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 |
Symington, William (Scot. engineer; dev. practical steamboat) |
1763-1831 |
Symington, William Stuart (American industrialist, politician) |
1901-1988 |
Symmachus, Saint (Pope 498-514) |
d.514 |
Symmachus, Quintus Aurelius (Roman orator, politician) |
c.345-c.402 |
Symmachus, Quintus Aurelius Memmius (Roman senator, patrician) |
d.524 |
Symmachus ben Joseph (Hebrew sage) |
fl. 200 |
Symmes, John Cleeves (American Hollow earth theorist) |
1779-1829 |
Symmes, John Cleves (American Revolutionary soldier) |
1742-1814 |
Symonds, John Addington (Eng. poet, essayist, literary hist.) |
1840-1893 |
Symons, Alphonse James Albert (British writer, biographer) |
1900-1941 |
Symons, Arthur William (English poet, critic) |
1865-1945 |
Symons, George James (English meteorologist) |
1838-1900 |
Symons, Julian Gustave (English writer, poet, critic) |
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 |