# People and Peoples (Sa-Sl)

S J Warmington
SJ Warmington is an actor.

S Z Sakall
S Z Sakall was an actor. He was born in 1884 and died in 1955.

S. S. Marble
S S Marble was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Maine from 1887 until 1889.

S. V. Stewart
S V Stewart was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Montana from 1913 until 1921.

S. W. T. Lanham
S W T Lanham was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Texas from 1903 until 1907.

Saami
The Saami (Lapp) are a group of herding people living in north Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula, and
numbering about 46,000. Some are nomadic, others lead a more settled way of life.
They live by herding reindeer, hunting, fishing, and producing handicrafts. Their language
belongs to the Finno-Ugric family. Their religion is basically animist, but incorporates
elements of Christianity.

Saavedra Cervantes
Saavedra Miguel de Cervantes was a Spanish writer. He was born in 1547 at Acala de Henares and died in 1616. He was the author of the book Don Quixote de la Mancha.

Sabine Baring-Gould
Sabine Baring-Gould was an English author or numerous hymns and novels. He was born in 1834 and died in 1924.

Sabine Glaser
Sabine Glaser is an actress.

Sabines
The Sabines were an ancient people of central Italy. They had their daughters taken away by the Romans under Romulus, and were finally defeated by Curius Dentatus in 290 BC.

Sabrina Scharf
Sabrina Scharf is an actress.

Sabrina Siami
Sabrina Siami is an actress.

Sabu
Sabu was an actor. He was born in 1924 and died in 1963.

Sada Thompson
Sada Thompson is an actor. He was born in 1929.

Saeed Jaffrey
Saeed Jaffrey is an actress.

Saint Adalbert
Saint Adalbert was a missionary in north Germany and Poland. He was born in 955, dying in 997. He was martyred in Bremen.

Saint Agnes
Saint Agnes is the patron saint of virgins.

Saint Aldhelm
Saint Aldhelm was born in 640 and died in 709. He was abbot of Malmsebury and later the bishop of Sherborne. He was an architect and poet.

Saint Anselm
Saint Anselm was an archbishop of Canterbury. He was born in 1033 and died in 1109.

Saint Blasius
Saint Blasius was Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia. He was said to have been martyred around 316 by torture with a wool-comb, from which he became the patron saint of wool-combers.

Saint Cecilia
Saint Cecilia was a Christian martyr. She died in 230. She is associated with church music.

Saint Clare
Saint Clare was the first woman follower of Saint Francis of Assisi. She was born in 1194 and died in 1253. She founded the order of Poor Clares, who follow Franciscan rule and are one of the severest female religious orders. She is celebrated on August 12th.

Saint Crispin
Saint Crispin is the patron saint of shoe-makers.

Saint Cuthbert
Saint Cuthbert was an English saint. He was Bishop of Lindisfarne in 685 and died on the island of Farne in 687.

Saint Cyprian
Saint Cyprian was Bishop of Carthage and an early Christian martyr. He was born in 205 and died in 258.

Saint Cyril
Saint Cyril was the Bishop of Jerusalem. He was born in 318 and died in 386.

Saint David
Saint David is the patron saint of Wales. He was the Bishop of Menevia, now called St Davids.

Saint George
Saint George is the tutelary saint of England, Portugal and Aragon, and was the patron saint of chivalry in Europe in medieval times. He was a reputed native of Cappadocia and rebuked Diocletian for his persecution of Christians. He was arrested, tortured and executed at Nicomedia in 303. The tradition of Saint George with a Dragon dates from the 6th century.

Saint Swithin
Saint Swithin was bishop of Winchester. He died in 862. He was in favour with Egbert, king of the west Saxons whose son Ethelwulf made him bishop of Winchester in 852. He was instrumental in the building of bridges and churches.

Saint Walburga
Saint Walburga was an eighth centruy English saint who was sent to evangelise the heathern Germans and ended up running an abbey at Heidenheim.

Saint-Saens
Camille Saint-Saens was a French composer. He was born in 1835 in Paris and died in 1921.

Saki
see "Munro"

Sal Mineo
Sal Mineo was an actor. He was born in 1939 and died in 1976.

Saladin
Saladin was sultan of Egypt and Syria. He was born in 1137, dying in 1193. He conquered Jerusalem in 1187 and caused the 3rd crusade to take place.

Saladoid
The Saladoids were the first inhabitants of Statia arriving in great sea-going canoes from South America before the end of the 15th century.

Sallee Elyse
Sallee Elyse is an actress.

Sallust
Sallust was a Roman historian. He was born in 86BC and died in 35BC.

Sally Ann Howes
Sally Ann Howes is an actress. She was born in 1930.

Sally Ann Struthers
Sally Ann Struthers is an actress. She was born in 1947.

Sally Blane
Sally Blane is an actress. She was born in 1910.

Sally Eilers
Sally Eilers was an actress. She was born in 1908 and died in 1978.

Sally Field
Sally Field is an actress. She was born in 1946.

Sally Gray
Sally Gray is an actress. She was born in 1916.

Sally Kellerman
Sally Kellerman is an actress. She was born in 1941.

Sally Kirkland
Sally Kirkland is an actress.

Sally Marr
Sally Marr is an actress.

Sally ONeil
Sally ONeil was an actress. She was born in 1913 and died in 1968.

Sally Rand
Sally Rand was an actress. She was born in 1904 and died in 1979.

Salmon P. Chase
Salmon P Chase was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Ohio from 1856 until 1860.

Salome Jens
Salome Jens is an actress. She was born in 1935.

Salvador Allende
Salvador Allende was a radical Chilean marxist democrat leader who became president in 1970, but was killed in a military coup in 1973.

Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali is a Spanish painter. He was born in 1904. He is a surrealist painter.

Salvatore Corsitto
Salvatore Corsitto is an actor.

Salvatore Sanchez
Salvatore Sanchez is an actor.

Sam A. Baker
Sam A Baker was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Missouri from 1925 until 1929.

Sam Adams
Sam Adams is an actor.

Sam Bottoms
Sam Bottoms is an actor. He was born in 1960.

Sam C. Ford
Sam C Ford was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Montana from 1941 until 1949.

Sam Elliott
Sam Elliott is an actor. He was born in 1944.

Sam Groom
Sam Groom is an actor.

Sam H. Jones
Sam H Jones was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Louisiana from 1940 until 1944.

Sam Houston
Sam Houston was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Tennessee from 1827 until 1829.

Sam Jaffe
Sam Jaffe was an actor. He was born in 1893 and died in 1984.

Sam Kydd
Sam Kydd was an actor. He was born in 1917 and died in 1982.

Sam Levene
Sam Levene was an actor. He was born in 1905 and died in 1980.

Sam Livesey
Sam Livesey was an actor. He was born in 1873 and died in 1936.

Sam Melville
Sam Melville is an actor.

Sam Neill
Sam Neill was an actor. He was born in 1948.

Sam Robards
Sam Robards is an actor.

Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard is an actor. He was born in 1943.

Sam Wanamaker
Sam Wanamaker was an actor. He was born in 1919 and died in 1993.

Sam Waterston
Sam Waterston is an actor. He was born in 1940.

Samaghirs
The Samaghirs are a division of the Tunguses people, living about the northern affluents of the Amur River.

Samantha Eggar
Samantha Eggar is an actress. She was born in 1939.

Samaritan
The Samaritan are descendants of the colonists forced to settle in Samaria (now north Israel) by the
Assyrians after their occupation of the ancient kingdom of Israel in 722 BC.

Samaritans
The Samaritans were a people settled in Samaria by the Assyrian Kings to replace the indigenous population which had been captured by Sargon.

Sammy Davis Jr
Sammy Davis Jr was an actor. He was born in 1925 and died in 1990.

Sammy Petrillo
Sammy Petrillo is an actor.

Samoyedes
The Samoyedes are a Mongolian race of Ural-Altaic stock, inhabiting the tundras of north east Europe and Siberia. They are nomadic, dwelling in tents or huts and hunting and fishing.

Samson Jorah
Samson Jorah is an actor.

Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams was an American politician. He was a governor of Massachusetts from 1794 until 1797.

Samuel Armstrong
Samuel Armstrong was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Massachusetts from 1835 until 1836.

Samuel Ashe
Samuel Ashe was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of North Carolina from 1795 until 1798.

Samuel B. Moore
Samuel B Moore was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Alabama during 1831.

Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber was an American composer. He was born in 1910 at West Chester and died in 1981. He trained at the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. One of the best-known American composers of the neoromantic school, he received the Prix de Rome in 1935, Pulitzer Traveling Scholarships in music in 1935 and 1936, a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1945, and the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1958 and 1963. Among his compositions for orchestra are the overture to The School for Scandal written in 1933, Adagio for Strings written in 1936, and two symphonies written in 1936 and 1944; concertos for violin written in 1940, cello written in 1945, and piano written in 1962; and the ballets Medea written in 1946. He also composed works for chorus, chamber ensemble, and piano, and he is noted for his songs. His first opera, Vanessa written in 1958, has been recorded. His second opera, Antony and Cleopatra written in 1966, was commissioned for the opening performance at the new Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.

Samuel Barrington
Samuel Barrington was a British admiral who gained distinction during the Seven Years War. He was born in 1729 and died in 1800.

Samuel Bell
Samuel Bell was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1819 until 1823.

Samuel Bigger
Samuel Bigger was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Indiana from 1840 until 1843.

Samuel Birch
Samuel John Lamorna Birch was an English lanscape painter. He was born in 1869, dying in 1955.

Samuel Bochart
Samuel Bochart was a French theologian and Oriental scholar. He was born in 1599 at Rouen and died in 1667 at Caen where he was the Protestant clergyman.

Samuel Bough
Samuel Bough was an English painter. He was born in 1822 near Carlisle and died in 1878. He was a self-taught painter, first of theatrical scenery at Manchester and Glasgow, before proceeding to landscapes, mainly in water-colours.

Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler was a British satirist and poet. He was born in 1612 and died in 1680. He wrote 'Hudibras'.

Samuel C. Crafts
Samuel C Crafts was an American politician. He was a National-Republican governor of Vermont from 1828 until 1831.

Samuel Champlain
Samuel Champlain was a French naval officer. He was born in 1570 and died in 1635. His exploits in the maritime war against Spain in 1595 caught the attention of Henry IV who in 1603 commissioned him to found establishments in North America. He made three voyages to found establishments in North America, the last founded Quebec, and in 1620 he was appointed Governor of Canada.

Samuel Clemens
Samuel Clemens was the real name of Mark Twain, the American writer.

Samuel Cody
Samuel Franklin Cody was an American aviator. He was born in 1861 and died in 1913. He came to England in 1908 and invented a successful biplane in 1909. He was aeronautical advisor to the War Office and won its aeroplane competition in 1912. He was killed in an air crash near Aldershot.

Samuel Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet. He was born in 1772 and died in 1834. He is best remembered for his poem the Ancient Mariner.

Samuel Colt
Samuel Colt of Hartford, Conneticut patented the first successful percussion revolver in England in 1835 and in America in 1836.

Samuel Cony
Samuel Cony was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Maine from 1864 until 1867.

Samuel Crompton
Samuel Crompton was an English inventor born in 1753 he died in 1827. He invented the spinning-mule in 1779.

Samuel D. Felker
Samuel D Felker was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New Hampshire from 1913 until 1915.

Samuel D. McEnery
Samuel D McEnery was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Louisiana from 1881 until 1888.

Samuel Daniel
Samuel Daniel was a British poet. He was born in 1562 and died in 1619. He wrote 'Defence of Ryme'.

Samuel Dinsmoor
Samuel Dinsmoor was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New Hampshire from 1831 until 1834.

Samuel Dinsmoor, Jr.
Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New Hampshire from 1849 until 1852.

Samuel E. Pingree
Samuel E Pingree was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Vermont from 1884 until 1886.

Samuel E. Smith
Samuel E Smith was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maine from 1831 until 1834.

Samuel Elbert
Samuel Elbert was an American politician. He was a governor of Georgia from 1785 until 1786.

Samuel G. Cosgrove
Samuel G Cosgrove was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Washington during 1909.

Samuel H. Elrod
Samuel H Elrod was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of South Dakota from 1905 until 1907.

Samuel H. Shapiro
Samuel H Shapiro was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Illinois from 1968 until 1969.

Samuel Huntington
Samuel Huntington was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Ohio from 1808 until 1810.

Samuel Insull
Samuel Insull was an English born American financier. He was born in 1859 at London and died in 1938. He moved to the USA in 1881 and became the private secretary to Thomas Edison. On consolidation of Edison's interests, Insull became vice president of Edison General Electric Co. in 1889 and president of the Chicago Edison Co. in 1892 and of Commonwealth Electric Co. of Chicago in 1898, which he merged as Commonwealth Edison. He was also the president of Peoples' Gas Light and Coke Co., Chicago, and various other companies. Overexpansion caused financial difficulties for a pyramid of holding companies he created and three of his largest companies went into receivership in 1932 resulting in his indictment, he fled to Europe but returned in 1934 and was three times acquitted of fraud and embezzlement.

Samuel J. Crawford
Samuel J Crawford was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Kansas from 1865 until 1868.

Samuel J. Kirkwood
Samuel J Kirkwood was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Iowa from 1860 until 1864.

Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson was an English writer. He was born in 1709 and died in 1784. He was twice imprisoned for debt.

Samuel Johnston
Samuel Johnston was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of North Carolina from 1787 until 1789.

Samuel Jones Tilden
Samuel Jones Tilden was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New York from 1875 until 1876.

Samuel L. Southard
Samuel L Southard was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of New Jersey from 1832 until 1833.

Samuel M. Ralston
Samuel M Ralston was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Indiana from 1913 until 1917.

Samuel Merrill
Samuel Merrill was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Iowa from 1868 until 1872.

Samuel Morse
Samuel Morse was an American artist and inventor. He was born in 1791 and died in 1872. He invented the morse code and conceived the idea of a recording magnetic telegraph.

Samuel P. Goddard, Jr.
Samuel P Goddard Jr. was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arizona from 1965 until 1967.

Samuel Paynter
Samuel Paynter was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of Delaware from 1824 until 1827.

Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys was an English diarist. He was born in 1633 at London and died in 1703.

Samuel Prout
Samuel Prout was an English painter in water-colours. He was born in 1783 at Plymouth and died in 1852. He became famous for his drawings of street scenes and the quaint mediaeval architecture of Europe.

Samuel R. McKelvie
Samuel R McKelvie was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Nebrasaka from 1919 until 1923.

Samuel R. Van Sant
Samuel R Van Sant was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Minnesota from 1901 until 1905.

Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson was an English novelist. He was born in 1689 and died in 1761. He wrote Pamela.

Samuel Rogers
Samuel Rogers was an English poet. He was born in 1763 and died in 1855. He was the son of a banker. He was offered the laureateship when Wordsworth died in 1850.

Samuel S Hinds
Samuel S Hinds was an actor. He was born in 1875 and died in 1948.

Samuel Sprigg
Samuel Sprigg was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Maryland from 1819 until 1822.

Samuel Stevens, Jr.
Samuel Stevens Jr. was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Maryland from 1822 until 1826.

Samuel Stone
Samuel Stone was an English Puritan divine. He was born in 1602 at Hertford and died in 1663. He went to New England in 1633 and settled at Newtown as a teacher. In 1636 he and Hook the preacher migrated with the majority of the inhabitants to a settlement in Connecticut which they called Hartford.

Samuel W. Hale
Samuel W Hale was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1883 until 1885.

Samuel W. McCall
Samuel W McCall was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Massachusetts from 1916 until 1919.

Samuel W. Pennypacker
Samuel W Pennypacker was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Pennsylvania from 1903 until 1907.

Samuel Ward King
Samuel Ward King was an American politician. He was a Rhode Island Party governor of Rhode Island from 1840 until 1843.

Samuel Warren
Samuel Warren was a British novelist. He was born in 1807 at Wales and died in 1877. He was called to the bar in 1837 and held the post of MP for Midhurst from 1856 to 1859.

Samuel Wells
Samuel Wells was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maine from 1856 until 1857.

Samuel Williams
Samuel Wells Williams was an American Orientalist. He was born in 1812 at Utica, New York and died in 1884. He went to China in 1833 as. a printer for the missionary board at Canton. He learned Japanese, and made a version of Genesis and St. Matthew into that language. He wrote 'Easy Lessons in Chinese' in 1841, 'An English and Chinese Vocabulary' in 1843, 'A Chinese Commercial Guide' in 1844, 'The Middle Kingdom' in 1848, and 'Tonic Dictionary of the Chinese Language' in 1856. In 1858 he assisted in the negotiations at Tientsin.

Samuel Woodward
Samuel Pickworth Woodward was an English naturalist and expert on invertebrate fossils. He was born in 1821 at Norwich and died in 1865. He was engaged as an assistant to the botanist Turner, and in 1838 went to work at the British Museum and later in the Geological Society. In 1851 he published 'Manual of the Mollusca'.

Samurai
The Samurai are a Japanese military caste.

San
The San (formerly Bushman) are a small group of hunter-gatherer peoples living in and around
the Kalahari Desert. Their language belongs to the Khoisan family.

Sandahl Bergman
Sandahl Bergman is an actress.

Sandra Bernhard
Sandra Bernhard is an actress.

Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock is an actor. He was born in 1967.

Sandra Dee
Sandra Dee is an actress. She was born in 1942.

Sandra Dorn
Sandra Dorn is an actress. She was born in 1925.

Sandra Dumas
Sandra Dumas is an actress.

Sandra Knight
Sandra Knight is an actress.

Sandrine Bonnaire
Sandrine Bonnaire is an actress. She was born in 1967.

Sandro Botticelli
Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Florentine School. He was born in 1444 and died in 1510. He started his career working in the shop of a goldsmith named Botticelli, from whom he took his name. He showed such talent however, that he was removed and taken to the studio of painter Fra Lippio Lippi from where he learnt his vigorous style.

Sandy Alexander
Sandy Alexander is an actress.

Sandy Baron
Sandy Baron is an actress.

Sandy Dennis
Sandy Dennis was an actress. She was born in 1937 and died in 1992.

Sandy Duncan
Sandy Duncan is an actress. She was born in 1946.

Sandy Mackendrick
Sandy Mackendrick is an actor. He was born in 1912.

Sandy Powell
Sandy Powell was an actor. He was born in 1898 and died in 1982.

Sandy Stewart
Sandy Stewart is an actress.

Sandy Wyeth
Sandy Wyeth is an actress.

Santos Morales
Santos Morales is an actor.

Sara Allgood
Sara Allgood was an actress. She was born in 1883 and died in 1950.

Sara Haden
Sara Haden was an actress. She was born in 1897 and died in 1981.

Sara Kestelman
Sara Kestelman is an actress.

Sarah Bay
Sarah Bay is an actress.

Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt was an actress. She was born in 1844 and died in 1923.

Sarah Churchill
Sarah Churchill was an actress.

Sarah Douglas
Sarah Douglas is an actress.

Sarah Holcomb
Sarah Holcomb is an actress.

Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker is an actress. She was born in 19x5.

Sarah Marshall
Sarah Marshall is an actress.

Sarah Miles
Sarah Miles is an actress. She was born in 1941.

Sarah Siddons
Sarah Siddons was an English actress. She was born in 1755, dying in 1831. She played with garrick's company at drury lane in 1775.

Sarita Choudhury
Sarita Choudhury is an actress.

Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek is an actor.

Sauri Frey
Sauri Frey is an actor.

Savatore Quasimodo
Savatore Quasimodo was an Italian poet. He was born in 1901, dying in 1968.

Saverio Vallone
Saverio Vallone is an actor.

Saxon
The Saxons were a Teutonic race which invaded Britain between the 5th and 7th centuries.

Saxred
Saxred was joint ruler of the East Saxons in 614.

Sayle Haddon
Sayle Haddon is an actress.

Scatman Crothers
Scatman Crothers was an actor.

Scott Antony
Scott Antony is an actor. He was born in 1950.

Scott Baio
Scott Baio is an actor. He was born in 1961.

Scott Brady
Scott Brady is an actor. He was born in 1924.

Scott Burgess
Scott Burgess is an actor.

Scott Colomby
Scott Colomby is an actor.

Scott Glenn
Scott Glenn is an actor. He was born in 1942.

Scott Hylands
Scott Hylands is an actor.

Scott Jacoby
Scott Jacoby is an actor. He was born in 1956.

Scott M. Matheson
Scott M Matheson was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Utah from 1977 until 1985.

Scott Marlowe
Scott Marlowe was an actor.

Scott Newman
Scott Newman was an actress.

Scott Paulin
Scott Paulin is an actor.

Scott Sanders
Scott Sanders was an actor. He was born in 1885 and died in 1956.

Scott Schwartz
Scott Schwartz is an actor.

Scott Wilson
Scott Wilson is an actor. He was born in 1942.

Scotty Beckett
Scotty Beckett was an actor. He was born in 1929 and died in 1968.

Scraps
Scraps is an actress. She was born in 1914.

Seabury Ford
Seabury Ford was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Ohio from 1849 until 1850.

Sean Connery
Sean Connery is a Scottish actor. He was born in 1930 at Edinburgh and named Thomas. He played James Bond in eight films, starting with Dr No in 1963 and won an oscar for his performance as an aging Irish policeman in The Untouchables, in 1987.

Sean Flynn
Sean Flynn was an actor. He was born in 1941 and died in 1970.

Sean Kenney
Sean Kenney is an actor.

Sean Masterson
Sean Masterson is an actor.

Sean McClory
Sean McClory is an actor. He was born in 1923.

Sean O'Casey
Sean O'Casey was an Irish playwright. He was born in 1884 at Dublin and died in 1966.

Sean Penn
Sean Penn is an actor. He was born in 1960.

Sean Young
Sean Young is an actress.

Season Hubley
Season Hubley is an actress.

Sebastian Cabot
Sebastian Cabot was an actor. He was born in 1918 and died in 1977.

Sebastian Shaw
Sebastian Shaw is an actor. He was born in 1905.

Sebastien Le Prestre De Vauban
Sebastien Le Prestre De Vauban was a French soldier. He was born in 1633 at Burgundy and died in 1707. He spent most of his life constructing and besieging fortresses. He developed systems of attack and defence which made the French school of fortification the first in Europe. He also wrote several books on the strategy of fortress attack and defence.

Sebastien Vauban
Sebastien de Prestre de Vauban was a French military engineer. He was born in 1633, dying in 1707. He invented the socket bayonet and assisted Louis XIV in the expansion wars.

Sebbi
Sebbi was joint ruler of the East Saxons in 663 until he became a monk.

Sebert
Sebert was the first christian king of the East Saxons. He reigned in 597.

Second Marquis of Worcester
see "Edward Somerset"

Seena Owen
Seena Owen was an actress. She was born in 1894 and died in 1966.

Seldon Connor
Seldon Connor was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Maine from 1876 until 1879.

Selma Diamond
Selma Diamond was an actress. She died in 1985.

Selmer Jackson
Selmer Jackson was an actor. He was born in 1888 and died in 1971.

Selred
Selred was king of the East Angles in 713.

Seminoles
The Seminoles are a north American tribe of Indians. They are an offshoot of the Choctaw Muskogee tribe. They settled in Florida in 1750.

Semite
The Semites are the peoples of the Middle East originally speaking a Semitic language, and traditionally said to be descended from Shem, a son of Noah in the Bible. Ancient Semitic peoples include the Hebrews, Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, Babylonians, Assyrians, Chaldaeans, Phoenicians, and Canaanites. The Semitic peoples founded the monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. They speak languages of the Hamito-Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family.

Sen Yung
Sen Yung is an actor. He was born in 1915.

Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman philosopher, dramatist and statesman. He was born in 4BC at Cordova and died in 65.

Senta Berger
Senta Berger is an actress. She was born in 1941.

Senussi
The Senussi are an islamic sect inhabiting the desert regions of Libya.

Serap Aksoy
Serap Aksoy is an actress.

Serb
The serbs are Yugoslavia's largest ethnic group, found mainly in Serbia, but also in the
neighboring independent republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. Their language,
generally recognized to be the same as Croat and hence known as Serbo-Croatian, belongs
to the Slavic branch of the Indo-European family. It has more than 17 million speakers.
The Serbs are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians and write in a Cyrillic script.

Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg was an actor.

Serge Reggiani
Serge Reggiani is an actor. He was born in 1922.

Sergei Bondartchuk
Sergei Bondartchuk is an actor. He was born in 1920.

Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev was a Russian composer. He was born in 1891 in the Ukraine and died in 1953.

Sergei Rachmaninov
Sergei Rachmaninov was a Russian composer. He was born in 1873 and died in 1943. He composed Concertos, preludes (Prelude in C sharp minor), symphonies.

Sergi Diaghilev
Sergi Pavlovich Diaghilev was a Russian impressario. He was born in 1872 and died in 1929.

Sergi Rachmaninov
Sergi Rachmaninov was a Russian composer born near lake ilman in 1873. He died in 1943. He wrote pieces for the piano.

Sergio Fantoni
Sergio Fantoni is an actor. He was born in 1930.

Serjeant-at-Arms
The Serjeant-at-Arms is an officer of the House of Commons who has responsibility for keeping order. If the speaker orders a member to leave, the Serjeant-at-Arms must see that the member leaves.

Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa was an actor. He was born in 1889 and died in 1973.

Seth Green
Seth Green is an actor.

Seth Padelford
Seth Padelford was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Rhode Island from 1869 until 1873.

Seton I. Miller
Seton I Miller was an actor. He was born in 1902 and died in 1974.

Seventh Day Adventists
see "Adventists"

Seward
Seward was joint ruler of the East Saxons in 614.

Sexburga
Sexburga was Queen of the West Saxons in 672.

Seymour Cassel
Seymour Cassel is an actor. He was born in 1935.

