomu Tenno; 45th emperor of Japan 715-749) 701-756
Shor, George Gershon Jr. (American geophysicist) 1923-2009
Shor, Peter Williston (American computer scientist) b.1959
Shore, Howard Leslie (Canadian composer) b.1946
Shore, Jane (English mistress of Edward IV) 1445?-1526
Shorey, Paul (American scholar) 1857-1934
Short, Gregory (American pianist, composer) 1938-1999
Short, James (Scottish optician, instrument maker) 1710-1768
Short, Walter Campbell (American army officer) 1880-1949
Shorter, Wayne (American composer, bandleader, musician) b.1933
Shorthouse, Joseph Henry (English writer) 1834-1903
Shostakovich, Dmitry Dmitriyevich (Russian composer, pianist) 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) 1925-2014
Shull, Clifford Glenwood (American physicist) 1915-2001
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 (pseudonym Lao She; Chinese writer) 1899-1966
Shuster, William Morgan (American lawyer, financier, publisher) 1877-1960
Shute, Henry Augustus (American humorist) 1856-1943
Shute, Nevil (born 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
Shuttlesworth, Fred (b.Freddie Lee Robinson; Am. activist) 1922-2011
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, Fletcher Harper (American lawyer, businessman) 1885-1959
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
Siday, Eric (English-born American composer, musician) 1905-1976
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 Borje (Swedish physicist; son of Karl) 1918-2007
Siegbahn, Karl Manne Georg (Swedish physicist; father of Kai) 1886-1978
Siegel, Carl Ludwig (German mathematician, educator) 1896-1981
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, writer, 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
Sifakis, Joseph (Greek computer scientist) b.1946
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
Sikander, Shahzia (Pakistan painter) b.1969
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
Silbergeld, Ellen née Kovner (American biologist) b.1945
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 née Marmon (Laguna Pueblo writer) b.1948
Sillanpaa, Frans Eemil (Finnish writer; asteroid) 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
Silver, Horace Ward Martin Tavares née Silva (Am. composer) 1928-2014
Silverberg, Robert (American writer) b.1935
Silverius, Saint (Pope 536-537; son of Pope St. Hormisdas) d.537?
Silverman, David (American animator, director) b.1957
Silverman, Sime (American newspaper publisher) 1873-1933
Silvers, Phil (born Philip Silversmith; Am. entertainer, actor) 1911-1985
Silverstein, Eva (American? physicist) b.1970
Silverstein, Michael (American lingust) b.1945
Silvester Guzzolini, Saint (Italian religious) 1177-1267
Silvestre, Paul-Armand (French writer) 1837-1901
Silvestrov, Valentin (Ukrainian composer) b.1937
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 (born Dusan Simic; Yugoslavian-born Am. poet) 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) 1916-2001
Simon, Jules (born Jules Suisse; Fr. philosopher, politician) 1814-1896
Simon, Kate (born Kaila Grobsmith; Polish-born Am. memoirist) 1912-1990
Simon, Leon (Australian mathematician, educator) b.1945
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, Christopher (English musician, composer) c.1605-1669
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, Robert Homer "Bob" (Am. meteorologist;hurricane scale) 1912-2014
Simpson, Robert Wilfred Levick (English composer, broadcaster) 1921-1997
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 "Dagonet" (English journalist, playwright) 1847-1922
Sims, James Marion (American physician) 1813-1883
Sims, William Sowden (Canadian-born American naval officer) 1858-1936
Sinai, Yakov Grigorevich (Russian mathematician, educator) b.1935
Sinan (born 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 writer) 1902-1991
Singer, Isaac Merrit (American inventor, manufacturer) 1811-1875
Singer, Isadore Manual (American mathematician, educator) b.1924
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 (pseud. 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 film 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
Siret, Nicolas (French composer, organist, harpsichordist) 1663-1754
Sirhindi, Shaykh Ahmad (Indian mystic, theologian) 1564-1624
Siricius, Saint (Pope 384-399) c.334-399
Sis, Peter (Czechoslovakian-born American illustrator) b.1949
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
Sissle, Noble (American composer, lyricist, bandleader, singer) 1889-1975
Sisulu, Walter (South African anti-apartheid activist) 1912-2003
Sitte, Camillo (Austrian architect, town planner) 1843-1903
Sitter, Willem de (Dutch mathematician, astronomer; asteroid) 1872-1934
Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotake; American Sioux Indian leader) c.1831-1890
Sitwell, Dame Edith (English poet, critic, writer) 1887-1964
Sitwell, Sir George Reresby (English writer; father of Edith) 1860-1943
Sitwell, Sir Francis Osbert (English writer; son of George) 1892-1969
Sitwell, Sacheverell (English writer; son of Sir George) 1897-1988
Siva Dayal Saheb (born 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 (aka Xystus; Pope c.115-c.125) d.c.125
Sixtus II, Saint (aka Xystus; Pope 257-258) d.258
Sixtus III (aka Xystus; Pope 432-440) d.440
Sixtus IV (born Francesco Della Rovere; Pope 1471-1484) 1414-1484
Sixtus V (born Felice Peretti; Pope 1585-1590) 1520-1590
Siza Vieira, Alvaro Joaquim de Melo (Portuguese architect) b.1933
Sjahrir, Sutan (Indonesian politician) 1909-1966
Sjoberg, Alf (Swedish theatre & film director) 1903-1980
Sjoberg, Birger (Swedish songwriter, poet, journalist) 1885-1929
Sjoberg, Erik (pseudonym Vitalis; Swedish poet) 1794-1828
Sjostrom, Victor (Swedish film actor, director) 1879-1960
Sjowall, Maj (Swedish journalist, writer with Per Wahloo) b.1935
Skalkottas, Nikolaos (Greek composer, violinist) 1904-1949
Skanda Gupta (King of Gupta dynasty of India c.455-467) d.467
Skanderbeg (born 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
Skelton, Richard Bernard "Red" (Am. circus clown, comedian) 1913-1997
Skempton, Howard (English composer, accordionist) b.1947
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
Skladanowsky, Max (German inventor, filmmaker) 1863-1939
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
Skou, Jens Christian (Danish chemist) b.1918
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 writer) 1846-1908
Skram, Erik (Danish writer; second husband of Bertha) 1847-1923
Skrzynski, Aleksander (Polish politician) 1882-1931
Skvorecky, Josef Vaclav (Czech writer, essayist, translator) b.1924
Slack, Francis Goddard (American physicist, teacher, admin.) 1897-1985
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, Rodney Desborough "Rhino" (English musician) b.1941
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, Earl Charles (American astronomer; asteroid, crater) 1883-1964
Slipher, Vesto Melvin (American astronomer; asteroid, crater) 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) 1894-1995
Slotin, Louis Alexander (Canadian physicist, chemist) 1910-1946
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
Slyde, Jimmy (born James Titus Godbolt; American tap dancer) c.1927-2008
Smale, Stephen (American mathematician, educator) b.1930
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 writer) 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, Amy B. (American inventor, mechanical engineer) b.1962?
