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Mikheil Saakashvili, political leader
Antonio Sabato, Jr., model, actor
Sable, pro wrestler
Sacagawea, explorer
Oliver Sacks, writer, neurologist
Sade, singer, songwriter
William Safire, speechwriter, columnist
Carl Sagan , astronomer
Russell Sage, financier
Michaele Sahili, scandal figure
Tareq Sahili, scandal figure
Eva Marie Saint, actor
Buffy Sainte-Marie, singer, songwriter, activist, artist
Antoine de Saint-ExupÃÂ©ry, writer, aviator
Niki de Saint Phalle, artist and feminist
Pat Sajak, game show host
S.Z. "Cuddle" Sakall, actor
Saladin, sultan, military leader
Ken Salazar, U.S. Senator
Zoe Saldana, actor
Emily Saliers, singer
Albert Salmi, actor
Haym Salomon, revolutionary patriot, banker
Harry Saltzman, producer
Michael Sam, football player
Uncle Sam, national icon
Andy Samberg, comedian, actor, internet celebrity
Deborah Samson, war heroine
Ignatius Sancho, writer
George Sand, writer
Sheryl Sandberg, business personality
Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator
Harland Sanders, business personality, corporate icon
Lawrence Sanders, novelist
Adam Sandler, actor
Julian Sands, actor
Mark Sandford, political figure
Margaret Sanger, social reformer
Laura San Giacomo, actor
Carlos Santana, guitarist, rock musician
Luis Santeiro, Writer
Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator, political figure
Bienvenido Santos , novelist, poet, activist
Alberto Santos-Dumont, aviator
Warren Sapp, football player, TV personality
Mia Sara, actor
Cristina Saralegui, TV show host
Susan Sarandon, actor
David Sarnoff, business personality, TV personality
Robert W. Sarnoff, media executive
Satan, mythical figure, biblical figure
Robert Saudek, television producer
Augusta Christine Fells Savage, sculptor
Doc Savage, fictional adventurer
Fred Savage, actor
John Savage, actor
Telly Savalas, actor
Felix Savon, boxer
Diane Sawyer, TV newscaster
Dorothy Sayers, writer, poet
John Sayles, director, writer, actor
Greta Scacchi, actor
Richard Scaife, philanthropist
Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court Judge
Teresa Scanlan, Beauty Contestant
Marjorie Scardino, business executive
Scarface, fictional character
George Schaefer, director, producer
Roy Scheider, actor
Maximilian Schell, actor, director, producer, screenwriter
Patty Schemel, drummer
Barbara Schett, tennis player
Elsa Schiaparelli, fashion designer
Terri Schiavo, medical patient
Claudia Schiffer, model
Taylor Schilling, actor
Phyllis Schlafly, columnist, activist
John Schlesinger, director
Laura Schlessinger, radio personality
Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, political relative, writer
Mary Schmich, columnist
Paul Schrader, filmmaker
Max Schreck, actor
Liev Schreiber, actor
Gerhard SchrÃÂ¶der, German political leader
Erwin SchrÃÂ¶dinger, physicist
Patricia Schroeder, former U.S. congresswoman
Dutch Schultz, mobster
Charles Schulz, cartoonist
George Schulz, political figure, economist
Joel Schumacher, director
Michael Schumacher, auto racer
Clara Schumann, pianist, composer
Amy Schumer, comedian, actor
Sherwood Schwartz, TV producer, writer
Stephen Schwartz, composer
Jason Schwartzman, actor
Arnold Schwarzenegger, bodybuilder, actor, state governor
H. Norman Schwarzkopf, military Leader
David Schwimmer, actor
Angelo Scola, religious figure
Catherine Scorsese, actor
Martin Scorsese, filmmaker
Bobby Scott, U.S. Congressman
George C. Scott, actor
Gil Scott-Heron, rapper, singer
Ridley Scott, filmmaker
Tony Scott, filmmaker
John Duns Scotus, theologian
Scrappy-Doo, animated character
Seabiscuit, racehorse
Ryan Seacrest, TV personality, radio personality
Steven Seagal, actor, stunt choreographer, producer
Seal, singer, songwriter
Bobby Seale, black activist
Richard Warren Sears, merchant
W.G. Sebald, writer
Jeffrey Sebalia, fashion designer
Kathleen Sebelius, state governor, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretariat, racehorse