Seymour Hicks
Seymour Hicks was an actor. He was born in 1871 and died in 1949.

Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi is an actress.

ShabbaDoo
ShabbaDoo is an actress.

Shadrach Bond
Shadrach Bond was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Illinois from 1818 until 1822.

Shakers
The Shakers are an American religious sect, more properly called 'The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing'. The term Shakers was first applied to the Quakers, from whom the Shakers split off under Ann Wardley in 1774. They belive God to be bisexual, reject the deity of Christ and practise communism.

Shakespeare
see "William Shakespeare"

Shakira Caine
Shakira Caine is an actress.

Shan
The Shan are a people of the mountainous borderlands separating Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), and China. They are related to the Laos and Thais, and their language belongs to the Sino-Tibetan family.

Shane Rimmer
Shane Rimmer was an actor.

Shani Wallis
Shani Wallis is an actor. He was born in 1938.

Shannon Doherty
Shannon Doherty is an actress. She was born in 1971.

Shannon ONeil
Shannon ONeil is an actress.

Shannon Tweed
Shannon Tweed is an actress.

Shari Eubank
Shari Eubank is an actress.

Sharon D. Clarke
Sharon D Clarke is an actress.

Sharon Farrell
Sharon Farrell is an actress.

Sharon Gless
Sharon Gless is an actress.

Sharon Kelly
Sharon Kelly is an actress.

Sharon Lynn
Sharon Lynn was an actress. She was born in 1910 and died in 1963.

Sharon Stone
Sharon Stone is an actress.

Sharon Tate
Sharon Tate was an actress. She was born in 1943 and died in 1969.

Sharon Taylor
Sharon Taylor is an actress.

Sharon Turner
Sharon Turner was an English historian. He was born in 1768 at London and died in 1847. He was an attorney by profession, but carried out researches among original Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. In 1805 he published the first volume of his history of England which he completed in 1839.

Sharon Williams
Sharon Williams is an actress.

Sharyn Moffett
Sharyn Moffett is an actress. She was born in 1936.

Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor is an actress.

Shawn Thompson
Shawn Thompson is an actor.

Sheila Frazer
Sheila Frazer is an actress.

Sheila Raynor
Sheila Raynor is an actress.

Sheila Ryan
Sheila Ryan was an actress. She was born in 1921 and died in 1975.

Sheila Sim
Sheila Sim is an actress. She was born in 1922.

Shelby Chong
Shelby Chong is an actress.

Shelby Moore Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Illinois from 1877 until 1883.

Sheldon Leonard
Sheldon Leonard is an actor. He was born in 1907.

Sheldon Lewis
Sheldon Lewis was an actor. He was born in 1868 and died in 1958.

Shelley Berman
Shelley Berman is an actor. He was born in 1926.

Shelley Duvall
Shelley Duvall is an actress. She was born in 1949.

Shelley Long
Shelley Long is an actress. She was born in 1949, at Fort Wayne. A bright, expressive, blonde leading lady of American TV and films. Following drama studies at Northwestern University, she got her start in the early 70s as the co-host of `Sorting It Out,' a magazine show on a local Chicago TV station. She then flaunted her comic talent as a member of Chicago's famed Second City troupe. A pleasant presence in feature films since the early 80s, she had her greatest success on TV, as the brainy,
sharp-tongued waitress, Diane, in the long-running series `Cheers,' a role for which she won an Emmy Award in 1983.

Shelley Morrison
Shelley Morrison is an actress.

Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters is an actress. She was born in 1922.

Shemp Howard
Shemp Howard is an actor.

Shepherd Kings
see "Hycsos"

Sheree North
Sheree North is an actress. She was born in 1933.

Sherilyn Fenn
Sherilyn Fenn is an actress. She was born in 1965.

Sherman Adams
Sherman Adams was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1949 until 1953.

Sherman W. Tribbitt
Sherman W Tribbitt was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Delaware from 1973 until 1977.

Sherpa
The Sherpa are a people of north east Nepal.

Sherry Jackson
Sherry Jackson is an actress.

Sherry Miles
Sherry Miles is an actress.

Shirley Anne Field
Shirley Anne Field is an actress. She was born in 1938.

Shirley Booth
Shirley Booth was an actress. She was born in 1907 and died in 1992.

Shirley Eaton
Shirley Eaton is an actress.

Shirley Jo Finney
Shirley Jo Finney is an actress.

Shirley Jones
Shirley Jones is an actress. She was born in 1934.

Shirley Knight
Shirley Knight is an actress. She was born in 1937.

Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine is an actress. She was born in 1934.

Shirley Mason
Shirley Mason was an actress. She was born in 1900 and died in 1979.

Shirley Ross
Shirley Ross was an actress. She was born in 1909 and died in 1975.

Shirley Stoler
Shirley Stoler is an actress.

Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple is an actress. She was born in 1928.

Sho Kosugi
Sho Kosugi is an actress.

Shona
The Shona are a Bantu-speaking people of south Africa, comprising approximately 80% of the
population of Zimbabwe. They also occupy the land between the Save and Pungure rivers in
Mozambique, and smaller groups are found in South Africa, Botswana, and Zambia. The
Shona are mainly farmers, living in scattered villages. The Shona language belongs to the
Niger-Congo family.

Sian Phillips
Sian Phillips is an actress. She was born in 1934.

Sid Caesar
Sid Caesar is an actor. He was born in 1922.

Sid Field
Sid Field was an actor. He was born in 1904 and died in 1950.

Sid James
Sid James was an actor. He was born in 1913 and died in 1976.

Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet was an actor. He was born in 1892 and died in 1959.

Sidney Berger
Sidney Berger is an actor. He was born in 1962.

Sidney Blackmer
Sidney Blackmer was an actor. He was born in 1895 and died in 1973.

Sidney Fox
Sidney Fox was an actress. She was born in 1910 and died in 1942.

Sidney Greenstreet
Sidney Greenstreet was an actor. He was born in 1879 and died in 1954.

Sidney J. Catts
Sidney J Catts was an American politician. He was a Prohibition governor of Florida from 1917 until 1921.

Sidney Lassick
Sidney Lassick is an actor.

Sidney Morgan
Sidney Morgan is an actor.

Sidney P. Osborn
Sidney P Osborn was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arizona from 1941 until 1948.

Sidney Perham
Sidney Perham was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Maine from 1871 until 1874.

Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier is an actor. He was born in 1924.

Sidney Sanders McMath
Sidney Sanders McMath was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1949 until 1953.

Sidney Tafler
Sidney Tafler was an actor. He was born in 1916 and died in 1979.

Sidney Toler
Sidney Toler was an actor. He was born in 1878 and died in 1947.

Sidney Webb
Sidney James Webb was an English social reformer. He was born in 1859 and died in 1947.

Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon was an English writer. He was born in 1886 and died in 1967. He wrote poetry during the Great War which revealed the horror and wasteful destruction of the war.

Sig Haig
Sig Haig is an actor.

Sig Ruman
Sig Ruman was an actor. He was born in 1884 and died in 1967.

Sigebert
Sigebert was joint ruler of the East Saxons in 614. Sigebert was king of the East Angles in 629.

Sigebert II
Sigebert II (Sigebert the little) was king of the East Saxons in 623.

Sigebert III
Sigebert III (Sigebert the good) was king of the East Saxons in 655 until he was put to death.

Sigebright
Sigebright was king of the West Saxons in 754. Having murdered his friend Cumbran, the governor of Hampshire, he was himself slained by one of Cumbran's retainers.

Sigenard
Sigenard was king of the East Saxons in 693.

Sigered
Sigered was king of the East Saxons in 799.

Sigeric
Sigeric was king of the East Saxons in 799. He died while on a pilgrimage to Rome.

Sigher
Sigher was joint tuler of the East Saxons in 663.

Signe Hasso
Signe Hasso is an actress. She was born in 1915.

Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver is an actress. She was born in 1949.

Sigrid Gurie
Sigrid Gurie was an actress. She was born in 1911 and died in 1969.

Sigrid Thornton
Sigrid Thornton is an actress. She was born in 1959.

Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian writer. She was born in 1882 and died in 1949. She won the Nobel prize for literature in 1928.

Sigurd Anderson
Sigurd Anderson was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of South Dakota from 1951 until 1955.

Sigurd Snogoje
Sigurd Snogoje was king of Denmark in 794.

Sikhs
The Sikhs are a group of people from Punjab who follow the religion of Baba Nanak.

Silas A. Holcomb
Silas A Holcomb was an American politician. He was a Fusion governor of Nebrasaka from 1895 until 1899.

Silas Garber
Silas Garber was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Nebrasaka from 1875 until 1879.

Silas H. Jennison
Silas H Jennison was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Vermont from 1835 until 1841.