Smith, Andrew Jackson (American army officer) 1815-1897
Smith, Anna Deavere (American actor, playwright) b.1950
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 (pseudonym Bill Arp; American humorist) 1826-1903
Smith, Charlotte née Turner (English poet, writer) 1749-1806
Smith, Cyril Stanley (English metallurgist, historian) 1903-1992
Smith, Dave (English composer, musician, teacher) b.1949
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 (pseudonym 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; English 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, Harry Everett (American archivist, ethnomusicologist) 1923-1991
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, Ishmael Wadada Leo (American musician, composer) b.1941
Smith, Jack (American filmmaker, actor, performance artist) 1932-1989
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, Jolyon Brettingham (English composer, conductor) 1949-2008
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, Larry "Legs" (English musician, tap dancer, singer) b.1944
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, Mamie (born Mamie Robinson; Am. singer, dancer, pianist) 1883-1946
Smith, Melancton (American Revolutionary patriot) 1744-1798
Smith, Melancton (Am. naval officer; grandson of Melancton) 1810-1893
Smith, Michael (English-born Canadian biochemist) 1932-2000
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 (pseudonym 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, Vernon Lomax (American economist) b.1927
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
Smithies, Oliver (English-born American geneticist) b.1925
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
Smoluchowski, Roman "Ro" (Pol. physicist, astronomer; asteroid) 1910-1996
Smoot, George Fitzgerald III (Am. astrophysicist, cosmologist) b.1945
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 "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, diplomat, bureaucrat) 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) 1903-1996
Snellen, Herman (Dutch ophthalmologist) 1834-1908
Snellman, Johan Vilhelm (Finnish philosopher, politician) 1806-1881
Snelson, Kenneth (American sculptor, photographer) b.1927
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, Joan (American painter, printmaker) b.1940
Snyder, John Wesley (American banker, administrator) 1895-1985
Snyder, Solomon Halbert (American neuroscientist, educator) b.1938
Snyder, Tom (Am. television and radio personality) 1936-2007
Snyders, Frans (Dutch painter) 1579-1657
Soami (born 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
Soderbergh, Steven Andrew (Am. film producer, screenwriter) b.1963
Soderblom, Lars Olof Jonathan "Nathan" (Swedish clergyman) 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, Aleksandr Vsevolodovich "Sasha" (Russian writer) b.1943
Sokolow, Nahum (Polish writer, Zionist leader) 1861-1936
Solana Madariaga, Javier (Spanish physicist, politician) b.1942
Solanas, Valerie (American artist, writer) 1936-1988
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 Ramos, 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
Solman, Joseph (Russian-born Am. painter; co-founded The Ten) 1909-2008
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 "Bob" (American economist, academic) b.1924
Solstad, Dag (Norwegian writer, dramatist) b.1941
Solvay, Ernest (Belgian industrial chemist) 1838-1922
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaeevich (Russian writer, dissident) 1918-2008
Somadeva (Sanskrit writer) fl. 1070
Somers, Armonia (born 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
Somorjai, Gabor A. (Hungarian-born American chemist) b.1935
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 photographer, writer, critic) 1933-2004
Soong, Charles Jones (born Soong Yao-ju; Chinese merchant) d.1927
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) 1897-2003
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, Fernando (Spanish composer, guitarist) 1778-1839
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 (born 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 (pseudonum 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, activist) 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
Southam, Ann (Canadian composer) b.1937
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 writer) 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 (aka 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
Sparks, Morgan (Am. engineer; dev. bipolar junction transistor) 1916-2008
Spartacus (Roman slave, gladiator, insurrectionist) d.71 BC
Späth, Ernst (Austrian chemist; first to synthesise mescaline) 1886-1946
Spathi, Litsa (Greek painter, performer, Fluxus artist) b.1958
Spaulding, Gilbert R. (American circus impresario) 1811-1880
Speaker, Tristram E. "Tris" (American baseball player) 1888-1958
Spear, Harry (born Harry Sherman Bonner; Am. actor: Out Gang) 1921-2006
Spear, Roger Ruskin (English musician, performance artist) b.1943
Spearman, Charles Edward (English psychologist) 1863-1945
Spedding, Frank Harold (Canadia-born American chemist) 1902-1984
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, Alexander Lee "Skip" (Canadian musician, singer) 1946-1999
Spence, Andrew Michael (American economist) b.1943
Spence, Sir Basil Urwin (British architect) 1907-1976
Spence, Eulalie (British West Indian writer, teacher, actor) 1894-1981
Spence, Jonathan Dermot (English-born American? historian) b.1936
Spence, Joseph (English anecdotist) 1699-1768
Spence, Thomas (British pamphleteer) 1750-1814
Spencer, Annie Bethel "Anne" (American poet, activist) 1882-1975
Spencer, Donald C. (American mathematician, educator) 1912-2001
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) 1909-1996
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
Spergel, David Nathaniel (American astrophysicist) b.1961
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
Spicer, Jack (American poet, research linguist) 1925-1965
Spiegel, Paul (German journalist, activist) 1937-2006
Spiegelman, Marc W. (American mathematician) b.1963
Spieghel (or Spiegel), Henric Laurenszoon (Dutch poet) 1549-1612
Spielberg, Steven (American film director, writer, producer) b.1947
Spielhagen, Friedrich von (German writer) 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 writer; founded NAACP 1909) 1875-1939
Spinney, Caroll Edwin "Ed" (American puppeteer: Big Bird) b.1933
Spinola, Ambrogio di Filippo (Italian general in Span. service) 1569-1630
Spinoza, Baruch (Benedictus de Spinoza; Dutch philosopher) 1632-1677
Spinrad, Robert J. (American computer designer) 1932-2009
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
Spivey, Victoria Regina (American singer, songwriter) 1906-1976
Spock, Dr. Benjamin McLane (American physician, activist) 1903-1998
Spode, Josiah (English potter; introduced bone china) 1754-1827
Spoerri, Daniel (born Daniel Isaac Feinstein; Swiss artist) b.1930
Spohr, Louis (born Ludwig; German violinist, 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 writer) 1889-1965
Spring, Ira (American photographer, writer, hiker) 1918-2003
Springs, Elliot White (American businessman, writer) 1896-1959
Springsteen, Bruce Frederick Joseph (American musician) b.1949
Sproul, Robert Gordon (American educator) 1891-1975
Spruance, Preston Lea III "Trey Spruance" (America musician) b.1969
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, Jo Elizabeth (American singer) 1917-2008
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, Franklin William (American geneticist) b.1929
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
Stallman, Richard Matthew (American hacker, software developer) b.1953
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 (aka 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 (American-born Australian chemist) 1935-2011
Stanley, Charles John (English composer, organist) 1712-1786
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, virologist) 1904-1971
Stanley, William (American electrical engineer, inventor) 1858-1916
Stanshall, Victor Anthony "Vivian" (English musician, painter) 1943-1995
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
Stapleton, Steven Peter "Babs Santini" (English musician) b.1957
Stappleton, Thomas (Eng. theologian, controversialist in Latin) 1535-1598
Starabba, Antonio (Marchese di Rudini; Italian politician) 1839-1908
Starevich, Ladislav (Polish/Russian animator) 1882-1965
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, Blaze (born Fannie Belle Fleming; Am. burlesque star) b.1932
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
St. Cyr, Lili (born Willis Marie Van Schaack; Am. stripper) 1917/18-1999
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
Stearns, Richard Edwin (American? computer scientist) b.1936
Steckler, Ray Dennis (aka Cash Flagg; Am. film director) 1938-2009
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 writer) 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 writer, 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
Steidel, Charles Colville "Chuck" (American astronomer) b.1962
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, Elias Menachem (Belgian-born American mathematician) b.1931
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 writer, war correspondent) 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, Donald F. (American biochemist, educator) b.1930
Steiner, Francis George (French-born American critic, writer) b.1929
Steiner, Jakob (Swiss mathematician) 1796-1863
Steiner, Rudolph (Austrian social philosopher) 1861-1925
Steinhauer, Olen (American writer, filmmaker) b.1970
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 (born Giuseppe; Italian-born American painter) 1877-1946
Steller, Georg Wilhelm née Stoeller (German naturalist) 1709-1746
Stemann, Poul Christian (Danish politician) 1764-1855
Stenbock, Magnus Gustafsson (Swedish soldier) 1663/4-1717
Stendhal (pseudonym of Marie-Henri Beyle; French writer) 1783-1842
Stengel, Charles Dillon "Casey" (Am. baseball player, manager) 1890/1-1975
Stenhammar, Carl Wilhelm Eugen (Swedish composer, conductor) 1871-1927
Steno, Nicolaus (born 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
Stent, Gunther Siegmund (Ger.-born Am. biologist, philosopher) 1924-2008
