Saadi (also Sadi; orig. Musharrif ud-Din Muslih ud-Din)  Persian poet; wrote poems "The Orchard" 1257 (also "Bustan"), "The Rose Garden" 1258 (also "Gulistan") _1184?-1291?
Saarinen, Eero  US (Finnish-born) architect; designed Kresge Auditorium & Kresge Chapel at MIT 1953-1955, US Embassy in London 1955-1960, Dulles International Airport 1958-1962 _1910-1961
Saarinen, [Gottlieb] Eliel  US (Finnish-born) architect; father of Eero Saarinen _1873-1950
Saavedra Lamas, Carlos  Argentine diplomat; Argentine foreign minister 1932-1938; negotiated end of Chaco War 1935; NP Peace 1936 _1880-1959
Saavedra Ramirez de Baquedano, Angel de (Duque de Rivas)  Sp. dram. & poet; wrote plays "The Foundling Moor" 1834, "Don Alvaro, or the Power of Fate" 1835 (source of Verdi opera "La forza del destino") _1791-1865
Sabah, Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-  emir of Kuwait 1978-- _1928--
Sabatier, Paul  Fr. chem.; discovered nickel as catalyst for hydrogenation; NP Chem. 1912 _1854-1941
Sabatini, Gabriela  Argentine tennis player _1970--
Sabatini, Rafael  It. nov. _1875-1950
Sabbatai Zevi (also Shabbethai Zevi)  Turkish Jewish mystic; eponym, leader, & messiah of Sabbatean movement; predicted millennium in 1666 _1626-1676
Saberhagan, Bret  US baseball player; pitcher for Kansas City Royals 1984-1991, New York Mets 1992-- _1964--
Sabin, Albert Bruce  US (Pol.-born) microbiologist & physician; developed oral vaccine for polio _1906-1993
Sabin, Dwight May  US polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1883-1884 _1843-1902
Sabinian (also Sabinianus)  It. pope 604-606 _5XX-606
Sabri, Hasan, Pasha  Egyptian polit.; prime min. of Egypt 1940 _1879-1940
Sacajawea (also Sacagawea, Sakajawea)  Shoshone guide & interpreter with Lewis & Clark expedition _1787?-1812
Saccheri, Girolamo  It. math. _1667-1733
Sacco, Nicola  It. anarchist radical in US; executed with Bartolomeo Vanzetti _1891-1927
Sachar, Abram Leon  US educator; founder & 1st pres. of Brandeis Univ. 1948-1968 _1899-1993
Sacher-Masoch, Leopold von  Aus. aut. & pervert; source of word "masochism" _1836-1895
Sachs, Hans  Ger. aut. & minstrel _1494-1576
Sachs, Jeffrey David  US economist & economic advisor _1954--
Sachs, [Leonie] Nelly  Ger.-Swed. poet; NP Lit. 1966 _1891-1970
Sacks, Oliver Wolf  Brit. neurologist _1933--
Sackville, Thomas (Earl of Dorset)  Eng. diplomat & poet _1536-1608
Sackville-West, Victoria Mary  Eng. aut. _1892-1962
Sadat, [Muhammad] Anwar [el-]  Egyptian polit.; pres. of Egypt 1970-1981; promoted peace with Israel; NP Peace 1978; assassinated _1918-1981
Sade, Donatien Alphonse Francois, Comte de (Marquis de Sade)  Fr. pervert; source of word "sadism" _1740-1814
Sadi-Carnot, Marie Francois  Fr. polit.; pres. of France 1887-1894; assassinated _1837-1894
Sadi-Carnot, Nicolas Leonard  Fr. phys.; studied heat & thermodynamics _1796-1832
Sadler, Barry  US singer, soldier, & songwriter _1940?-1989
Sadoveanu, Mihai  Romanian Communist polit.; acting 1st pres. of Romania 1947-1948 _1880-1961
Saenz [Pena], Luis  Argentine polit.; pres. of Argentina 1892-1895; father of Roque Saenz Pena _1822-1907
Saenz [Pena], Roque  Argentine polit.; pres. of Argentina 1910-1914; son of Luis Saenz Pena _1851-1914
Safire, William  US columnist, language authority, & speechwriter; wrote column collections "Safire's Political Dictionary" 1968, "On Language" 1980, "You Could Look It Up" 1988 _1929--
Sagan, Carl Edward  US astronomer & popularizer of astronomy; wrote "The Dragons of Eden" 1977, "Broca's Brain" 1979, "Cosmos" 1980, "Contact" 1985 _1934--
Sagan, Francoise (pseud. of Francoise Quoirez)  Fr. aut.; wrote novel "Bonjour, Tristesse" 1954; youngest writer to have a number one New York Times bestseller 1954 _1935--
Sage, Russell  US financier _1816-1906
Sa'id, Muhammad, Pasha  Egyptian polit.; prime min. of Egypt 1910-1914, 1919 _18XX-1928
Saint Clair, Arthur (also Arthur St. Clair)  US (Scot.-born) gen. & polit.; pres. of Continental Congress 1787-1788; 1st gov. of Northwest territory 1789-1802 _1734-1818
Saint Denis, Ruth (also Ruth St. Denis)  US dancer _1878-1968
Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin  Fr. critic _1804-1869
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus  US (Irish-born) monument sculptor _1848-1907
Saint James, Susan (orig. Susan Miller)  US television actress; starred in series "McMillan and Wife" 1971-1976, "Kate and Allie" 1984-1989 _1946--
Saint-John Perse (pseud. of Marie Rene Auguste Alexis Saint-Leger Leger)  Fr. poet; NP Lit. 1960 _1887-1975
Saint-Just, Louis Antoine Leon de  Fr. polit. & revolutionary with Robespierre _1767-1794
Saint Laurent, Louis Stephen  Can. polit.; prime min. of Canada 1948-1957 _1882-1973
Saint-Laurent, Yves  Fr. fashion designer _1936--
Saint-Saens, [Charles] Camille  Fr. composer _1835-1921
Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman  Eng. critic _1845-1933
Saint-Simon, Comte de (Claude Henri de Rouvroy)  Fr. socialist _1760-1825
Saint-Simon, Duc de (Louis de Rouvroy)  Fr. polit. & soldier _1675-1755
Sainonji, Kimmochi  Japanese polit. & prince; prime min. of Japan 1906-1908, 1911-1912 _1849-1940
Saito, Makoto, Viscount (Minoru Saito)  Japanese adm. & polit.; Japanese gov-gen. of Korea 1919-1927, 1929-1931; prime min. of Japan 1932-1934; assassinated by rebels in February 26th Incident (also Niniroku Jiken) _1858-1936
Sajak, Pat  US television game show host; hosted show "Wheel of Fortune" 1981-- _1947--
Sajjad, Wasim  Pakistani polit.; acting pres. of Pakistan 1993 _19XX--
Sakharov, Andrei Dmitriyevich  Rus. dissident & phys.; NP Peace 1975 _1921-1989
Sakmann, Bert  Ger. biologist; co-developed patch-clamp technique; NP Med. 1991 _1942--
Sakurai, Jun John (J. J. Sakurai)  Japanese phys. & textbook aut. in US; wrote textbooks "Advanced Quantum Mechanics" 1967, "Modern Quantum Mechanics" 1994 _1933-1982
Saladin (Salah-al-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub)  Arab conqueror; sultan of Egypt 1171-1193 _1138-1193
Salal, Abdullah al- (also 'Abdullah al-Sallal)  Yemeni gen., polit., reformer, & revolutionary; 1st pres. of N. Yemen 1962-1967; overthrown _1920?-1994
Salam, Abdus  Pakistani phys. in Britain; NP Phys. 1979 _1926--
Salan, Raoul Albin Louis  Fr. gen.; leader of Organisation de l'Armee Secrete _1899-1984
Salandra, Antonio  It. polit.; prime min. of Italy 1914-1916 _1853-1931
Salant, Richard  US broadcasting businessman _1914-1993
Salazar, Antonio de Oliveira  Port. dictator, economist, & polit.; prime min. of Portugal 1932-1968; acting pres. of Portugal 1951 _1889-1970
Saleh, Ali Abdullah  Yemeni army officer & polit.; last pres. of N. Yemen 1978-1990; pres. of Yemen 1990-- _1942?--
Sales, Soupy (orig. Milton Hines)  US comedian _1926--
Salgar, Eustorgio  Colombian gen. & polit.; pres. of Colombia 1870-1872 _1831-1885
Salieri, Antonio  It. composer; nemesis of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; subject of poem "Mozart and Salieri", movie "Amadeus" 1984 _1750-1825
Salim, Salim Ahmed  Tanzanian diplomat & polit.; prime min. of Tanzania 1984-1985; secy-gen. of Organization of African Unity 1989-- (OAU) _1942--
Salinas [de Gortari], Carlos  Mex. polit.; Mex. budget & planning minister 1982-1987; pres. of Mexico 1988-- _1948--
Salinger, Jerome David (J. D. Salinger)  US nov. & short story aut.; wrote novels "Catcher in the Rye" 1951, "Franny and Zooey" 1961, short story collection "Nine Stories" 1953 _1919--
Salinger, Pierre Emil George  US journalist; White House press secretary 1961-1964 _1925--
Salisbury, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoigne Cecil, Marquis of  Brit. polit.; Brit. foreign secy. 1878-1880, 1885-1886, 1887-1892, 1895-1900; Brit. prime min. 1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895-1902 _1830-1903
Salk, Jonas Edward  US physician; discovered polio vaccine _1914--
Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus)  Rom. historian & polit. _086b?-034b?
Salmeron [y Alonso], Nicolas  Sp. polit.; pres. of Spain 1873 _1838-1908
Salomon, Haym  US (Pol.-born) merchant _1740-1785
Salote Tupou  queen of Tonga 1918-1965; daughter of George Tupou II _1900-1965
Saltonstall, Leverett  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1939-1945; Senate minority whip 1949-1953, 1955-1957; chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee 1953-1955; Senate majority whip 1953-1955 _1892-1979
Samaranch [Torello], Juan Antonio (Marques de Samaranch)  Sp. diplomat & sports admin.; Sp. ambassador to Soviet Union 1977-1980; pres. of International Olympic Committee 1980-- (IOC) _1920--
Samarski-Bykhovets, V. E. (Colonel von Samarski)  Rus. mining engineer; source of word "samarium" _1803-1870
Sambuu, Jamtsarangiyen  Mongolian Communist polit.; pres. of Mongolia 1954-1972 _1895-1972
Samford, John Alexander  US air force gen.; director of National Security Agency 1956-1960 (NSA) _1905?--
Sammut, Robert  Maltese songwriter; composed Maltese national anthem "Innu Malta" (also "Hymn of Malta"; adopted 1941) _1870-1934
Samper [Pizano], Ernesto  Colombian polit.; pres. of Colombia 1994-- _19XX--
Sampras, Peter (Pete)  US tennis player _1971--
Samsonov, Alexander  Rus. gen.; invaded E. Prussia in World War I; defeated at battle of Tannenberg 1914; suicide _1859-1914
Samuel, Bernard  US polit.; mayor of Philadelphia 1941-1952 _1880-1954
Samuelson, Paul Anthony  US economist; NP Econ. 1970 _1915--
Samuelsson, Bengt Ingemar  Swed. biochem.; NP Med. 1982 _1934--
Sanchez, Luis Alberto  Peruvian aut., historian, & polit.; helped found Apra movement; prime min. of Peru 1989-1990 _1900-1994
Sanchez de Lozada [Bustamente], Gonzalo  Bolivian polit.; pres. of Bolivia 1993-- _1931--
Sancho I (Sancho el Poplador)  Port. king 1185-1211; son of Afonso I _1154-1211
Sancho II  Port. king 1223-1245; deposed; son of Afonso II _1207-1248
Sanclemente, Manuel Antonio  Colombian polit.; pres. of Colombia 1898-1900 _1814-1902
Sancroft, William  Eng. nonjuror & prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1678-1690; deposed _1617-1693
Sand, George (pseud. of Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, Baronne Dudevant)  Fr. aut. _1804-1876
Sand, Karl Ludwig  Ger. radical; assassin of August von Kotzebue _1795-1819
Sandburg, Carl  US biographer & poet; wrote poetry collections "Chicago Poems" 1916, "Cornhuskers" 1918, "Good Morning, America" 1928, "The People, Yes" 1936, 6-volume biography "Abraham Lincoln" 1926-1939 _1878-1967
Sandeman, Robert  Scot. religious leader; eponym of Sandemanian sect; son-in-law of John Glas _1718-1771
Sanders, Everett  US polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1932-1934 _1882-1950
Sanders, Harland David (Colonel Sanders)  US restaurant businessman; founded Kentucky Fried Chicken 1956 _1890-1980
Sandiford, [Lloyd] Erskine  Barbados polit.; prime min. of Barbados 1987-- _1937--
Sandino, Augusto Cesar  Nicaraguan revolutionary; executed; eponym of Sandinista Liberation Front rebel group _1896-1934
Sanfluentes [Andonaegui], Juan Luis  Chilean polit.; pres. of Chile 1915-1920 _1858-1930
Sanford, Edward Terry  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1923-1930 _1865-1930
Sanford, Nathan (orig. Nathan Sandford)  US polit.; Dem.-Rep. vice-pres. cand. 1824 _1777-1838
Sanford, Terry  US educator & Dem. polit.; gov. of N. Carolina 1961-1965; pres. of Duke Univ. 1969-1985; Senator from N. Carolina 1986-1993 _1917--
Sangallo, Giuliano da  It. Florentine architect & sculptor _1445?-1516
Sanger, Frederick  Brit. biochem.; NP Chem. 1958; NP Chem. 1980 _1918--
Sanger, Margaret (nee Higgins)  US birth control advocate; founded National Birth Control League 1914 _1883-1966
Sangster, Donald Burns, Sir  Jamaican polit.; prime min. of Jamaica 1967 _1911-1967
Sanjines, Jose Ignacio de  Bolivian jurist & patriot; wrote Bolivian national anthem 1842 (adopted 1842) _1786-1864
Sankara, Thomas  Upper Volta-Burkinabe army officer & polit.; head of state of Upper Volta 1983-1987; changed name of Upper Volta to Burkina Faso 1984; overthrown & killed _1948-1987
San Martin, Jose Francisco de  S. American hero & polit.; liberated Argentina, Chile, & Peru; head of state of Peru 1821-1822; 1st head of state of independent Peru _1778-1850
Sansom, Art  US cartoonist; created The Born Loser _1920-1991
Sansovino, Andrea (orig. Andrea Andrea)  It. sculptor _1460-1529
Sansovino, Jacopo (orig. Jacopo Tatti)  It. sculptor _1486-1570
Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de (also Santa Ana)  Mex. gen. & polit.; pres. of Mexico 1833-1835, 1841-1845, 1846-1847, 1853-1855 _1797-1876
Santa Maria [y Gonzalez], Domingo  Chilean polit.; pres. of Chile 1881-1886 _1825-1889
Santander, Francisco de Paula  Colombian gen. & polit. _1792-1840
Santayana, George  US (Sp.-born) philos. _1863-1952
Santer, Jacques  Luxembourg polit.; prime min. of Luxembourg 1984-- _1937--
Santillana, Marques de (Inigo Lopez de Mendoza)  Sp. poet _1398-1458
Santos, Jorge  Panamanian songwriter; composed Panamanian national anthem "Himno Istmeno" _1870-1941
Santos [Montejo], Eduardo  Colombian polit.; pres. of Colombia 1938-1942 _1888-1974
Santos-Dumont, Alberto  Fr. (Brazilian-born) aviator _1873-1932
Saouma, Edouard  Lebanese admin.; director-general of Food & Agriculture Organization 1976-- (FAO) _1926--
Saperstein, Abraham (Abe; Little Caesar)  US (Eng.-born) basketball coach; founded Harlem Globetrotters 1927 _1903-1966
Sapir, Edward  US (Ger.-born) anthropologist & linguist; co-developer & co-eponym of Whorf-Sapir hypothesis _1884-1939
Sappho (the Tenth Muse)  Gk. lyric poet on Lesbos _6XXb
Saracco, Giuseppe  It. polit.; prime min. of Italy 1900-1901 _1821-1907
Saragat, Giuseppe  It. polit.; It. foreign minister 1963-1964; pres. of Italy 1964-1971 _1898-1988
Sarah (Sarah Margaret Ferguson; Fergie; Duchess of York)  Brit. wife of Prince Andrew 1986 _1959--
Sarandon, Susan Abigail (nee Tomaling)  US movie actress; starred in movies "The Witches of Eastwick" 1987, "Bull Durham" 1988, "Thelma and Louise" 1991, "Lorenzo's Oil" 1992 _1946--
Sarazen, Gene (orig. Gene Saraceni)  US golfer _1902--
Sarbanes, Paul Spyros  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Maryland 1977-- _1933--
Sardou, Victorien  Fr. dram. _1831-1908
Sargent, Dick (orig. Richard Cox)  US television actor; starred in series "Bewitched" 1969-1972 _1930-1994
Sargent, Francis Williams  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1969-1975 _1915--
Sargent, John Garibaldi  US admin.; Atty. Gen. 1925-1929 _1860-1939
Sargent, John Singer  US (It.-born) portrait painter _1856-1925
Sargon I (also Sharru-kenu I, Sharrukin I)  Akkadian conqueror; king of Babylon _2XXXb
Sargon II (also Sharru-kenu II, Sharrukin II)  Assyrian conqueror; king of Assyria 722b-705b _7XXb-705b
Sarit Thanarat  Thai marshal & polit.; prime min. of Thailand 1957, 1958-1963 _1909-1963
Sarkis, Elias  Lebanese Maronite Christian polit.; pres. of Lebanon 1976-1982 _1924-1985
Sarkotic-Lovcen, Stefan von, Freiherr  Aus. admin.; last Aus. gov. of Bosnia & Herzegovina 1915-1918 _1858-1939
Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino  Argentine polit.; pres. of Argentina 1868-1874 _1811-1888
Sarney, Jose  Brazilian polit.; pres. of Brazil 1985-1990 _1930--
Sarnoff, David  US broadcasting industrialist; founded NBC 1926; pres. of RCA 1930-1947; CEO of RCA 1947-1966; chairman of RCA 1949-1971 _1891-1971
Saroyan, William  US aut. _1908-1981
Sarto, Andrea del (orig. Andrea Domenico d'Agnolo di Francesco)  It. Florentine painter _1486-1531
Sarton, George Alfred Leon  US (Belgian-born) historian of science _1884-1956
Sartre, Jean Paul Charles Aymard  Fr. aut. & existentialist philos.; wrote "Nausea" 1939, "Being and Nothingness" 1943, "No Exit" 1944 (also "Huis Clos"), "The Flies" 1948, "Dirty Hands" 1948; declined NP Lit. 1964 _1905-1980
Sartzetakis, Christos  Gk. polit.; pres. of Greece 1985-1990; acting prime min. of Greece 1989 _1929--
Sasser, James Ralph (Jim)  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Tennessee 1977--; chairman of Senate Budget Committee 1989-- _1936--
Sassoon, Siegfried Lorraine  Eng. poet _1886-1967
Sassou-Nguesso, Denis  Brazzaville-Congolese army officer & polit.; pres. of Congo 1979-- _1943--
Satie, Erik (Alfred Erikit Leslie-Satie)  Fr. composer _1866-1925
Sato, Eisaku  Japanese polit.; prime min. of Japan 1964-1972; NP Peace 1974 _1901-1975
Saulnier, Raymond Joseph (Steve)  US economist; chairman of Council of Economic Advisors 1956-1961 _1908--
Saulsbury, Willard Jr.  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1916-1919 _1861-1927
Saussure, Ferdinand de  Swi. linguist; pioneer of semiotics _1857-1913
Sauve, Jeanne Mathilde (nee Benoit)  Can. polit.; gov-gen. of Canada 1984-1990 _1922-1993
Savage, Fred  US actor; starred in series "The Wonder Years" 1988-1993 _1976--
Savage, Michael Joseph  New Zealand (Austr.-born) polit.; prime min. of New Zealand 1935-1940 _1872-1940
Savage, Richard  Eng. poet _1697?-1743
Savalas, Aristotle (Telly)  US actor; starred in movies "Birdman of Alcatraz" 1962, "The Greatest Story Ever Told" 1965, series "Kojak" 1973-1978, 1989-1990 _1926-1994
Savang Vatthana  king of Laos 1959-1975; abdicated _1907-1981?