Silas Woodson
Silas Woodson was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Missouri from 1873 until 1875.

Silas Wright
Silas Wright was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New York from 1845 until 1846.

Silvain
Silvain is an actor.

Silvana Mangano
Silvana Mangano was an actress. She was born in 1937 and died in 1989.

Silver Billy
see "William Beldham"

Silvio Minciotti
Silvio Minciotti was an actor. He was born in 1883 and died in 1961.

Simeon S. Pennewill
Simeon S Pennewill was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Delaware from 1909 until 1913.

Simeon S. Willis
Simeon S Willis was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Kentucky from 1943 until 1947.

Simon B. Buckner
Simon B Buckner was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Kentucky from 1887 until 1891.

Simon Bamberger
Simon Bamberger was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Utah from 1917 until 1921.

Simon Callow
Simon Callow is an actor.

Simon Chandler
Simon Chandler is an actor.

Simon de Montfort
Simon de Montfort was an English statesman and soldier. He was born in 1208 and died in 1265 at the battle of Evesham.

Simon MacCorkindale
Simon MacCorkindale is an actor. He was born in 1952.

Simon Marks
Simon Marks was a British chain-store magnet. He was born in 1888 and died in 1964. The son of a Polish immigrant, Michael Marks, who together with Tom Spencer started a number of 'penny bazaars' in 1887. Simon Marks entered the business in 1907 and built up a chain of more than 200 stores and started a democratic revolution in dress for men and women.

Simon Oakland
Simon Oakland was an actor. He was born in 1922 and died in 1983.

Simon P. Hughes
Simon P Hughes was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1885 until 1889.

Simon Snyder
Simon Snyder was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of Pennsylvania from 1808 until 1817.

Simon Ward
Simon Ward is an actor. He was born in 1920.

Simon Williams
Simon Williams is an actor. He was born in 1946.

Simone Griffith
Simone Griffith is an actress.

Simone Martini
Simone Martini was an Italian painter. He was born in 1283 and died in 1344.

Simone Renant
Simone Renant is an actress.

Simone Signoret
Simone Signoret was an actress. She was born in 1921 and died in 1985.

Simone Simon
Simone Simon is an actress. She was born in 1910.

Simonetta Stefanelli
Simonetta Stefanelli is an actress.

Sin-Itiro Tomonaga
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga was a Japanese theoretical physicist. He was born in 1906 at Tokyo and died in 1979. He developed the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED) and developed methods for calculating the interaction between electrons, positrons and photons (as did also Feynman and Schwinger). He graduated from Kyoto University in 1929 and became professor of physics at the University of Tokyo in 1941 and President of the University 1956. In 1965 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.

Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist. He was born in 1885 and died in 1951.

Sindhi
The Sindhi are the majority ethnic group living in the Pakistani province of Sind. The Sindhi
language is spoken by about 15 million people.

Sinhalese
The Sinhalese are the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka (70% of the population). Sinhalese is the
official language of Sri Lanka; it belongs to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European
family, and is written in a script derived from the Indian Pali form. The Sinhalese are
Buddhists.

Siobhan McKenna
Siobhan McKenna was an actress. She was born in 1923 and died in 1986.

Sioux
The Sioux are a north American Indian tribe.

Sir Adolphus Ward
Sir Adolphus William Ward was an English scholar. He was born in 1837 and died in 1924. He was master of Peterhouse from 1900, president of the British Academy from 1911 to 1913 and was knighted in 1913.

Sir Alexander Douglas-Home
Sir Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home is a British Conservative statesman. He was educated at Eton and Oxford. He entered Parliament in 1931. In 1960 he became Foreign Secretary. In 1963 he became Prime Minister.

Sir Ambrose Fleming
Sir Ambrose Fleming was an English scientist. He was born in 1849 and died in 1945. In 1904 he invented the thermionic valve.

Sir Anthony Van Dyck
Sir Antony Van Dyck was a Dutch artist. He was born in 1599 at Antwerp and died in 1641. He was an assistant to Rubens.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a British author. He trained in medicine, but started writing to earn some money. He is best remembered for creating the character Sherlock Holmes.

Sir Arthur Eddington
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington was a British astronomer and mathematician. He was born in 1882 at Kendal and died in 1944. He studied the internal constitution of stars.

Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch was a British critic and novelist. He was born in 1863 at Fowey and ied in 1944. He wrote Dead Man's Rock.

Sir Arthur Sullivan
Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan was an English composer. He was born in 1842 and died in 1900.

Sir Astley Cooper
Sir Astley Paston Cooper was an English surgeon and the author of medical text books. He was born in 1768, dying in 1841.

Sir Austen Chamberlain
Sir Austen Chamberlain was a British politician. He was born in 1863 at Birmingham and he died in 1937. He initiated the Locarno pact in 1925 which sought to reconcile France and Germany. Neville Chamberlain was a British politician. He was born in 1869 and died in 1940. He became Prime Minister in 1937.

Sir Benjamin Richardson
Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson was an English doctor. He was born in 1828 at Somerby, and died in 1896. He graduated in medicine at St Andrews University in 1854 and in 1855 founded the Journal of Health. He gained the Astley Cooper prize for his treatise on the cause of the Coagulation of the Blood and the Fothergillian gold medal for a disquisition on the Diseases of the Foetus in Utero. He originated the use of ether spray for the local abolition of pain in surgical operations, and introduced methylene bichloride as a general anaesthetic. He was a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and of the Royal Society, and was knighted in 1893. He published works on medicine and hygiene, and was an earnest sanitary and temperance reformer.

Sir Bruce Seton
Sir Bruce Seton was an actor. He was born in 1909 and died in 1969.

Sir Charles Bell
Sir Charles Bell was a Scottish surgeon. He was born in 1774 and died in 1842. He discovered the distinct function of the nerves and in 1804 contributed his account of the nervous system to his brother John Bell's 'Anatomy of the Human Body'.

Sir Charles Warren
Sir Charles Warren was a British general. He was born in 1840 and died in 1927. He was engaged in excavation work in Palestine from 1867 - 1870 and the commissioner for the settlement of the boundary between the Orange Free State and Griqualand West in 1876 and 1877.

Sir Charles Wheatstone
Sir Charles Wheatstone was an English scientist. He was born in 1802 near Gloucester and died in 1875. He invented the Wheatstone bridge which measures electrical resistance.

Sir Christopher Cradock
Sir Christopher Cradock was a British sailor. He was born in 1862 and died in 1914. He entered the Navy in 1875 and served in the Egyptian campaign in 1884 and the Sudan in 1891. He commanded the naval brigade at the relief of Peking in 1900 and was appointed rear-admiral in 1910. He went down on the Monmouth on November 1st 1914 whilst trying to protect southern trade routes during the Great War.

Sir Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren was an English architect. He was born in 1632 at East Knoyle and died in 1723. He designed St Paul's Cathedral in London after the Great Fire Of London in 1666.

Sir Clive Sinclair
Sir Clive Sinclair is the English electronics genius who produced the first widely available pocket calculator and a series of home computers.

Sir David Gill
Sir David Gill was a Scottish astronomer. He was born in 1843 at Aberdeen and died in 1914. He organised expeditions to observe two transits of venus and in 1885 completed a systematic survey of the southern heavens and by 1898 had published a catalogue of 450,000 stars.

Sir Donald Wolfit
Sir Donald Wolfit was an actor. He was born in 1902 and died in 1968.

Sir Edward Boscawen
Sir Edward Boscawen was a British admiral. He was born in 1711 and died in 1761. He was the third son of the first Viscount Falmouth. In 1741 he distinguished himself at the taking of Porto Bello. In 1744 when in command of the Dreadnought, he assisted in the capture of the French ship Medee. In 1747, after commanding the Namur, in the action off Finisterre, where he was wounded, he became a rear-admiral. Having subsequently rendered useful service in India, he became a lord of the Admiralty in 1751, and a vice-admiral in 1755. He effected the reduction of Louisburg and Cape Breton Island in 1758, and in the following year chased and destroyed a French squadron under De La Clue off Lagos. In 1758 he reached the rank of admiral, and in 1760 was made general of marines.

Sir Edward Codrington
Sir Edward Codrington was a British admiral. He was born in 1770 and died in 1851. He commanded the Orion at the Battle of Trafalgar, and served in the war with America, 1814. As commander of the Allied Mediterranean Fleet in 1827 he defeated the Turkish and Egyptian navies at Navarino and secured the evacuation of the Morea in 1828.

Sir Edward Coke
Sir Edward Coke was an English judge. he was born in 1552 and died in 1634. He was known as the greatest common lawyer of all time. He was a member of parliament in 1589 and Attorney-General in 1594. In 1603 he conducted the Raleigh trial and in 1605 the Gunpowder Plot trial. In 1606 he was appointed Chief Justice. Coke upheld the common law against the Crown, the Church, and the Admiralty.