Stenvall, Aleksis (pseudonum 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, writer) 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, Francis Richard (English? physicist; asteroid) b.1941
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 violinist) 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
Sternberg, Sigmund (Hungarian-born British philanthropist) b.1921
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 (aka 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, writer, poet) 1850-1894
Stevenson, Thomas (Scottish engineer; son of Robert) 1818-1887
Stevenson, William (English clergyman) 1546-1575
Stevin, Simon (aka 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, Ellen "La Mama" (American theater director, producer) b.1918
Stewart, George Neil (Canadian-born American physiologist) 1860-1930
Stewart, James (Scottish educator) 1843-1913
Stewart, John Innes Mackintosh (pseud.Michael Innes; Scot. wtr) 1906-1994
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, 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 (born Olofsson), Georg (Swedish poet, scholar) 1598-1672
Stifel (aka 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
Stiglitz, Joseph Eugene "Joe" (Am. economist, administrator) b.1943
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 (aka 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, music theorist) 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 writer, 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 (aka 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) 1920-2013
Stolberg, Christian zu (German poet) 1748-1821
Stolberg, Friedrich Leopold (German poet; brother of Christian) 1750-1819
Stoller, Mike (American songwriter, producer) b.1933
Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich (Russian politician) 1862-1911
Stolzel, Gottfried Heinrich (German composer) 1690-1749
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 1941-1946) 1872-1946
Stone, Irving (born Irving Tennenbaum; American writer) 1903-1989
Stone, Sir John Richard Nicholas (English economist) 1913-1991
Stone, Lucy (American woman suffragist) 1818-1893
Stone, Matthew Richard "Matt" (American animator, screenwriter) b.1971
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, writer) 1880-1958
Stoph, Willi (East German chancellor 1976-89; pres. 1973-76) 1914-1999
Stoppard, Tom (Thomas Straussler; Czech-born British 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 writer, playwright) b.1933
Stork, Gilbert (Belgian-born Am. organic chemist, educator) b.1921
Storm, Hans Theodor Woldsen (German writer, poet) 1817-1888
Storm, Tempest (b.Annie Blanche Banks; Am. burlesque performer) b.1928
Stormer, Fredrik Carl Mulertz (Norwegian math., geophysicist) 1874-1957
Stormer, Horst Ludwig (German physicist, academic) b.1949
Storni, Alfonsina (Swiss-born Argentinian poet, playwright) 1892-1938
Storr, Anthony (English psychiatrist, writer) 1920-2001
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 (aka Wit Stosz; German sculptor, wood carver) 1438/9-1533
Stossel, Anatoly Mikhaylovich (Russian general) 1848-1915
Stothard, Thomas (English illustrator, painter) 1755-1834
Stott, John Robert Walmsley (English Anglican theologian) 1921-2011
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 writer) 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
Straizys, Vytautas (Lithuanian astronomer; asteroid) b.1936
Strand, Mark (Canadian poet, essayist, translator) b.1934
Strand, Paul (American photographer) 1890-1976
Strandberg, Carl Vilhelm August "Talis Qualis" (Swedish 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
Streb, Elizabeth (American dancer, choreographer) b.1950
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 writer) 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, writer, poet) 1849-1912
Stringer, Arthur John Arbuthnott (Canadian-born Am. writer) 1874-1950
Strode, Muriel (Muriel Lieberman 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 Matiauda, Alfredo (Paraguayan president 1954-1989) 1912-2006
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, Bengt Georg Daniel (Danish astronomer; asteroid) 1908-1987
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 1870-1880) 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
Strouse, Jean (American? biographer, editor, critic) b.1945
Strozzi, Barbara (aka Barbara Valle; Italian singer, composer) c.1619-1677
Strozzi, Bernardo "Il Cappuccino" (Italian painter, engraver) 1581-1644
Strozzi, Filippo (Florentine banker) 1426-1491
Strubberg, Friedrich Armand (pseudonym Armand; German writer) 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 (born Lionel Simon; Am. journalist, publisher) 1922-2006
Stuart, Ruth (born 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
Stuhlinger, Ernst (German physicist, rocket scientist) 1913-2008
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 (born Edmond Preston Biden; Am. film director) 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
Subotnick, Morton (American composer, teacher) b.1933
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; pseudonym of Su Shi; Chinese poet) 1036-1101
Sudraka (Indian writer) 4th cent.