Kyra Sedgwick, actor
Amy Sedaris, actor, comedian
David Sedaris, humorist
Noot Seear, model, actor
Juan Nepomuceno SeguÃÂn, military and political figure of the Texas Revolution
Sei Shonagon, Japanese writer
Jerry Seinfeld, comedian
Jason Segel, actor
Myra C. Selby, attorney, former state supreme court justice
Selena, pop musician
Selena Quintanilla Perez, singer
Monica Seles, tennis player
Thomas E. Selfridge, aviator
Alexander Selkirk, sailor, castaway
Tom Selleck, actor
Peter Sellers, actor
David O. Selznick, producer
Caster Semenya, runner
Maurice Sendak, author, illustrator
Lim Bo Seng, soldier, world war II figure
Tan Tock Seng, philanthropist
Leopold Senghor, poet, politician
Frank Serpico, Law officer, speaker
Rod Serling, TV personality, screenwriter, TV producer
Robert W. Service, poet
Michael Servetus, scientist, theologian
Bola Sete, guitarist, jazz musician
Dr. Seuss, writer, illustrator
Doc Severinsen, trumpeter, bandleader, jazz musician
ChlÃÂ¶e Sevigny, actor
Rufus Sewell, actor
Anne Sexton, poet
Amanda Seyfried, actor
Jane Seymour, actor
Stephanie Seymour, model
Ingrid Seynhaeve, model
Ernest Shackleton, explorer
Anthony Shaffer, playwright
Shakira, singer, songwriter
Tupac Shakur, rapper, actor
Donna Shalala, educator, administrator, public official
Tony Shalhoub, actor
Yitzhak Shamir, soldier, political figure
Garry Shandling, comedian, talk show host, actor
Ntozake Shange, writer
Ravi Shankar, composer, sitar player
Del Shannon, pop musician, music producer
Maria Sharapova, tennis player
Nawaz Sharif, political figure
Omar Sharif, actor
Ariel Sharon, soldier, political figure
Al Sharpton, activist, political figure
William Shatner, actor, writer
Meghann Shaughnessy, tennis player
Helen Shaver, actor
Burt Shavitz, business personality
Artie Shaw, jazz musician
Percy Shaw, British inventor
Robert Gould Shaw, soldier, civil war figure
Irina Shayk, model
Norma Shearer, actor
Queen of Sheba, royalty, biblical figure
Ally Sheedy, actor, writer
Bess Sheehan , historian, preservationist
Cindy Sheehan, activist
Charlie Sheen, actor
Martin Sheen, actor
Ed Sheeran, songwriter, pop musician
Mary Shelley, writer
Sidney Sheldon, writer, screenwriter
Blake Shelton, country singer
Alan Shepard, astronaut
Cybill Shepherd, actor, producer
Sam Sheppard, physician, murder suspect
Jim Sheridan, film director
Lynn Sherr, TV news reporter
Shirley Sherrod, civil rights activist, political scandal figure
Robert E. Sherwood, playwright, screenwriter
Brooke Shields, actor, model
Mikaela Shiffrin, skiier
George Shillibeer, pioneer of London omnibuses
George Shima, agriculturalist
Roger Shimomura, painter, performance artist
Eric Shinseki, U.S. Army general
Talia Shire, actor, producer
Willie Shoemaker, jockey
Dinah Shore, talk-show host, singer, entertainer
Elizabeth Short, murder victim
Martin Short, actor, comedian
Will Shortz, radio personality, enigmatologist
Grant Show, actor
Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver, philanthropist, mental health activist
Maria Shriver, TV newscaster, political relative
Andrew Shue, actor; soccer player
Elisabeth Shue, actor
Su Shueh-lin, writer
Chen Shui-bian, political figure
Julius Shulman, photographer
Fred Shuttlesworth, civil rights activist, minister
M. Night Shyamalan, filmmaker
Gabourey Sidibe, actor
Bapsi Sidhwa , novelist
Muriel Mickey Siebert, stockbroker
Bugsy Siegel, mobster
Siegfried and Roy, magicians
Simone Signoret, actor
Leslie Marmon Silko, poet, novelist
Beverly Sills, operatic soprano
Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, political figure
Jose Da Silveira, artist, poet
Jay Silverheels , actor
Sarah Silverman, comedian
Sime Silverman, newspaper publisher
Ron Silver, actor
Phil Silvers, actor
Shel Silverstein, cartoonist, poet, songwriter
Alicia Silverstone, actor
Victoria Silvstedt, model
Georges Simenon, writer
Charles Simic, poet
Gene Simmons, rock musician
