Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Steven Seagal
American actor
Steven Frederic Seagalis an American actor, producer, screenwriter, martial artist, and musician. A 7th-dan black belt and shihan in Aikikai aikido, he began his adult life as a martial arts instructo...

Kesha Sebert
American singer
Kesha Rose Sebertis an American singer and songwriter. Kesha's first major success came in early 2009 when she was featured on rapper Flo Rida's number-one single, "Right Round". Kesha's music and ima...

Mark Philip Sedwill
Diplomat
SirMark Philip SedwillKCMG FRGS (born 21 October 1964) is a British diplomat, public policy analyst and senior civil servant who has served as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service since 201...

Bjoern Seibert
President of the European Commission
Bjoern Seibertis a German politician who is the current Head of Cabinet for Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. He's worked with von der Leyen since she was Defence Minister of...

Mark Selby
English professional snooker player
Mark Anthony Selbyis an English professional snooker player. Ranked world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of 22 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the all-time list of ranking ...

Peter Serafinowicz
English actor
Peter Szymon Serafinowiczis an English actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. His film roles include the voice of Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), Pete in Shaun of ...

Andrew Serkis
English actor and filmmaker
Andrew Clement Serkisis an English actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his motion capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for computer-generated characters such ...

Rodman Serling
American screenwriter
Rodman Edward Serlingwas an American screenwriter and television producer best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his anthology television series The Twilight Zone. Serling was acti...

Mark Serwotka
General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union
Mark Henryk Serwotkais General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), the largest trade union representing British civil servants. He was President of the Trades Union Congress (...

Rufus Sewell
English actor
Rufus Frederik Sewellis an English actor. In film, he has appeared in Carrington (1995), Hamlet (1996), Dangerous Beauty (1998), Dark City (1998), A Knight's Tale (2001), The Legend of Zorro (2005), T...

Jonathan Sexton
Irish professional rugby union player
Jonathan Jeremiah Sextonis an Irish professional rugby union player who plays as a fly-half for and captains the Ireland national team. He also played club rugby for Leinster and Racing 92. He also re...

Lea Seydoux-fornier
French actress
Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonneis a French actress. Prolific in both French cinema and Hollywood, she has received various accolades including five César Award nominations, two Lumières Awards...

Jamie Shackleton
English professional footballer
Jamie Stuart Shackletonis an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Leeds United. Shackleton can also play as a right-back. A graduate of the Lee...

Paul Shackleton
Corporate Finance Director at Arden Partners
Paul Shackletonis Corporate Finance Director at Arden Partners. Career Corporate Finance Director Arden PartnersCorporate Finance Director Wh IrelandHead of Corporate Finance Daniel Stewart & CompanyC...

Elif Shafak
Turkish-British novelist
Elif Shafakis a Turkish-British novelist, essayist, public speaker, political scientist and activist. Shafak[a] writes in Turkish and English, and has published 19 works. She is best known for her nov...

Samir Shah
British television and radio executive
Samir Shahis a British television and radio executive. He has worked for London Weekend Television, the BBC, and is the chief executive of Juniper TV (his own one man band company) a British company. ...

Faiza Shaheen
British academic and economist
Faiza Shaheenis a British academic and economist in the field of economic inequality. In 2018, she was selected to be the prospective parliamentary candidate for Labour for Chingford and Woodford Gree...

Saagar Shaikh
Actor
Saagar Shaikhis filmmaker, actor, and influencer who has been seen in episodes of Just Giggle It and Average Joe. He has also appeared in films like Chavez Cage of Glory and Welcome to Forever. Outsid...

William Shakespeare
Actor and Poet
William Shakespearewas an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's nati...

Matt Shakman
American film, television, and theatre director
Matt Shakmanis an American film, television, and theatre director, and former child actor. He produced and directed WandaVision and has directed episodes of The Great, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphi...