Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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All Personalities (1084 listed)
Samuel Scheidt
Pioneering German Early Baroque Composer, Organist & Author of Tabulatura Nova (1624)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
English Romantic Poet, Literary Critic, Philosopher & Co-Author of "Lyrical Ballads"
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
Renowned Avant-Garde Bengali Novelist, Hungry Generation Movement Pioneer & Sahitya Akademi Award Winner
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Nobel Laureate Pathologist, Histologist & "Father of Modern Neuroscience"
Sarah Bernhardt
Legendary French Stage Actress ("The Divine Sarah"), World’s First Global Celebrity
Sarah Josepha Hale
Pioneering American Editor, Author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" & "The Mother of Thanksgiving"
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
First Deputy Prime Minister of India & Statesman ("Iron Man of India")
Sasha Cohen
Olympic Silver Medalist Figure Skater, U.S. National Champion & Two-Time World Silver Medalist
Satyajit Ray
Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Author & Graphic Artist
Sean Connery
Academy Award-Winning Actor & Cultural Icon (The Quintessential James Bond)
Sebastián Coates
Uruguayan International Footballer, Copa América Champion & Sporting CP Captain
Sébastien Buemi
Formula E World Champion & 4-Time 24 Hours of Le Mans Winner
Selina Jen
Taiwanese Pop Star, Actress & S.H.E Member
Sergei Bondarchuk
Soviet-Russian Filmmaker, Academy Award Winner for "War and Peace", Actor & People's Artist of the USSR
Seth MacFarlane
Creator of "Family Guy", "American Dad!", "Ted" & "The Orville", Five-Time Emmy Award Winner & Singer
Severo Ochoa
Biochemist, Molecular Biologist & Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Laureate (1959)