J.K. Simmons, actor
Kimora Lee Simmons, model, business personality
Herbert A. Simon, social scientist and economist
Neil Simon, playwright, producer
Norton Simon , food industry executive, art collector
Paul Simon, singer, songwriter
Nina Simone, singer, songwriter
Ashlee Simpson, singer, actor
Jessica Simpson, singer
O.J. Simpson, football player, murder suspect, TV personality
Wallis Simpson, royalty
The Simpsons, animated characters
Molly Sims, model, TV personality
Frank Sinatra, singer, actor
Sinbad, actor, comedian, producer
Gordon Sinclair, radio personality
Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor
John Singleton, filmmaker, writer
Gary Sinise, actor; director
Sirhan Sirhan, assassin
Christian Siriano, fashion designer
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, political Leader
Marina Sirtis, actor
Gene Siskel, movie critic
Sitting Bull, Sioux chief
Michael Skakel, criminal, political relative
Alexander SkarsgÃÂ¥rd, actor
Red Skelton, comedian, actor
Tom Skerritt, actor
Nancy Skinner, radio personality
Christian Slater, actor
John Slattery, actor
Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, aviator, astronaut
Fatboy Slim, techno musician, dj
Slipknot, alternative rock band
Frances Slocum , Indian captive
Joshua Slocum , adventurer
Judge Smails, fictional character
Robert Smalls, Civil War hero, politician
Elizabeth Smart, kidnapping victim
Pamela Smart, criminal
Tavis Smiley, radio and tv personality, writer
Karina Smirnoff, dancer
Adam Smith, philosopher, economist
Anna Nicole Smith, model
Bessie Smith, blues singer
Bob Smith, political figure
Dean Smith, basketball coach
Dodie Smith, writer, playwright
J. Russell Smith , economist, scholar, geographer
Jada Pinkett Smith, actor, video director, clothing designer
Jaden Smith, actor
Kevin Smith, filmmaker, actor
Liz Smith, gossip columnist
Maggie Smith, actor
Patti Smith, musician; author; visual artist
Sam Smith, singer
Will Smith, singer, actor
W. H. Smith, newsagent, bookseller, statesman
William Henry Smith, British newsagent
Zadie Smith, writer
James Smithson, scientist, philanthropist
Jimmy Smits, actor
Lemony Snicket, writer
Wesley Snipes, actor
Snoopy, comic strip character
Edward Snowden, activist
Olympia Snowe, U.S. congresswoman, senator
John Snow, George W. Bush's Secretary of the Treasury
Snowlets, olympic mascots
Gary Snyder, poet
Tom Snyder, radio and television personality
Leelee Sobieski, actor
Steven Soderbergh, filmmaker
Sojourner, explorer
Valerie Solanas, attempted assassin
Hilda Solis, political figure
Hope Solo, soccer player
King Solomon, biblical figure
Brett Somers, actor
Suzanne Somers, actor
Stephen Sondheim, composer
Soni, drummer
Barry Sonnenfeld, director
Son Volt, rock group
Kevin Sorbo, actor
Ted Sorensen, political figure, lawyer
Annika Sorenstam, golfer
George Soros, business personality, philanthropist
Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, reality TV star
Mira Sorvino, actor
Gary Soto, Writer
Talisa Soto, actor, model
Sonia Sotomayor, jurist
Bernadette Soubirous, saint
David H. Souter, Supreme Court Justice
Soundgarden, rock group
John Philip Sousa, bandleader, composer
Sissy Spacek, actor
Kevin Spacey, actor
David Spade, actor,; comedian
James Spader, actor
Spartacus, slave, soldier
Britney Spears, singer
Arlen Specter, politician
Tori Spelling, actor
Michael A. Spence , scholar, economist
Octavia Spencer, actor
Spice Girls, pop group
Spider-Man, fictional superhero
Steven Spielberg, filmmaker, movie producer
Jordan Spieth, golfer
Brent Spiner, actor
Eliot Spitzer, governor of New York
Benjamin Spock, physician, writer
Jerry Springer, TV personality
Dusty Springfield, singer
Bruce Springsteen, rock musician, songwriter
SpongeBob SquarePants, animated character
June Squibb, actor
Squirrel Nut Zippers, popular swing band
Sri Srinivasan, jurist
William Stafford, poet
Lesley Stahl, TV news reporter
Layne Staley, lead singer