Sir Edward Elgar
Sir Edward Elgar was an English composer. He was born in 1857 and died in 1934.

Sir Edward German
Sir Edward German was an English composer. He was born in 1862 at Whitchurch and died in 1936. He produced light operas including Merrie England and Tom Jones.

Sir Edward Jenner
Sir Edward Jenner was an English physician. He was born in 1749 at Berkeley and died in 1823. He developed a vaccine for smallpox from cowpox, and thus created the concept of innoculation through mild infection to allow the body's immune system to develope strength against a particular virus.

Sir Edward Poynter
Sir Edward John Poynter was an English painter. He was born in 1836 at Paris. He was educated at Westminster School and Ipswich, and received his art training at the Royal Academy and under Gleyre in Paris. He was knighted in 1896 and created a baronet in 1902. He was Slade professor of art in University College, London from 1871 to 1875 and director of the National Gallery from 1894 to 1905.

Sir Edward Schafer
Sir Edward Schafer was a British physiologist. He was born in 1850. He worked at Edinburgh university and gave a famous address on the origin of life at Dundee in 1912. He was knighted in 1913.

Sir Edward Watkin
Sir Edward William Watkin was am English railway manager. He was born in 1819 and died in 1901. As chairman of the Manchester and Sheffield, of the South Eastern and of the Metropolitan railways he strove to organize a continuous service from the South Coast (Dover) to the north of England. He also campaigned for a railway tunnel between Dover and Calais.

Sir Edwin Landseer
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer was an English painter. He was born in 1802 at London and died in 1873. He was knighted in 1850. Typically he painted pictures of animals.

Sir Ernest Shackleton
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was an Antarctic explorer. He was born in 1874 at Kilkee and died in 1922 of heart-failure whilst on Scott's third expedition to the south-pole.

Sir Eyre Coote
Sir Eyre Coote was a British general. He was born in 1726 and died in 1783. He served against the Jacobites in 1745, and later in India. He assisted Clive at Calcutta and at Plassey in 1756. In the campaign against the French in the Carnatic, Coote won the battle of Wandewash in 1760 and was with Monson at the siege of Pondicherry in 1761.

Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake was an English seaman. He was born in 1545, dying in 1596.

Sir Francis Galton
Sir Francis Galton was an English anthropologist and eugenist. He made explorations in south west Africa. He established the theory of anticyclones in meterology. He was born in 1822 and died in 1911.

Sir Francis Palgrave
Sir Francis Palgrave was an English historian. He was born in 1788 and died in 1861. He wrote 'History of England'. Francis Turner Palgrave was the son of Sir Francis Palgrave. He was an English critic and poet. He was professor of poetry at Oxford from 1886 to 1895. He was born in 1824 and died in 1897.

Sir Francis Walsingham
Sir Francis Walsingham was an English statesman of the Puritan party. He was born in 1530 and died in 1590. He was ambassador to France in 1570 and appointed one of Elizabeth's secretaires of state in 1573. He was the chief agent in the execution of Mary Queen of Scots.

Sir Frank Whittle
Sir Frank Whittle was an English inventor. he was born in 1907 at Leamington. He invented the jet propulsion engine for aircraft, first used in the Gloster E 2839 aircraft in 1941.

Sir Frederick Ashton
Sir Frederick Ashton was an English choreographer. He was born in 1904 at Guayaquil, Ecuador and died in 1988. He composed his early dances for the ballet company of Marie Rambert. In 1935, he joined the Vic-Wells Ballet as choreographer and in 1963 replaced Dame Ninette de Valois as director of the company, now known as the Royal Ballet.

Sir Frederick Hopkins
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was a British scientist. He was born in 1861 and died in 1947. He discovered vitamins.

Sir Frederick Ouseley
Sir Frederick Ouseley was an English composer. He was born in 1825 in London and died in 1889. He mainly wrote church music.

Sir Frederick Treves
Sir Frederick Treves was an English surgeon. He was born in 1853 and died in 1923. He was one of the founders of the Red Cross society. He operated on Edward VII for appendicitis in 1902.

Sir George Brown
Sir George Brown was a distinguished British general. He was born in 1790 near Elgin and died in 1865. He served in the Peninsular War and in the American campaign of 1814. He was knighted in 1855.

Sir George Cockburn
Sir George Cockburn was a British admiral He was born in 1772 and died in 1853. As captain of the Minerve he assisted Nelson at the blockade of Leghorn in 1796 and shared in the capture of Martinique in 1809. He took part in the American War at the capture of Washington and conveyed Napoleon to St Helena in 1815.

Sir George Paish
Sir George Paish was a British economist. He was born in 1867. He was assistant editor of the 'Statist' from 1894 to 1900. He wrote 'Railways in Great Britain' published in 1904.

Sir George Robey
Sir George Robey was an actor. He was born in 1869 and died in 1954.

Sir George Rooke
Sir George Rooke was a British admiral. He was born in 1650 and died in 1709. He commanded the squadron which relieved Londonderry in 1689.

Sir George Stokes
Sir George Gabriel Stokes was an Irish mathematician and physicist to whom is due the modern theory of viscuous fluids and the discovery that rays beyond the violet end of the spectrum produce flourescence in certain substances. He was born in 1819 at Skreen and died in 1903.

Sir George Tryon
Sir George Tryon was a British admiral. He was born in 1832 and died in 1893. He commanded the Mediterranean fleet in 1891. His mistaken orders led to the sinking of the Victoria with himself and 358 officers and men on board off Tripoli.

Sir Gilbert Blane
Sir Gilbert Blane was a Scottish physician. He was born in 1749 in Ayrshire and died in 1834. He was private physician to Admiral Rodney, and then physician to the fleet in the West Indies, in which position he introduced the use of lime-juice and other means of preventing scurvy among sailors. He wrote 'Elements of Medical Logic'.

Sir Godfrey Kneller
Sir Godfrey Kneller was an Anglo-German artist. He was born in 1646 at Lubeck and died in 1723. He settled in England in 1674.

Sir Granville Bantock
Sir Granville Bantock was an English composer and conductor. He was born in 1868 and died in 1946. He toured the world with the Gaiety Company and conducted at Festivals in Great Britain and Canada before becomming Professor of Music at Birmingham University in 1908, a post he held until 1934.

Sir Guy Dawber
Sir Guy Dawber was an English architect. He was born in 1861, dying in 1938. He did a lot of work to bring about the restoration of buildings throughout England.

Sir Hans Sloane
Sir Hans Sloane was a collector of books and physician. He was born in Ireland in 1660. Upon his death in 1753 he left his 50000 volumes of books and manuscripts under his will to the nation, thus forming the British library.

Sir Harry Lauder
Sir Harry Lauder was a Scottish variety actor. He was born in 1870 at Portobello and died in 1950.

Sir Henry Bessemer
Sir Henry Bessemer was an English inventor and engineer. He was born in 1813, dying in 1898. He invented the bessemer converter which is a three stage process for making cheap steel from pig-iron by blowing a blast of air through it when in a state of fusion, so as to clear it of all carbon, and then adding just the requisite quantity of carbon to produce steel. He was knighted in 1879.

Sir Henry Bishop
Sir Henry Rowley Bishop was an English composer. He was born in 1786, dying in 1855. He wrote home sweet home.

Sir Henry Doulton
Sir Henry Doulton was an English potter and inventor. He was born in 1820 and died in 1897. His father, John, was the owner of a pottery works in Lambeth, London. Henry entered the factory at the age of 15 and perfected the process of enamel glazing.

Sir Henry Frere
Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere was the South African High Commissioner, whose abortive attempt to unite South Africa resulted in the Zulu War. He was born in 1815 and died in 1884.

Sir Henry Irving
Sir Henry Irving was a British actor, and the first to be knighted. He was born in 1838 and died in 1905. Washington Irving was an American writer. He was born in 1783 at New York and died in 1859.

Sir Henry Joseph Wood
Sir Henry Joseph Wood was an English conductor. He was born in 1869 in London and died in 1944.

Sir Henry Morgan
Sir Henry Morgan was a Welsh buccaneer. As the leader of the West Indian
buccaneers he sacked Porto Bello and commited atrocities against the inhabitants. He was captured and sent to England in chains, however Charles II pardoned him and made him governor of Jamaica. He was born in 1635 and died in
1688.