Savimbi, Jonas Malheiro  Angolan revolutionary leader; founder & pres. of UNITA rebel group 1966-- _1934--
Savitskaya, Svetlana Yevgenyevna  Rus. Soviet cosmonaut; 2nd woman in space 1982; 1st woman to walk in space 1984 _1948--
Savonarola, Girolamo  It. polit. & religious reformer; preached against corruption; executed _1452-1498
Savore, Joseph Paul  Can. Quebecois polit.; premier of Quebec 1959-1960 _1907-1960
Sawchuk, Terrance Gordon (Terry)  US (Can.-born) hockey player _1929-1970
Saw Maung  Myanmarese dictator, gen., & polit.; head of state of Myanmar 1988-1992; changed name of Burma to Myanmar 1989 _1928--
Sawyer, Amos  Liberian polit.; acting pres. of Liberia 1990-- _19XX--
Sawyer, Charles  US admin.; Secy. of Commerce 1948-1953 _1887-1939
Sawyer, John Edward  US economic historian & educator; pres. of Williams College 1961-1973; pres. of Anrew W. Mellon Foundation 1975-1987 _1917--
Sax, Antoine Joseph (Adolphe)  Belgian inventor of musical instruments; inventor & eponym of saxophone _1814-1894
Saxbe, William Bart  US diplomat; Atty. Gen. 1973-1974; US ambassador to India 1975-1976 _1916--
Saxe, Hermann Maurice  Fr. (Ger.-born) marshal _1696-1750
Saxo Grammaticus  Danish historian _1150?-1220?
Say, Jean Baptiste  Fr. economist _1767-1832
Say, Jean Baptiste Leon  Fr. economist; son of Jean Baptiste Say _1826-1896
Sayam, Abu's-Sa'dat Muhammad  Bangladeshi polit.; military head of state of Bangladesh 1975-1977; prime min. of Bangladesh 1975-1976 _1916--
Sayers, Dorothy Leigh  Eng. mystery aut. _1893-1957
Sayers, Gale Eugene  US football player; running back for Chicago Bears 1965-1972 _1943--
Sayers, Joseph Draper  US polit.; gov. of Texas 1899-1903 _1841-1929
Sayre, Francis Bowes  US admin.; last US high commissioner of Philippines 1939-1941; son-in-law of Woodrow Wilson _1885-1972
Sayyab, Badr Shaker al-  Iraqi poet _1926-1964
Sazonov, Sergei Dmitriyevich  Rus. diplomat; Rus. foreign minister 1910-1916 _1861-1927
Scalfaro, Oscar Luigi  It. polit.; pres. of Italy 1992-- _1918--
Scali, John Alfred  US diplomat & journalist; US ambassador to UN 1973-1975 _1918--
Scalia, Antonin  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1986-- _1936--
Scaliger, Joseph Justus  Fr. chronologer & scholar _1540-1609
Scaliger, Julius Caesar  It. physician; father of Joseph Scaliger _1484-1558
Scanderbeg (also Iskander Bey; orig. George Castriota)  Albanian hero & nationalist _1403?-1468
Scanlen, Thomas Charles  Brit. admin. in S. Africa; premier of Cape Colony 1881-1884 _1834-1912
Scarlatti, [Pietro] Alessandro [Gaspare]  It. composer; father of modern opera _1659-1725
Scarlatti, [Giuseppe] Domenico  It. composer & musician; son of Alessandro Scarlatti _1685-1757
Scarron, Paul  Fr. aut. _1610-1660
Scarry, Richard McClure  US juvenile aut. & illustrator in Switzerland; wrote "What Do People Do All Day" 1968 _1919-1994
Scelba, Mario  It. polit.; prime min. of Italy 1954-1955 _1905-1991
Schacht, [Horace Greeley] Hjalmar  Ger. financier & Nazi admin. _1877-1970
Schaefer, Vincent Joseph  US chem.; invented cloud seeding 1946 _1906-1993
Schaefer, William Donald  US polit.; mayor of Baltimore 1971-1987; gov. of Maryland 1987-- _1921--
Schaerer, Eduardo  Paraguayan polit.; pres. of Paraguay 1912-1916 _1873-1941
Schafer, Edward  US polit.; gov. of N. Dakota 1993-- _1946--
Schaffer, Fritz (also Fritz Schaeffer)  W. Ger. admin.; 1st W. Ger. finance minister 1949-1957 _1888-1967
Schally, Andrew Victor  Can.-US (Pol.-born) biochem.; NP Med. 1977 _1926--
Scharf, Adolf (also Adolf Schaerf)  Aus. polit.; pres. of Austria 1957-1965 _1890-1965
Scharnhorst, Gerhard Johann David von  Ger. gen. _1755-1813
Scharping, Rudolf  Ger. polit.; minister-pres. of Rhineland-Palatinate 1991-1994; leader of Social Democratic Party 1993-- _1947--
Scharwenka, Philipp  Ger. composer & pianist; brother of Xaver Scharwenka _1847-1917
Scharwenka, Xaver  Ger. composer & pianist; brother of Philipp Scharwenka _1850-1924
Schaudinn, Fritz  Ger. protozoologist; co-discovered syphilis spirochete Treponema pallidum 1905 _1871-1906
Schaw, William  Scot. Freemason; founded Scottish Rite Freemasonry _1550?-1602
Schawlow, Arthur Leonard  US phys.; NP Phys. 1981 _1921--
Schechter, Solomon  US (Romanian-born) Talmudic scholar & Coservative Jewish leader; founded United Synagogue of America 1913 _1847-1915
Scheel, Walter  W. Ger. diplomat & polit.; W. Ger. foreign minister 1969-1974; pres. of W. Germany 1974-1979 _1919--
Scheele, Karl Wilhelm  Swed. chem.; discovered elements barium, manganese, oxygen _1742-1786
Scheer, Reinhard  Ger. adm. in World War I; fought battle of Jutland 1916 _1863-1928
Scheidemann, Philipp  Ger. polit.; minister-president of Germany 1919; 1st head of government of Weimar Rep. _1865-1939
Schell, Augustus  US polit.; chairman of Dem. National Committee 1872-1876 _1812-1884
Schellenberg, Walter  Ger. Nazi espionage admin. _1910-1952
Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von  Ger. Romantic philos. _1775-1854
Schenck, Nicholas  US (Rus.-born) movie producer; founded MGM Studios _1881-1969
Schenk, Christian  E. Ger. track athlete; won gold medal in Olympic decathlon 1988 _1965--
Scherer, James Augustin Brown  US educator; pres. of California Institute of Technology 1908-1920 _1870-1944
Schermerhorn, Willem  Dutch polit.; prime min. of Netherlands 1945-1946; 1st to bear title of prime min. _1894-1977
Schiaparelli, Elsa  US fashion designer _1890-1973
Schiaparelli, Giovanni Virginio  It. astronomer _1835-1910
Schick, Bela  US (Hung.-born) physician; eponym of Schick test for diphtheria _1877-1967
Schick [Gutierrez], Rene  Nicaraguan polit.; pres. of Nicaragua 1963-1966 _1909-1966
Schickele, Peter (pseud. P. D. Q. Bach)  US composer, musician, & satirist _1935--
Schifrin, Lalo  US (Argentine-born) composer; composed theme of series "Mission: Impossible" 1966 _1932--
Schiller, [Johann Christoph] Friedrich von  Ger. dram. & poet; wrote plays "The Robbers" 1781, "Don Carlos" 1887, "William Tell" 1804, trilogy "Wallenstein" 1796, poem "Ode to Joy" (also "An die Freude") _1759-1805
Schindler, Oskar  Pol. (Czechoslovakian-born) humanitarian & armaments manufacturer; protected Jews from Holocaust in World War II; subject of movie "Schindler's List" 1993 _1908-1974
Schirach, Baldur von  Ger. Nazi polit.; founder & leader of Hitler Youth _1907-1974
Schirra, Walter Marty Jr. (Wally)  US astronaut; member of original Mercury 7 _1923--
Schlaet, Arnold  US oil industrialist; co-founded Texaco Inc. 1902 _1859-1946
Schlafly, Phyllis (nee Stewart)  US anti-feminist activist & commentator; founded Eagle Forum 1975; wrote "The Power of the Positive Woman" 1977 _1924--
Schlegel, August Wilhelm von  Ger. critic & translator _1767-1845
Schlegel, Friedrich von  Ger. Romantic philos.; brother of August Schlegel _1772-1829
Schleicher, Kurt von  Ger. gen. & polit.; Ger. defense minister 1932-1933; last pre-Nazi chancellor of Germany 1932-1933; resigned; murdered _1882-1934
Schleiden, Matthias Jakob  Ger. botanist; co-discovered cell theory independently of Theodor Schwann _1804-1881
Schleiermacher, Friedrich Ernst Daniel  Ger. Protestant theol.; wrote "The Christian Faith" 1821-1822 (also "Der christliche Glaube"); father of modern Protestant theology _1768-1834
Schlesinger, Arthur Meier  US historian _1888-1965
Schlesinger, Arthur Meier Jr.  US historian; wrote "The Age of Jackson" 1945, "A Thousand Days" 1965, "The Imperial Presidency" 1973, "The Disuniting of America" 1991; son of Arthur Schlesinger _1917--
Schlesinger, James Rodney  US admin.; chairman of Atomic Energy Commission 1971-1973; director of CIA 1973; Secy. of Defense 1973-1975; 1st Secy. of Energy 1977-1979 _1929--
Schley, Winfield Scott  US adm. _1839-1909
Schleyer, Johann Martin  Ger. linguist; devised artificial language Volapuk 1879 _1831-1912
Schlieffen, Alfred, Graf von  Ger. marshal; deviser & eponym of Schlieffen Plan 1905 in case of simultaneous war with France & Russia _1833-1913
Schliemann, Heinrich  Ger. archaeologist; excavated Troy _1822-1890
Schluter, Poul Holmskov  Danish polit.; prime min. of Denmark 1982-1993; resigned _1929--
Schmeling, Maximilian (Max)  Ger. boxer; heavyweight boxing champion 1930-1932 _1905--
Schmidt, Benno Charles Jr.  US educator & lawyer; pres. of Yale Univ. 1986-1992 _1942--
Schmidt, Helmut  W. Ger. polit.; W. Ger. defense minister 1969-1972; W. Ger. finance minister 1972-1974; chancellor of W. Germany 1974-1982; acting W. Ger. foreign minister 1982 _1918--
Schmidt, Michael Jack (Mike)  US baseball player; played for Philadelphia Phillies 1972-1989 _1949--
Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl  Ger. painter & printmaker; member of Die Brucke _1884-1976
Schmoke, Kurt  US polit.; mayor of Baltimore 1987-- _1949--
Schnabel, Artur  Aus. composer & pianist _1882-1951
Schneerson, Dov Baer  Rus.-Ukrainian Lubavitcher (Habad) Hasidic Jewish rabbi; 2nd Rebbe of Lubavitch Hasidim 1813-1827; son of Schneur Zalman _1773-1827
Schneerson, Joseph Isaac  Ukrainian-US Lubavitcher (Habad) Hasidic Jewish rabbi; 6th Rebbe of Lubavitch Hasidim 1920-1950; brought Habad to US; son of Shalom Dov Baer Schneerson _1880-1950
Schneerson, Judah Lieb  Ukrainian Habad Hasidic Jewish rabbi; founder & 1st leader of Kopys Hasidim 1866; son of Menachem Mendel Schneerson _1811-1866
Schneerson, Menachem Mendel  Ukrainian Lubavitcher (Habad) Hasidic Jewish rabbi; 3rd Rebbe of Lubavitch Hasidim 1827-1866; grandson of Schneur Zalman; son-in-law of Dov Baer Schneerson _1789-1866
Schneerson, Menachem Mendel  US (Ukrainian-born) Lubavitcher (Habad) Hasidic Jewish rabbi & religious leader; 7th Rebbe of Lubavitch Hasidim 1951-1994; son-in-law of Joseph Isaac Schneerson _1902-1994
Schneerson, Samuel  Ukrainian Lubavitcher (Habad) Hasidic Jewish rabbi; 4th Rebbe of Lubavitch Hasidim 1866-1882; son of Menachem Mendel Schneerson _1834-1882
Schneerson, Shalom Dov Baer  Ukrainian Lubavitcher (Habad) Hasidic Jewish rabbi; 5th Rebbe of Lubavitch Hasidim 1882-1920; founded 1st Hasidic yeshiva 1897; son of Samuel Schneerson _1866-1920
Schneerson, Solomon Zalman  Ukrainian Habad Hasidic Jewish rabbi; 2nd leader of Kopys Hasidim 1866-1900; son of Judah Lieb Schneerson _1830-1900
Schnitzler, Arthur  Aus. dram., nov., & physician _1862-1931
Schober, Johann  Aus. polit.; chancellor of Austria 1921-1922, 1929-1930; Aus. foreign minister 1930-1932 _1874-1932
Schoelcher, Victor  Fr. abolitionist, journalist, & polit.; leading Fr. advocate of abolition; drafted decree abolishing slavery in Fr. colonies 1848 _1804-1893
Schoeman, Stephanus (also Stefanus Schoeman)  S. African Boer gen. & polit.; last head of state of Zoutpansberg 1854-1858; acting pres. of Transvaal 1860-1863 _1810-1890
Schofield, John McAllister  US gen.; Secy. of War 1868-1869 _1831-1906
Scholem, Gershom Gerhard  Ger. Jewish scholar; studied cabala _1897-1982
Scholl, William (Dr. Scholl)  US businessman & podiatrist; founder & eponym of Scholl Manufacturing Co. 1908 _1882-1968
Schonberg, Arnold Franz Walter (also Arnold Schoenberg)  US (Aus.-born) composer of atonal serial music _1874-1951
Schooten, Frans van (the Younger)  Dutch math. & popularizer of analytic geometry _16XX
Schopenhauer, Arthur  Ger. philos.; wrote "The World as Will and Idea", "On the Will to Nature" 1836 _1788-1860
Schramm, Texas Edward (Tex)  US football admin.; founder & 1st manager of Dallas Cowboys 1960-1989 _1920--
Schrank, John Fleming  US (Ger.-born) attempted assassin of Theodore Roosevelt 1912 _1876-1943
Schreiber, Walter  Ger. polit.; mayor of W. Berlin 1953-1955 _1884-1958
Schreiner, Olive Emily Albertina (pseud. Ralph Iron)  Brit.-S. African nov.; wrote novel "The Story of an African Farm" 1883; sister of William Schreiner _1855-1920
Schreiner, William Philip  Brit. admin. in S. Africa; premier of Cape Colony 1898-1900; brother of Olive Schreiner _1857-1919
Schreyer, Edward Richard  Can. polit.; gov-gen. of Canada 1979-1984 _1935--
Schrieffer, John Robert  US phys.; with John Bardeen & Leon Cooper, developed BCS model of superconductivity; NP Phys. 1972 _1931--
Schroder, Gerhard (also Gerhard Schroeder)  W. Ger. diplomat; W. Ger. interior minister 1953-1961; W. Ger. foreign minister 1961-1966; W. Ger. defense minister 1966-1969 _1910--
Schroder, Louise (also Louise Schroeder)  Ger. polit.; last mayor of Berlin 1947-1948; 1st mayor of W. Berlin 1948-1949 _1887-1957
Schrodinger, Erwin (also Erwin Schroedinger)  Aus. phys.; discoverer & eponym of Schrodinger's equation; NP Phys. 1933 _1887-1961
Schroeder, Patricia (Pat; nee Scott)  US polit. _1940--
Schubert, Franz Peter  Aus. composer _1797-1828
Schulthess, Edmund  Swi. polit.; pres. of Switzerland 1917, 1921, 1928, 1933 _1868-1944
Schultz, Theodore William  US economist; NP Econ. 1979 _1902--
Schultze, Charles Louis  US economist; director of Bureau of Budget 1965-1968; chairman of Council of Economic Advisors 1977-1981 _1924--
Schulz, Charles Monroe  US cartoonist; created Peanuts 1950 _1922--
Schumacher, Kurt  Ger. polit.; leader of Social Democrat Party _1895-1952
Schuman, Robert  Fr. diplomat & polit.; prime min. of France 1947-1948, 1948; Fr. foreign minister 1948-1953; founded European Coal & Steel Community; 1st pres. of European Parliament 1958-1960 _1886-1963
Schuman, William Howard  US composer; 1st recipient of Pulitzer Prize for music 1943 _1910-1992
Schumann, Clara Josephine (nee Wieck)  Ger. pianist; wife of Robert Schumann 1840 _1819-1896
Schumann, Robert Alexander  Ger. Romantic composer _1810-1856
Schumann-Heink, Ernestine (nee Roessler)  US (Aus.-born) contralto singer _1861-1936
Schumer, Charles Ellis  US Dem. polit.; introduced Brady Bill into House of Representatives 1993 _1950--
Schumpeter, Joseph Alois  US (Czechoslovakian-born) economist _1883-1950
Schurman, Jacob Gould  US (Can.-born) diplomat, educator, & philos.; pres. of Cornell Univ. 1892-1920 _1854-1942
Schurz, Carl  US (Ger.-born) gen. & polit.; Secy. of Interior 1877-1881 _1829-1906
Schuschnigg, Kurt von  Aus. polit.; chancellor of Austria 1934-1938; unsuccessfully opposed Anschluss; overthrown by Nazi invasion _1897-1977
Schutz, Heinrich (also Sagittarius)  Ger. composer; composed "Psalms of David" 1619, opera "Dafne" (1st Ger. opera), "Christmas Oratorio" 1664 _1585-1672
Schuyler, Philip John  US gen. & polit. _1733-1804
Schwab, Charles  US steel businessman; 1st pres. of U.S. Steel Corp. 1901-1903; 1st pres. of Bethlehem Steel Corp. 1905-1916; chairman of Bethlehem Steel Corp. 1905-1939 _1862-1939
Schwann, Theodor  Ger. anatomist & physiologist; father of cell theory _1810-1882
Schwartz, Laurent  Fr. math.; studied theory of distributions; Fields Medal 1950 _1915--
Schwartz, Melvin  US phys.; co-discovered muon neutrino; NP Phys. 1988 _1932--
Schwarz, Hermann Amandus  Ger. math.; co-eponym of Cauchy-Schwarz inequality & Schwarz-Christoffel transformation _1853-1921
Schwarzenegger, Arnold Alois  US (Aus.-born) bodybuilder & movie actor; starred in movies "Conan the Barbarian" 1981, "The Terminator" 1984, "Predator" 1987, "Twins" 1988, "Total Recall" 1990, "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" 1991 _1947--
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman (Stormin' Norman)  US gen.; led forces in Gulf War _1934--
Schwarzschild, Karl  Ger. astronomer; eponym of Schwarzschild radius _1873-1916
Schwebel, Stephen Myron  US jurist; US judge on World Court 1981-- _1929--
Schweiker, Richard Schultz  US polit.; Secy. of HHS 1981-1983 _1926--
Schweitzer, Albert  Fr. missionary, musicologist, philos., & physician; NP Peace 1952 _1875-1965
Schwellenbach, Lewis Baxter  US polit.; Secy. of Labor 1945-1948 _1894-1948
Schwerin [von Krosigk], Johann Ludwig, Graf  Ger. Nazi polit.; last Nazi Ger. finance minister 1932-1945; last Nazi chancellor of Germany 1945; last Nazi Ger. foreign minister 1945 _1887-1977
Schwinger, Julian Seymour  US phys.; NP Phys. 1965 _1918-1994
Scipio Africanus (Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus; Scipio the Elder)  Rom. gen. in 2nd Punic War; won battle of Zama 202b _237b-183b
Scipio Africanus Minor (Scipio the Younger; Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus)  Rom. gen. against Carthage; adopted grandson of Scipio the Elder _185b-129b
Scobee, [Francis] Richard (Dick)  US astronaut; died in explosion of space shuttle Challenger _1939-1986
Scobell, Henry Jenner  Brit. admin. & gen. in S. Africa; last acting gov. of Cape Colony 1909-1910 _18XX-1912
Scopes, John Thomas  US educator; found guilty in 1925 court case of teaching evolution _1900-1970
Scorsese, Martin  US movie director & screenwriter; directed movies "Taxi Driver" 1976, "Raging Bull" 1980, "The Color of Money" 1986, "The Last Temptation of Christ" 1988, "Cape Fear" 1991, "The Age of Innocence" 1993 _1942--
Scott, David Randolph  US astronaut _1932--
Scott, Dred  US slave; unsuccessful plaintiff in court case Dred Scott v. Sanford 1857 _1795-1858
Scott, George Campbell  US movie actor, director, & producer; starred in movie "Patton" 1970 _1927--
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir  Eng. architect _1811-1878
Scott, Hugh Doggett Jr.  US polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1948-1949; Senate minority whip 1969; Senate minority leader 1969-1977 _1900-1994
Scott, Hugh Lenox  US gen.; army chief of staff 1914-1917 _1853-1934
Scott, Jake  US football player; Super Bowl MVP 1973 _1945--
Scott, Paul Mark  Brit. nov. _1920-1975
Scott, Raymond  US bandleader, musical instrument inventor, & composer of cartoon music; pioneer of electronic music; invented Karloff & Clairvox _1909-1994
Scott, Ridley  Eng. movie director; directed movies "Alien" 1979, "Blade Runner" 1982, "Legend" 1985, "Black Rain" 1989, "Thelma and Louise" 1991 _1939--
Scott, Robert Falcon  Eng. Antarctic explorer _1868-1912
Scott, Tony  Eng. movie director; directed movies "Top Gun" 1986, "Days of Thunder" 1990, "The Last Boy Scout" 1991; brother of Ridley Scott _1944--
Scott, Walter, Sir  Scot. aut. & nov.; wrote "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" 1805, "The Lady of the Lake" 1810, novels "Waverley" 1814, "The Heart of Midlothian" 1818, "Ivanhoe" 1820, "Kenilworth" 1821 _1771-1832
Scott, Walter  Can. polit.; 1st premier of Saskatchewan 1905-1916 _18XX-1938
Scott, Winfield  US gen.; fought in War of 1812; led US army in Mexican War; captured Mexico city; Whig pres. cand. 1852; 1st general-in-chief of Union forces in Civil War 1861 _1786-1866
Scowcroft, Brent  US air force gen.; national security advisor 1975-1977, 1989-1993 _1925--
Scranton, William Warren  US diplomat & polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1963-1967; US ambassador to UN 1976-1977 _1917--
Scriabin, Alexander Nikolayevich (also Alexander Skryabin)  Rus. composer & pianist _1872-1915
Scribe, Augustin Eugene  Fr. dram. _1791-1861
Scudery, Madeleine de  Fr. socialite _1607-1701
Sculley, John  US computer & drink businessman; pres. & CEO of Pepsi-Cola Co. 1977-1983; pres. & CEO of Apple Computer Inc. 1983-1993; chairman of Apple Computer Inc. 1986-1993 _1939--
Scullin, James Henry  Austr. polit.; prime min. of Australia 1929-1932 _1876-1953
Seaborg, Glenn Theodore  US phys.; discovered elements americium, berkelium, californium, curium, plutonium; chancellor of Univ. of California at Berkeley 1958-1961; chairman of Atomic Energy Commission 1961-1971; NP Chem. 1951 _1912--
Seabury, Samuel  US bishop; 1st US Episcopal bishop 1784 _1729-1796
Seaga, Edward Philip George  Jamaican (US-born) polit.; prime min. of Jamaica 1980-1989 _1930--
Seagal, Steven  US movie actor; starred in movies "Above the Law" 1988, "Under Siege" 1992, "On Deadly Ground" 1994 _1951--
Seale, Bobby  US activist & black leader; co-founded Black Panther Party 1966 with Huey Newton _1936--
Seamans, Richard Channing Jr.  US admin. & aeronautical engineer; secy. of air force 1969-1973 _1918--
Searle, John  US cognitive sci. & philos.; wrote "The Campus War" 1972, "Minds, Brains and Science" 1984, "The Rediscovery of the Mind" 1992 _1932--
Sears, Barnas  US Baptist clergyman & educator; pres. of Brown Univ. 1855-1867 _1802-1880
Sears, Edmund  US Unitarian clergyman; wrote song "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" _1810-1876
Sears, Richard Warren  US businessman & merchant with Alvah Roebuck; issued 1st mail-order catalog 1887; co-founded Sears Roebuck 1893 _1863-1914
Seaton, Frederick Andrew  US newspaper publisher; Secy. of Interior 1956-1961 _1909-1974
Seattle  Suquamish chief _1786?-1866
Seaver, [George] Thomas (Tom)  US baseball player; pitcher for New York Mets 1967-1977, 1983-1984, Cincinnati Reds 1977-1982 _1944--
Sebastian  Rom. martyr & saint; patron saint of archers & athletes _2XX-288?