Sylvester Stallone, actor
Leland Stanford, railway magnate, statesman, university founder
Flat Stanley, fictional character, educator
Francis Edgar Stanley, inventor, manufacturer
Freelan O. Stanley, inventor, manufacturer
Kim Stanley, actor
Paul Stanley, rhythm guitar
Barbara Stanwyck, actor
Scott Stapp, vocals
Starbuck, fictional sailor
Brenda Starr, comic strip character
Ringo Starr, rock musician, actor
Harold Stassen, political figure
Claus von Stauffenberg, soldier, world war II figure
Imelda Staunton, actor
Danielle Steel, writer
C. K. Steele , Civil rights activist
Theodore Clement Steele, artist
Steely Dan, band
Mary Steenburgen, actor
Reeva Steenkamp, model, murder victim
Gwen Stefani, singer
Rod Steiger, actor
Gloria Steinem , journalist and feminist
Hailee Steinfeld, actor
Princess Stephanie of Monaco, royalty
William Stephenson, spy, industrialist
Jenn Sterger, Internet celebrity
Donald Sterling, business personality
Daniel Stern, actor, director, producer
Howard Stern, radio personality
George Stevens, director
Harry Stevens, food industry executive
Jean Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court Judge
Roger L. Stevens, theater producer, fund-raiser for the arts
Wallace Stevens, poet
McLean Stevenson, actor
Teofilo Stevenson, boxer
Jimmy Stewart, actor
Jon Stewart, TV personality
Kristen Stewart, actor
Martha Stewart, publisher, business personality
Patrick Stewart, actor
Rod Stewart, singer
Heather Stewart-Whyte, model
Henry William Stiegel , ironmaster, glassmaker
Jackie Stiles, basketball player
Julia Stiles, actor
Ben Stiller, filmmaker, actor
R.L. Stine, writer
Sting, rock musician
Katherine Stinson, pioneering pilot
Michael Stipe, singer
Dean Stockwell, actor
Bram Stoker, writer
Eric Stoltz, actor
Charles A. Stone , electrical engineer
Emma Stone, actor
Oliver Stone, filmmaker
Sharon Stone, actor
Stone Temple Pilots, rock band
Marie Stopes, activist
Tom Stoppard, playwright
Carl Stotz, founder of Little League Baseball
Vernon B. Stouffer , food industry executive
George Strait, country singer, songwriter
David Strathairn, actor
Dorothy Stratten, model, actor
Trish Stratus, pro wrestler
Juliet Virginia Humphreys Strauss, writer
Levi Strauss, entrepreneur, inventor
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, political figure, economist
Cheryl Strayed, author
Billy Strayhorn, composer, pianist, jazz musician
Meryl Streep, actor
Barbra Streisand, singer, actor, filmmaker
Whitley Strieber, writer, alien abductee
Sherry Stringfield, actor
The Strokes, rock band
William Barstow Strong, railroad official
Gloria Stuart, actor
Imogen Stubbs, actor
Ruben Studdard, talent show contestant, pop musician
Wes Studi, actor
Nicola Sturgeon, political figure
Harry Styles, singer
Yellapragada Subbarow, biochemist
Sublime, alternative rock band
Anna Sui, fashion designer
Omar Suleiman, political figure
Nadya Suleman, mother of octuplets
Suleyman I, sultan
Chesley B. Sullenberger, aviator
Anne Sullivan, educator
Ed Sullivan, television personality
Donna Summer, singer
Lawrence H. Summers, economist, political figure
Jacob Summerlin, Florida cattleman and entrepreneur
Pat Summitt, coach
Charles Sumner, political figure
Jeremy Sumpter, actor
Sundance Kid, outlaw
Sundiata Keita, founder of the Mali Empire
Superman, fictional superhero
Cast of Survivor, TV personalities
James Surowiecki, journalist, business personality
Greta Van Susteren, TV personality
Stuart Sutcliffe, rock musician
Donald Sutherland, actor
Kiefer Sutherland, actor
Mena Suvari, actor
Ichiro Suzuki, baseball player
Shinichi Suzuki, music educator
Jan Swammerdam, scientist
Candice Swanepoel, model
Hilary Swank, actor
Gloria Swanson, actor
Patrick Swayze, actor
Jonathan Swift, writer
Taylor Swift, country singer
Tilda Swinton, actor
Loretta Swit, actor
Sheryl Swoopes, basketball player
Max Von Sydow, actor
Wanda Sykes, comedian, actor

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