Sue, Eugene (born Marie-Joseph Sue; French writer, physician) 1804-1857
Suenens, Leon Joseph (Belgian prelate) 1904-1996
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 (aka Suiko Tenno; Empress of Japan 592-628) 554-628
Suk, Josef (Czech violinist, composer; son-in-law of Dvorak) 1874-1935
Sukarno (born Kusnasosro; Indonesian polit.; pres. 1949-1967) 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
Sulloway, Frank Jones (American? psychologist) b.1947
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
Sulston, Sir John Edward (English molecular biologist) b.1942
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 née Loewy (Austrian cantor, composer) 1804-1890
Sulzer, William (American politician) 1863-1941
Sumac, Yma (Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo; Peruvian soprano) 1922-2008
Sumanguru (West African ruler) 13th cent.
Sumarokov, Aleksandr Petrovich (Russian poet, dramatist) 1717-1777
Sumaya, Manuel de (Mexican chapelmaster, composer) c.1678-1755
Sumiyoshi Gukei (born 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 (born 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 writer, 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 (pseudonym Su Tung-p'o; Chinese poet, public official) 1036-1101
Suss, Hans "Hans von Kulmbach" (German painter) c.1480-1522
Sussmayr, Franz Xaver (Austrian composer, Kapellmeister) 1766-1803
Sutcliffe, Richard Towne (Am. animator: Davey and Goliath) 1918-2008
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, Ivan Edward (Am. computer & Internet scientist) b.1938
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 writer) 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) 1913-2010
Suvorin, Aleksey Sergeyevich (Russian journalist) 1834-1912
Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich (Russian field marshal) 1729-1800
Suyuti, as- (Egyptian writer) 1445-1505
Suzuki, Kenji "Damo" (Japanese-born singer, musician) b.1950
Suzuki Bunji (Japanese labor leader) 1885-1946
Suzuki Daisetsu Teitaro (Japanese Buddhist scholar) 1870-1966
Suzuki Harunobi (born Hozumi Jihe; Japanese artist) 1725-1770
Suzuki Kantaro (Japanese naval officer, politician) 1867-1948
Suzuki Shosan (Japanese religious) 1579-1655
Svankmajerova, Eva née Dvorakova (Czech painter, ceramicist) 1940-2005
Svankmajer, Jan (Czech multimedia artist, animator) b.1934
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
Swallow, Steve (American musician, composer) b.1940
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, Anna Thilda May (American poet, playwright) 1913-1989
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, Lewis A. (American astronomer; asteroid) 1820-1913
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
Swings, Polidore Ferdinand Felix (Belgian astronomer; asteroid) 1906-1983
Swinnerton, Frank Arthur (English writer, 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 (born Gerbert of Aurillac; Pope 999-1003) c.945-1003
Sylvester III (born Giovanni; Antipope 1045) d.1046?
Sylvester IV (born 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
Sylvian, David (born David Alan Batt; English singer, musician) b.1958
Sylvis, William H. (American labor leader) 1828-1869
Symeon, Saint ("the New Theologian"; Byzantine monk, mystic) c.949-1022
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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) 1912-1994
Symons, Robert David (English-born Can. naturalist, painter) 1898-1973
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) 1909-1987
Szasz, Thomas Stephen (Hungarian-born American psychiatrist) 1920-2012
Sze, Sarah (American artist, sculptor) b.1969
Szechenyi, Istvan (Hungarian reformer, writer) 1791-1860
Szeligowski, Tadeusz (Polish composer, teacher, lawyer) 1896-1963
Szell, George (born Georg; Hungarian-born American conductor) 1897-1970
Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert von Nagyrapolt (Hung.-born Am. biochem.) 1893-1986
Szeto Wah (Chinese activist, Hong Kong democracy activist) 1931-2011
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
Szymanowska, Maria (b.Marianna Agata Wolowska; Polish composer) 1789-1831
Szymanowski, Karol Maciej (Ukrainian-born Polish composer) 1882-1937
Szymborska, Wislawa (Polish poet, essayist, translator) b.1923
Szymonowicz, Szymon (Polish poet) 1558-1629

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