Sebastian (also Sebastiao)  Port. king 1557-1578; ruled under regency 1557-1568; grandson of John III _1554-1578
Sebe, Lennox  S. African-Ciskei polit.; 1st pres. of Ciskei 1981-1990; overthrown _1926--
Secchi, Angelo  It. astronomer; developed spectral classification of stars _1818-1878
Secgau, Botha Jongilizwe  S. African-Transkei polit.; 1st pres. of Transkei 1976-1978 _19XX-1978
Sedaka, Neil  US singer _1939--
Seddon, James  US-Confederate polit.; Confederate secy. of war 1862-1865 _1815-1880
Sedgwick, Theodore  US jurist & polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1798; Speaker of the House 1799-1801 _1746-1813
Seeckt, Hans von  Ger. gen. _1866-1936
Seeger, Alan  US poet _1888-1916
Seeiso  king of Basuto 1939-1940 (later Lesotho); son of Griffith _19XX-1940
Seelye, Laurenius Clark  US clergyman & educator; 1st pres. of Smith College 1873-1910 _1837-1924
Seferiades, Giorgios Stylianou (pseud. George Seferis)  Gk. diplomat & poet; NP Lit. 1963 _1900-1971
Segar, Elzie  US cartoonist; created Popeye 1929 _1894-1938
Segni, Antonio  It. polit.; prime min. of Italy 1955-1957, 1959-1960; It. foreign minister 1960-1962; pres. of Italy 1962-1964; resigned _1891-1972
Segovia, Andres  Sp. classical guitarist _1893-1987
Segre, Emilio Gino  US (It.-born) phys.; co-discovered antiproton with Owen Chamberlain; co-discovered element technetium 1937; NP Phys. 1959 _1905-1989
Seibou, Ali (also Ali Saibou)  Nigerien polit.; Nigerien defense minister 1987-1991; pres. of Niger 1989-1991 _19XX--
Seidel, Emil  US socialist polit.; mayor of Milwaukee 1910-1912; 1st US socialist mayor; Socialist vice-pres. cand. 1912 _1864-1947
Seifert, Jaroslav  Czechoslovakian poet; NP Lit. 1984 _1901-1986
Seinfeld, Jerry  US comedian & television actor; starred in series "Seinfeld" 1990-- _1954--
Seipel, Ignaz  Aus. polit.; chancellor of Austria 1922-1924, 1926-1929 _1876-1932
Seitz, Karl  Aus. polit.; 1st pres. of Austria 1919-1920 _1869-1950
Sejanus, Lucius Aelius  Rom. conspirator _0XXb-031
Seki Kowa (Seki Takakazu)  Japanese math.; father of Japanese mathematics _1642?-1708
Selberg, Atle  US (Norw.-born) math.; proved prime number theorem with using integral calculus 1948; Fields Medal 1950 _1917--
Selbourne, William Waldegrave Palmer, Earl of  Brit. admin. in S. Africa; gov. of Orange River Colony 1905-1907; last gov. of Transvaal 1906-1910 _1859-1942
Selden, George Baldwin  US inventor & lawyer _1846-1922
Selden, John  Eng. antiquarian & jurist _1584-1654
Seles, Monica  US (Yugoslavian-born) tennis player _1973--
Seleucus I Nicator  Macedonian gen. under Alexander; ruler of Babylon 321b-280b; ruler of Seleucid Empire 306b-280b _358b?-280b
Selfridge, Thomas Etholen  US army officer, aviator, & accident victim; 1st person who ever died in airplane crash _1882-1908
Selig, Allan (Bud)  US baseball admin.; co-owner & pres. of Milwaukee Brewers 1970--; interim national baseball commissioner 1991--; cancelled latter half of 1994 baseball season _1934--
Selin, Ivan  US admin.; chairman of Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1991-- (NRC) _1937--
Selkirk, Alexander (orig. Alexander Selcraig)  Scot. castaway & sailor; stranded on island 1703-1709; inspiration for character Robinson Crusoe _1676-1721
Selleck, Tom  US actor; starred in series "Magnum P.I." 1980-1988, movie "Three Men and a Baby" 1987 _1945--
Sellers, Isiah  US riverboat captain; trained Samuel Clemens & gave him nickname Mark Twain _1802-1854
Sellers, [Richard Henry] Peter  Eng. comic movie actor; starred in movies "Dr. Strangelove" 1963, "The Pink Panther" 1964, "The Return of the Pink Panther" 1974, "Being There" 1979 _1925-1980
Selten, Reinhard  Ger. economist & math.; helped develop game theory; co-wrote "A General Theory of Equilibrium Selection in Games" 1988 with John Harsanyi; NP Econ. 1994 _1930--
Seme, Pixley ka Ikaza  S. African black leader & activist; main founder of African National Congress 1912 (ANC; orig. S. African Native National Congress before 1923); pres. of African National Congress 1930-1936 (ANC) _1880?-1951
Semenov, Nikolai Nikolayevich  Rus. chem.; NP Chem. 1956 _1896-1986
Semichastny, Vladimir Efimovich  Soviet admin.; chairman of KGB 1961-1967 _1924--
Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp  Hung. physician _1818-1865
Semmes, Raphael  US-Confederate adm. _1809-1877
Semyon (also Semeon; Semyon the Proud; Semyon Gordy)  Rus. grand prince 1341-1353; son of Ivan I _1316-1353
Sen, Binay Ranjan  Indian diplomat; director-general of Food & Agriculture Organization 1956-1967 (FAO) _1898-1993
Senanayake, Don Stephen (D. S. Senanayake)  Ceylonnese polit.; 1st prime min. of Ceylon 1947-1952 _1884-1952
Senanayake, Dudley Shelton  Ceylonnese polit.; prime min. of Ceylon 1952-1953, 1960, 1965-1970; son of Don Senanayake _1911-1973
Sendak, Maurice Bernard  US juvenile illustrator _1928--
Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)  Rom. dram., Stoic philos., & polit.; suicide _005b?-065
Senefelder, Aloys  Bavarian inventor; invented lithography 1796 _1771-1834
Senghor, Leopold Sedar  Fr.-Senegalese aut., poet, & polit.; 1st pres. of Senegal 1960-1980; wrote Senegalese national anthem (adopted 1960) _1906--
Sennacherib (also Sin-ahe-erba)  Assyrian Sargonid conqueror; king of Assyria 705b-681b; son of Sargon II _7XXb-681b
Senzangakhona  Zulu chief 1781-1816?; father of Shaka _1760?-1816?
Sequoyah (also Sequoya; George Guess)  Cherokee scholar; devised written Cherokee language; source of word "sequoia" _1770?-1843
Sergeant, John  US polit.; National Rep. vice-pres. cand. 1828 _1779-1852
Sergius I  It. saint & pope 687-701 _6XX-701
Sergius II  It. pope 844-847 _7XX-847
Sergius III  It. pope 904-911 _8XX-911
Sergius IV (orig. Peter)  It. pope 1009-1012 _9XX-1012
Serling, Edward Rodman (Rod)  US actor, producer, & screenwriter; wrote movie "Planet of the Apes" 1968, wrote & narrated series "The Twilight Zone" 1959-1964 _1924-1975
Serov, Ivan Alexander  Soviet admin. & gen.; chairman of KGB 1954-1958; chairman of GRU 1958-1961 _1905--
Serra, Junipero (orig. Miguel Jose Serra)  Sp. (Majorca-born) Catholic missionary in America _1713-1784
Serrano Elias, Jorge  Guatemalan polit.; pres. of Guatemala 1991-1993; deposed _1945--
Serrano y Dominguez, Francisco  Sp. polit.; overthrew Isabella II; head of provisional government of Spain 1868-1869; regent of Spain 1869-1871; dictator of Spain 1874; resigned _1810-1885
Sertorius, Quintus  Rom. gen. & polit. _123b?-072b
Serveto, Miguel (also Michael Servetus)  Sp. physician & theol. _1511?-1553
Service, Robert William  Can. poet _1874-1958
Sessions, Roger Huntington  US composer _1896-1985
Sessions, William Steele  US admin.; director of FBI 1987-1993 _1930--
Seth, Vikram  Indian nov.; wrote novels "The Golden Gate" 1986, "A Suitable Boy" 1993 _1952--
Seton, Elizabeth Ann (nee Bayley; Mother Seton)  US philanthropist & saint; developed parochial schools; canonized as 1st US-born saint 1974 _1774-1821
Seton, Ernest Thompson (orig. Ernest Thompson)  US (Eng.-born) aut. & illustrator _1860-1946
Seurat, Georges Pierre  Fr. Impressionist & Pointillist painter; founder of Pointillism _1859-1891
Severini, Gino  It. Cubist & Futurist painter _1883-1966
Severinsen, Carl (Doc)  US bandleader & musician _1927--
Severinus  It. pope 640 _5XX-640
Severus, Lucius Septimius  Rom. emperor 193-211 _146-211
Sevier, John  US polit.; 1st US gov. of Tennessee 1796-1801, 1803-1809 _1745-1815
Sewall, Arthur  US polit.; Dem. vice-pres. cand. 1896 _1835-1900
Seward, William Henry  US diplomat & polit.; gov. of New York 1839-1843; Secy. of State 1861-1869 _1801-1872
Sewell, Anna  Brit. aut. _1820-1878
Sexton, Anne (nee Harvey)  US poet; wrote poetry collections "To Bedlam and Part Way Back" 1962, "All My Pretty Ones" 1962, "Live or Die" 1966, "Transformations" 1971, "The Awful Rowing Towards God" 1975; suicide _1928-1974
Seymour, Charles  US educator & historian; provost of Yale Univ. 1927-1937; pres. of Yale Univ. 1937-1950 _1885-1963
Seymour, Edward (Duke of Somerset)  Eng. polit.; regent of England 1547-1549; brother of Jane Seymour; brother-in-law of Henry VIII _1500?-1552
Seymour, Horatio  US polit.; gov. of New York 1853-1855, 1863-1865; Dem. pres. cand. 1868 _1810-1886
Seymour, Jane  Eng. 3rd wife of Henry VIII 1536; mother of Edward VI _1509?-1537
Seymour, Jane  US (Eng.-born) actress _1951--
Seyss-Inquart, Artur  Aus. Nazi admin.; pres. of Austria 1938; Nazi prime min. of Austria 1938-1939; last pres. & prime min. before Anschluss; executed _1892-1946
Sforza, Carlo  It. diplomat & polit.; opposed Fascism _1872-1952
Sha'bi, Quhtan Muhammad al-  S. Yemeni nationalist & polit.; 1st pres. of S. Yemen 1967-1969; overthrown _1920-1981
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir  Brit. Antarctic explorer _1874-1922
Shad, John  US banker; chairman of Securities & Exchange Commission 1981-1987 (SEC) _1923-1994
Shadwell, Thomas  Eng. dram. & poet; Brit. poet laureate 1689-1692 _1642?-1692
Shafer, Raymond Philip  US polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1967-1971 _1917--
Shaffer, Peter Levin  Eng. dram. in US; wrote plays "Five Finger Exercise" 1958, "Equus" 1973, "Amadeus" 1979, "The Gift of the Gorgon" 1992 _1926--
Shafter, William Rufus  US gen. _1835-1906
Shaftesbury, Earl of (Anthony Ashley Cooper)  Eng. polit. _1621-1683
Shagari, Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu  Nigerian polit.; pres. of Nigeria 1979-1983 _1925--
Shah Alam  nominal Mogul emperor of India 1761-1806; served under Afghan rule 1761-1771; served under Marathi rule 1771-1787, 1789-1803; served under Brit. rule 1803-1806 _1728-1806
Shah Jahan (Muhammad Hurram)  Mogul emperor of India 1628-1657; son of Jahangir _1592-1666
Shah Jahan  Mogul emperor of India 1719; brother of Rafi'ad-Daragat _1700?-1719
Shah Jahan  nominal Mogul emperor of India 1759-1760; deposed; great-grandson of Aurangzeb _17XX
Shahn, Benjamin (Ben)  US (Lithuanian-born) painter _1898-1969
Shaka (also Chaka, Tshaka, Shaka Zulu)  Zulu chief 1816-1828 & conqueror; united northern Nguni tribes; founded Ulundi 1816; founded Zulu empire 1819; assassinated _1787?-1828
Shakespeare, William  greatest Eng. dram. & poet; wrote 154 sonnets, plays "Richard III" 1592-1593, "Romeo and Juliet" 1594-1596, "Hamlet" 1600-1601, "Othello" 1602, "King Lear" 1605, "Macbeth" 1605-1606 _1564-1616
Shalala, Donna Edna  US admin. & educator; Secy. of HHS 1993-- _1941--
Shalikashvili, John Malchase David (Shali)  US (Pol.-born) gen.; Supreme Allied Commander in Europe 1992-1993 (SACEUR); chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1993-- _1936--
Shambaugh, Celestia Josephine (Jessie; nee Field)  US teacher; founded 4-H Club 1914 _1881-1971
Shamir, Adi  Israeli cryptographer & math. in US; co-inventor & co-eponym of RSA encryption _1952--
Shamir, Yitzhak (also Itzhak Shamir; orig. Yitzhak Yizernitzky, Yezernitsky)  Israeli (Pol.-born) polit.; Israeli foreign minister 1980-1983, 1984-1986; prime min. of Israel 1983-1984, 1986-1992; leader of Likud Party 19XX-1993 _1914--
Shandling, Garry  US comedian & television actor _1949--
Shange, Ntozake (orig. Paulette Williams)  US dram. & poet; wrote play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf" 1975 _1948--
Shankar, Ramsewak  Suriname polit.; pres. of Suriname 1988-1990; overthrown _19XX--
Shankar, Ravi  Indian composer, musician, & sitar player _1920--
Shanker, Albert  US labor leader; pres. of American Federation of Teachers 1974-- _1928--
Shanks, William  Eng. math.; computed pi _1812-1882
Shannon, Claude Elwood  US math. & computer sci.; founder of information theory; pioneer of artificial intelligence _1916--
Shannon, James Augustine  US nephrologist & physician; director of National Institutes of Health 1955-1968 (NIH) _1904-1994
Shapiro, Harold Tafler  US (Can.-born) economist & educator; pres. of Princeton Univ. 1988-- _1935--
Shapiro, Karl Jay  US poet; wrote poetry collections "Person, Place and Thing" 1942, "V-Letter and Other Poems" 1944, "To Abolish Children" 1968, "The Old Horsefly" 1993 _1913--
Shapiro, Samuel Harvey  US polit.; gov. of Illinois 1968-1969 _1907--
Shapley, Harlow  US astronomer & cosmologist _1885-1972
Shaposhnikov, Yevgeny Ivanovich  Rus. Soviet air force marshal; Soviet defense minister 1991 _1932--
Shapp, Milton Jerrold  US polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1971-1979 _1912--
Sharaf, Abdul Hamid  Jordanian (Iraqi-born) polit.; prime min. of Jordan 1979-1980 _1939-1980
Sharett, Moshe (orig. Moshe Shertok)  Israeli polit.; prime min. of Israel 1953-1955 _1894-1965
Sharif, Muhammad, Pasha  Egyptian polit.; prime min. of Egypt 1866-1867, 1868-1872, 1879, 1881-1882, 1882-1884 _1823-1887
Sharif, [Mian Muhammad] Nawaz  Pakistani polit.; chief minister of Punjab 1988-1990; prime min. of Pakistan 1990-1993; resigned _1949--
Sharif, Omar (orig. Michael Shalhoub)  US (Egyptian-born) movie actor _1932--
Sharkey, Jack (orig. Joseph Paul Cukoschay)  US boxer; heavyweight boxing champion 1932-1933 _1902-1994
Sharma, Shankar Dayal  Indian polit.; pres. of India 1992-- _1918--
Sharman, Helen Patricia  Brit. cosmonaut; 1st Briton in space, 1st non-Soviet, non-American woman in space 1991 _1963--
Sharon, Ariel  Israeli gen. & polit.; Israeli defense minister 1981-1983 _1928--
Sharp, Philip Allen  US geneticist; co-discovered gene splicing; NP Med. 1993 _1944--
Sharp, William (pseud. Fiona MacLeod)  Scot. poet _1855-1905
Sharp, Zerna  US aut. & teacher; created Dick & Jane readers _1889-1981
Sharpe, William  US economist; NP Econ. 1990 _1934--
Sharpton, Alfred Charles Jr. (Al)  US clergyman & black activist _1954--
Shastri, Lal Bahadur  Indian polit.; prime min. of India 1964-1966 _1904-1966
Shatner, William  US (Can.-born) actor; starred in series "Star Trek" 1966-1969, "T. J. Hooker" 1982-1986, movie "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" 1979, directed & starred in movie "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" 1989 _1931--
Shaw, Artie (orig. Arthur Arshowsky)  US jazz musician & clarinetist _1910--
Shaw, Frank  US (Can.-born) polit.; mayor of Los Angeles 1933-1938 _1877-1958
Shaw, George Bernard  Irish dram. & socialist; wrote plays "Arms and the Man" 1894, "Caesar and Cleopatra" 1901, "Man and Superman" 1905, "Major Barbara" 1905, "Pygmalion" 1913, "Saint Joan" 1923; NP Lit. 1925 _1856-1950
Shaw, Lemuel  US judge; drafted municipal charter of Boston 1822; father-in-law of Herman Melville _1781-1861
Shaw, Leslie Mortier  US banker & polit.; gov. of Iowa 1898-1902; Secy. of Treasury 1902-1907 _1848-1932
Shaw, [William] Napier, Sir  Eng. meteorologist; introduced unit millibar _1854-1945
Shaw, Robert Gould  US abolitionist & army officer in Civil War; led 54th Massachusetts Regiment (1st all-black, all-volunteer Union regiment); portrayed by Matthew Broderick in movie "Glory" 1990 _1837-1863
Shaw, [Warren] Wilbur  US automobile racer; won Indianapolis 500 race 1937, 1939, 1940; died in airplane crash _1902-1954
Shawn, Ted  US choreographer & dancer _1891-1972
Shawn, William  US magazine editor; editor of "The New Yorker" 1952-1987 _1907-1992
Shays, Daniel  US rebel; leader of Shays' Rebellion 1786-1787 _1747?-1825
Shazar, [Shneor] Zalman  Israeli (Ukrainian-born) polit.; pres. of Israel 1963-1973 _1889-1974
Sheares, Benjamin Henry  Singapore polit.; pres. of Singapore 1971-1981 _1907-1981
Sheehan, Cornelius Mahoney (Neil)  US journalist; received Pentagon Papers from Daniel Ellsberg 1971; wrote "A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam" 1988; husband of Susan Sheehan 1965 _1936--
Sheehan, Susan (nee Margulies)  US (Aus.-born) journalist; wrote "A Welfare Mother" 1976, "Is There No Place on Earth for Me?" 1982; wife of Neil Sheehan 1965 _1937--
Sheehy, Gail (nee Henion)  US aut. & journalist; wrote "Passages" 1976, "The Silent Passage" 1992 _1937--
Sheeler, Charles  US Abstractionist painter & photographer _1883-1965
Sheen, Charlie (orig. Carlos Irwin Estevez)  US movie actor; starred in movies "Platoon" 1986, "Young Guns" 1988, "Navy SEALS" 1990, "Hot Shots!" 1991, "The Three Musketeers" 1993; son of Martin Sheen; brother of Emilio Estevez _1965--
Sheen, Martin (orig. Ramon Estevez)  US actor; starred in movies "Apocalypse Now" 1979, "Gettysburg" 1993; father of Charlie Sheen & Emilio Estevez _1940--
Shehan, Lawrence Joseph  US cardinal 1965; archbishop of Baltimore 1961-1974 _1898-1984
Shehu, Mehmet (the Butcher)  Albanian Communist gen. & polit.; prime min. of Albania 1954-1981; possibly assassinated _1913-1981
Shelburne, Earl of (William Petty-Fitzmaurice)  Brit. polit.; Brit. prime min. 1782-1783 _1737-1805
Shelby, Isaac  US polit.; 1st US gov. of Kentucky 1792-1796, 1812-1816 _1750-1826
Shelby, Richard Craig  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Alabama 1987-- _1934--
Sheldon, Gilbert  Eng. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1663-1677 _1598-1677
Shelekhov, Grigori Ivanovich  Rus. merchant & colonizer of Alaska _1747-1795
Shelepin, Alexander Nikolayevich  Soviet admin.; director of Komsomol 1952-1958; chairman of KGB 1958-1961 _1918-1994
Shelley, John Francis  US polit.; mayor of San Francisco 1964-1967 _1905-1974
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (nee Godwin)  Eng. nov.; wrote novel "Frankenstein" 1818; wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley _1797-1851
Shelley, Percy Bysshe  Eng. poet; wrote "Queen Mab" 1813, "The Cenci" 1819, "Prometheus Unbound" 1820, "Adonais" 1821, "Ozymandias"; husband of Mary Shelley _1792-1822
Shelton, Charles  US air force officer in Vietnam War; last official US prisoner of war from Vietnam War; declared killed in action 1994 _1932-1965?
