Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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All Personalities (1084 listed)
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Nobel Laureate in Physics (1983), Mathematical Astrophysicist & Discoverer of the Chandrasekhar Limit
Sudesh Lehri
Celebrated Indian Stand-Up Comedian, Actor & Star of "Comedy Circus" and "The Kapil Sharma Show"
Suleiman the Magnificent
Tenth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, "The Lawgiver" (Kanuni) & Imperial Patron
Süleyman Demirel
9th President of Turkey, 7-Time Prime Minister & Titan of Modern Turkish Democracy
Sultan Ibrahim I
Ottoman Sultan (reigned 1640–1648) & Sovereign of the Sublime Porte
Sun Yingsha
World No. 1 Table Tennis Champion, Multi-Olympic Gold Medalist & World Cup Champion
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Supreme Bengali Novelist, Poet, President of Sahitya Akademi & Creator of Kakababu
Sunil Mittal
Global Telecom Pioneer, Founder & Chairman of Bharti Enterprises (Airtel) & Padma Bhushan
Sunny Deol
Bollywood Action Superstar, Two-Time National Film Award Winner & Cultural Icon
Swapna Barman
Heptathlete & Asian Games Champion
Swapnil Joshi
Celebrated Indian Actor, Star of Marathi Cinema & Television Icon Renowned for Portraying Lord Krishna and Kush
Syed Nazrul Islam
Acting President of Bangladesh (1971) & National Leader Martyred in Jail Killing
Sylvia Plath
Pulitzer Prize-Winning American Poet, Novelist & Pioneer of Confessional Poetry
SZA
American Singer-Songwriter & Multi-Grammy Award-Winning R&B Trailblazer
Tabu
National Film Award-Winning Actress, Padma Shri Recipient & Cinema Icon
Tajuddin Ahmad
1st Prime Minister of Bangladesh & Visionary Leader of the 1971 Liberation War