Sir Henry Pottinger
Sir Henry Bart Pottinger was a distinguished British soldier and diplomat. He was born in 1789 and died in 1843 at Hong Kong. He went to India as a cadet in 1804 and soon became known for his energy and administrative ability. Rising gradually to the rank of major-general, he was, after the Afghan campaign in 1839, raised to the baronetage as a reward for his services. In 1841 he went as minister-plenipotentiary to China, and contributed much to bring hostilities to a conclusion. he was successively governor and commander-in-chief of Hong Kong in 1843 and governor of the Cape of Good Hope in 1846 and governor and commander-in-chief of Madras from 1847 to 1854.

Sir Henry Raeburn
Sir Henry Raeburn was a Scottish portrait painter. He was born in 1756 and died in 1823.

Sir Henry Roscoe
Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe was an English chemist. He was born in 1833 at London and died in 1915. His chief researches were on vanadium and the chemical action of light, but he was also notable for the stimulus he gave to the study of technical chemistry in Britain, and for his literary work.

Sir Henry Stanley
Sir Henry Morton Stanley was a Welsh journalist and African explorer. He was born in 1841 and died in 1904. He was originally James Rowlands, but after going to America at the age of seventeen found employment with a Mr H. M. Stanley and assumed his benefactors name. After serving in the American Civil War he became a journalist and war correspondent. In 1869 he was commissioned to find Livingston, and met him on November 10th 1871 at Ujili on Lake Tanganyika, and returned to the coast at Bagamoyo, bringing with him the traveller's journals and papers. On his return from the Ashanti expedition of 1873 - 1874 he was provided by the proprietors of the Daily Telegraph and New York Herald with funds for a journey across Central Africa, which he commenced from Bagamoyo on November 17th 1874. On this occassion he circumnavigated the Victoria Nyanza and Lake Tanganyika, partly surveyed the Albert Nyanza, and traced the Congo from Nyangwe, the lowest point on the Lualaba reached by Cameron and Livingstone, to the highest point reached from the ocean by Tuckey in 1816, proceeding thence to Banana. He returned to the Congo at the instance of the King of Belgium and remained there from August 1879 until June 1884. His last visit to Africa was in 1887 as leader of the Emin Pasha relief expedition, when he discovered Ruwenzori and the Albert Edward Nyanza.

Sir Henry Tate
Sir Henry Tate was an English art collector and sugar refiner. He was born in 1819 and died in 1899. He donated the Tate collection and a picture gallery to the people of Britain.

Sir Hiram Maxim
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim was an American inventor. He was born in 1840 at Sangerville and died in 1916. He invented the automatic quick-firing gun (machine gun).

Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy was an English chemist. He was born in 1778 at Penzance and died in 1829. he studied under Lavoisier and Nicholson and became superintendent of the Pneumatic Institution in Bristol. There he studied the properties of nitrous oxide, and as a result was made assistant lecturer by the Royal Institution, London. He invented the Davy safety-lamp for miners.

Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton was an English scientist. He was born at Woolsthorpe in 1642, dying in 1727. He put forward the theory that the universe is regulated by simple mathematical laws.

Sir Jacob Epstein
Sir Jacob Epstein was an American born sculptor who lived in England. He was born in 1880 and died in 1959.

Sir James Black
Sir James Black is a British scientist. He was born in 1924. He was awarded a nobel prize for medicine in 1988 for his work on drugs which prevent heart attacks.

Sir James Dewar
Sir James Dewar was a British chemist and physicist. He was born in 1842 and died in 1923. Together with Abel he had a part in the invention of cordite but he is chiefly remembered for his work with the liquefacation of gasses and researches on the electrical and other properties of matter at low temperatures. In 1898 he liquified hydrogen. He became president of the Vritish Association in 1902 and was knighted in 1914.

Sir James Frazer
Sir James George Frazer was a British scholar and anthropologist. He studied the religion and magic of primitive peoples, the findings of which he published in the book The Golden Bough. He was born in 1854 and died in 1941.

Sir James Jeans
Sir James Jeans wrote many popular books on astronomy. He was born in 1877 at Ormskirk and died in 1946.

Sir James Outram
Sir James Outram was a British soldier. He was born in 1803 and died in 1863. He carried out a famous ride in disguise through Afghanistan in 1839 during the Afghan war. He distinguished himself during the Indian mutiny.

Sir James Paget
Sir James Paget was a British surgeon and lecturer. He was born in 1814 and died in 1899. He worked at St Bartholomew's hospital, London.

Sir James Stansfeld
Sir James Stansfeld was a British politician. He was born in 1820 at Halifax and died in 1898. He became member for Halifax in 1859. He is chiefly remembered for his opposition to the Contagious Diseases Act which he had repealed, and for his support of woman's suffrage.

Sir John Barry
Sir John Wolfe Barry was a civil engineer who built Tower Bridge. He was born in 1836 and died in 1918.

Sir John Betjeman
Sir John Betjeman was an English poet. He was born in 1906, dying in 1984. He was the poet laureate from 1972 to 1984.

Sir John Millais
Sir John Everett Millais was an English painter. He was born in 1829 at Southampton and died in 1896.

Sir John Robeck
Sir John Michael De Robeck was a British admiral. He was born in 1862 and died in 1928. He commanded the naval force at Dardanelles.

Sir John Soane
Sir John Soane was an English architect and collector. He was born in 1753 near Reading and died in 1837.

Sir John Stainer
Sir John Stainer was an English composer and organist. He was born in 1840 at London and died in 1901. He was organist at St Paul's Cathedral from 1872 to 1878 and was knighted in 1888. he became professor of music at Oxford in 1889.

Sir John Steell
Sir John Steell was a Scottish sculptor. He was born in 1804 at Aberdeen and died in 1891. He was apprenticed at Edinburgh as a wood-carver and studied sculptor at Rome, and created a number of sculptors chiefly displayed in Edinburgh.

Sir John Thurston
Sir John Bates Thurston was a British colonial administrator. He was born in 1836 at London and died in 1897. He became a sheep farmer in Australia and in 1864 joined a botanising expedition to the South Sea Islands and was wrecked on Samoa. In 1869 he became consul at Fiji, and having been appointed chief secretary to the native king, was instrumental in having the islands handed over to Great Britain in 1874. He became colonial secretary of the new colony and governor in 1887, and high commissioner of the Western Pacific in the same year.

Sir John Vanbrugh
Sir John Vanbrugh was an English dramatist and architect. He was born in 1664 in London and died in 1726. His first comedy, 'The Relapse', opened in 1696. He designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard.

Sir John Wilkinson
Sir John Gardener Wilkinson was an English explorer and Egyptologist. He was born in 1797 at Westmorland and died in 1875. He spent twelve years from 1821 to 1833 in Upper Egypt and Nubia travelling and making discoveries of buried tombs. On his return to England he was elected FRS and knighted in 1839. He made four subsequent journeys to Egypt in 1841, 1843, 1848 and in 1855. In 1844 he also travelled through Montenegro and Bosnia. He wrote several works on Ancient Egyptian culture and architecture.

Sir Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks was a British botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage and was mainly responsible for the colonization of Australia. He was born in 1743 and died in 1820. Nathaniel Prentiss Banks was an American politician and soldier. He defended Washingston from Jackson's army in 1862. He was born in 1816 and died in 1894. Thomas Banks was an English sculptor. He was born in 1735 and died in 1805. He made the monument to Dr. Watts in Westminster Abbey.

Sir Joseph Whitworth
Sir Joseph Whitworth was an English mechanical engineer and inventor. He was born in 1803 at Stockport and died in 1887. In 1835 he invented the knitting machine. In 1869 he invented a process of fluid compression for making steel for use in guns.

Sir Joshua Reynolds
Sir Joshua Reynolds was an English portrait painter. He was born in 1723 near Plymouth and died in 1792.

Sir Malcolm Campbell
Sir Malcolm Campbell was a British racing motorist. He set land speed records and speed-boat speed records. He was born in 1885 and died in 1949. Donald Campbell was the son of Malcolm Campbell. He broke the world water speed record on Ullswater in 1955. He was born in 1921 and died in 1967.

Sir Martin Frobisher
Sir Martin Frobisher was an English navigator. He was born in 1535 and died in 1594. He distinguished himself against the Spanish Armada, and was the first Englishman to attempt a North-west passage to Cathay.

Sir Matthew Smith
Sir Matthew Smith was an English painter. He was born in 1879 at Halifax and died in 1959.

Sir Moses Montefiore
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore was a Jewish philanthropist who made a fortune on the London stock market. He was born in 1784 and died in 1885. He became sheriff of London in 1837. He secured better treatment for Jews in various countries, including: Turkey, Russia, Moldavia and Morocco.

Sir Paul Vinogradoff
Sir Paul Vinogradoff was a Russian jurist. he was born in 1854 and died in 1925. He settled in England and became corpus professor of jurisprudence at Oxford in 1903. He lectured at Harvard in 1907 and Calcutta from 1913 to 1914. He was literary director of the Selden Society and director of publications of the British Academy. He was knighted in 1917.