Shenstone, William  Eng. poet _1714-1763
Shepard, Alan Bartlett Jr.  US astronaut; 1st American in space 1961; 2nd human in space; member of original Mercury 7 _1923--
Shepard, Helen Miller (nee Gould)  US philanthropist; established Hall of Fame for Great Americans 1900; daughter of Jay Gould _1868-1938
Shepard, Sam (orig. Samuel Shepard Rogers)  US actor & dram.; wrote plays "The Holy Ghostly" 1969, "Operation Sidewinder" 1970, "Buried Child" 1978; starred in movie "The Right Stuff" 1983 _1943--
Shepherd, Cybill  US actress & model; starred in series "Moonlighting" 1985-1989 _1949--
Shepherd, Lemuel Cornick Jr.  US Marine Corps gen.; commandant of Marine Corps 1952-1955 _1896-1990
Shepilov, Dmitri Trofimovich  Soviet diplomat; Soviet foreign minister 1956-1957 _1905--
Sheppard, Morris  US polit.; Senate minority whip 1929-1933 _1875-1941
Shepstone, Theophilus  Brit. admin. in S. Africa; 1st Brit. admin. of Transvaal 1877-1879 _1817-1893
Sheraton, Thomas  Eng. furniture designer _1751-1806
Sheridan, Philip Henry  US gen.; led Army of the Shenandoah in Civil War 1864-1865 _1831-1888
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley  Irish dram., orator, & polit.; wrote plays "The Rivals" 1775, "The Duenna" 1775, "The School for Scandal" 1777, "The Critic" 1779 _1751-1816
Sherman, Forrest Percival  US adm. & aviator; chief of naval operations 1949-1951 _1896-1951
Sherman, James Schoolcraft  US Rep. polit.; vice-pres. of US 1909-1912; Rep. vice-pres. cand. 1912 _1855-1912
Sherman, John  US polit.; Secy. of Treasury 1877-1881; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1885; drafted Sherman Antitrust Act 1890; Secy. of State 1897-1898 _1823-1900
Sherman, Roger  US polit. in American Revolution _1721-1793
Sherman, William Tecumseh  US gen.; marched across Georgia in Civil War 1864; Secy. of War 1869; brother of John Sherman _1820-1891
Sherriff, Robert Cedric  Eng. aut. _1896-1975
Sherrington, Charles Scott, Sir  Eng. neurophysiologist; discovered nerve synapses; isolated & explained neurons; NP Med. 1932 _1861-1952
Sherwood, Robert Emmet  US dram.; member of the Algonquin Wits _1896-1955
Shevardnadze, Eduard Ambrosyevich  Georgian Soviet diplomat & polit.; Soviet foreign minister 1985-1990, 1991; resigned; head of state of Georgia 1992-- _1928--
Shevchenko, Taras Hryhorovych (also Taras Sevcenko)  Ukrainian poet _1814-1861
Shidehara, Kijuro, Baron  Japanese diplomat & polit.; Japanese foreign minister 1924-1927, 1929-1931; acting prime min. of Japan 1930-1931; prime min. of Japan 1945-1946 _1872-1951
Shields, [Christa] Brooke [Camille]  US actress & model _1965--
Shigemitsu, Mamoru  Japanese diplomat; Japanese foreign minister 1943-1945, 1945 _1887-1957
Shiloah, Reuven (orig. Reuven Zaslanski)  Israeli admin.; 1st director of Mossad 1951-1952 _1909-1959
Shilts, Randy  US journalist on homosexual issues; wrote "The Mayor of Castro Street" 1982, "And the Band Played On" 1988, "Conduct Unbecoming" 1993 _1951-1994
Shinn, Everett  US artist; member of The Eight; co-founded Ashcan school _1876-1953
Shiras, George Jr.  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1892-1903 _1832-1924
Shirazi, Ali Muhammad al- (the Bab; Nuqta-yi Ula, Hadrat-i A'la)  Persian martyr & religious leader; founder, eponym, & messiah of Babi movement 1844; precursor of Baha'ism _1819-1850
Shirer, William Lawrence  US historian & journalist; wrote "Berlin Diary" 1941, "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" 1960 _1904-1993
Shirley, James  Eng. dram. _1596-1666
Shiroky, Vilem (also Vilem Siroky)  Czechoslovakian diplomat & polit.; Czechoslovakian foreign minister 1950-1953; prime min. of Czechoslovakia 1953-1963 _1902-1971
Shivers, Allan  US polit.; gov. of Texas 1949-1957 _1907-1985
Shneur Zalman (Shneur Zalman [ben Baruch] of Lyady; also Schneer Zalman, Shneour Zalman)  Rus. Lubavitcher (Habad) Hasidic Jewish rabbi & religious leader; founder & 1st Rebbe of Lubavitch Hasidim 1788-1813 _1745-1813
Shockley, William Bradford  US computer engineer & phys.; co-inventor of transistor; NP Phys. 1956 _1910-1989
Shoemaker, William Lee (Bill, Willie)  US jockey _1931--
Shogi Effendi (also Shoghi Effendi, Shogi Efendi; orig. Rabbani)  Palestinian Baha'i religious leader; leader of Baha'is 1921-1957; grandson & successor of Abdul Baha; great-grandson of Baha'ullah _1897-1957
Shoku  Japanese Buddhist religious leader; founded Seizan sect _1177-1247
Sholes, Christopher Latham  US inventor & printer; invented typewriter 1868 _1819-1890
Sholokhov, Mikhail Alexandrovich  Rus. nov.; NP Lit. 1965 _1905-1984
Sholtz, David  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1933-1937 _1891-1953
Shonekan, Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde  Nigerian lawyer & polit.; provisional head of state of Nigeria 1993; deposed _1936--
Shore, Dinah (orig. Frances Rose Shore)  US singer & television host; hosted & eponym of shows "The Dinah Shore Show" 1951-1957, "Dinah Shore Chevy Show" 1956-1957, 1957-1962 _1917-1994
Shore, Eddie  US (Can.-born) hockey player; played for Boston Bruins _1902-1985
Shore, John, Sir (Baron Teignmouth)  Brit. admin. in India; gov-gen. of Brit. E. India Co. 1793-1798 _1751-1834
Short, Dewey Jackson  US polit.; chairman of House Armed Services Committee 1953-1955 _1898-1979
Short, Joseph  US journalist; White House press secretary 1950-1952 _1904-1952
Short, Nigel  Brit. chess player _1965--
Shortz, Will  US puzzle constructor & editor; editor of Games Magazine 1989-1993; crossword puzzle editor for New York Times 1993-- _1952--
Shostakovich, Dmitri Dmitriyevich  Rus. composer _1906-1975
Shoup, David Monroe  US Marine Corps gen.; commandant of Marine Corps 1960-1963 _1904-1983
Shoup, George Laird  US polit.; last gov. of Idaho territory 1889-1890; 1st US gov. of Idaho 1890 _1836-1904
Show, Eric Vaughn  US baseball player; pitcher for San Diego Padres 1981-1990; threw pitch hit by Pete Rose to set all-time career hit record 1985 _1956-1994
Shramek, Jan (also Jan Sramek)  Czechoslovakian clergyman & polit.; acting prime min. of Czechoslovakia 1928-1929; prime min. of Czechoslovakia 1940-1945 in exiled London government _1870-1953
Shrapnel, Henry  Eng. artillery officer; source of word "shrapnel" _1761-1842
Shriver, Eunice Mary (nee Kennedy)  US wife of Sargent Shriver 1953; founded Special Olympics 1968; sister of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, & Ted Kennedy _19XX--
Shriver, Maria Owings  US broadcast journalist; daughter of Sargent Shriver & Eunice Shriver; wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger 1986 _1955--
Shriver, [Robert] Sargent Jr.  US admin.; 1st director of Peace Corps 1961-1966; director of Office of Economic Opportunity 1964-1968; US ambassador to France 1968-1970; Dem. vice-pres. cand. 1972; brother-in-law of John F. Kennedy 1953 _1915--
Shtrougal, Lubomir (also Lubomir Strougal)  Czechoslovakian Communist polit.; prime min. of Czechoslovakia 1970-1988 _1924--
Shula, Don Francis  US football coach; coach of Baltimore Colts 1963-1969; coach of Miami Dolphins 1970-- _1930--
Shull, Clifford Glenwood  US phys.; studied elastic neutron diffraction; NP Phys. 1994 _1915--
Shultz, George Pratt  US admin.; Secy. of Labor 1969-1970; director of Office of Management & Budget 1970-1972 (OMB); Secy. of Treasury 1972-1974; Secy. of State 1982-1989 _1920--
Shulze, John Andrew  US polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1823-1829 _1775-1852
Shumeiko, Vladimir Filippovich  Rus. polit.; chairman of Commonwealth of Independent States Interparliamentary Assembly 1994-- _1945--
Shunk, Francis Rawn  US polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1845-1848; son-in-law of William Findlay _1788-1848
Shushkevich, Stanislav Stanislavavich (also Stanislau Shushkevich)  Belarus polit. & reformer; pres. of Belarus 1991-1994; deposed by Parliament _1934--
Shuster, Joseph  US cartoonist; co-created Superman 1938 _1914-1992
Shute, Nevil (pseud. of Nevil Shute Norway)  Eng. aeronautical engineer & aut. _1899-1960
Shvehla, Antonin  Czechoslovakian polit.; prime min. of Czechoslovakia 1922-1926, 1926-1928 _1873?-1933
Shvernik, Nikolai Mikhailovich  Rus. Soviet Communist polit.; chairman of Presidium of Supreme Soviet 1946-1953 _1888-1970
Siad Barre, Muhammad  Somali gen. & polit.; head of state of Somalia 1969-1991; pres. of Somalia 1980-1991; prime min. of Somalia 1980-1987; overthrown _1919--
Sibelius, Jean  Finnish composer & patriot; composed "Finlandia" _1865-1957
Sibley, Henry Hastings  US polit.; 1st US gov. of Minnesota 1858-1860 _1811-1891
Sickles, Daniel Edgar  US gen. & polit. _1825-1914
Siddons, Sarah (nee Kemble)  Eng. actress; sister of John Philip Kemble _1755-1831
Sidgwick, Henry  Eng. philos. _1838-1900
Sidney, Henry, Sir  Brit. polit.; father of Philip Sidney _1529-1586
Sidney, Philip, Sir  Eng. poet, polit., & soldier _1554-1586
Sidney, William Philip  Brit. polit.; gov-gen. of Australia 1961-1965 _1909--
Siegbahn, Kai Manne Boerje  Swed. phys.; NP Phys. 1981; son of Karl Siegbahn _1918--
Siegbahn, Karl Manne Georg  Swed. phys.; NP Phys. 1924; father of Kai Siegbahn _1886-1978
Siegel, Benjamin (Bugsy)   US gambling businessman & gangster; developed Las Vegas as gambling center; murdered _1906-1947
Siegel, Donald (Don)  US movie director; directed movies "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" 1956, "Dirty Harry" 1972, "Escape from Alcatraz" 1979 _1912-1991
Siegel, Jerry  US cartoonist; co-created Superman 1938 _1914--
Siemens, [Ernst] Werner von  Ger. electrical inventor & telegraph industrialist _1816-1892
Siemens, William, Sir  Eng. (Ger.-born) inventor; brother of Werner von Siemens _1823-1883
Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius (also Henry Sienkiewicz; pseud. Litwos)  Pol. (Lithuanian-born) nov.; NP Lit. 1905 _1846-1916
Sierpinski, Waclaw  Pol. math.; eponym of Sierpinski triangle _1882-1969
Sieyes, Emmanuel Joseph Comte (Abbe Sieyes)  Fr. revolutionary _1748-1836
Siger of Brabant (also Siger de Brabant)  Fr. Averroist philos.; proposed Aristotelian views devoid of Catholicism; opposed by Albertus Magnus & Thomas Aquinas; murdered _1235?-1281?
Sigismund  king of Burgundy 516-523; son of Gundobad _4XX-524
Sigismund  Holy Rom. emperor 1433-1437 _1368-1437
Sigismund I  Pol. king 1506-1548; son of Casimir IV _1467-1548
Sigismund II  Pol. king 1548-1572; son of Sigismund I; last ruler of Jagellonean dynasty _1520-1572
Sigismund III  elected Pol. king 1587-1632; grandson of Sigismund I _1566-1632
Sigsbee, Charles Dwight  US adm. _1845-1923
Sigurd I  Norw. king 1103-1130; ruled southern Norway; son of Magnus III; brother & co-regent of Eystein & Olav IV _1090-1130
Sigurd Jonsson  Norw. admin.; regent of Norway 1439-1442 _1395?-1453?
Sigurdsson, Jon  Icelandic aut. & polit. _1811-1879
Sihanouk, Norodom (Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk)  king of Cambodia 1941-1955; deposed; head of state of Cambodia 1993; king of Cambodia 1993-- _1922--
Sikes, Alfred  US admin.; chairman of Federal Communications Commission 1989-1993 (FCC) _1939--
Sikorski, Wladislaw  Pol. gen. & polit.; premier of Poland 1939-1943; died in airplane crash _1881-1943
Sikorsky, Igor Ivanovich  US (Rus.-born) aviation pioneer & engineer; inventor of helicopter 1939 _1889-1972
Silber, John Robert  US educator; pres. of Boston Univ. 1971-- _1926--
Silhouette, Etienne de  Fr. financier & financial admin.; source of word "silhouette" _1709-1767
Silkwood, Karen  US nuclear power plant worker & whistleblower; possibly murdered in suspicious automobile accident; subject of movie "Silkwood" _1946-1974
Sillanpaa, Frans Eemil  Finnish nov. & short story aut.; NP Lit. 1939 _1888-1964
Sills, Beverly (orig. Belle Silverman)  US opera singer _1929--
Silone, Ignazio (pseud. of Secondo Tranquilli)  It. aut. _1900-1978
Silva [Bernardes], Arturo da  Brazilian polit.; pres. of Brazil 1922-1926 _1875-1955
Silva [Pessoa], Epitacio da  Brazilian polit.; pres. of Brazil 1919-1922 _1865-1942
Silver, Frank  US songwriter; co-wrote & co-composed song "Yes! We Have No Bananas" 1923 _1896-1960
Silverberg, Robert  US science fiction aut.; wrote novellas "Nightwings" 1969, "Born with the Dead" 1974, "Sailing to Byzantium" 1985, novel "A Time of Changes" 1971 _1936--
Silverius  It. martyr, saint, & pope 536-537; deposed; son of Hormisdas _4XX-537
Simak, Clifford Donald  US science fiction aut.; wrote novels "Cosmic Engineers" 1950, "Ring Around the Sun" 1953, "Way Station" 1963, "Shakespeare's Planet" 1976, story "The Big Front Yard" 1958 _1904-1988
Simenon, Georges Joseph Christian (pseud. of Georges Sim)  Fr. (Belgian-born) mystery nov.; created character Jules Maigret _1903-1989
Simeon  king of Bulgaria 1943-1946; deposed _1937--
Simeon Stylites  Syrian pillar ascetic & saint _390?-459
Simmel, Georg  Ger. sociologist _1858-1918
Simmonds, Kennedy Alphonse  St. Kitts & Nevis polit.; last premier of St. Kitts & Nevis 1980-1983; 1st independent prime min. of St. Kitts & Nevis 1983-- _1936--
Simmons, Aloysius Harry (Al)  US baseball player _1902-1956
Simmons, Richard Milton Teagle  US fitness advocate & television personality _1948--
Simms, Phillip (Phil)  US football player; quarterback for New York Giants 1979-1994; Super Bowl MVP 1987 _1956--
Simon, Claude Eugene Henri  Fr. (Madagascar-born) nov.; founded nouveau roman movement; NP Lit. 1985 _1913--
Simon, Herbert Alexander  US cognitive sci. & economist; NP Econ. 1978 _1916--
Simon, John Allsebrook, Viscount  Brit. admin. & polit.; Brit. foreign secy. 1931-1935; issued Simon Report _1873-1951
Simon, [Marvin] Neil  US dram.; wrote plays "Come Blow Your Horn" 1961, "The Odd Couple" 1965, "Plaza Suite" 1968, "The Sunshine Boys" 1972, "Brighton Beach Memoirs" 1983, "Biloxi Blues" 1985, "Lost in Yonkers" 1991 _1927--
Simon, Paul Frederic  US singer & songwriter; co-recorded albums "Sounds of Silence" 1966, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" 1970, recorded albums "Graceland" 1986, "Rhythm of the Saints" 1990; collaborator with Arthur Garfunkel _1942--
Simon, Paul Martin  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Illinois 1985-- _1928--
Simon, Theodore  Fr. psychologist & psychometrician with Alfred Binet; devised IQ tests _1873-1961
Simon, William Edward  US admin.; Secy. of Treasury 1974-1977 _1927--
Simonides of Ceos  Gk. poet _556b?-468b?
Simon Magus  Samaritan occultist; source of word "simony" _0XX
Simons, Walter  Ger. polit.; acting pres. of Germany 1925 _1861-1937
Simovic, Dushan  Yugoslavian gen. & polit.; prime min. of Yugoslavia 1941-1942; in exile in London 1941-1942 _1882-1962
Simplicius  It. saint & pope 468-483 _4XX-483
Simpson, Alan Kooi  US Rep. polit.; Senator from Wyoming 1979--; Senate majority whip 1985-1987; Senate minority whip 1987-- _1931--
Simpson, John Richard  US admin.; director of US Secret Service 1981-1992; pres. of Interpol 1984-1988 _1932--
Simpson, Nicole (nee Brown)  US (W. Ger.-born) 2nd wife of O. J. Simpson 1985; divorced 1992; murdered _1959-1994
Simpson, Orenthal James (O. J. Simpson; Juice)  US actor & football player; won Heisman Trophy 1968 as halfback for USC; halfback for Buffalo Bills 1969-1978 _1947--
Simpson, Thomas  Eng. math.; inventor & eponym of Simpson's rule _1710-1761
Simpson, Wallis (nee Warfield; Duchess of Windsor)  US wife of Edward VIII (Duke of Windsor) 1937; 1st female Time magazine Man of the Year 1936 _1896-1986
Sims, William Sowden  US adm. _1858-1936
Sinan  Turkish architect _1489?-1587
Sinatra, Francis Albert (Frank; Old Blue Eyes, Ol' Blue Eyes)  US actor & singer; husband of Mia Farrow 1966; divorced 1968 _1915--
Sinclair, Upton Beall  US muckraker, nov., & socialist polit.; wrote "The Jungle" 1906, "The Industrial Revolution" 1907, "King Coal" 1917, "Boston" 1928, "Dragon's Teeth" 1942 _1878-1968
Sindermann, Horst  E. Ger. Communist polit.; chancellor of E. Germany 1973-1976 _1915--
Singer, Isaac Bashevis  US (Pol.-born) Jewish aut.; NP Lit. 1978 _1904-1991
Singer, Isaac Merritt  US inventor & manufacturer; improved sewing machine; founder & eponym of Singer Manufacturing Co. _1811-1875
Singer, Peter Albert David  Austr. bioethicist & animal rights activist; wrote "Animal Liberation" 1975, "Practical Ethics" 1979 _1946--
Singh, [Chaudhury] Charan  Indian polit.; founded Lok Dal Party; prime min. of India 1979-1980 _1902-1987
Singh, Giani Zail  Indian polit.; chief minister of Punjab 1972-1977; Indian home affairs minister 1980-1982; pres. of India 1982-1987 _1916--
Singh, [Sardar] Swaran  Indian polit.; Indian foreign minister 1964-1966, 1970-1974; Indian defense minister 1966-1970, 1974-1975; pres. of National Congress 1977, 1978-1979 _1907-1994
Singh, Vishwanath Pratap (V. P. Singh)  Indian polit.; prime min. of India 1989-1990 _1931--
Singleton, John Daniel  US movie director & screenwriter; directed movies "Boyz N the Hood" 1991, "Poetic Justice" 1993, video "Remember the Time" 1992 _1968--
Sinner, George  US polit.; gov. of N. Dakota 1985-1993 _1928--
Sinowatz, Fred  Aus. socialist polit.; chancellor of Austria 1983-1986 _1929--
Siple, Paul Allman  US geographer & meteorologist; inventor of wind-chill factor _1908-1968
Siqdi, Ismail, Pasha  Egyptian polit.; prime min. of Egypt 1930-1933, 1946 _1875-1950
Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Mex. mural painter _1896-1974
Sirhan, Sirhan Bishara  Jordanian assassin of Robert Kennedy _1944?--
Sirica, John Joseph  US judge; presided over Watergate burglary trial; subpoenaed tapes from Richard Nixon _1904-1993
Siricius  It. saint & pope 384-399 _3XX-399
Sirmake, Abd ar-Rasid 'Ali  Somali polit.; pres. of Somalia 1967-1969 _1919-1969
Sirri, Husayn, Pasha  Egyptian polit.; prime min. of Egypt 1940-1942, 1949-1950, 1952 _1894-1960
Sisinnius  Syrian pope 708 _6XX-708
Siskel, Gene  US movie critic; partner of Roger Ebert _1946--
Sisler, George Harold  US baseball player; 1st baseman for St. Louis Browns _1893-1973
Sisley, Alfred  Fr. (Eng.-born) Impressionist landscape painter _1839-1899
Sismondi, Jean Charles Leonard Simonde de  Swi. economist & historian _1773-1842
Sisulu, Walter Max Ulyate  S. African black polit.; secy-gen. of African National Congress 1949-1954 (ANC) _1912--
Sitter, Willem de  Dutch astronomer _1872-1934
Sitting Bull  Dakota Sioux chief _1834-1890
Sitwell, Edith, Dame  Eng. biographer, critic, nov., & poet _1887-1964
Sitwell, George Reresby, Sir  Eng. aut.; father of Edith & Osbert Sitwell _1860-1943
Sitwell, Osbert, Sir  Eng. aut. _1892-1969
Sixtus I  It. saint & pope 115?-125? _0XX-125?
Sixtus II  martyr, saint, & pope 257-258 _2XX-258
Sixtus III (also Xystus III)  It. saint & pope 432-440 _3XX-440
Sixtus IV (orig. Francesco della Rovere)  It. pope 1471-1484; authorized Spanish Inquisition 1478; uncle of Julius II _1414-1484
Sixtus V (orig. Felice Peretti)  It. pope 1585-1590 _1521-1590
Skardi, Simun av  Danish lyricist; wrote anthem of Faeroe Islands "Tu alfagraland mitt" _1872-1942
Skeat, Walter William  Eng. philologist _1835-1912
Skeete, Margaret (nee Seward)  US longevite; at time of death, oldest living American (115 years, 192 days) _1878-1994
Skelton, John  Eng. humorist & poet _1460?-1529
Skelton, Richard Bernard (Red)  US comedian _1913--
Skerritt, Tom  US television actor _1933--
Skidmore, Louis  US architect _1897-1962
Skinner, Burrhus Frederic (B. F. Skinner)  US psychologist; leader of behaviorist school; studied operant conditioning _1904-1990
Skinner, Cornelia Otis  US actress; daughter of Otis Skinner _1901-1979
Skinner, Otis  US actor _1858-1942
Skinner, Samuel Knox  US admin.; Secy. of Transportation 1989-1991; White House chief of staff 1991-1992 _1938--
Skoda, Emil von  Czechoslovakian businessman & engineer _1839-1900
Skroup, Frantisek San (also Frantishek Shkroup)  Czech composer; composed Czech national anthem "Kde Domov Muj?" _1801-1862
Slater, Samuel  US (Eng.-born) businessman _1768-1835
Slaughter, John Brooks  US admin., educator, & engineer; director of National Science Foundation 1980-1982 (NSF) _1934--
Slawata, Wilhelm, Count von (also William Slavata)  Aus. admin. in Bohemia; co-victim of Defenestration of Prague 1618; chancellor of Bohemia 1628-1652 _15XX-16XX
Slayton, Donald Kent (Deke)  US astronaut; member of original Mercury 7 _1924-1993
Slezevicius, Adolfas  Lithuanian polit.; prime min. of Lithuania 1993-- _1948--
Slidell, John  US-Confederate diplomat & polit.; en route to France, with James Mason seized from Brit. ship Trent 1861 by US man-of-war & imprisoned (Trent Affair); released 1862 upon Brit. outcry _1793-1871
Slim, William Joseph  Brit. admin. & marshal; gov-gen. of Australia 1953-1960 _1891-1970
Sliwa, Curtis  US anti-crime activist; founded Guardian Angels 1979 _1954?--
Sloan, Alfred Pritchard Jr.  US automobile businessman; CEO of General Motors Corp. 1923-1943; chairman of General Motors Corp. 1937-1956; establisher & eponym of Sloan School _1875-1966
Sloan, John French  US painter; member of The Eight; co-founded Ashcan school _1871-1951
Slocum, Henry Warner  US gen. _1827-1894
Slocum, Joshua  US sailor; made 1st solo circumnavigation of globe 1895-1898; disappeared _1844-1909?
Slovik, Edward Donald (Eddie; Private Slovik, Pvt. Slovik)  US soldier in World War II; executed for desertion _1920-1945
Slovo, Joe  S. African (Lithuanian-born) white Communist polit. & rebel leader; secy-gen. of S. African Communist Party 1987-1991; S. African housing & welfare minister 1994-- _1926--
Smadel, Joseph Edward  US physician & virologist; studied chloramphenicol as treatment for rickettsial diseases; 1st recipient of Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award 1962 _1907-1963
Smale, Stephen  US math.; proved validity of Poincare's conjecture for dimensions greater than four; proved that sphere can be turned inside out; Fields Medal 1966 _1930--
Small, Lennington  US polit.; gov. of Illinois 1921-1929 _1862-1936
Smallwood, Joseph Roberts (Joey)  Can. polit; 1st premier of Newfoundland 1949-1972 _1900-1991
Smeal, Eleanor Marie (nee Cutri)  US admin. & feminist; pres. of National Organization for Women 1977-1982, 1985-1987 (NOW) _1939--
Smellie, William  Scot. encyclopedist & naturalist; editor of 1st edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica 1768-1771 _1740-1795
Smetana, Bedrich  Bohemian Czechoslovakian composer, conductor, & pianist; composed operas "Brandenburgers in Bohemia", "The Bartered Bride", "Dalibor", symphonic poem cycle "Ma Vlast" (including "Vltava") _1824-1884
Smet de Naeyer, Paul, Count de  Belgian polit.; prime min. of Belgium 1896-1899, 1899-1907 _1843-1913
Smetona, Antanas  Lithuanian polit.; provisional pres. of Lithuania 1919-1921; pres. of Lithuania 1926-1940 _1874-1944
Smigly-Ridz, Edward (also Edward Ridz-Smigly, Rydz-Smigly)  Pol. polit.; dictator of Poland 1935-1939 _1886-1939?
Smirnoff, Yakov (orig. Yakov Pokhis)  US (Rus.-born) comedian _1951--
Smith, Adam  Scot. economist & philos.; advocated laissez-faire economics; wrote "Theory of Moral Sentiments" 1759, "The Wealth of Nations" 1776; father of modern economics _1723-1790
Smith, Alexander  Scot. essayist & poet _1830?-1867
Smith, Alfred Emanuel Jr. (Al)  US polit.; gov. of New York 1919-1921, 1923-1929; Dem. pres. cand. 1928 _1873-194
Smith, Arthur James Marshall (A. J. M. Smith)  Can. critic & poet _1902-1980
Smith, Asa Dodge  US Presbyterian clergyman & educator; pres. of Dartmouth College 1863-1877 _1804-1877
Smith, Bessie  US blues singer & songwriter _1894?-1937
Smith, Caleb Blood  US admin.; Secy. of Interior 1861-1862 _1808-1864
Smith, Charles Aaron (Bubba)  US actor & football player _1945--
Smith, Charles Emory  US admin.; Postmaster Gen. 1898-1902 _1842-1908
Smith, Cyrus Rowlett (C. R. Smith)  US airline businessman; pres. of American Airlines 1934-1942; chairman of American Airlines 1946-1968; Secy. of Commerce 1968-1969 _1899-1990
Smith, David  US sculptor _1906-1965
Smith, Dean Edwards  US basketball coach; coach for Univ. of N. Carolina 1961-- _1931--
Smith, Edward Elmer (E. E. Smith; Doc Smith)  US science fiction aut.; father of space opera style; wrote novel "The Skylark of Space" 1946 _1890-1965
Smith, Emmitt III  US football player; running back for Dallas Cowboys 1990--; Super Bowl MVP 1994 _1969--
Smith, Francis Henney  US-Confederate army officer & educator; 1st superintendent of Virginia Military Institute 1839-1889 _1812-1890
Smith, George Otis  US admin. & geologist; director of US Geological Survey 1907-1922, 1923-1930; 1st chairman of Federal Power Commission 1930-1933 _1871-1944
Smith, George William  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1811 _1762-1811
Smith, Gerard Coad  US admin. & diplomat; conceived Washington-Moscow hotline 1959; director of Arms Control & Disarmament Agency 1969-1973; led US delegation to Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) 1969-1972 _1914-1994
Smith, Hamilton Othanel  US geneticist; NP Med. 1978 _1931--
Smith, Harold Hill  US geneticist; performed 1st fusion of human cell & plant cell 1976 _1910-1994
Smith, Henry John  Irish math.; proved that any positive integer can be expressed as sum of five squares _1826-1883
Smith, Hoke  US polit.; Secy. of Interior 1893-1896; gov. of Georgia 1907-1909, 1911 _1855-1931
Smith, Horace  US inventor & manufacturer of revolvers; collaborator with Daniel Wesson _1808-1893
Smith, Ian Douglas  Rhodesian-Zimbabwean polit.; last prime min. of S. Rhodesia 1964-1965; 1st prime min. of Rhodesia 1965-1979 _1919--
Smith, Jaclyn  US television actress; starred in series "Charlie's Angels" 1976-1980 _1947--
Smith, James Francis  US admin.; US gov. of Philippines 1906-1909 _1859-1928
Smith, John  Eng. colonizer in America; 1st leader of Jamestown colony 1607-1609; coined phrase "New England" _1580-1631
Smith, John  Brit. polit.; leader of Labor Party 1992-1994 _1938-1994
Smith, John Francis Jr.  US automobile businessman; pres. & CEO of General Motors Corp. 1992-- _1938--
Smith, John Stafford  Brit. composer & musician; composed song "To Anacreon in Heaven" (tune adopted for US national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner") _1750-1836
Smith, Joseph [Jr.]  US Mormon prophet & religious leader; translated "The Book of Mormon" 1830; wrote "The Book of Commandments" 1833; founder & 1st pres. of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; killed by mob _1805-1844
Smith, Joseph Fielding Sr.  US Mormon clergyman; 6th pres. of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1901-1918; nephew of Joseph Smith _1838-1918
Smith, Joseph Fielding Jr.  US Mormon aut. & clergyman; 10th pres. of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1970-1972; son of Joseph Fielding Smith; greatnephew of Joseph Smith _1876-1972
Smith, [Edmund] Kirby  US-Confederate gen.; last Confederate gen. to surrender 1865; last surviving full Confederate gen. _1824-1893
Smith, Martin Cruz  US nov.; wrote novels "Gorky Park" 1981, "Stallion Gate" 1986, "Polar Star" 1989 _1942--
Smith, Mary Louise (nee Epperson)  US polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1974-1977 _1914--
Smith, Melancton  US patriot & polit. in American Revolution _1744-1798
Smith, Michael  Can. (Eng.-born) biochem. & geneticist; invented oligonucleotide-based site-directed mutagenesis; NP Chem. 1993 _1932--
Smith, Michael John  US astronaut; died in explosion of space shuttle Challenger _1945-1986
Smith, Oliver  US set designer _1918-1994
Smith, Preston Earnest  US polit.; gov. of Texas 1969-1973 _1912--
Smith, Richard Mills  US editor & journalist; editor-in-chief of Newsweek magazine 1984-- _1946--
Smith, Robert  US diplomat; Secy. of Navy 1801-1809; Secy. of State 1809-1811; brother of Samuel Smith _1757-1842
Smith, Robert Clinton  US Rep. polit.; Senator from New Hampshire 1991-- _1941--
Smith, Robert Holbrook (Dr. Bob S.)  US surgeon; co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous 1935 with William Smith _1879-1950
Smith, Roger Bonham  US automotive businessman; CEO & chairman of General Motors Corp. 1981-1990 _1925--
Smith, Ross Macpherson, Sir  Brit. aviator; made 1st airplane flight from England to Australia 1919 _1892-1922
Smith, Samuel  US gen. & polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831; brother of Robert Smith _1752-1839
Smith, Samuel Francis  US clergyman; wrote words to My Country 'Tis of Thee _1808-1895
Smith, Seba (pseud. Major Jack Downing)  US satirist _1792-1868
Smith, [Robert] Sidney  US cartoonist _1887-1935
Smith, [Samuel] Stanhope (S. Stanhope Smith)  US Presbyterian clergyman & educator; pres. of Princeton Univ. 1795-1812 _1750-1819
Smith, Sydney  Eng. essayist _1771-1845
Smith, Theobald  US pathologist; discovered cause of Texas cattle fever; father of US livestock medicine _1859-1934
Smith, Thomas, Sir  Eng. diplomat _1513-1577
Smith, Walter Bedell (Beetle)  US diplomat & gen.; US ambassador to Soviet Union 1946-1949; director of CIA 1950-1953 _1895-1961
Smith, William  US (Scot.-born) clergyman & educator; founder & 1st provost of Univ. of Pennsylvania 1755-1791 (orig. College of Philadelphia) _1727-1803
Smith, William  Eng. geologist _1769-1839
Smith, William  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1846-1849, 1864-1865 _1797-1887
Smith, William (Billy)  US hockey player _1950--
Smith, William French  US admin.; Atty. Gen. 1981-1985 _1917-1990
Smith, Wilmot  US songwriter; co-wrote song "Far Above Cayuga's Waters" 1872 _1852-1906
Smith, Xanthus Russell  US painter _1839-1929
Smith-Dorrien, Horace Lockwood, Sir  Brit. gen. _1858-1930
Smithson, James  Brit.-US (Fr.-born) sci.; endower & eponym of Smithsonian Institution 1826 _1765-1829
Smollett, Tobias George  Brit. nov. _1721-1771
Smoot, George Fitzgerald III  US cosmologist; discovered dipole, quadrapole, & multipole anisotropy of cosmic background radiation _1945--
Smoot, Reed  US polit. & Mormon leader; 1st Mormon in Senate 1903; co-sponsor & co-eponym of Hawley-Smoot Tariff 1930 _1862-1941
Smuts, Jan Christiaan  S. African gen. & polit.; prime min. of Union of S. Africa 1919-1924, 1939-1948 _1870-1950
Smyslov, Vasily Vasilyevich  Rus. chess player; world chess champion 1957-1958 _1921--
Snead, Samuel Jackson (Sam)  US golfer _1912--
Snegur, Mircea Ion (also Mirchea Snegur, Mircha Snegur)  Moldovan polit.; 1st pres. of Moldova 1990-- _1940--
Snell, Bertrand Hollis  US polit.; House minority leader 1931-1939 _1870-1958
Snell, George Davis  US geneticist; NP Med. 1980 _1903--
Snell, Willebrord van Roijen  Dutch math. & phys.; discoverer & eponym of Snell's Law of diffraction 1621 _1591-1626
Snelling, Richard Arkwright  US polit.; gov. of Vermont 1977-1985, 1991-1993 _1927--
Snipes, Wesley  US movie actor; starred in movies "White Men Can't Jump" 1992, "New Jack City" 1992, "Passenger 57" 1992, "Demolition Man" 1993, "Rising Sun" 1993, "Drop Zone" 1994 _1962--
Snorri [Sturleson] (also Snorri Sturluson)  Icelandic historian, poet, & polit.; assassinated on orders of Haakon IV of Norway _1179-1241
Snorro [Thorfinnsson]  Icelandic-Norw. (Vinland-born) son of Thorfinn Karlsefni; 1st European child born in New World _1010?-10XX
Snow, Charles Percy (C. P. Snow; Baron Snow of Leicester)  Eng. nov. & sci. _1905-1980
Snow, Lorenzo  US Mormon clergyman; 5th pres. of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1898-1901; brother-in-law of Brigham Young _1814-1901
Snowden, Philip  Eng. polit. _1864-1937
Snyder, Jimmy (Jimmy the Greek)  US oddsmaker _1919--
Snyder, John Wesley  US banker; Secy. of Treasury 1946-1953 _1895-1985
Snyder, Meredith Pinxton  US polit.; mayor of Los Angeles 1896-1898, 1900-1904, 1919-1921 _1859-1937
Snyder, Richard Elliot  US publisher; pres. of Simon & Schuster 1975-1986; CEO of Simon & Schuster 1978-1994; chairman of Simon & Schuster 1986-1994 _1933--
Snyder, Simon  US polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1808-1817 _1789-1819
Snyders, Frans  Flemish painter _1579-1657
Soares, Mario Alberto Nobre Lopes  Port. polit.; prime min. of Portugal 1976-1978, 1983-1985; pres. of Portugal 1986-- _1924--
Sobchak, Anatoly Alexandrovich  Rus. polit.; last mayor of Leningrad 1990-1991; mayor of St. Petersburg 1991-- _1937--
Sobhuza I  Dlamini chief; king of Swaziland 1810?-1839; resisted Zulu invasion _1780?-1839
Sobhuza II (Mona)  king of Swaziland 1899-1982; ruled under regency 1899-1921; lost Swazi independence to Britain 1902; head of state of Swaziland 1968-1982; son of Bhunu _1899-1982
Sobolev, Arkady Alexandrovich  Rus. Soviet diplomat; Soviet ambassador to UN 1955-1960 _1903-1964
Sobrero, Ascanio  It. chem.; discovered nitroglycerine 1847 _1812-1888
Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso  S. African black activist & radical; main founder & 1st pres. of Pan African Congress 1959-1978 _1924-1978
Socinus, Faustus (also Fausto Socini, Sozini, Sozzini)  It. theol. _1539-1604
Sockalexis, Louis (Chief)  US Native American baseball player; source of team name Cleveland Indians _1871-1913
Socrates  Gk. philos. in Athens; subject of Plato's Socratic dialogues; founder & eponym of Socratic method; teacher of Plato; executed for corrupting the young _469b?-399b
Soddy, Frederick  Eng. chem.; discovered existence of isotopes; NP Chem. 1921 _1877-1956
Soderblom, Nathan  Swed. pacifist, religious historian, & theol.; NP Peace 1930 _1866-1931
Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi)  It. painter _1477-1549
Soglo, Christophe  Benin gen. & polit.; pres. of Benin 1963-1964, 1965-1967; overthrown _1909-1984
Soglo, Nicephore  Benin polit.; prime min. of Benin 1990-1991; pres. of Benin 1991-- _1934--
Soilih, Ali  Comoros (Malagasy-born) polit.; helped overthrow Ahmed Abdallah 1975; joint head of state of Comoros 1975-1976; pres. of Comoros 1976-1978; overthrown & killed _1938-1978
Sokoine, Edward Moringe  Tanzanian polit.; prime min. of Tanzania 1977-1980, 1983-1984 _1938-1984
Sokolnikov, Grigori Yakovlevich (pseud. Brilliant)  Soviet (Pol.-born) admin.; 1st Soviet finance minister 1923-1926 _1888-1939
Sokolov, Sergei Leonidovich  Rus. Soviet marshal; Soviet defense minister 1984-1987 _1911--
Solf, Wilhelm  Ger. diplomat; Ger. foreign minister 1918; successor of Paul von Hintze; last foreign minister of Ger. Empire _1862-1936
Solh, Takieddine al-  Lebanese nationalist, polit., & Sunni Muslim leader; prime min. of Lebanon 1973-1974 _1909-1988
Solomon  Hebrew king of Israel _973b?-933b?