Sir Peter Lely
Sir Peter Lely was a Dutch born painter. He was born in 1618 and died in 1680. He came to England in 1641 as a portrait painter.

Sir Peter Rubens
Sir Peter Paul Rubens was a flemish painter. He was born in 1577, dying in 1640.

Sir Philip Sidney
Sir Philip Sidney was an English poet, soldier and courtier. He was born in 1554 and died in 1586.

Sir Rabindranath Tagore
Sir Rabindranath Tagore was an Indian poet. He was born in 1861 and died in 1941.

Sir Redvers Buller
Sir Redvers Henry Buller was an English general. He was born in 1839 and died in 1908. He joined the army in 1858 and served in China in 1860, in the red River Expedition in 1870, in the Ashanti War in 1874 and the Zulu War of 1878 - 1879 during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

Sir Reginald Bowker
Sir Reginald James Bowker was a British statesman. He was born in 1901. He was ambassador to Burma from 1948 to 1950, ambassador to Turkey from 1954 to 1958 and ambassador to Austria from 1958 to 1961.

Sir Richard Grenville
Sir Richard Grenville was an Elizabethan English seaman. He was born in 1541 and died in 1591. He commanded Raleigh's expedition to Virginia.

Sir Richard Steele
Sir Richard Steele was an Irish author, founder, editor and, with Addison, chief contributor of The Tatler and The Spectator. He was born in 1672 and died in 1729.

Sir Richard Wallace
Sir Richard Wallace was an English art collector. He was born in 1818 and died in 1890.

Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel was an English statesman. He was born in 1788 at Bury and died in 1850. As Home Secretary he reformed the prison service and established the Metropolitan Police Force. He was twice Prime Minister, in 1834 and from 1841 until 1846.

Sir Robert Torrens
Sir Robert Richard Torrens was an Irish colonial premier and agrarian reformer. He was born in 1814 at Cork and died in 1884. He went to Australia in 1840 and became a collector of customs and colonial treasurer in 1852. He became premier in 1857 and introduced the Torrens Act, a measure of land reform.

Sir Samuel Cunard
Sir Samuel Cunard was the founder of the Cunard shipping line. He was born in Wales in 1787, dying in 1865.

Sir Sidney Colvin
Sir Sidney Colvin was an English literary critic and art publisher. He was born in 1845 and died in 1927. He was Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge from 1873 to 1885 and Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Musuem from 1884 to 1912.

Sir Stafford Cripps
Sir Stafford Cripps was a British Labour MP. He was born in 1889, dying in 1952. He was chancellor of the exchequer in post-war Britain.

Sir Thomas Browne
Sir Thomas Browne was a British prose writer. He was born in 1605 and died in 1682. He wrote 'Religio Medici' and 'Pseudodoxia Epidemica'.

Sir Thomas Malory
Sir Thomas Malory was an English writer. He lived around 1450. He wrote Le Morte d'Arthur about King Arthur.

Sir Thomas More
Sir Thomas More was an English statesman and politician. He was born in 1478 at London and died in 1535.

Sir Thomas North
Sir Thomas North was an English translator. He was born in 1535 and died in 1601. His translation of Plutarch's Lives in 1579 formed the source of Shakespeare's Roman plays.

Sir Thomas Roe
Sir Thomas Roe was a famous English ambassador to the West Indies and Brazil. He was born in 1568 and died in 1644.

Sir Thomas Troubridge
Sir Thomas Troubridge was a British read-admiral. He was born in 1758 and died in 1807. He distinguished himself at the capture of Sartine.

Sir Thomas Wyatt
Sir Thomas Wyatt was a British poet. He was born in 1503 and died in 1542. He wrote 'Certayne Psalmes'.

Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English soldier, explorer and author. He was born in 1552 near Sidmouth and died in 1618.

Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott was a Scottish novelist. He was born in 1771 at Edinburgh and died in 1832.

Sir William Bowman
Sir William Bowman was an English anatomist and surgeon. He was born in 1816 and died in 1892. He collaborated with Todd in writing 'The Physiological Anatomy'.

Sir William Crookes
Sir William Crookes was an English physicist. He was born in 1832, dying in 1919. He discovered the element thallium in 1861. He invented the crookes tube in 1874.

Sir William Davenant
Sir William Davenant was an English poet and dramatist. He was born in 1606 and died in 1668.

Sir William Dugdale
Sir William Dugdale was an English antiquary and Garter King-of-Arms. He was born in 1605 and died in 1686. He was a Royalist, and accompanied Charles I to Oxford during the Civil War. At the Restoration he was appointed King-of-Arms and knighted.

Sir William Fairbairn
Sir William Fairbairn was a Scottish engineer. He was born in 1789 at Kelso and died in 1874. He built the Conway and Menai tubular bridges in 1845.

Sir William Fettes
Sir William Fettes was a Scottisj man who left a large sum of money for the education of orphans and other unfortunate children. He was born in 1750 and died in 1836.

Sir William Fletcher Barrett
Sir William Fletcher Barrett was a British scientist. He was the principal founder of the Society for Psychical Research. He was born in 1844 and died in 1925.

Sir William Herschel
Sir William Herschel was an anglo-German astronomer. He was born in 1738 and died in 1822. He discovered the planet Uranus.

Sir William Nicholson
Sir William Nicholson was an English painter. He was born in 1872 at Newark and died in 1949.

Sir William Orchardson
Sir William Orchardson was a British genre and portrait painter. He was born at Edinburgh in 1835 and died in 1910.

Sir William Osler
Sir William Osler was a Canadian physician and author. He was born in 1849 and died in 1919. He studied at Montreal, London, Berlin and Vienna and became professor of medicine at Oxford in 1905, a post he held until his death. He wrote 'Principles and Practice of Medicine'.

Sir William Penney
Sir William George Penney is a British atomic scientist. He was born in 1909 at Gibraltar.

Sir William Perkin
Sir William Henry Perkin was an English chemist. He was born in 1838 and died in 1907. He discovered aniline dyes.

Sir William Ramsay
Sir William Ramsay was a Scottish scientist. He was born in 1852 in Glasgow and died in 1916. He discovered the inert gases which include helium, argon and neon.

Sir William Robertson
Sir William Robertson was the only British soldier to join as a private and make field-marshal. He was born in 1860, dying in 1933.

Sir William Wallace
Sir William Wallace was a Scottish patriot. He was born in 1270 and died in 1305. He organised Scottish resistance to Edward I in 1297 and was for a time successful until he was defeated by Edward I at Falkirk in 1298. He continued to wage war against England until he was betrayed and captured in 1305 when he was taken to London and executed.

Sir William Walton
Sir William Walton was an English composer. He was born in 1902 at Oldham.

Sir William Watson
Sir William Watson was an English poet. He was born in 1858 and wrote mainly political poems, but made his reputation with the poem 'Wordsworth's Grave' in 1890.

Sir Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a Britsh statesman. He was born in 1874 at Blenheim Palace and died in 1965. He was Britains Prime Minister during the Second World War.

Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek is an actress. She was born in 1950.

Sitkas
see "Thinklits"

Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull was a great leader of the sioux.

Sixtus I
Sixtus I was bishop of Rome from 115 until 125.

Skalds
The Skalds were ancient Scandinavian poets, who composed poems in honour of the distinguished men and their prowess, and recited or sang them on public occasions.

Skanderbeg
George Castriota (Skanderbeg) was an Albanian hero. He was born in 1403 and died in 1468. In 1414 the Turks invaded Albania and captured his uncle's fortress. Castriota was taken to Constantinople and given the Turkish name and title of Iskandar Bey, which was later corrupted into Skanderbeg. In 1443 Albania revolted and Castriota returned to free the country.

Skip Homeier
Skip Homeier is an actor. He was born in 1929.

Skip Young
Skip Young is an actor.

Skitch Henderson
Skitch Henderson is an actor.

Slav
The Slavs are an Indo-European people in central and east Europe, the Balkans, and parts of north Asia, speaking closely related Slavonic languages. The ancestors of the Slavs are believed to
have included the Sarmatians and Scythians. Moving west from Central Asia, they settled in east and south east Europe during the 2nd and 3rd millennia BC.

Sledda
Sledda was a son of Ella and king of the East Saxons in 587.

Slim Pickens
Slim Pickens was an actor. He was born in 1919 and died in 1983.

Slim Summerville
Slim Summerville was an actor. He was born in 1892 and died in 1946.

Slovene
The Slovene are the Slavic people of Slovenia and parts of the Austrian Alpine provinces of Styria
and Carinthia. There are 1.5-2 million speakers of Slovene, a language belonging to the
South Slavonic branch of the Indo-European family. The Slovenes use the Roman alphabet
and the majority belong to the Roman Catholic Church.

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