Solomon (also Maphumzana, Nkayishana)  Zulu chief 1889-1933; son of Dinuzulu _18XX-1933
Solomos, Dionysius (also Dionysios Solomos)  Gk. poet; wrote 158-verse Gk. national anthem (adopted 1864) _1798-1857
Solon  Gk. lawgiver & polit. in Athens; established Athenian democracy _638b?-559b?
Soloviev, Sergei Mikhailovich  Rus. historian _1820-1879
Soloviev, Vladimir Sergeyevich  Rus. Christian philos.; son of Sergei Soloviev _1853-1900
Solow, Robert Merton  US economist; NP Econ. 1987 _1924--
Solti, Georg, Sir  Eng. (Hung.-born) conductor; conducted Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1969-1991; won record 29 Grammy Awards _1912--
Solvay, Ernst  Belgian chem. _1838-1922
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander Isayevich  Rus. aut. & dissident in US; wrote novels "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" 1962, "The First Circle" 1968, "Cancer Ward" 1968, "The Gulag Archipelago" 1973-1976; NP Lit. 1970 _1918--
Somare, Michael Thomas, Sir  Papua New Guinea polit.; 1st prime min. of Papua New Guinea 1975-1980, 1982-1985 _1936--
Somdet Chao Pya Sri Suryawongse  Siamese polit.; regent of Siam 1868-1873; grandson of Rama II _1805-1883
Somerset, Charles Henry  Brit. admin. & gen. in S. Africa; gov. of Cape Colony 1814-1820, 1821-1826 _1767-1831
Somerset, Fitzroy James Henry (Baron Raglan)  Eng. soldier; source of word "raglan" _1788-1855
Somerville, James Fownes, Sir  Brit. adm. _1882-1949
Sommaruga, Cornelio  Swi. (It.-born) diplomat; pres. of International Red Cross 1987-- _1932--
Sommer, Theo  Ger. newspaper editor; editor-in-chief of Die Zeit 1973-- _1930--
Sommerfeld, Arnold Johannes  Ger. phys.; co-developer & co-eponym of Bohr-Sommerfeld theory; teacher of Hans Bethe & Erwin Schrodinger _1868-1951
Somoza [Debayle], Anastasio  Nicaraguan dictator & polit.; pres. of Nicaragua 1967-1972, 1972-1979; overthrown; killed; son of Anastasio Somoza Garcia _1925-1980
Somoza [Debayle], Luis Anastasio  Nicaraguan dictator & polit.; pres. of Nicaragua 1956-1963; son of Anastasio Somoza Garcia _1922-1967
Somoza [Garcia], Anastasio  Nicaraguan dictator, gen., & polit.; pres. of Nicaragua 1937-1946, 1950-1956; assassinated _1896-1956
Sondheim, Stephen Joshua  US lyricist & songwriter; wrote musicals "Candide" 1956, "West Side Story" 1957, "Gypsy" 1959, composed & wrote "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" 1962, "Sweeney Todd" 1978, "Assassins" 1989 _1930--
Sone, Arasuke  Japanese admin.; Japanese resident-general of Korea 1909-1910 _1849-1910
Sonnenschein, Hugo Freund  US economist & educator; provost of Princeton Univ. 1991-1993; pres. of Univ. of Chicago 1993-- _1940--
Sonnino, Sidney  It. (Egyptian-born) polit.; prime min. of Italy 1906, 1909-1910; It. foreign minister 1914-1919 _1847-1922
Sontag, Susan  US aut. & critic; wrote "Against Interpretation" 1966, "Styles of Radical Will" 1969, "On Photography" 1977, "Illness as Metaphor" 1978, "AIDS and Its Metaphors" 1989, play "Alice in Bed" 1993 _1933--
Soong Ai-ling  Chinese polit.; wife of Hsiang-hsi K'ung; sister of Tse-ven Soong _1888-1973
Soong Ch'ing-ling (also Song Qingling)  Chinese polit.; wife of Sun Yat-sen; sister of Tse-ven Soong _1892-1981
Soong Mei-ling (also Mayling Soong Chiang)  Chinese polit.; wife of Chiang Kai-shek 1927; sister of Tse-ven Soong _1897--
Soong Tse-ven (T. V. Soong; orig. Sung Tzu-wen)  Chinese diplomat & financier; brother-in-law of Sun Yat-sen; brother-in-law of Chiang Kai-shek _1894-1971
Sophia  Rus. daughter of Alexei Mikhailovich; regent of Russia 1682-1689; deposed by Peter I; mother of Anna Ivanovna _1657-1704
Sophocles  Gk. tragic dram. _496b?-406b
Sordello  It. troubador _12XX
Sorel, Georges  Fr. Syndicalist political philos.; wrote "Reflections on Violence" 1908 _1847-1922
Sorenson, Theodore Chaikin  US admin. & lawyer; advisor to John F. Kennedy _1928--
Sorin, Edward Frederick  US (Fr.-born) clergyman & educator; 1st pres. of Univ. of Notre Dame 1844-1865 _1814-1893
Sorolla y Bastida, Joaquin  Sp. painter _1863-1923
Sorsa, [Taisto] Kalevi  Finnish diplomat & polit.; prime min. of Finland 1972-1975, 1977-1979, 1982-1987; Finnish foreign minister 1987-1989 _1930--
Sostratus of Cnidus  Gk. architect; designed lighthouse of Alexandria _3XXb
Sotades of Maroneia  Gk. poet & satirist; reputed inventor of palindrome _3XXb-285b?
Soter  It. saint & pope 166?-175? _1XX-175?
Sotheby, John  Eng. auctioneer; eponym of Sotheby's _17XX-1807
Souers, Sidney William  US adm.; 1st director of Central Intelligence Group 1946; de facto national security advisor 1950-1953 _1892-1973
Soulouque, Faustin Elie  Haitian polit.; pres. of Haiti 1847; emperor of Haiti 1847-1859 as Faustin I _1782-1867
Soult, Nicolas Jean de Dieu (Duc de Dalmatie)  Fr. marshal _1769-1851
Souphanouvong, Tiao  Laotian polit. & prince; pres. of Laos 1975-1986; half-brother of Souvanna Phouma; nephew of Sisavang Vong _1902--
Sousa, John Philip (the March King)  US bandleader, composer of marches, & patriot; composed tune "The Stars and Stripes Forever!" 1896 _1854-1932
Souter, David Hackett  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1990-- _1939--
Southard, Samuel Lewis  US polit.; Secy. of Navy 1823-1829; gov. of New Jersey 1832-1833; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1841 _1787-1842
Soutine, Chaim  Fr. (Lithuanian-born) painter _1893-1943
Souvanna Phouma  Laotian polit. & prince; prime min. of Laos 1951-1954, 1956-1958, 1960, 1962-1973; half-brother of Tiao Souphanouvong _1901-1984
Southey, Robert  Eng. poet; Brit. poet laureate 1813-1843 _1774-1843
Soyinka, Akinwande Oluwole (Wole)  Nigerian aut. & dram.; NP Lit. 1986 _1934--
Spaak, Paul Henri Charles  Belgian diplomat & polit.; Belgian foreign minister 1936-1939, 1939-1949, 1954-1957, 1961-1966; prime min. of Belgium 1938-1939, 1947-1949; secy-gen. of NATO 1957-1961 _1899-1972
Spaatz, Carl Andrew  US gen.; directed strategic bombing in World War II; 1st air force chief of staff 1947-1948 _1891-1974
Spacek, Mary Elizabeth (Sissy)  US actress; starred in movies "Carrie" 1976, "Coal Miner's Daughter" 1980, "Crimes of the Heart" 1986 _1949--
Spadolini, Giovanni  It. polit.; prime min. of Italy 1981-1983 _1925-1994
Spahn, Warren Edward  US baseball player _1921--
Spalding, Albert  US composer & violinist _1888-1953
Spalding, Albert Goodwill  US baseball player & sporting goods manufacturer; founder & eponym of A. J. Spalding 1876 _1850-1915
Spallanzani, Lazzaro  It. biologist; proposed spontaneous generation _1729-1799
Spark, Muriel Sarah Maud (nee Camberg)  Brit. aut. _1918--
Sparkman, John Jackson  US polit.; House majority whip 1946-1947; Dem. vice-pres. cand. 1952; chairman of Senate Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Committee 1967-1975; chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee 1975-1978 _1899-1985
Sparks, Jared  US educator & historian; pres. of Harvard Univ. 1849-1853 _1789-1866
Spartacus  Rom. gladiator, rebel, & slave; led rebels in 3rd Servile War (also Spartacist Revolt); defeated & killed _1XXb-071b
Spassky, Boris Vasilyevich  Rus. chess player; world chess champion 1969-1972 _1937--
Speaker, Tristram (Tris; the Grey Eagle)  US baseball player _1885-1958
Specter, Arlen  US Rep. polit.; Senator from Pennsylvania 1981-- _1930--
Speed, James  US admin.; Atty. Gen. 1864-1866 _1812-1887
Speer, Albert  Ger. architect & Nazi admin. _1905-1981
Speke, John Hanning  Eng. explorer of Africa _1827-1864
Spelling, Aaron  US movie & television producer; produced series "Charlie's Angels" 1976-1981, "The Love Boat" 1977-1986, "Fantasy Island" 1978-1984, "Dynasty" 1981-1989, "Beverly Hills 90210" 1990--, movie "Soapdish" 1991 _1925--
Spellman, Francis Joseph  US cardinal 1946; archbishop of New York City 1939-1967 _1889-1967
Spemann, Hans  Ger. embryologist & zoologist; NP Med. 1935 _1869-1941
Spence, William Guthrie  Austr. labor leader; pres. of Austr. Workers' Union 1898-1917 _1846-1926
Spencer, Herbert  Eng. philos. _1820-1903
Spencer, John  US admin.; Secy. of War 1841-1843; Secy. of Treasury 1843-1844 _1788-1855
Spengler, Oswald  Ger. historian & historical philos. _1880-1936
Spenser, Edmund  Eng. poet; wrote poems "The Shepheardes Calendar" 1579, "Astrophel" 1586, "The Faerie Queene" 1590, "Epithalamion" 1595, "Prothalamion" 1596; unofficial 1st Brit. poet laureate 1591-1599 _1552-1599
Sperry, Elmer Ambrose  US inventor _1860-1930
Sperry, Roger Wolcott  US neurobiologist; studied hemispheres of human brain; NP Med. 1981 _1924-1994
Spiegelman, Arthur (Art)  US (Swed.-born) cartoonist; drew & wrote comic books "Maus: A Survivor's Tale I" 1986, "Maus: A Survivor's Tale II" 1991 _1948--
Spielberg, Steven  US movie director; directed movies "Jaws" 1975, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" 1977, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" 1981, "E.T." 1982, "The Color Purple" 1985, "Jurassic Park" 1993, "Schindler's List" 1993 _1947--
Spies, Johann  Ger. aut.; wrote "The History of Dr. Faustus, the Notorious Magician and Master of the Black Art" 1587 (also "Das Faustbuch") _15XX-1607?
Spillane, Frank Morrison (Mickey)  US hard-boiled detective mystery nov.; created character Mike Hammer; wrote novels "I, the Jury" 1947, "Kiss Me, Deadly" 1952, "The Deep" 1961 _1918--
Spindler, Michael  US computer businessman; pres. of Apple Computer Inc. 1991--; CEO of Apple Computer Inc. 1993-- _1942--
Spingarn, Joel Elias  US black leader; establisher & eponym of Spingarn Medal; pres. of NAACP 1930-1939 _1875-1939
Spinks, Michael (Mike)  US boxer _1956--
Spinola, Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de  Port. gen. & polit.; gov. of Port. Guinea 1968-1973; pres. of Portugal 1974 _1910--
Spinoza, Baruch (also Benedict de Spinoza)  Dutch Jewish philos. _1632-1677
Spitteler, Carl Friedrich Georg (pseud. Felix Tandem)  Swi. epic poet; NP Lit. 1919 _1845-1924
Spitz, Mark Andrew  US swimmer _1950--
Spivak, Lawrence Edmund  US broadcast journalist; created show "Meet the Press" 1945 _1900-1994
Spock, Benjamin McLane  US activist, pacifist, physician, & child care reformer; Peace & Freedom Party pres. cand. 1972 _1903--
Spofford, Ainsworth Rand  US librarian; librarian of Congress 1864-1897 _1825-1908
Spohr, Louis (also Ludwig Spohr)  Ger. composer & violinist; composed operas "Zemire and Azor", "Jessonda", "Faust" _1784-1859
Spooner, Lysander  US abolitionist & libertarian political philos. _1808-1887
Spooner, William Archibald  Eng. clergyman & educator; source of word "spoonerism" _1844-1930
Sprigg, John Gordon, Sir  Brit. admin. in S. Africa; premier of Cape Colony 1878-1881, 1886-1890, 1896-1898, 1900-1904 _1830-1913
Spring, Richard (Dick)  Irish polit.; Irish foreign minister 1993-- _1950--
Springsteen, Bruce Frederick (the Boss)  US rock singer & songwriter _1949--
Sprinkel, Beryl Wayne  US economist; chairman of Council of Economic Advisors 1985-1989 _1923--
Sproul, William Cameron  US polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1919-1923 _1870-1928
Spruance, Raymond Ames  US adm.; won victory at Midway Island in World War II 1942; pres. of Naval War College 1946-1948 _1886-1969
Spurgeon, Charles Haddon  Eng. preacher _1834-1892
Spychalski, Marian (Colonel Marek)  Pol. marshal & Communist polit.; head of state of Poland 1968-1970 _1906-1980
Spyri, Johanna (nee Heusser)  Swi. juvenile aut.; wrote novel "Heidi" 1881 (compiled from shorter works) _1827-1901
Squanto  Pawtuxet planter; befriended Plymouth colonists & taught planting methods _15XX-1622
Sridkyong [Namgyal] (also Srid-kyong rNamgyal)  king of Sikkim 1863-1874; son of Tsugphud Namgyal _1819-1874
Sridkyong Tulku [Namgyal] (also Srid-kyong rNamgyal)  king of Sikkim 1914; son of Thustobs Namgyal _1879-1914
Stael, Madame de (Anne Louise Germaine Necker, Baronne de Stael-Holstein)  Fr. aut. _1766-1817
Stagg, Amos Alonzo (the Grand Old Man of Football)  US football coach; coach for Univ. of Chicago 1892-1932; coach for Pacific 1933-1946; introduced huddle _1862-1965
Stahlberg, Kaarlo Juho  Finnish polit.; pres. of Finland 1919-1925 _1865-1952
Stahr, Elvis Jacob Jr.  US admin.; secy. of army 1961-1962; pres. of National Audubon Society 1968-1979 _1916--
Stalin, Joseph (orig. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili)  Georgian Soviet polit.; secy-gen. of Soviet Communist Party 1924-1953; Soviet dictator 1925-1953; premier of Soviet Union 1941-1953; Soviet defense minister 1941-1947 _1879-1953
Stallman, Richard Matthew (RMS)  US computer hacker; inventor of emacs _1953?--
Stallone, Sylvester Enzio  US bodybuilder, movie actor, & director; starred in movies "Rocky" 1976, "First Blood" 1982, "Rhinestone" 1984, "Rambo: First Blood Part II" 1985, "Oscar" 1991, "Cliffhanger" 1993, "Demolition Man" 1993 _1946--
Stambolisky, Aleksandr (also Stambuliski, Aleksandur Stamboliyski)  Bulgarian dictator & polit.; prime min. of Bulgaria 1919-1923; overthrown & killed _1879-1923
Stambolov, Stepan Nikolov (the Bulgarian Bismarck)  Bulgarian dictator, polit.,& revolutionary; prime min. of Bulgaria 1887-1894; assassinated _1854-1895
Stanbery, Henry  US lawyer; Atty. Gen. 1868 _1803-1881
Standish, Miles (also Myles Standish)  American Pilgrim leader; leader of Plymouth colony 1620-1625 _1584-1656
Standley, William Harrison  US adm.; chief of naval operations 1933-1937; US ambassador to Soviet Union 1941-1943 _1872-1963
Stanford, [Amasa] Leland (A. Leland Stanford)  US polit. & railroad businessman; gov. of California 1862-1863; founder & eponym of Stanford Univ. 1885 _1824-1893
Stanislav I Leszczynski (also Stanislaus, Stanislaw Leszczynski)  elected Pol. king 1704-1709, 1733-1734 _1677-1766
Stanislav II Augustus Poniatowski  elected last Pol. king 1764-1795; ruled during partitions of Poland 1772, 1793, 1795; abdicated with final partition of Poland _1732-1798
Stanislavsky, Konstantin (orig. Konstantin Sergeyevich Alexeyev)  Rus. actor, director, & producer; founder of method acting _1863-1938
Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith (14th Earl of Derby)  Eng. polit.; Brit. colonial secy. 1833-1834, 1841-1844; freed slaves in Brit. W. Indies; Brit. prime min. 1852, 1858-1859, 1866-1868; refused Gk. crown 1863 _1799-1869
Stanley, Edward George Villiers (17th Earl of Derby)  Brit. polit.; Brit. war secy. 1916-1918, 1922-1924; son of 16th Earl of Derby _1865-1948
Stanley, Edward Henry Smith (15th Earl of Derby)  Brit. diplomat; Brit. foreign secy. 1866-1868, 1874-1878; son of 14th Earl of Derby _1826-1893
Stanley, Edward Smith (12th Earl of Derby)  Eng. aristocrat; source of word "derby"; grandfather of 14th Earl of Derby _1752-1834
Stanley, Frederick Arthur, Sir (16th Earl of Derby)  Eng. polit.; Brit. war secy. 1878-1880; gov-gen. of Canada 1888-1893; donor & eponym of Stanley Cup; son of 14th Earl of Derby; brother of 15th Earl of Derby _1841-1908
Stanley, Henry Morton, Sir (orig. John Rowlands)  Eng. adventurer, journalist, & explorer of Africa; found David Livingstone 1871 _1841-1904
Stanley, Thomas Bahnson  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1954-1958 _1890-1970
Stanley, Wendell Meredith  US biochem.; NP Chem. 1946 _1904-1971
Stans, Maurice Hubert  US admin.; director of Office of Management & Budget 1958-1961 (OMB); Secy. of Commerce 1969-1972 _1908--
Stanton, Edwin McMasters  US jurist & polit.; Atty. Gen. 1860-1861; Secy. of War 1862-1867, 1868; dismissed by Andrew Johnson, causing Johnson's impeachment for violating Tenure of Office Act; Supr. Ct. justice 1869 _1814-1869
Stanton, Elizabeth (nee Cady)  US suffragist; co-organizer of Seneca Falls Convention 1848 with Lucretia Mott _1815-1902
Stanton, Frank  US businessman; pres. of CBS 1946-1971; chairman of Rand Corp. 1961-1967 _1908--
Starabba, Antonio Rudini, Marquis di  It. polit.; prime min. of Italy 1891-1892, 1896-1898 _1839-1908
Stargell, Wilver Dornel (Willie)  US baseball player; outfielder for Pittsburgh Pirates 1962-1982 _1941--
Starhemberg, Ernst Rudiger von  Aus. Fascist polit.; vice-chancellor of Austria 1934-1936; acting chancellor of Austria 1934; forced to resign by Kurt von Schuschnigg _1899-1956
Stark, Harold Raynsford  US adm.; chief of naval operations 1939-1942; commanded US naval forces in Europe 1942-1945 _1880-1972
Stark, Johannes  Ger. phys.; NP Phys. 1919 _1874-1957
Stark, John  US gen. in American Revolution _1728-1822
Starr, [Myra] Belle (nee Shirley)  US bandit & horse thief; murdered _1848-1889
Starr, Bryan Bartlett (Bart)  US football player & coach; quarterback for Green Bay Packers 1956-1971; 1st Super Bowl MVP 1967, 1968; coach of Green Bay Packers 1975-1984 _1934--
Starr, Kenneth Winston  US judge & lawyer; solicitor gen. 1989-1993; chief prosecutor in Whitewater investigation 1994-- _1946-- 
Starr, Ringo (orig. Richard Starkey)  Eng. musician; member of the Beatles 1962-1970 _1940--
Stasinopoulos, Michael  Gk. polit.; pres. of Greece 1974-1975 _1903--
Stassen, Harold  US educator & polit.; gov. of Minnesota 1938-1942; with Herbert Evatt, main drafter of UN charter 1945; pres. of Univ. of Pennsylvania 1948-1953; pres. of American Baptist Convention 1963-1964 _1907--
Statius, Publius Papinius  Rom. poet _045?-096?
Statler, Ellsworth Milton  US hotel businessman; built 1st Statler hotel 1898, in Buffalo (1st hotel having private bath & running water in every room) _1863-1928
Staubach, Roger Thomas  US football player; won Heisman Trophy 1963 as quarterback for Navy; quarterback for Dallas Cowboys 1969-1979; Super Bowl MVP 1972 _1942--
Staudinger, Hermann  Ger. chem.; NP Chem. 1953 _1881-1965
Stauffenberg, Claus, Graf Schenk von  Ger. army officer & conspirator; led unsuccessful plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler 1944; executed _1907-1944
Stauning, Thorvald August Marinus  Danish polit.; prime min. of Denmark 1924-1926, 1929-1942 _1873-1942
Staunton, Howard  Eng. chess player & Shakespearean scholar _1810-1874
Stayman, Samuel  US bridge player; eponym of Stayman Convention _1909-1993
Stead, Christina Ellen  Austr. nov. & short story aut. _1903-1983
Stearns, Marcellus Lovejoy  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1874-1877 _1839-1891
Steel, Danielle (Danielle Fernande Schuelein-Steel)  US nov.; wrote novel "The Gift" 1994 _1950--
Steel, David Martin Scott, Sir  Brit. polit.; leader of Liberal Party 1976-1988 _1938--
Steele, Alfred Nu  US drink businessman; CEO of Pepsi-Cola Co. 1950-1959; husband of Joan Crawford _1901-1959
Steele, Guy Jr. (the Great Quux)  US computer hacker _1955?--
Steele, Richard, Sir  Brit. dram., editor, & essayist; founded The Tatler & The Spectator _1672-1729
Steen, Jan  Dutch painter _1626-1679
Stefanopoulos, Stefanos (also Stephanos Stephanopoulos)  Gk. polit.; prime min. of Greece 1965-1966 _1899-1982
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur  Can. Arctic explorer & ethnologist _1879-1962
Steffens, [Joseph] Lincoln  US editor, journalist, & muckraker _1866-1936
Stegner, Wallace Earle  US nov. _1909-1993
Steichen, Edward Jean (orig. Edouard Steichen)  US (Luxembourg-born) photographer; brother-in-law of Carl Sandburg 1908 _1879-1972
Steiger, Janet Dempsey  US admin.; chairman of Federal Trade Commission 1989-- _1939--
Steijn, Marthinus Theunis (also Marthinius Steyn)  S. African Boer lawyer & polit.; last pres. of Orange Free State 1896-1902 _1857-1916
Stein, Clarence  US architect & city planner _1882-1975
Stein, Gertrude  US aut. in France _1874-1946
Stein, Herbert  US economist; chairman of Council of Economic Advisors 1972-1974 _1916--
Stein, [Heinrich Friedrich] Karl  Ger. polit. _1757-1831
Stein, Mark Aurel, Sir  Brit. (Hung.-born) archaeologist in Asia _1862-1943
Stein, William Howard  US biochem.; NP Chem. 1972 _1911-1980
Steinbeck, John Ernst  US nov.; wrote novels "Tortilla Flat" 1935, "Of Mice and Men" 1937, "The Grapes of Wrath" 1940, "Cannery Row" 1944, "East of Eden" 1952, "Travels with Charley" 1962; NP Lit. 1962 _1902-1968
Steinberger, Jack  US (Ger.-born) phys.; co-discovered muon neutrino; NP Phys. 1988 _1921--
Steinbrenner, George Michael III  US baseball executive & businessman _1930--
Steinem, Gloria  US feminist; founded Ms. magazine 1971 _1934--
Steiner, Rudolf  Aus. (Croatian-born) mystic; founded anthroposophy _1861-1925
Steinhardt, Laurence  US diplomat; US ambassador to Soviet Union 1939-1941 _1892-1950
Steinitz, Wilhelm  Aus. (Czechoslovakian-born) chess player in US; 1st world chess champion 1866-1894 _1836-1900
Steinmetz, Charles Proteus (orig. Karl August Rudolf Steinmetz)  US (Ger.-born) electrical engineer & inventor _1865-1923
Steinway, Henry Engelhard (orig. Henry Engelhard Steinweg)  US (Ger.-born) piano manufacturer; founder & eponym of Steinway & Sons 1853 _1797-1896
Stelle, John Henry  US polit.; gov. of Illinois 1940-1941 _1891-1962
Stempel, Robert C.  US automobile businessman; pres. of General Motors Corp. 1987-1990; CEO & chairman of General Motors Corp. 1990-1992 _1933--
Stendhal (pseud. of Marie Henri Beyle)  Fr. biographer & nov.; wrote novels "The Red and the Black" 1831 (also "Le Rouge et le Noir"), "The Charterhouse of Parma" 1839 _1783-1842
Stengel, Charles Dillon (Casey)  US baseball manager; manager of New York Yankees 1949-1960; manager of New York Mets 1962-1965 _1890-1975
Stennis, John Cornelius  US polit.; chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee 1969-1981; chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee 1987-1989; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1987-1989 _1901--
Steno, Nicolaus (also Niels Stensen)  Danish sci.; explained origin of fossils 1669 _1638-1686
Stephanopoulos, George  US admin.; aide to Bill Clinton 1993-- _1961--
Stephen  Christian deacon & saint; 1st Christian martyr; converted Paul to Christianity _0XX-033
Stephen (also Etienne; Count de Blois)  Eng. king 1135-1154; only ruler of House of Blois; grandson of William I _1097?-1154
Stephen I  It. saint & pope 254-257 _2XX-257
Stephen II  It. pope 752; elected but not consecrated _7XX-752
Stephen III (also Stephen II)  It. pope 752-757 _7XX-757
Stephen IV (also Stephen III)  It. pope 768-772 _720?-772
Stephen V (also Stephen IV)  It. pope 816-817 _7XX-817
Stephen VI (also Stephen V)  It. pope 885-891 _8XX-891
Stephen VII (also Stephen VI)  It. pope 896-897; imprisoned & murdered _8XX-897
Stephen VIII (also Stephen VII)  It. pope 928-931 _8XX-931
Stephen IX (also Stephen VIII)  It. pope 939-942 _8XX-942
Stephen X (also Stephen IX; orig. Frederick)  pope 1057-1058 _10XX-1058
Stephen I (also Istvan I; orig. Vaik; the Apostle of Hungary; Apostolic King)  Hung. king 997-1038 & saint _975?-1038
Stephen II (also Istvan II)  Hung. king 1114-1131; abdicated _10XX-1131
Stephen Batory  elected Pol. king 1576-1586; son-in-law of Sigismund I _1533-1586
Stephen, Leslie, Sir  Eng. biographer & critic; father of Virginia Woolf _1832-1904
Stephen, Ninian Martin, Sir  Austr. (Brit.-born) polit.; gov-gen. of Australia 1982-1989 _1923--
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton  US-Confederate polit.; only vice-pres. of Confederacy 1861-1865; gov. of Georgia 1882-1883 _1812-1883
Stephens, James  Irish nov. & poet _1882-1950
Stephens, Stanley (Stan)  US polit.; gov. of Montana 1989-1993 _1929--
Stephens, Uriah Smith  US labor leader; founded Knights of Labor 1869 _1821-1882
Stephens, William Dennison  US polit.; gov. of California 1917-1923 _1859-1944
Stephenson, George  Eng. inventor of locomotive engine _1781-1848
Stephenson, John Gould  US admin.; librarian of Congress 1861-1864 _1828-1883
Stephenson, Robert  Eng. engineer; son of George Stephenson _1803-1859
Stepinac, Aloysius  Croatian archbishop _1898-1960
Sterling, Andrew  US lyricist; wrote song "Wait 'till the Sun Shines, Nellie" 1905 _1874-1955
Sterling, Bruce  US science fiction aut.; pioneer of cyberpunk fiction; wrote novel "Schismatrix" 1985, "The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier" 1992, co-wrote novel "The Difference Engine" 1990 _1954--
Sterling, Ross Shaw  US polit.; gov. of Texas 1931-1933 _1875-1949
Sterling, [John Ewart] Wallace (J. E. Wallace Sterling)  US (Can.-born) educator; pres. of Stanford Univ. 1949-1968 _1906-1985
Stern, Avraham (pseud. Yair)  Jewish nationalist, rebel leader, & Zionist in Palestine; founder & eponym of Stern Gang 1940 (also Lohamei Herut Yisrael, Lehi); killed by Brit. police _1907-1942
Stern, David Joel  US basketball admin. & lawyer; commissioner of NBA 1984-- _1942--
Stern, Howard Allan  US disc jockey & radio & television broadcaster _1954--
Stern, Isaac  US (Rus.-born) violinist _1920--
Stern, Otto  US (Ger.-born) phys.; NP Phys. 1943 _1888-1969
Sternberg, George Miller  US bacteriologist & physician _1838-1915
Sterne, Laurence  Eng. nov. & satirist _1713-1768
Stetson, John Batterson  US hat manufacturer; source of word "stetson" _1830-1906
Stetson, John Charles  US admin.; secy. of air force 1977-1979 _1920--
Stettinius, Edward Reilley Jr.  US diplomat & industrialist; Secy. of State 1944-1945; 1st US ambassador to UN 1946 _1900-1949
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von  US (Ger.-born) soldier in American Revolution _1730-1794
Stevens, Cat (Yosef Islam; orig. Stephen Demetri Georgiou)  Eng. singer & songwriter _1948--
Stevens, Connie (orig. Concetta Ingolia)  US singer _1938--
Stevens, John  US inventor _1749-1838
Stevens, John Paul  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1975-- _1920--
Stevens, Robert Ten Broeck  US businessman; secy. of army 1953-1955; opposed Joseph McCarthy _1899-1983
Stevens, Siaka Probyn  Sierra Leone labor leader & polit.; co-founded SLPP Party 1951; founded APC Party 1960; prime min. of Sierra Leone 1967, 1968-1971; 1st pres. of Sierra Leone 1971-1985 _1905-1988
Stevens, Theodore Fulton (Ted)  US Rep. polit.; Senator from Alaska 1968--; Senate minority whip 1977-1981; Senate majority whip 1981-1985 _1923--
Stevens, Thaddeus  US abolitionist & polit. _1792-1868
Stevens, Wallace  US poet; 1st recipient of Bollinger Prize 1949 _1879-1955
Stevenson, Adlai Ewing  US Dem. polit.; vice-pres. of US 1893-1897; Dem. vice-pres. cand. 1900; grandfather of Adlai Stevenson Jr. _1835-1914
Stevenson, Adlai Ewing Jr.  US diplomat & Dem. polit.; gov. of Illinois 1949-1953; Dem. pres. cand. 1952, 1956; US ambassador to UN 1961-1965; grandson of Adlai Stevenson _1900-1965
Stevenson, Andrew  US polit.; Speaker of the House 1827-1834 _1784-1857
Stevenson, Coke Robert  US polit.; gov. of Texas 1941-1947 _1888-1975
Stevenson, Parker  US television actor; starred in series "Probe" 1988, "Baywatch" 1989-1990; husband of Kirstie Alley _1952--
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour  Scot. aut. _1850-1894
Stever, [Horton] Guyford (Guy; H. Guyford Stever)  US admin., educator, & engineer; pres. of Carnegie-Mellon Univ. 1965-1972; director of National Science Foundation 1972-1976 (NSF); presidential science advisor 1973-1977 _1916--
Stevin, Simon (also Simon Stevinus)  Flemish engineer, math., & phys.; demonstrated independence of gravitational acceleration on mass _1548-1620
Steward, Frederick Campion (Camp)  Brit. botanist & plant physiologist _1904-1993
Stewart, Dugald  Scot. philos. _1753-1828
Stewart, Henry (Lord Darnley)  Scot. Catholic leader; murdered; cousin & 2nd husband of Mary Stuart 1565; father of James I of Britain _1545-1567
Stewart, Jackie  Scot. automobile racer _1939--
Stewart, James (Jimmy)  US actor; starred in movies "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" 1939, "The Philadelphia Story" 1940, "It's a Wonderful Life" 1946, "Rope" 1948, "Rear Window" 1954, "Vertigo" 1958 _1908--
Stewart, Michael Maitland (Baron Fulham)  Brit. diplomat; Brit. foreign secy. 1965-1966, 1968-1970 _1906-1990
Stewart, Patrick  Eng. actor; starred in movies "Dune" 1984, "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" 1993, series "Star Trek: the Next Generation" 1987-1994 _1940--
Stewart, Potter  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1959-1981; only dissent in Engle v. Vitale 1962 _1915-1985
Stewart, Roderick David (Rod)  Eng. singer _1945--
Stich, Otto  Swi. polit.; pres. of Switzerland 1988, 1994-- _1927--
Stieglitz, Alfred  US photographer; husband of Georgia O'Keeffe 1924 _1864-1946
Stieltjes, Thomas Jan  Fr. math.; co-eponym of Lebesque-Stieltjes integral _1856-1894
Stigand  Eng. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1052-1070; deposed _10XX-1072
Stigler, George Joseph  US economist; NP Econ. 1982 _1911-1991
Stikker, Dirk Uipko  Dutch diplomat; secy-gen. of NATO 1961-1964 _1897-1979
Stiles, Ezra  US clergyman & educator; pres. of Yale Univ. 1777-1795 _1727-1795
Stilicho, Flavius  Rom. gen. & polit. _365?-408
Still, Andrew Taylor  US physician; founder of osteopathy _1828-1917
Stilwell, Joseph Warren (Vinegar Joe)  US gen.; led Allied forces in Asia in World War II _1883-1946
Stimson, Henry Lewis  US polit.; Secy. of War 1911-1913; US gov. of Philippines 1927-1929; Secy. of State 1929-1933; Secy. of War 1940-1945 _1867-1950
Sting (orig. Gordon Matthew Sumner)  Eng. actor & rock singer _1951--
Stinnes, Hugo  Ger. businessman _1870-1924
Stirling, James  Eng. math.; eponym of Stirling's formula for approximating factorials _1692-1770
Stock, Frederick  US (Ger.-born) conductor; conducted Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1905-1942 _1872-1942
Stockdale, Fletcher  US polit.; gov. of Texas 1865 _1823-1902
Stockdale, James Bond  US adm.; prisoner of war 1965-1973 in Vietnam War; pres. of Naval War College 1976-1979; pres. of The Citadel 1979-1980; independent vice-pres. cand. 1992 with Ross Perot _1923--
Stockman, David Allen  US polit.; director of Office of Management & Budget 1981-1985 (OMB) _1946--
Stockmar, Christian Friedrich  Belgian-Eng. polit. _1787-1863
Stockton, Francis Richard (Frank)  US aut.; wrote short story "The Lady or the Tiger?" 1882 _1834-1902
Stockton, Robert Field  US naval officer; helped conquer California; declared California a US territory & declared himself gov. 1846; disputed with Stephen Kearny _1795-1866
Stockwell, Dean (orig. Robert Stockwell)  US television actor _1936--
Stoddard, Richard Henry  US critic & poet _1825-1903
Stoddert, Benjamin  US admin. & soldier; 1st Secy. of Navy 1798-1801 _1751-1813
Stoessel, Walter John Jr.  US diplomat; US ambassador to Soviet Union 1974-1976 _1920-1986
Stoica, Chivu (also Stoca Chivu)  Romanian Communist polit.; prime min. of Romania 1955-1961; pres. of Romania 1965-1967 _1908-1975
Stojadinovic, Milan  Yugoslavian polit.; prime min. of Yugoslavia 1935-1939 _1888-1961
Stoker, Abraham (Bram)  Irish horror nov. _1847-1912
Stokes, Carl Burton  US polit.; mayor of Cleveland 1967-1971; 1st black mayor of a major US city _1927--
Stokes, Frederick Wilfrid Scott, Sir  Eng. engineer & inventor _1860-1927
Stokes, George Gabriel, Sir  Brit. math. & phys.; formulated Stokes' theorem _1819-1903
Stokowski, Leopold Antoni Stanislaw Boleslawowicz  US (Eng.-born) conductor; conducted Philadelphia Orchestra 1912-1938; conducted Houston Symphony Orchestra 1955-1960 _1882-1977
Stoltenberg, Thorvald  Norw. diplomat; Norw. defense minister 1979-1981; Norw. foreign minister 1987-1989, 1990-1993; UN envoy to Yugoslavia _1931--
Stolypin, Piotr Arkadyevich  Rus. polit. & land reformer; prime min. of Russia 1906-1911; assassinated _1862-1911
Stone, Edward Durrell  US architect _1902-1978
Stone, Harlan Fiske  US jurist; Atty. Gen. 1924-1925; Supr. Ct. justice 1925-1941; Supr. Ct. chief justice 1941-1946 _1872-1946
Stone, Irving (orig. Irving Tennenbaum)  US aut. & biographer _1903-1989
Stone, Isidor Feinstein (I. F. Stone; orig. Isidor Feinstein)  US journalist & newspaper publisher _1907-1989
Stone, Lucy  US abolitionist & feminist; 1st woman arrested in US for civil disobedience 1858; source of term "Lucy Stoner"; sister-in-law of Elizabeth Blackwell _1818-1893
Stone, Michael  US (Eng.-born) admin.; secy. of army 1989-1993 _1925--
Stone, Oliver  US movie director & screenwriter; directed movies "Platoon" 1986, "Born on the Fourth of July" 1989, "JFK" 1991, "Natural Born Killers" 1994 _1946--
Stone, [John] Richard [Nicholas], Sir  Brit. economist; NP Econ. 1984 _1913-1991
Stone, Sharon  US movie actress; starred in movies "Total Recall" 1990, "Basic Instinct" 1992, "Sliver" 1993, "The Specialist" 1994 _1958--
Stone, William Alexis  US polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1899-1903 _1846-1920
Stoneman, George  US polit.; gov. of California 1883-1887 _1822-1894
Stoney, George Johnstone  Irish phys.; coined word "electron" _1826-1911
Stopes, Marie Carmichael  Eng. birth control advocate _1880-1958
Stoph, Willi  E. Ger. Communist polit.; chancellor of E. Germany 1964-1973, 1976-1989; pres. of E. Germany 1973-1976 _1914--
Stoppard, Thomas (Tom; orig. Thomas Straussler)  Brit. (Czechoslovakian-born) dram. & screenwriter; wrote plays "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" 1967, "Travesties" 1975, "The Real Thing" 1982 _1937--
Storey, Moorfield  US civil rights leader; 1st pres. of NAACP 1909-1930 _1845-1929
Story, Joseph  US jurist & polit.; Supr. Ct. justice 1811-1845; youngest person ever nominated to Supr. Ct.; wrote decision for Martin v. Hunter's Lessee 1816 _1779-1845
Story, William Wetmore  US sculptor; son of Joseph Story _1819-1895
Stout, Rex Todhunter  US mystery nov. & publisher; founded Vanguard Press 1926; created character Nero Wolfe _1886-1975
Stout, Robert, Sir  Brit. admin.; acting colonial gov. of New Zealand 1912; acting gov-gen. of New Zealand 1920 _1844-1930
Stow, John  Eng. antiquarian & historian _1525-1605
Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth (nee Beecher)  US abolitionist & nov.; sister of Henry Ward Beecher _1811-1896
Strabo  Gk. geographer, historian, & traveler _063b?-024?
Strachey, [Giles] Lytton  Eng. biographer _1880-1932
Stradivari, Antonio (also Antonius Stradivarius)  It. violin-maker of Cremona _1644-1737
Strafford, Earl of (Thomas Wentworth)  Eng. polit. _1593-1641
Strand, Mark  US (Can.-born) poet; US poet laureate 1990-1991 _1934--
Strange, Curtis  US golfer _1955--
Strasser, Valentine Esegragbo Melvine  Sierra Leone army officer & polit.; overthrew Joseph Momoh 1992; head of state of Sierra Leone 1992-- _1965?--
Stratemeyer, Edward  US juvenile nov.; created characters Hardy Boys, Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, Tom Swift _1862-1930
Stratford, John de  Eng. polit. & prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1333-1348 _12XX-1348
Stratton, Julius Adams  US educator; pres. of MIT 1959-1966; chairman of Ford Foundation 1966-1971 _1901-1994
Stratton, Samuel Wesley  US admin. & educator; 1st director of Bureau of Standards 1901-1923; pres. of MIT 1923-1930 _1861-1931
Stratton, William Grant  US polit.; gov. of Illinois 1953-1961 _1914--
Straus, Nathan  US (Ger.-born) merchant & philanthropist _1848-1931
Straus, Oscar  Fr. (Aus.-born) composer _1870-1954
Straus, Oscar Solomon  US (Ger.-born) diplomat; Secy. of C&L 1906-1909; 1st Jewish Cabinet member _1850-1926
Strauss, David Friedrich  Ger. humanist, philos., rationalist, scholar, & theol.; follower of Georg Hegel _1808-1874
Strauss, Franz Josef  W. Ger. polit.; W. Ger. defense minister 1956-1963; W. Ger. finance minister 1966-1969 _1915-1988
Strauss, Johann  Aus. conductor & composer of dance music; father of Johann Strauss II _1804-1849
Strauss, Johann Baptist Jr. (also Johann Strauss II, Johann Strauss the Younger; the Waltz King)  Aus. composer; composed waltz "The Blue Danube", operetta "Die Fledermaus" 1874 _1825-1899
Strauss, Levi  US clothing industrialist & manufacturer _1829?-1902
Strauss, Lewis Lichtenstein  US admin.; chairman of Atomic Energy Commission 1953-1958; Secy. of Commerce 1958-1959 _1896-1974
Strauss, Richard  Ger. composer _1864-1949
Strauss, Robert Schwarz  US diplomat & polit.; chairman of Dem. National Committee 1972-1977; last US ambassador to Soviet Union 1991; US ambassador to Russia 1991-1993 _1918--
Strausz-Hupe, Robert  US (Aus.-born) diplomat; US ambassador to NATO 1976-1977 _1903--
Stravinsky, Igor Fyodorovich  Rus. composer in US _1882-1971
Strawberry, Darryl  US baseball player; played for New York Mets 1983-1990, Los Angeles Dodgers 1990-1994, San Francisco Giants 1994-- _1962--
Streep, Meryl (orig. Mary Louise Streep)  US actress; starred in movies "Death Becomes Her" 1992, "The River Wild" 1994 _1949--
Streeruwitz, Ernst  Aus. polit.; chancellor of Austria 1929 _1874-1952
Streicher, Julius  Ger. Nazi admin. & propagandist; executed _1885-1946
Streisand, Barbra Joan (orig. Barbara Joan Streisand)  US actress & singer _1942--
Stresemann, Gustav  Ger. diplomat & polit.; Ger. foreign minister 1923-1929; chancellor of Germany 1923; NP Peace 1926 _1878-1929
Strijdom, Johannes Gerhardus (also Johannes Strydom)  S. African polit.; prime min. of Union of S. Africa 1954-1958; helped implement apartheid _1893-1958
Strindberg, August  Swed. dram. _1849-1912
Stritch, Samuel Alphonsus  US cardinal 1945; archbishop of Chicago 1939-1958 _1887-1958
Stroessner, Alfredo  Paraguayan dictator, gen., & polit.; pres. of Paraguay 1954-1989; overthrown _1912--
Strohmeyer, Friedrich  Ger. chem.; discovered element cadmium 1817 _1776-1835
Strong, Caleb  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1800-1807, 1812-1816 _1745-1819
Strong, George Veazey  US gen. _1880-1946
Strong, Henry  US photography businessman; 1st pres. of Eastman Kodak Co. 1884-1919 _18XX-1919
Strong, James Hooker  US adm. _1814-1882
Strong, William  US jurist & polit.; Supr. Ct. justice 1870-1880 _1808-1895
Strong, William  US polit.; mayor of New York City 1895-1898 _1827-1900
Stroud, Robert Franklin (the Birdman of Alcatraz)  US criminal & ornithologist; imprisoned 1909-1963 (at Alcatraz 1942-1959) _1890-1963
Strube, Gustave  US (Ger.-born) conductor; founded & conducted Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 1916-1930 _1867-1953
Struble, Arthur Dewey  US adm. in World War II _1894-1983
Struensee, Johann Friedrich  Danish-Ger. physician & polit. _1737-1772
Strugatsky, Arkady Natanovich  Rus. linguist & science fiction aut.; co-wrote novels "Hard to Be a God" 1964 (also "Trudno byt bogom"), "Monday Begins on Saturday" 1965; collaborator with & brother of Boris Strugatsky _1925-1991
Strugatsky, Boris Natanovich  Rus. astronomer & science fiction aut.; co-wrote novels "Hard to Be a God" 1964 (also "Trudno byt bogom"), "Monday Begins on Saturday" 1965; collaborator with & brother of Arkady Strugatsky _1933--
Struve, Gustav  Ger. revolutionary _1805-1870
Struve, Peter Bergardovich  Rus. political economist & Marxist _1870-1944
Stuart, Alexander Hugh Holmes  US polit.; Secy. of Interior 1850-1853 _1807-1891
Stuart, Edwin Sydney  US polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1907-1911 _1853-1937
Stuart, Elbridge Amos  US milk industrialist; 1st pres. of Carnation Co. 1899-1932; chairman of Carnation Co. 1932-1944 _1856-1944
Stuart, Gilbert Charles  US portrait painter _1755-1828
Stuart, Henry Carter  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1914-1918 _1855-1933
Stuart, James Ewell Brown (J. E. B. Stuart, Jeb Stuart)  US-Confederate cavalry gen. _1833-1864
Stubbs, George  Eng. painter _1724-1806
Stubbs, Reginald Edward, Sir  Brit. admin.; gov. of Hong Kong 1919-1925 _1876-1947
Stubbs, William  Eng. clergyman & historian _1825-1901
Studebaker, Clement  US carriage manufacturer _1831-1901
Studeman, William Oliver  US adm.; director of National Security Agency 1988-1992 (NSA) _1940--
Stulpnagel, Karl Heinrich von  Ger. gen. _1886-1944
Sturdza, Dimitrie Alexandru  Romanian (Moldavian-born) polit.; prime min. of Romania 1895-1896, 1897-1899, 1901-1904, 1907-1909 _1833-1914
Sturgeon, Theodore Hamilton (orig. Edward Hamilton Waldo)  US science fiction aut.; wrote novels "The Dreaming Jewels" 1950, "More than Human" 1953, "The Cosmic Rape" 1958, short story "Slow Sculpture" 1970 _1918-1985
Sturges, Preston (orig. Edmond Biden)  US movie director & satirist _1898-1959
Sturgkh, Karl, Graf von  Aus. dictator & polit.; prime min. of Austria 1911-1916; assassinated _1859-1916
Sturm, [Jacques] Charles Francois  Fr.-Swi. math. & mathematical phys.; co-eponym of Sturm-Liouville theory with Joseph Liouville _1803-1855
Sturm, Johannes  Ger. educator _1507-1589
Stursa, Jan  Czechoslovakian sculptor _1880-1925
Sturt, Charles  Brit. (Indian-born) explorer of Australia _1795-1869
Stuyvesant, Peter  Dutch colonial admin. in America _1592-1672
Styne, Jule (orig. Julius Stein)  US (Eng.-born) songwriter; composed songs "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" 1949, "Don't Rain on My Parade" 1964, musicals "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" 1949, "Gypsy" 1959, "Funny Girl" 1964 _1905-1994
Styron, William Clark Jr.  US nov.; wrote novels "Lie Down in Darkness" 1951, "The Confessions of Nat Turner" 1967, "Sophie's Choice" 1979, "Darkness Visible" 1990 _1925--
Suarez, Marco Fidel  Colombian polit.; pres. of Colombia 1918-1921 _1855-1927
Suarez [del Rondelo], Joaquin  Uruguayan polit.; 1st head of state of Uruguay 1828, 1830 _1781-1868
Suarez Gonzalez, Adolfo  Sp. polit.; prime min. of Spain 1976-1981 _1932--
Subh-i Azal, Mirza Yahya Nuri  Persian religious leader; disciple & chosen successor of the Bab; leader of Azali sect of Babism; considered Antichrist by Baha'is; brother of Baha'ullah _1830?-1912
Subroto  Indonesian admin.; secy-gen. of OPEC 1988-1994 _1928--
Suchocka, Hanna  Pol. polit.; prime min. of Poland 1992-1993 _1946--
Suckling, John, Sir  Eng. Cavalier poet _1609-1642
Sucre, Antonio Jose de  S. American polit., gen., & liberator under Simon Bolivar; pres. of Bolivia 1826-1828 _1795-1830
Sudbury, Simon of (Simon Theobald, Simon Tybald)  Eng. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1375-1381; killed by mob _13XX-1381
Sudre [d'Artiguenave], Philippe  Haitian gen. & polit.; pres. of Haiti 1915-1922 _1863-19XX
Sue, Eugene (orig. Marie Joseph Sue)  Fr. nov. _1804-1857
Suetonius (Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus)  Rom. biographer & historian _069?-140?
Suger  Fr. abbot & architect; regent of France 1147-1149; founder of Gothic architecture _1081-1151
Suharto (Raden Suharto; also Soeharto)  Indonesian gen. & polit.; pres. of Indonesia 1967-- _1921--
Suhr, Otto  Ger. polit.; mayor of W. Berlin 1955-1957 _1894-1957
Suhrawardi, Husayn Shahid  Pakistani polit.; prime min. of Pakistan 1956-1957 _1893-1963
Sukarno, Ahmed (also Achmad Soekarno; orig. Kusnasosro)  Indonesian dictator, nationalist, & polit.; 1st pres. of Indonesia 1949-1967; overthrown _1901-1970
Suleiman the Magnificent (the Lawgiver, Suleiman Kanuni)  Ottoman conqueror & sultan 1520-1566 _1496?-1566
Sulla (Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix)  Rom. gen. & polit.; dictator of Rome 082b-079b _138b-078b
Sullivan, Anne (Anne Sullivan Macy)  US teacher of Helen Keller _1866-1936
Sullivan, Arthur Seymour, Sir  Eng. composer & writer of comic operettas; composed song "Onward, Christian Soldiers"; collaborator with William Gilbert _1842-1900
Sullivan, Edward Vincent (Ed)  US actor & television host; hosted & eponym of show "The Ed Sullivan Show" 1948-1971 (orig. "Talk of the Town" 1948-1955) _1902-1974
Sullivan, Gordon  US gen.; army chief of staff 1991-- _1937--
Sullivan, James  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1807-1808; brother of John Sullivan _1744-1808
Sullivan, John  US polit.; 1st US gov. of New Hampshire 1789-1790; brother of James Sullivan _1740-1795
Sullivan, John Lawrence  US boxer; heavyweight boxing champion 1882-1892 _1858-1918
Sullivan, John Lawrence  US admin.; 1st secy. of navy 1947-1949 _1899-1982
Sullivan, Louis Henri  US modernist architect; designed 1st skyscraper _1856-1924
Sullivan, Louis Wade  US admin. & physician; Secy. of HHS 1989-1993 _1933--
Sullivan, Michael John (Mike)  US polit.; gov. of Wyoming 1987-- _1939--
Sullivan, William Laurence  US Unitarian clergyman; wrote "A Letter to His Holiness, Pope Pius X" 1910 (last book by a US aut. placed on Vatican's Index Librorum Prohibitorum 1912) _1872-1935
Sully, Thomas  US (Eng.-born) portrait painter _1783-1872
Sully Prudhomme, Rene Francois Armend (pseud. of Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme)  Fr. aut. of Parnassian movement; NP Lit. 1901 _1839-1907
Sulzer, William  US polit.; gov. of New York 1913 _1863-1941
Sumitomo, Masatomo  Japanese copper mining businessman; founder & eponym of Sumitomo _1585-1652
Summerall, Charles Pelot  US gen.; fought in World War I; army chief of staff 1926-1930; pres. of The Citadel 1931-1953 _1867-1955
Summerfield, Arthur Ellsworth  US polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1952-1953; Postmaster Gen. 1953-1961 _1899-1972
Sumner, Charles  US abolitionist polit.; assaulted by Preston Brooks 1856 _1811-1874
Sumner, Increase  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1797-1799 _1746-1799
Sumner, James Batcheller  US biochem.; NP Chem. 1946 _1887-1955
Sumner, John Bird  Brit. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1848-1862 _1780-1862
Sumner, William Graham  US economist & sociologist; advocate of Social Darwinism _1840-1910
Sumter, Thomas  US army officer & polit. in American Revolution _1734-1832
Sunay, Cevdet  Turkish gen. & polit.; pres. of Turkey 1966-1973 _1900-1982
Sunday, William Ashley (Billy)  US baseball player & evangelist _1862-1935
Sundback, Gideon  US (Swed.-born) inventor; invented modern zipper 1914 _1880-1954
Sundjata Keita  Malian conqueror; founder & ruler of Mali empire 1235?-1260?; granduncle of Mansa Musa _1210?-1260?
Sundlun, Bruce  US polit.; gov. of Rhode Island 1991-- _1920--
Sun Tzu (also Sun-tzu)  Chinese gen. & military strategist; wrote "The Art of War" _4XXb?
Sununu, John Henry  US (Cuban-born) engineer & Rep. polit.; gov. of New Hampshire 1983-1989; White House chief of staff 1989-1991 _1939--
Sun Yat-sen (also Sun Wen, Chung Shan, Sun Yixian)  Chinese polit. & revolutionary; pres. of China 1911-1912, 1921-1922; head of Nationalist government of China 1923-1925; founded Kuomintang _1866-1925
Sun Yun-suan  Taiwanese (Chinese-born) polit.; prime min. of Taiwan 1978-1984 _1913--
Supratman, Wage Rudolf  Indonesian songwriter; wrote & composed Indonesian national anthem "Indonesia Raja" (adopted 1949) _1903-1938
Surendra [Bikrama Shah Bahadur Shamshir Jang]  king of Nepal 1847-1881; son of Rajendra _1829-1881
Surratt, Mary Eugenia (nee Jenkins)  US conspirator & innkeeper; kept inn where John Wilkes Booth's conspirators met; executed _1820-1865
Surtees, Robert Smith  Eng. editor & nov. _1803-1864
Susanin, Ivan  Rus. folk hero & martyr; led Pol. invaders astray into forest; killed _15XX-1613
Susann, Jacqueline  US nov.; wrote best-selling novel in history _1926?-1974
Sussex, Augustus Frederick, Duke of  Brit. brother of George IV; pres. of Royal Society 1830-1838 _1773-1843
Sutcliffe, Stuart (Stu)  Eng. bassist & musician; bassist for orig. Beatles 1960-1961; friend of John Lennon; subject of movie "Backbeat" 1994 _1940-1962
Sutherland, Earl Wilbur Jr.  US physiologist; NP Med. 1971 _1915-1974
Sutherland, George  US (Eng.-born) jurist & polit.; Supr. Ct. justice 1922-1938 _1862-1942
Sutherland, Kiefer  US (Eng.-born) movie actor _1966--
Sutherland, Peter  Irish lawyer & polit.; director-general of General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade 1993-- (GATT) _1946--
Sutter, John Augustus (orig. Johann August Suter)  US (Ger.-born) pioneer; discovery of gold on his land caused 1848 California gold rush _1803-1880
Suttner, Baroness Bertha Felicie Sophie von (nee Kinsky)  Aus. (Czechoslovakian-born) pacifist aut.; NP Peace 1905 _1843-1914
Suvorov, Alexander Vasilyevich, Count  Rus. marshal _1729-1800
Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro (also Daisetsu Suzuki)  Japanese Buddhist scholar & popularizer of Zen Buddhism _1870-1966
Suzuki, Kantaro  Japanese adm. & polit.; prime min. of Japan 1945; negotiated surrender of Japan in World War II; resigned _1867-1948
Suzuki, Umetaro  Japanese biochem.; isolated vitamin B-1 1910; developed synthetic sake _1874-1943
Suzuki, Zenko  Japanese polit.; prime min. of Japan 1980-1982; resigned _1911--
Svanidze, Ekaterina  Georgian 1st wife of Joseph Stalin 1903 _1880-1907
Svedberg, Theodor  Swed. chem.; NP Chem. 1926; inventor of ultracentrifuge _1884-1971
Svein Jinger  Norw. king 1030-1035; son of Canute the Great _1020?-1036
Sveinbjornsson, Sveinbjorn  Icelandic songwriter; composed Icelandic national anthem "Lofsongur" 1874 _1847-1927
Sven II Estridson  regent of Jutland 1042-1047; king of Denmark 1047-1076; 1st ruler of Ulfinger dynasty _1019?-1076
Sven III Grathe  king of Denmark 1146-1157; co-regent with Canute V 1154-1157; son of Erik II Hatevoet Emune _11XX-1157
Sverdrup, Otto Neumann  Norw. Arctic explorer _1855-1930
Sverker I Kolson  Swed. king 1133-1156? _11XX-1156?
Sverker II Karlsson  Swed. king 1195-1208; son of Carl VII _11XX-1210
Sverrir (Sverrir Sigurdsson)  Norw. king 1184-1202 _1149?-1202
Svinhufund, Per Evind  Finnish polit.; provisional pres. of Finland 1918; prime min. of Finland 1930-1931; pres. of Finland 1931-1937 _1861-1944
Svoboda, Ludovik  Czechoslovakian gen., polit., & reformer; pres. of Czechoslovakia 1968-1975; resigned _1895-1979
Svyatoslav I  Rus. grand prince of Kiev 946-972; ruled under regency 946-957; son of Igor I _942?-972
Svyatoslav II  Rus. grand prince 1246-1249; son of Vsevolod III _1196-1252
Swan, John William David, Sir  Brit.-Bermudian territorial polit.; premier of Bermuda 1982-- _1935--
Swann, Lynn  US football player; Super Bowl MVP 1976 _1952--
Swanson, Claude Augustus  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1906-1910; Secy. of Navy 1933-1939 _1862-1939
Swanson, Gloria May Josephine (orig. Josephine May Swenson)  US actress _1899-1983
Swart, Charles Robberts  S. African polit.; last gov-gen. of Union of S. Africa 1959-1961; 1st pres. of S. Africa 1961-1967 _1894-1982
Swayne, Noah Haynes  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1862-1881; only Quaker justice _1804-1884
Swayze, Patrick  US movie actor; starred in movies "Red Dawn" 1984, "Dirty Dancing" 1987, "Ghost" 1990, "Point Break" 1991 _1954--
Swearer, Howard Robert  US educator; pres. of Brown Univ. 1977-1988 _1932-1991
Swedenborg, Emanuel (orig. Emanuel Svedberg)  Swed. mystic & sci. _1688-1772
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon  Dutch composer & organist _1562-1621
Sweet, Henry  Eng. phonetician; inspiration for character Henry Higgins _1845-1912
Swift, Gustavus Franklin  US meat businessman _1839-1903
Swift, Jonathan  Eng. essayist, nov., & satirist _1667-1745
Swinburne, Algernon Charles  Eng. critic, dram., & poet _1837-1909
Swinnerton, Frank Arthur  Eng. critic & nov. _1884-1982
Switzer, Barry  US football coach; coach for Univ. of Oklahoma 1973-1989; coach of Dallas Cowboys 1994-- _1937--
Swope, Gerard  US electronics businessman; pres. of General Electric Co. 1922-1939, 1942-1944; brother of Herbert Bayard Swope; father of Henrietta Swope _1872-1957
Swope, Henrietta Hill  US astronomer; daughter of Gerard Swope; neice of Herbert Bayard Swope _1902-1980
Swope, Herbert Bayard  US editor & journalist; 1st recipient of Pulitzer Prize for reporting 1917 _1882-1958
Sychev, Vyacheslav Vladimirovich  Rus. admin. & engineer; secy. of Council for Mutual Economic Assistance 1983-- (Comecon) _1933--
Sydenham, Thomas (the English Hippocrates)  Eng. physician _1624-1689
Sykes, Eugene Octave  US admin.; 1st chairman of Federal Communications Commission 1934-1935 (FCC) _1876-1945
Sylvester, James Joseph (orig. James Joseph)  Brit. math.; discovered theory of algebraic invariants independently of Arthur Cayley; coined word "matrix" in mathematical sense _1814-1897
Sylvester I  It. pope 314-335 _2XX-335
Sylvester II (orig. Gerbert)  Fr. scholar, sci., & pope 999-1003; 1st Fr. pope; introduced abacus & Arabic numbers into Europe _9XX-1003
Sylvester III (orig. John)  It. pope 1045; deposed; sometimes considered an antipope _10XX
Sylvester IV (orig. Maginulf)  It. antipope 1105-1106 _10XX-1111
Symington, Fife III  US polit.; gov. of Arizona 1991-- _1945--
Symington, [William] Stuart  US businessman & polit.; 1st secy. of air force 1947-1950 _1901-1988
Symmachus  It. saint & pope 498-514 _4XX-514
Symmes, John Cleves  US eccentric; proponent of hollow Earth theory _1779-1829
Symonds, John Addington  Eng. scholar _1840-1893
Symonette, Roland Theodore, Sir  Bahamian polit.; premier of Bahamas 1955-1967 _1898-1980
Synge, John Millington  Irish dram. _1871-1909
Synge, Richard Laurence Millington  Brit. biochem.; NP Chem. 1952 _1914--
Synni-Lyngstad, Anni-frid (Frida)  Norw. singer; member of Abba; wife of Benny Anderssen _1945--
Syrovy, Jan  Czechoslovakian gen. & polit.; prime min. of Czechoslovakia 1938; acting pres. of Czechoslovakia 1938 _1888-1957
Szakasitz, Arpad  Hung. Communist polit.; pres. of Hungary 1948-1950 _1888-1965
Szell, George  US (Hung.-born) conductor; conducted Cleveland Orchestra 1946-1970 _1897-1970
Szent-Gyorgyi von Nagyrapolt, Albert  US (Hung.-born) biochem.; NP Med. 1937 _1893-1986
Szilard, Leo  US (Hung.-born) phys. _1898-1964
Szoka, Edmund Casimir  US cardinal 1988; archbishop of Detroit 1981-1990 _1927--
Szold, Henrietta  US Zionist leader; founded Hadassah 1912 _1860-1945
Szymanowski, Karol  Pol. (Ukrainian-born) composer _1882-1937